## Why
Plugin analytics overloaded `plugin_id`: most events used the Codex
`<plugin>@<marketplace>` identity, while remote install events used the
backend plugin ID. That makes the same field change meaning across event
types and complicates downstream identity resolution.
This change makes the contract unambiguous:
- `plugin_id`: the local Codex `<plugin>@<marketplace>` identity, when
resolved
- `remote_plugin_id`: the backend plugin identity, when available
For a remote install failure that happens before plugin details resolve,
`plugin_id` is `null` and `remote_plugin_id` remains populated.
## What changed
All six plugin analytics events use the same identity contract:
- `codex_plugin_installed`
- `codex_plugin_install_failed`
- `codex_plugin_uninstalled`
- `codex_plugin_enabled`
- `codex_plugin_disabled`
- `codex_plugin_used`
Remote identity is resolved from the current installed-plugin snapshot
first, with persisted install metadata as fallback. The telemetry
metadata type keeps local identity optional for failures that occur
before remote details are available.
The app-server test client's manual analytics smokes now find remote
mutation events through `remote_plugin_id` and validate that `plugin_id`
remains local.
## Remote uninstall
Resolve and capture telemetry metadata before removing the local plugin
cache, then emit `codex_plugin_uninstalled` after the backend confirms
success. The event is also emitted when backend uninstall succeeds but
local cache cleanup reports `CacheRemove`.
If a concurrent remote-cache refresh removes the local bundle before
telemetry capture, the already-fetched remote plugin detail supplies
fallback capability metadata.
## Validation
- `just test -p codex-analytics` — 82 passed
- `just test -p codex-core-plugins` — 271 passed
- `just test -p codex-app-server-test-client` — 5 passed
- `just test -p codex-plugin` — 3 passed
- `just test -p codex-app-server plugin_install` — 37 passed
- `just test -p codex-app-server plugin_uninstall` — 10 passed
The production app-server install/uninstall flow was also exercised
against `plugins~Plugin_f1b845ac33888191ac156169c58733c2`
(`build-ios-apps@openai-curated-remote`), and the plugin's original
uninstalled state was restored.
## This PR
The original [combined remote plugin analytics PR
#26281](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/26281) mixed reusable
analytics test infrastructure, two manual smoke workflows, a metadata
refactor, and the final identity behavior. This PR adds the
account-mutating validation workflow separately so its cleanup and
recovery guarantees can be reviewed without the final analytics behavior
change.
- Add a manually invoked remote plugin install/uninstall smoke workflow.
- Require explicit account-mutation confirmation and an initially
uninstalled plugin.
- Validate the current `codex_plugin_installed` contract, where
`plugin_id` is the backend ID.
- Restore and verify the original uninstalled state, with a dedicated
recovery command.
This baseline intentionally does not require `codex_plugin_uninstalled`,
because production does not emit that event yet. The final PR will
update this smoke to require local `plugin_id`, `remote_plugin_id`, and
uninstall emission. Review this PR as the net diff against #27099.
## Testing
- `just test -p codex-app-server-test-client` (3 focused
capture/validation tests passed)
- The live workflow was previously exercised on the green combined
reference branch, and the original uninstalled account state was
restored.
- CI is green across the required platform matrix.
## Split Overview
```text
main
├── #27093 Debug analytics capture
│ └── #27099 Non-mutating plugin smoke
│ └── #27100 Remote install/uninstall smoke ← you are here
└── #27102 Plugin telemetry metadata refactor
After #27093, #27099, #27100, and #27102 merge:
└── Final PR: add remote_plugin_id to plugin analytics
```
Review order and dependencies:
1. [#27093 Add debug-only analytics event
capture](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/27093) (based on `main`)
2. [#27099 Add a plugin analytics smoke
workflow](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/27099) (stacked on
#27093)
3. [#27100 Add a remote plugin analytics mutation smoke
workflow](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/27100) **(this PR,
stacked on #27099)**
4. [#27102 Centralize plugin telemetry metadata
construction](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/27102) (independent,
based on `main`)
5. Final remote-ID behavior PR (created after PRs 1-4 merge)
The original [#26281](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/26281)
remains open as the green aggregate reference until the final PR is
published.
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