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Fix Codex token count saturation - #471

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Summary

  • widen Codex token counts to 64-bit values through JSONL parsing, cumulative deltas, packed file/day caches, retained reports, and final cost summaries
  • version Codex's persisted scanner cache so already-saturated pre-fix caches are ignored and rebuilt from source logs
  • remove the Fast/priority pricing narrowing path and add regressions above the signed 32-bit boundary plus cache round-trip/legacy invalidation coverage

Fixes #469

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  • reproduced on the shipped v0.56.8 build with real local history: input and cached tokens both stopped at 2,147,483,647
  • cargo fmt --all -- --check passes
  • git diff --check passes
  • focused Rust test build was attempted with cargo test -p codexbar codex_token_pipeline_preserves_counts_above_i32_max --no-run, but this machine resolves link.exe to C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\link.exe; dependency build scripts fail before the codexbar crate is compiled. Hosted CircleCI Windows validation is required for the Rust test result.

Notes

The old cache cannot recover values that were already saturated, so the Codex cache schema is deliberately invalidated and rebuilt rather than simply deserialized into wider fields. Cached-input and reasoning accounting semantics are unchanged.

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved handling of token counts exceeding 32-bit limits across usage tracking, aggregation, pricing, reporting, and cache storage.
    • Preserved full nonnegative token values without truncation, improving cost calculation accuracy for high-volume usage.
    • Added cache schema validation so incompatible legacy caches are safely rebuilt.
    • Prevented malformed negative token values from inflating usage totals.
  • Tests

    • Added regression coverage for large token counts, accurate aggregation, serialization, and legacy cache invalidation.

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Codex token handling now uses 64-bit values across parsing, aggregation, caching, reporting, and pricing. Codex cache schema versioning invalidates older caches. Negative cumulative values are clamped before delta calculation. Regression tests cover large counts and legacy cache recovery.

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Codex token width migration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Cache contracts and schema handling
rust/src/core/jsonl_scanner.rs
Cache models, reports, packed day maps, and accumulators use i64 token values. Codex caches record schema version 1 and reset when the stored version differs.
JSONL parsing and delta propagation
rust/src/core/jsonl_scanner/codex/*, rust/src/core/jsonl_scanner/codex/parser.rs
Codex payloads, totals, deltas, reasoning values, and usage records preserve 64-bit counts without narrowing casts. Negative cumulative components are clamped before delta calculation.
Cost aggregation, pricing, and budget sizing
rust/src/codex_costs.rs, rust/src/core/cost_cache_budget.rs, rust/src/core/cost_pricing.rs
Packed-token aggregation and cache budget functions use i64. Fast-model pricing receives native u64 counts. Cached values remain capped at input values, and subtraction includes the reasoning slot.
Large-count and legacy-cache validation
rust/src/core/jsonl_scanner/tests.rs, rust/src/cost_scanner/tests.rs, rust/src/core/cost_cache_budget.rs
Tests cover counts above i32::MAX, negative cumulative values, cache round trips, legacy cache invalidation, budget sizing, reasoning-slot subtraction, and updated packed-token fixtures.

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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to cc167

The updated tests cover large retained totals, and cache-size estimation now accounts for widened token values. No current merge-blocking risk remains.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: preventing Codex token counts from saturating at the signed 32-bit limit.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed PR #469 requirements are covered. Codex token values use i64 through JSONL parsing, delta and cumulative aggregation, packed file/day caches, retained reports, and cost summaries. Fast pricing no lo…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changes remain within PR #469. Negative cumulative-value clamping preserves aggregation semantics for malformed input. The wider cache-size estimate supports 64-bit packed values. Pricing signatur…
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rust/src/core/cost_cache_budget.rs (1)

87-87: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Update the packed-value size bounds for i64 values.

packed.len() * 10 models 32-bit-sized JSON numbers. A nonnegative i64 token value needs up to 19 digits. Both estimates can now undercount enough to skip budget trimming for a trimmable cache.

Use a conservative bound in both locations.

Proposed fix
-            bytes += model.len() + 40 + packed.len() * 10;
+            bytes += model.len() + 40 + packed.len() * 20;
...
-            bytes += model.len() + 40 + packed.len() * 10;
+            bytes += model.len() + 40 + packed.len() * 20;

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In `@rust/src/core/cost_cache_budget.rs` at line 87, Update both packed-value size
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per packed token instead of 10, including the location corresponding to the
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In `@rust/src/core/jsonl_scanner/codex/helpers.rs`:
- Around line 60-68: Clamp input, cached-input, and output token counts to
nonnegative values in read_token_totals, codex_totals_from_fast, and
fast_totals_from_payload before passing them to apply_totals_delta, preserving
valid positive cumulative totals and preventing negative values from affecting
state updates.

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In `@rust/src/core/cost_cache_budget.rs`:
- Line 87: Update both packed-value size calculations in the cost-cache budget
logic to use a conservative 19-byte bound per packed token instead of 10,
including the location corresponding to the second occurrence. Preserve the
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Addressed the two remaining review findings on this PR.

Changes (commit a7a3d8b2abaf7855459b403c1c4706681fb3dfd6):

  • rust/src/core/jsonl_scanner/codex/helpers.rs: clamp negative cumulative input/cached/output in read_token_totals, codex_totals_from_fast, and fast_totals_from_payload before they reach apply_totals_delta. A malformed negative total previously lowered the high watermark below zero (or set previous_totals negative), so a later normal climb was counted as growth above the negative baseline and inflated totals. Valid reset/high-watermark semantics and reasoning clamping are unchanged (clamp_reasoning still bounds reasoning to [0, output]).
  • rust/src/core/cost_cache_budget.rs: replaced packed.len() * 10 at both estimate sites with PACKED_VALUE_BYTES = 20 (full signed/nonnegative i64 JSON width) so pruning cannot under-estimate the widened cache.

Regressions added:

  • negative_cumulative_components_are_clamped_at_the_source (all three converters).
  • negative_cumulative_totals_do_not_inflate_later_deltas (end-to-end apply_totals_delta; before the fix the second delta was (8, 0, 3, None) instead of (3, 0, 1, None)).
  • estimated_entry_bytes_reserves_twenty_bytes_per_packed_i64_value and estimated_cache_bytes_reserves_twenty_bytes_per_packed_i64_value_in_days (each packed slot must add 20 bytes, not 10).

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rust/src/core/cost_cache_budget.rs (1)

257-272: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Subtract the reasoning slot when pruning entries

Codex day rows use [input, cached, output, reasoning]. Both budget-removal paths call subtract_entry_days, but .take(3) leaves removed reasoning totals in the aggregate. If another file shares the same day and model, later reports can include stale reasoning tokens. Iterate through the fourth slot as well with .take(4); three-slot legacy rows remain unchanged.

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In `@rust/src/core/cost_cache_budget.rs` around lines 257 - 272, Update
subtract_entry_days to iterate over up to four packed token slots instead of
three, so the reasoning slot is subtracted during pruning while preserving
behavior for legacy three-slot rows.
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In `@rust/src/core/cost_cache_budget.rs`:
- Around line 257-272: Update subtract_entry_days to iterate over up to four
packed token slots instead of three, so the reasoning slot is subtracted during
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[Bug]: Codex token counts saturate at 2,147,483,647 in Usage & Spend

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