code-mode: move cell state into library actor (#28599)

A code-mode cell is a single JavaScript execution that can produce
output, call tools, wait for asynchronous work, resume, or be
terminated. This PR extracts the existing per-cell run loop into a
dedicated actor that owns the cell’s lifecycle state. It is primarily an
ownership change rather than a new lifecycle contract: existing behavior
now has one clear implementation boundary.

### Architecture
The session service remains responsible for session-wide concerns:
allocating cell IDs, storing shared values, creating cells, and routing
requests to them.

Once a cell is created, its execution state belongs to its actor.
Callers interact with the actor through a handle. The actor receives two
kinds of input: runtime events and control requests.

A single event loop serializes these inputs and applies the lifecycle
rules. It tracks the current observer—the caller waiting for an
update—along with accumulated output, outstanding callbacks, runtime
state, yield deadlines, and termination progress. Observation,
termination, completion, and cleanup therefore have one consistent
owner.

When the runtime has no immediately runnable work and is waiting only on
timers or tool results, the actor can return accumulated output and
information about outstanding tool calls while keeping the cell
available to resume. On completion or termination, it performs the
appropriate callback cleanup before publishing the final result and
removing the cell from the session.

A small host interface connects the actor to session-owned facilities
such as tool dispatch, notifications, stored values, and final cell
removal, keeping those responsibilities outside the actor itself.

### Why
Previously, cell lifecycle state and coordination lived alongside
session management. The actor boundary makes each cell a self-contained
state machine with a single writer, while the service becomes a registry
and adapter around it.

