//! Persistence layer for the global, append-only *message history* file.//!//! The history is stored at `~/.codex/history.jsonl` with **one JSON object per//! line** so that it can be efficiently appended to and parsed with standard//! JSON-Lines tooling. Each record has the following schema://!//! ````text//! {"session_id":"<uuid>","ts":<unix_seconds>,"text":"<message>"}//! ````//!//! To minimize the chance of interleaved writes when multiple processes are//! appending concurrently, callers should *prepare the full line* (record +//! trailing `\n`) and write it with a **single `write(2)` system call** while//! the file descriptor is opened with the `O_APPEND` flag. POSIX guarantees//! that writes up to `PIPE_BUF` bytes are atomic in that case.use std::fs::File;use std::fs::OpenOptions;use std::io::BufRead;use std::io::BufReader;use std::io::Read;use std::io::Result;use std::io::Seek;use std::io::SeekFrom;use std::io::Write;use std::path::Path;use std::path::PathBuf;use memchr::memchr_iter;use serde::Deserialize;use serde::Serialize;use std::time::Duration;use tokio::fs;use tokio::io::AsyncReadExt;use codex_config::types::History;use codex_config::types::HistoryPersistence;#[cfg(unix)]use std::os::unix::fs::OpenOptionsExt;#[cfg(unix)]use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;/// Filename that stores the message history inside `~/.codex`.const HISTORY_FILENAME: &str = "history.jsonl";const HISTORY_READ_BUFFER_SIZE: usize = 8192;/// When history exceeds the hard cap, trim it down to this fraction of `max_bytes`.const HISTORY_SOFT_CAP_RATIO: f64 = 0.8;const MAX_RETRIES: usize = 10;const RETRY_SLEEP: Duration = Duration::from_millis(100);#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]pub struct HistoryEntry { pub session_id: String, pub ts: u64, pub text: String,}#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]pub struct HistoryConfig { pub codex_home: PathBuf, pub persistence: HistoryPersistence, pub max_bytes: Option<usize>,}impl HistoryConfig { pub fn new(codex_home: impl Into<PathBuf>, history: &History) -> Self { Self { codex_home: codex_home.into(), persistence: history.persistence, max_bytes: history.max_bytes, } }}fn history_filepath(config: &HistoryConfig) -> PathBuf { config.codex_home.join(HISTORY_FILENAME)}/// Append a `text` entry associated with `conversation_id` to the history file.////// Uses advisory file locking (`File::try_lock`) with a retry loop to ensure/// concurrent writes from multiple TUI processes do not interleave. The lock/// acquisition and write are performed inside `spawn_blocking` so the caller's/// async runtime is not blocked.////// The entry is silently skipped when `config.history.persistence` is/// [`HistoryPersistence::None`].////// # Errors////// Returns an I/O error if the history file cannot be opened/created, the/// system clock is before the Unix epoch, or the exclusive lock cannot be/// acquired after [`MAX_RETRIES`] attempts.pub async fn append_entry( text: &str, conversation_id: impl std::fmt::Display, config: &HistoryConfig,) -> Result<()> { match config.persistence { HistoryPersistence::SaveAll => { // Save everything: proceed. } HistoryPersistence::None => { // No history persistence requested. return Ok(()); } } // TODO: check `text` for sensitive patterns // Resolve `~/.codex/history.jsonl` and ensure the parent directory exists. let path = history_filepath(config); if let Some(parent) = path.parent() { tokio::fs::create_dir_all(parent).await?; } // Compute timestamp (seconds since the Unix epoch). let ts = std::time::SystemTime::now() .duration_since(std::time::UNIX_EPOCH) .map_err(|e| std::io::Error::other(format!("system clock before Unix epoch: {e}")))? .as_secs(); // Construct the JSON line first so we can write it in a single syscall. let entry = HistoryEntry { session_id: conversation_id.to_string(), ts, text: text.to_string(), }; let mut line = serde_json::to_string(&entry) .map_err(|e| std::io::Error::other(format!