store and expose parent_thread_id on Threads (#25113)

## Why

This PR
https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/24161#discussion_r3325692763
revealed a subagent data modeling issue, where we overloaded
`forked_from_id` to also mean `parent_thread_id`. That's incorrect since
guardian and review subagents can be a subagent and NOT fork the main
thread's history.

The solution here is to explicitly store a new `parent_thread_id` on
`SessionMeta`, alongside `forked_from_id` which already exists. While
we're at it, also expose it in the app-server protocol on the `Thread`
object.

A thread->subagent relationship and a fork of thread history are
orthogonal concepts.

## What Changed

- Added top-level `parent_thread_id` persistence on `SessionMeta` and
runtime/session plumbing through `SessionConfiguredEvent`,
`CodexSpawnArgs`, `SessionConfiguration`, `ThreadConfigSnapshot`,
`TurnContext`, and `ModelClient`.
- Made turn metadata, request headers, analytics, and subagent-start
events read the separate runtime/top-level parent field instead of
deriving general parent lineage from `SessionSource` or
`forked_from_thread_id`.
- Passed parent lineage separately at delegated subagent, review,
guardian, agent-job, and multi-agent spawn construction sites;
copied-history fork lineage remains derived only from `InitialHistory`.
- Persisted and exposed parent lineage through rollout/thread-store
projections and app-server v2 `Thread.parentThreadId`.
- Updated app-server README text and regenerated app-server schema
fixtures for the additive `parentThreadId` response field.
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Owen Lin
2026-05-31 21:33:20 -07:00
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@@ -402,6 +402,7 @@ pub(crate) struct CodexSpawnArgs {
pub(crate) conversation_history: InitialHistory,
pub(crate) session_source: SessionSource,
pub(crate) forked_from_thread_id: Option<ThreadId>,
pub(crate) parent_thread_id: Option<ThreadId>,
pub(crate) thread_source: Option<ThreadSource>,
pub(crate) agent_control: AgentControl,
pub(crate) dynamic_tools: Vec<DynamicToolSpec>,
@@ -467,6 +468,7 @@ impl Codex {
conversation_history,
session_source,
forked_from_thread_id,
parent_thread_id,
thread_source,
agent_control,
dynamic_tools,
@@ -595,6 +597,7 @@ impl Codex {
app_server_client_version: None,
session_source,
forked_from_thread_id,
parent_thread_id,
thread_source,
dynamic_tools,
persist_extended_history,