This makes lifecycle behavior easier to reason about and test in
isolation. It also establishes a clean boundary for later changing where
cells run or how they communicate without recreating their lifecycle
rules.
This commit is contained in:
Channing Conger
2026-06-16 19:28:55 -07:00
committed by GitHub
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parent 1883dedc0e
commit e2f074e16c
10 changed files with 2261 additions and 1905 deletions
+91 -210
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@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
use std::collections::HashMap;
use std::sync::Arc;
use std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool;
use std::sync::atomic::AtomicU64;
use std::sync::atomic::Ordering;
use std::time::Duration;
@@ -9,7 +7,6 @@ use codex_protocol::ToolName;
use pretty_assertions::assert_eq;
use tokio::sync::Notify;
use tokio::sync::mpsc;
use tokio::sync::oneshot;
use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
use super::*;
@@ -29,6 +26,7 @@ struct BlockingDelegate {
events_tx: mpsc::UnboundedSender<DelegateEvent>,
notification_finished: AtomicBool,
tool_finished: AtomicBool,
tool_release: Notify,
}
struct HeldNotificationDelegate {
@@ -88,61 +86,6 @@ impl CodeModeSessionDelegate for HeldNotificationDelegate {
}
}
struct CellControlHarness {
event_tx: mpsc::UnboundedSender<RuntimeEvent>,
control_tx: mpsc::UnboundedSender<CellControlCommand>,
initial_response_rx: oneshot::Receiver<Result<RuntimeResponse, String>>,
task: tokio::task::JoinHandle<()>,
_runtime_event_rx: mpsc::UnboundedReceiver<RuntimeEvent>,
}
fn spawn_cell_control_harness(
initial_yield_time_ms: Option<u64>,
delegate: Arc<dyn CodeModeSessionDelegate>,
) -> CellControlHarness {
let (event_tx, event_rx) = mpsc::unbounded_channel();
let (control_tx, control_rx) = mpsc::unbounded_channel();
let (initial_response_tx, initial_response_rx) = oneshot::channel();
let (runtime_event_tx, runtime_event_rx) = mpsc::unbounded_channel();
let (runtime_tx, runtime_control_tx, runtime_terminate_handle) = spawn_runtime(
HashMap::new(),
execute_request("await new Promise(() => {});"),
runtime_event_tx,
PendingRuntimeMode::Continue,
)
.unwrap();
let inner = Arc::new(Inner {
stored_values: Mutex::new(HashMap::new()),
cells: Mutex::new(HashMap::new()),
delegate,
shutting_down: AtomicBool::new(false),
next_cell_id: AtomicU64::new(1),
});
let task = tokio::spawn(run_cell_control(
inner,
CellControlContext {
cell_id: cell_id("1"),
runtime_tx,
runtime_control_tx,
pending_mode: PendingRuntimeMode::Continue,
runtime_terminate_handle,
cancellation_token: CancellationToken::new(),
},
event_rx,
control_rx,
CellResponseSender::Runtime(initial_response_tx),
initial_yield_time_ms,
));
CellControlHarness {
event_tx,
control_tx,
initial_response_rx,
task,
_runtime_event_rx: runtime_event_rx,
}
}
impl BlockingDelegate {
fn new() -> (Arc<Self>, mpsc::UnboundedReceiver<DelegateEvent>) {
let (events_tx, events_rx) = mpsc::unbounded_channel();
@@ -151,10 +94,15 @@ impl BlockingDelegate {
events_tx,
notification_finished: AtomicBool::new(false),
tool_finished: AtomicBool::new(false),
tool_release: Notify::new(),
}),
events_rx,
)
}
fn release_tool(&self) {
self.tool_release.notify_one();
}
}
impl CodeModeSessionDelegate for BlockingDelegate {
@@ -165,10 +113,17 @@ impl CodeModeSessionDelegate for BlockingDelegate {
) -> ToolInvocationFuture<'a> {
Box::pin(async move {
let _ = self.events_tx.send(DelegateEvent::ToolStarted);
cancellation_token.cancelled().await;
self.tool_finished.store(true, Ordering::Release);
let _ = self.events_tx.send(DelegateEvent::ToolCancelled);
Err("cancelled".to_string())
tokio::select! {
_ = self.tool_release.notified() => {
self.tool_finished.store(true, Ordering::Release);
Ok(serde_json::Value::Null)
}
_ = cancellation_token.cancelled() => {
self.tool_finished.store(true, Ordering::Release);
let _ = self.events_tx.send(DelegateEvent::ToolCancelled);
Err("cancelled".to_string())
}
}
})
}
@@ -227,87 +182,15 @@ async fn next_event(events_rx: &mut mpsc::UnboundedReceiver<DelegateEvent>) -> D
.expect("delegate event channel closed")
}
#[tokio::test]
async fn yield_timer_preempts_buffered_runtime_output() {
let harness = spawn_cell_control_harness(
Some(/*initial_yield_time_ms*/ 0),
Arc::new(NoopCodeModeSessionDelegate),
);
harness.event_tx.send(RuntimeEvent::Started).unwrap();
harness
.event_tx
.send(RuntimeEvent::ContentItem(
FunctionCallOutputContentItem::InputText {
text: "queued output".to_string(),
},
))
.unwrap();
assert_eq!(
harness.initial_response_rx.await.unwrap(),
Ok(RuntimeResponse::Yielded {
cell_id: cell_id("1"),
content_items: Vec::new(),
})
);
let (termination_tx, termination_rx) = oneshot::channel();
harness
.control_tx
.send(CellControlCommand::Terminate {
response_tx: termination_tx,
})
.unwrap();
drop(harness.event_tx);
assert_eq!(
termination_rx.await.unwrap(),
Ok(RuntimeResponse::Terminated {
cell_id: cell_id("1"),
content_items: vec![FunctionCallOutputContentItem::InputText {
text: "queued output".to_string(),
}],
})
);
harness.task.await.unwrap();
}
#[tokio::test]
async fn queued_termination_preempts_unobserved_runtime_completion() {
let harness = spawn_cell_control_harness(
Some(/*initial_yield_time_ms*/ 60_000),
Arc::new(NoopCodeModeSessionDelegate),
);
harness
.event_tx
.send(RuntimeEvent::Result {
