Mason Daugherty 37b339f8c4 fix(openai): build Codex async headers off the event loop in _agenerate (#38129)
The Codex `_astream` path was reworked to build its auth headers from an
async-fetched token, but `_agenerate` was left on the old "prime the
cache, then read it back synchronously" approach. That sync read still
went through `_FileChatGPTOAuthTokenProvider.get_token`, which acquires
a thread lock and a cross-process file lock on every call — blocking the
event loop even when the token is already warm. Both async paths now
build headers the same way, so neither touches sync `get_token` on the
loop.

## Changes
- `_ChatOpenAICodex._agenerate` now fetches the token via `aget_token`,
builds the Codex headers off-loop, and hands them to
`_get_request_payload` through the private `_codex_headers` kwarg —
eliminating the synchronous token read (and its lock acquisition) that
previously ran on the event loop inside `super()._agenerate`.
- Replaced the duplicated `"_codex_headers"` string literal across
`_agenerate`, `_astream`, and `_get_request_payload` with a
`_CODEX_HEADERS_KWARG` module constant, documenting that the kwarg is
popped before the payload reaches the SDK.
- Documented the deliberate `is not None` check in
`_get_request_payload`: an explicitly-built empty header dict
(accountless token with `originator=None`) is honored as-is rather than
falling back to the blocking sync read.
2026-06-13 01:33:37 -04:00

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