("failed to serialise history entry: {e}")))?; line.push('\n'); // Open the history file for read/write access (append-only on Unix). let mut options = OpenOptions::new(); options.read(true).write(true).create(true); #[cfg(unix)] { options.append(true); options.mode(0o600); } let mut history_file = options.open(&path)?; // Ensure permissions. ensure_owner_only_permissions(&history_file).await?; let history_max_bytes = config.max_bytes; // Perform a blocking write under an advisory write lock using std::fs. tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || -> Result<()> { // Retry a few times to avoid indefinite blocking when contended. for _ in 0..MAX_RETRIES { match history_file.try_lock() { Ok(()) => { // While holding the exclusive lock, write the full line. // We do not open the file with `append(true)` on Windows, so ensure the // cursor is positioned at the end before writing. history_file.seek(SeekFrom::End(0))?; history_file.write_all(line.as_bytes())?; history_file.flush()?; enforce_history_limit(&mut history_file, history_max_bytes)?; return Ok(()); } Err(std::fs::TryLockError::WouldBlock) => { std::thread::sleep(RETRY_SLEEP); } Err(e) => return Err(e.into()), } } Err(std::io::Error::new( std::io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock, "could not acquire exclusive lock on history file after multiple attempts", )) }) .await??; Ok(())}/// Trim the history file to honor `max_bytes`, dropping the oldest lines while holding/// the write lock so the newest entry is always retained. When the file exceeds the/// hard cap, it rewrites the remaining tail to a soft cap to avoid trimming again/// immediately on the next write.fn enforce_history_limit(file: &mut File, max_bytes: Option<usize>) -> Result<()> { let Some(max_bytes) = max_bytes else { return Ok(()); }; if max_bytes == 0 { return Ok(()); } let max_bytes = match u64::try_from(max_bytes) { Ok(value) => value, Err(_) => return Ok(()), }; let mut current_len = file.metadata()?.len(); if current_len <= max_bytes { return Ok(()); } let mut reader_file = file.try_clone()?; reader_file.seek(SeekFrom::Start(0))?; let mut buf_reader = BufReader::new(reader_file); let mut line_lengths = Vec::new(); let mut line_buf = String::new(); loop { line_buf.clear(); let bytes = buf_reader.read_line(&mut line_buf)?; if bytes == 0 { break; } line_lengths.push(bytes as u64); } if line_lengths.is_empty() { return Ok(()); } let last_index = line_lengths.len() - 1; let trim_target = trim_target_bytes(max_bytes, line_lengths[last_index]); let mut drop_bytes = 0u64; let mut idx = 0usize; while current_len > trim_target && idx < last_index { current_len = current_len.saturating_sub(line_lengths[idx]); drop_bytes += line_lengths[idx]; idx += 1; } if drop_bytes == 0 { return Ok(()); } let mut reader = buf_reader.into_inner(); reader.seek(SeekFrom::Start(drop_bytes))?; let capacity = usize::try_from(current_len).unwrap_or(0); let mut tail = Vec::with_capacity(capacity); reader.read_to_end(&mut tail)?; file.set_len(0)?; file.seek(SeekFrom::Start(0))?; file.write_all(&tail)?; file.flush()?; Ok(())}fn trim_target_bytes(max_bytes: u64, newest_entry_len: u64) -> u64 { let soft_cap_bytes = ((max_bytes as f64) * HISTORY_SOFT_CAP_RATIO) .floor() .clamp(1.0, max_bytes as f64) as u64; soft_cap_bytes.max(newest_entry_len)}/// Asynchronously fetch the history file's *identifier* and current entry count.////// The identifier is the file's inode on Unix or creation time on Windows./// The entry count is derived by counting newline bytes in the file. Returns/// `(0, 0)` when the file does not exist or its metadata cannot be read. If/// metadata succeeds but the file cannot be opened or scanned, returns/// `(log_id, 0)` so callers can still detect that a history file exists.pub async fn history_metadata(config: &HistoryConfig) -> (u64, usize) { let path = history_filepath(config); history_metadata_for_file(&path).await}/// Look up a single history entry by file identity and zero-based offset.