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Summary

  • bound the text a streaming citation filter withholds for one unterminated \uE200 START
  • release an over-bound span verbatim instead of retaining it, so a later START can still open a valid span

createCitationMarkerFilter withholds the text after an unterminated START so a span split across deltas is still recognized (#3150). Nothing bounds that hold. A backend that emits a START and never terminates it makes held grow for the whole response, and every later delta re-joins and re-scans the accumulated prefix — unbounded retained text plus quadratic scanning driven entirely by upstream content.

A real span is cite plus a few turn-scoped ids, so anything past a few KiB is malformed ordinary text rather than a citation. Past the 4 KiB bound the filter emits the held text exactly as received, which matches the existing contract in stripCitationMarkers and flush(): unterminated markers are kept verbatim so nothing the model actually said is lost. The change is additive — the split-span, per-character, and mid-stream-close paths keep their current behaviour.

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Run on agent/citation-marker-span-bound-20260907, one commit ahead of dev bf85e675484a2391b94b2135bbebe739813a9621 with nothing behind.

  • bun test ./tests/responses/citation-markers.test.ts — 12 pass, 0 fail
  • bun run typecheck — passed
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The two new regressions were confirmed to catch the defect: with src/responses/citation-markers.ts reverted to dev, the same file reports 10 pass / 2 fail on exactly those tests, and passes with the fix in place.

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The citation-marker filter now releases unterminated spans after 4,096 characters. Tests verify verbatim release, empty flush output, and stripping of later valid citation spans.

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Streaming citation marker bounds

Layer / File(s) Summary
Bounded marker release and validation
src/responses/citation-markers.ts, tests/responses/citation-markers.test.ts
The filter adds MAX_STREAMING_MARKER_SPAN_LENGTH with a value of 4,096. When an unterminated span exceeds the bound, the filter releases the text verbatim. Tests cover release behavior, flush(), and later valid span stripping.

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An oversized malformed citation followed by a valid citation in one streamed chunk can cause visible response text loss. The same-delta case should be fixed and covered before merge.

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In `@src/responses/citation-markers.ts`:
- Around line 104-105: Update the citation-marker streaming logic around
stripCitationMarkers so an oversized unterminated span is emitted as-is before
scanning or stripping any later marker in the same delta. Ensure later valid
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if (combined.length - start > MAX_STREAMING_MARKER_SPAN_LENGTH) {
return stripCitationMarkers(combined.slice(0, start)) + combined.slice(start);

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Preserve an oversized span before scanning a later marker.

If one delta contains an oversized unterminated span followed by a valid START...END span, lastIndexOf(CITATION_MARKER_START) selects the later START. The later END then makes stripCitationMarkers(combined) pair the first START with that END. The malformed text is removed instead of emitted verbatim.

Process and release the over-bound prefix before stripping the later valid span. Add a same-delta regression test. The existing test in tests/responses/citation-markers.test.ts uses separate push() calls and does not detect this case.

Suggested regression test
+  test("preserves an oversized span before a later valid span in one delta", () => {
+    const filter = createCitationMarkerFilter();
+    const malformed = `${S}${"x".repeat(4_096)}`;
+    const valid = `${S}cite${P}turn1view0${E}`;
+
+    expect(filter.push(`${malformed}${valid}`)).toBe(malformed);
+    expect(filter.flush()).toBe("");
+  });
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In `@src/responses/citation-markers.ts` around lines 104 - 105, Update the
citation-marker streaming logic around stripCitationMarkers so an oversized
unterminated span is emitted as-is before scanning or stripping any later marker
in the same delta. Ensure later valid START/END spans are then processed
independently, and add a regression test covering both spans delivered in one
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이 PR은 ChatGPT 계열 백엔드가 보내는 인라인 citation 마커를 스트리밍으로 걸러 내는 필터에 열려 있는 START 한도를 넣는 수정이다. 지금 dev(HEAD bf85e6754, 2.46.0 open, 최근 팁은 #3836 delivery-note privacy)의 src/responses/citation-markers.ts를 보면, createCitationMarkerFilter는 델타 경계를 넘는 \uE200\uE201 스팬을 잡기 위해 끝나지 않은 START부터 뒤를 held에 붙잡아 둡니다(#3150). END가 오면 그 구간을 지우고 내보내고, 스트림이 끝나면 flush()가 남은 텍스트를 그대로 돌려줍니다. 문제는 붙잡는 길이에 상한이 없다는 점입니다. 백엔드가 START만 보내고 끝내면 held가 응답 전체만큼 커지고, 이후 델타마다 held + delta를 다시 이어 붙여 indexOf/lastIndexOf로 훑습니다. 즉 업스트림 내용만으로 메모리와 재스캔 비용이 한없이 커질 수 있습니다.

