{"record":{"id":"42b50bafb73cd6f8","repo":"openai/codex","slug":"inference-response-payload-did-not-contain-outp","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"inference response payload {} did not contain output_items","messagePattern":"inference response payload (.+?) did not contain output_items","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"anyhow::Error","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"codex-rs/rollout-trace/src/reducer/conversation.rs","lineNumber":140,"sourceCode":"        if post_compaction_snapshot.is_some() {\n            self.pending_compaction_replacement_item_ids\n                .remove(thread_id);\n        }\n        self.thread_conversation_snapshots\n            .insert(thread_id.to_string(), request_item_ids.clone());\n        Ok(request_item_ids)\n    }\n\n    /// Reduces an inference response payload into conversation items produced by the call.\n    pub(super) fn reduce_inference_response(\n        &mut self,\n        wall_time_unix_ms: i64,\n        inference_call_id: &InferenceCallId,\n        response_payload: &RawPayloadRef,\n    ) -> Result<Vec<String>> {\n        let payload = self.read_payload_json(response_payload)?;\n        let Some(output_items) = payload.get(\"output_items\").and_then(Value::as_array) else {\n            bail!(\n                \"inference response payload {} did not contain output_items\",\n                response_payload.raw_payload_id\n            );\n        };\n\n        let Some((thread_id, codex_turn_id)) = self\n            .rollout\n            .inference_calls\n            .get(inference_call_id)\n            .map(|inference| (inference.thread_id.clone(), inference.codex_turn_id.clone()))\n        else {\n            bail!(\"inference response referenced unknown call {inference_call_id}\");\n        };\n\n        let items = normalize::normalize_model_items(output_items, response_payload)?;\n        // Response output is appended immediately: it was produced by the model,\n        // so it is conversation even before a later request carries it forward.\n        let append_at = self","sourceCodeStart":122,"sourceCodeEnd":158,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/339751715c64496cb86246bfb3935f40e309dd3d/codex-rs/rollout-trace/src/reducer/conversation.rs#L122-L158","documentation":"Error \"inference response payload {} did not contain output_items\" thrown in openai/codex.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at codex-rs/rollout-trace/src/reducer/conversation.rs:140 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":[],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"339751715c64496cb86246bfb3935f40e309dd3d","analyzedAt":"2026-08-25T05:35:09.876Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-25T06:17:31.827Z"}