////// Returns `Some(entry)` when the current history file's identifier (inode on/// Unix, creation time on Windows) matches `log_id` **and** a valid JSON/// record exists at `offset`. Returns `None` on any mismatch, I/O error, or/// parse failure, all of which are logged at `warn` level.////// This function is synchronous because it acquires a shared advisory file lock/// via `File::try_lock_shared`. Callers on an async runtime should wrap it in/// `spawn_blocking`.pub fn lookup(log_id: u64, offset: usize, config: &HistoryConfig) -> Option<HistoryEntry> { let path = history_filepath(config); lookup_history_entry(&path, log_id, offset)}/// On Unix systems, ensure the file permissions are `0o600` (rw-------). If the/// permissions cannot be changed the error is propagated to the caller.#[cfg(unix)]async fn ensure_owner_only_permissions(file: &File) -> Result<()> { let metadata = file.metadata()?; let current_mode = metadata.permissions().mode() & 0o777; if current_mode != 0o600 { let mut perms = metadata.permissions(); perms.set_mode(0o600); let perms_clone = perms.clone(); let file_clone = file.try_clone()?; tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || file_clone.set_permissions(perms_clone)).await??; } Ok(())}#[cfg(windows)]// On Windows, simply succeed.async fn ensure_owner_only_permissions(_file: &File) -> Result<()> { Ok(())}async fn history_metadata_for_file(path: &Path) -> (u64, usize) { let log_id = match fs::metadata(path).await { Ok(metadata) => log_identity(&metadata).unwrap_or(0), Err(e) if e.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound => return (0, 0), Err(_) => return (0, 0), }; // Open the file. let mut file = match fs::File::open(path).await { Ok(f) => f, Err(_) => return (log_id, 0), }; // Count newline bytes. let mut buf = [0u8; HISTORY_READ_BUFFER_SIZE]; let mut count = 0usize; loop { match file.read(&mut buf).await { Ok(0) => break, Ok(n) => { count += memchr_iter(b'\n', &buf[..n]).count(); } Err(_) => return (log_id, 0), } } (log_id, count)}fn lookup_history_entry(path: &Path, log_id: u64, offset: usize) -> Option<HistoryEntry> { use std::io::BufRead; use std::io::BufReader; let file: File = match OpenOptions::new().read(true).open(path) { Ok(f) => f, Err(e) => { tracing::warn!(error = %e, "failed to open history file"); return None; } }; let metadata = match file.metadata() { Ok(m) => m, Err(e) => { tracing::warn!(error = %e, "failed to stat history file"); return None; } }; let current_log_id = log_identity(&metadata)?; if log_id != 0 && current_log_id != log_id { return None; } // Open & lock file for reading using a shared lock. // Retry a few times to avoid indefinite blocking. for _ in 0..MAX_RETRIES { let lock_result = file.try_lock_shared(); match lock_result { Ok(()) => { let reader = BufReader::new(&file); for (idx, line_res) in reader.lines().enumerate() { let line = match line_res { Ok(l) => l, Err(e) => { tracing::warn!(error = %e, "failed to read line from history file"); return None; } }; if idx == offset { match serde_json::from_str::<HistoryEntry>(&line) { Ok(entry) => return Some(entry), Err(e) => { tracing::warn!(error = %e, "failed to parse history entry"); return None; } } } } // Not found at requested offset. return None; } Err(std::fs::TryLockError::WouldBlock) => { std::thread::sleep(RETRY_SLEEP); } Err(e) => { tracing::warn!(error = %e, "failed to acquire shared lock on history file"); return None; } } } None}#[cfg(unix)]fn log_identity(metadata: &std::fs::Metadata) -> Option<u64> { use std::os::unix::fs::MetadataExt; Some(metadata.ino())}#[cfg(windows)]fn log_identity(metadata: &std::fs::Metadata) -> Option<u64> { use std::os::windows::fs::MetadataExt; Some(metadata.creation_time())}#[cfg(not(any(unix, windows)))]fn log_identity(_metadata: &std::fs::Metadata) -> Option<u64> { None}#[cfg(test)]mod tests;