실제 citation 스팬은 cite와 짧은 turn-scoped id 몇 개라서 수 KiB를 넘기기 어렵습니다. 이 변경은 MAX_STREAMING_MARKER_SPAN_LENGTH = 4_096을 두고, 열린 START부터의 길이가 그 값을 넘으면 citation이 아니라 깨진 일반 텍스트로 보고 held에 두지 않고 그대로 내보냅니다. 내보내는 방식은 stripCitationMarkers(combined.slice(0, start)) + combined.slice(start)라서, 완성 스팬만 지우고 미종료 START 이후는 원문 그대로 둡니다. 이는 같은 파일의 stripCitationMarkers·flush() 계약(끝나지 않은 마커는 잘라 버리지 않는다)과 같습니다. 한도를 넘겨 방출한 뒤에는 held가 비어 있으므로, 나중에 오는 정상적인 START는 다시 새 스팬을 열 수 있습니다. 호출 경로는 src/bridge.ts가 스트림 accumulator에 citationFilter: createCitationMarkerFilter()를 붙이는 자리이고, GUI·카탈로그·types/config 분할과는 무관합니다.

검증 쪽도 핵심을 직접 잠급니다. tests/responses/citation-markers.test.ts에 (1) 미종료 스팬이 한도를 넘으면 붙잡지 않고 전부 방출되는지, (2) 그 다음에 오는 정상 START·END 스팬은 여전히 제거되는지 두 회귀가 추가됐습니다. 작성자 서술에 따르면 같은 테스트를 dev 코드로 되돌리면 그 두 건만 실패하고, 수정본에서는 12 pass / typecheck / privacy:scan이 통과합니다. 범위는 파일 두 개·추가 약 39줄로 작고, base가 현재 dev tip과 같아서 rebase 부담도 거의 없습니다. 비슷한 시기 열린 사이드카 바이트 한도 PR(#3839, #3841)과 같은 업스트림이 악하면 로컬이 불어나지 않게 자른다는 방향과도 맞습니다.

라인 src/responses/citation-markers.ts · MAX_STREAMING_MARKER_SPAN_LENGTH - 상한 4096은 실제 cite 스팬보다 넉넉하고, DoS 방어로는 합리적입니다. 다만 숫자만 보면 사이드카 64 KiB(#3839 계열)와 단위가 달라 보이니, 주석에 “citation 문법 한도(바이트/문자 상한)이며 사이드카 본문 한도와는 별개”라고 한 줄 더 있으면 이후 리뷰어가 덜 헷갈립니다.
라인 createCitationMarkerFilter · over-bound 분기 - combined.length - start > 4096일 때 START 문자와 그 뒤를 사용자에게 그대로 흘립니다. TUI에 private-use 코드포인트가 잠깐 보일 수 있지만, 미종료 마커를 지우면 진짜 답 문장까지 날아간다는 기존 #3150 계약과 일치합니다. 버그라기보다 의도된 트레이드오프입니다.
라인 push · lastIndexOf(START) - 한 델타(또는 held+delta) 안에 START가 여러 번 있고 END가 없으면 마지막 START만 붙잡고, 그 앞의 미종료 START는 stripCitationMarkers를 거쳐 원문 그대로 나갑니다. 이번 PR이 새로 만든 동작은 아니고 기존 필터 동작입니다. 한도 분기만 그 위에 얹혔습니다.
경로 tests/responses/citation-markers.test.ts - 5000자를 한 글자씩 push하는 회귀는 결함을 잘 잡습니다. 다만 CI에서 느려질 여지는 있어, 원하면 큰 청크 몇 번으로도 같은 assert를 잠글 수 있습니다(필수는 아님).
경로 CI - 지금 hygiene/label/resolve-pr가 아직 pending입니다. CodeRabbit은 완료로 보이지만, 머지 전에는 게이트 초록을 확인해야 합니다.
경로 types.ts / config.ts 분할 - 이 유닛과 무관합니다. close-don't-rebase 대상이 아닙니다.

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CI(hygiene·label·gates)가 초록이면 dev에 머지하세요. 결함이 명확하고 회귀 테스트가 있으며, 현재 tip의 독립 버그픽스 열차와 잘 맞습니다. 머지 전 필수는 게이트 초록 확인 정도이고, 상수 주석 한 줄이나 테스트 청크 크기는 선택입니다. 닫지 말고 착지시키면 됩니다.

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Landed on dev via #3868 (merge 99451df82; chain-top Cross-platform CI run 34106345180, all jobs green). carried (cherry-pick -x 8ef77f7) plus the same-delta fix for the unresolved major finding: START-delimited segments are walked independently so an oversized malformed span is emitted verbatim before a later marker. Your authorship is preserved with a Co-authored-by: luvs01 trailer on the landed commit, so it counts toward your contribution graph. Closing this PR as superseded — thank you @luvs01!

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shaun0927 pushed a commit to shaun0927/opencodex that referenced this pull request Sep 7, 2026
…er marker in the same delta [skip ci]

Resolves the unresolved major finding on lidge-jun#3843 (discussion_r3946034145):
lastIndexOf selected the later START, its END made the whole-string strip
pair the first START with that END, and the malformed text vanished. Walk
START-delimited segments independently so a superseded or over-bound span is
emitted verbatim and only a bounded trailing span is held for the next delta.

Co-authored-by: luvs01 <27862058+luvs01@users.noreply.github.com>
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