stored_value_writes: HashMap::new(),
error_text: None,
})
.unwrap();
let (termination_tx, termination_rx) = oneshot::channel();
harness
.control_tx
.send(CellControlCommand::Terminate {
response_tx: termination_tx,
})
.unwrap();
let terminated = Ok(RuntimeResponse::Terminated {
cell_id: cell_id("1"),
content_items: Vec::new(),
});
assert_eq!(termination_rx.await.unwrap(), terminated.clone());
assert_eq!(harness.initial_response_rx.await.unwrap(), terminated);
harness.task.await.unwrap();
}
#[tokio::test]
async fn yields_and_resumes() {
let service = CodeModeService::new();
let cell = service
.execute(execute_request(
r#"text("before"); yield_control(); text("after");"#,
))
.execute(ExecuteRequest {
source: r#"text("before"); yield_control(); text("after");"#.to_string(),
yield_time_ms: Some(60_000),
..execute_request("")
})
.await
.unwrap();
@@ -324,7 +207,7 @@ async fn yields_and_resumes() {
service
.wait(WaitRequest {
cell_id: cell_id("1"),
yield_time_ms: 1,
yield_time_ms: 60_000,
})
.await
.unwrap(),
@@ -340,35 +223,32 @@ async fn yields_and_resumes() {
#[tokio::test]
async fn returns_and_resumes_from_the_pending_frontier() {
let service = CodeModeService::new();
let (delegate, mut events_rx) = BlockingDelegate::new();
let service = CodeModeService::with_delegate(delegate.clone());
assert_eq!(
service
.execute_to_pending(execute_request(
r#"
await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 60_000));
.execute_to_pending(ExecuteRequest {
enabled_tools: vec![blocking_tool()],
source: r#"
await tools.block({});
text("after");
"#,
))
"#
.to_string(),
yield_time_ms: Some(60_000),
..execute_request("")
})
.await
.unwrap(),
ExecuteToPendingOutcome::Pending {
cell_id: cell_id("1"),
content_items: Vec::new(),
pending_tool_call_ids: Vec::new(),
pending_tool_call_ids: vec!["tool-1".to_string()],
}
);
service
.inner
.cells
.lock()
.await
.get(&cell_id("1"))
.unwrap()
.runtime_tx
.send(RuntimeCommand::TimeoutFired { id: 1 })
.unwrap();
assert_eq!(next_event(&mut events_rx).await, DelegateEvent::ToolStarted);
delegate.release_tool();
assert_eq!(
service
@@ -391,55 +271,36 @@ text("after");
#[tokio::test]
async fn observed_natural_completion_wins_over_termination() {
let (delegate, mut events_rx) = BlockingDelegate::new();
let harness =
spawn_cell_control_harness(Some(/*initial_yield_time_ms*/ 60_000), delegate.clone());
harness.event_tx.send(RuntimeEvent::YieldRequested).unwrap();
let service = CodeModeService::new();
let cell = service
.execute(execute_request(
r#"yield_control(); store("finished", true); text("done");"#,
))
.await
.unwrap();
assert_eq!(
harness.initial_response_rx.await.unwrap(),
Ok(RuntimeResponse::Yielded {
cell.initial_response().await.unwrap(),
RuntimeResponse::Yielded {
cell_id: cell_id("1"),
content_items: Vec::new(),
})
}
);
harness
.event_tx
.send(RuntimeEvent::ContentItem(
FunctionCallOutputContentItem::InputText {
text: "done".to_string(),
},
))
.unwrap();
harness
.event_tx
.send(RuntimeEvent::Result {
stored_value_writes: HashMap::new(),
error_text: None,
})
.unwrap();
harness
.event_tx
.send(RuntimeEvent::Notify {
call_id: "notify-1".to_string(),
text: "completion observed".to_string(),
})
.unwrap();
tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(1), async {
loop {
if service.inner.stored_values.lock().await.get("finished")
== Some(&serde_json::json!(true))
{
break;
}
tokio::task::yield_now().await;
}
})
.await
.unwrap();
assert_eq!(
next_event(&mut events_rx).await,
DelegateEvent::NotificationStarted
);
let (termination_tx, termination_rx) = oneshot::channel();
harness
.control_tx
.send(CellControlCommand::Terminate {
response_tx: termination_tx,
})
.unwrap();
assert_eq!(
termination_rx.await.unwrap(),
Ok(RuntimeResponse::Result {
service.terminate(cell_id("1")).await.unwrap(),
WaitOutcome::LiveCell(RuntimeResponse::Result {
cell_id: cell_id("1"),
content_items: vec![FunctionCallOutputContentItem::InputText {
text: "done".to_string(),
@@ -447,16 +308,6 @@ async fn observed_natural_completion_wins_over_termination() {
error_text: None,
})
);
harness.task.await.unwrap();
assert!(delegate.notification_finished.load(Ordering::Acquire));
assert_eq!(
next_event(&mut events_rx).await,
DelegateEvent::NotificationCancelled
);
assert_eq!(
next_event(&mut events_rx).await,
DelegateEvent::CellClosed(cell_id("1"))
);
}
#[tokio::test]
@@ -499,6 +350,36 @@ async fn termination_cancels_pending_callbacks_before_responding() {
);
}
#[tokio::test]
async fn shutdown_cancels_notifications_while_natural_completion_is_draining() {
let (delegate, mut events_rx) = HeldNotificationDelegate::new();
let service = Arc::new(CodeModeService::with_delegate(delegate.clone()));
service
.execute(execute_request(r#"notify("pending");"#))
.await
.unwrap();
assert_eq!(
next_event(&mut events_rx).await,
DelegateEvent::NotificationStarted
);
let shutdown_service = Arc::clone(&service);
let shutdown = tokio::spawn(async move { shutdown_service.shutdown().await });
assert_eq!(
next_event(&mut events_rx).await,
DelegateEvent::NotificationCancelled
);
delegate.release_notification();
assert_eq!(shutdown.await.unwrap(), Ok(()));
assert_eq!(
next_event(&mut events_rx).await,
DelegateEvent::CellClosed(cell_id("1"))
);
}
#[tokio::test]
async fn repeated_termination_is_rejected_while_callback_cleanup_is_pending() {
let (delegate, mut events_rx) = HeldNotificationDelegate::new();