Merge pull request Wei-Shaw#918 from rickylin047/fix/responses-string-input

fix(openai): convert string input to array for Codex OAuth responses endpoint (fix Wei-Shaw#919)

Author: Wei-Shaw

backend/internal/service/openai_codex_transform.go

@@ -146,6 +146,22 @@ func applyCodexOAuthTransform(reqBody map[string]any, isCodexCLI bool, isCompact
 		input = filterCodexInput(input, needsToolContinuation)
 		reqBody["input"] = input
 		result.Modified = true
+	} else if inputStr, ok := reqBody["input"].(string); ok {
+		// ChatGPT codex endpoint requires input to be a list, not a string.
+		// Convert string input to the expected message array format.
+		trimmed := strings.TrimSpace(inputStr)
+		if trimmed != "" {
+			reqBody["input"] = []any{
+				map[string]any{
+					"type":    "message",
+					"role":    "user",
+					"content": inputStr,
+				},
+			}
+		} else {
+			reqBody["input"] = []any{}
+		}
+		result.Modified = true
 	}
 
 	return result

backend/internal/service/openai_codex_transform_test.go

@@ -249,6 +249,50 @@ func TestApplyCodexOAuthTransform_NonCodexCLI_PreservesExistingInstructions(t *t
 	require.Equal(t, "old instructions", instructions)
 }
 
+func TestApplyCodexOAuthTransform_StringInputConvertedToArray(t *testing.T) {
+	reqBody := map[string]any{"model": "gpt-5.4", "input": "Hello, world!"}
+	result := applyCodexOAuthTransform(reqBody, false, false)
+	require.True(t, result.Modified)
+	input, ok := reqBody["input"].([]any)
+	require.True(t, ok)
+	require.Len(t, input, 1)
+	msg, ok := input[0].(map[string]any)
+	require.True(t, ok)
+	require.Equal(t, "message", msg["type"])
+	require.Equal(t, "user", msg["role"])
+	require.Equal(t, "Hello, world!", msg["content"])
+}
+
+func TestApplyCodexOAuthTransform_EmptyStringInputBecomesEmptyArray(t *testing.T) {
+	reqBody := map[string]any{"model": "gpt-5.4", "input": ""}
+	result := applyCodexOAuthTransform(reqBody, false, false)
+	require.True(t, result.Modified)
+	input, ok := reqBody["input"].([]any)
+	require.True(t, ok)
+	require.Len(t, input, 0)
+}
+
+func TestApplyCodexOAuthTransform_WhitespaceStringInputBecomesEmptyArray(t *testing.T) {
+	reqBody := map[string]any{"model": "gpt-5.4", "input": "   "}
+	result := applyCodexOAuthTransform(reqBody, false, false)
+	require.True(t, result.Modified)
+	input, ok := reqBody["input"].([]any)
+	require.True(t, ok)
+	require.Len(t, input, 0)
+}
+
+func TestApplyCodexOAuthTransform_StringInputWithToolsField(t *testing.T) {
+	reqBody := map[string]any{
+		"model": "gpt-5.4",
+		"input": "Run the tests",
+		"tools": []any{map[string]any{"type": "function", "name": "bash"}},
+	}
+	applyCodexOAuthTransform(reqBody, false, false)
+	input, ok := reqBody["input"].([]any)
+	require.True(t, ok)
+	require.Len(t, input, 1)
+}
+
 func TestIsInstructionsEmpty(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name     string