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Charley Cunningham dc7007beaa Fix remote compaction estimator/payload instruction small mismatch (#10692)
## Summary
This PR fixes a deterministic mismatch in remote compaction where
pre-trim estimation and the `/v1/responses/compact` payload could use
different base instructions.

Before this change:
- pre-trim estimation used model-derived instructions
(`model_info.get_model_instructions(...)`)
- compact payload used session base instructions
(`sess.get_base_instructions()`)

After this change:
- remote pre-trim estimation and compact payload both use the same
`BaseInstructions` instance from session state.

## Changes
- Added a shared estimator entry point in `ContextManager`:
- `estimate_token_count_with_base_instructions(&self, base_instructions:
&BaseInstructions) -> Option<i64>`
- Kept `estimate_token_count(&TurnContext)` as a thin wrapper that
resolves model/personality instructions and delegates to the new helper.
- Updated remote compaction flow to fetch base instructions once and
reuse it for both:
  - trim preflight estimation
  - compact request payload construction
- Added regression coverage for parity and behavior:
  - unit test verifying explicit-base estimator behavior
- integration test proving remote compaction uses session override
instructions and trims accordingly

## Why this matters
This removes a deterministic divergence source where pre-trim could
think the request fits while the actual compact request exceeded context
because its instructions were longer/different.

## Scope
In scope:
- estimator/payload base-instructions parity in remote compaction

Out of scope:
- retry-on-`context_length_exceeded`
- compaction threshold/headroom policy changes
- broader trimming policy changes

## Codex author:
`codex fork 019c2b24-c2df-7b31-a482-fb8cf7a28559`
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codex-core

This crate implements the business logic for Codex. It is designed to be used by the various Codex UIs written in Rust.

Dependencies

Note that codex-core makes some assumptions about certain helper utilities being available in the environment. Currently, this support matrix is:

macOS

Expects /usr/bin/sandbox-exec to be present.

When using the workspace-write sandbox policy, the Seatbelt profile allows writes under the configured writable roots while keeping .git (directory or pointer file), the resolved gitdir: target, and .codex read-only.

Linux

Expects the binary containing codex-core to run the equivalent of codex sandbox linux (legacy alias: codex debug landlock) when arg0 is codex-linux-sandbox. See the codex-arg0 crate for details.

All Platforms

Expects the binary containing codex-core to simulate the virtual apply_patch CLI when arg1 is --codex-run-as-apply-patch. See the codex-arg0 crate for details.