fix(catalog): default native GPT-5.6 max_context_window to the upstream max

[harryzhou2000]

Default native GPT-5.6 rows advertise max_context_window 272000 even though the live upstream catalog (and the Codex models_cache) advertise 872000. narrowNativeMaxContextWindow flattened the override's max to the operating window whenever no user lever was set.

This PR:

• adds NATIVE_GPT56_MAX_CONTEXT_WINDOW = 872000 (the upstream advertised native max);
• keeps the 272k operating context_window default and the 922k measured opt-in ceiling;
• stops flattening max_context_window to context_window when the window is not narrowed;
• lets max_context_window follow a raise between the native max and the measured ceiling, clamped at 922k.

Tests now use the exported constants instead of magic numbers, and add margin cases at the 872k native max and the 922k ceiling.

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• New Features

  • Added GPT-5.6’s native maximum context-window limit to the public model catalog.
  • GPT-5.6 models now distinguish their supported operating context window from their maximum input capacity.
  • Context-window settings preserve native limits while respecting configured caps and increases.

• Bug Fixes

  • Improved context-window and automatic-compaction limit calculations for GPT-5.6 models.
  • Updated model discovery and catalog synchronization to report consistent limits across supported GPT-5.6 variants.

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GPT-5.6 catalog metadata now separates the 272,000-token operating window, 872,000-token advertised maximum, and 922,000-token measured input ceiling. Parsing and tests apply these limits across discovery, synchronization, account selection, and native-model handling.

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GPT-5.6 context-limit handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Catalog metadata and public constants src/codex/catalog.ts, src/codex/catalog/metadata.ts	The catalog exports NATIVE_GPT56_MAX_CONTEXT_WINDOW as 872,000 tokens. GPT-5.6 overrides retain the 272,000-token operating window and 922,000-token input ceiling while using the 872,000-token advertised maximum.
Native context-window calculation src/codex/catalog/parsing.ts	Native parsing preserves maximum context windows unless user limits narrow them. Raised operating windows follow the increase up to NATIVE_GPT56_MAX_INPUT_TOKENS, and provider caps apply independently.
Catalog and native-model validation tests/claude-models-discovery.test.ts, tests/codex-catalog-sync-hardening.test.ts, tests/codex-catalog.test.ts, tests/codex-convergence-account-selectors.test.ts, tests/native-model-toggle.test.ts	Tests use centralized GPT-5.6 constants and validate discovery, synchronization, account selection, provider caps, clamping, preserved maximums, measured ceilings, and auto-compaction limits.

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This change corrects the advertised native GPT-5.6 maximum context window while preserving the existing operating default and ceiling; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal checks and review.

Possibly related issues

• [Question/Bug] Supported 922k opt-in for native gpt-5.6-sol is not reflected in the generated Codex catalog #1964 — Addresses the GPT-5.6 native context-window mismatch by separating the advertised maximum from the measured input ceiling.

Possibly related PRs

• lidge-jun/opencodex#1435 — Modifies native OpenAI context-window handling in metadata and parsing.
• lidge-jun/opencodex#1648 — Updates GPT-5.6 native metadata and catalog expectations.
• lidge-jun/opencodex#1908 — Modifies GPT-5.6 native context metadata and catalog behavior.

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In `@src/codex/catalog/parsing.ts`:
- Around line 299-304: Update the max_context_window logic near the
resolved/authoritative checks so a configured limits.cap independently clamps
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@coderabbitai — addressed in 1577923. narrowNativeMaxContextWindow now applies limits.cap independently to max_context_window, so a 350,000 OpenAI cap clamps both context_window and max_context_window even when a per-model window raise would otherwise keep the native max. Regression test added in tests/native-model-toggle.test.ts asserting both equal 350,000.

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ast-grep outline src/codex/catalog/parsing.ts --match narrowNativeMaxContextWindow --view expanded
ast-grep outline tests/native-model-toggle.test.ts --items all --type function --match 'OpenAI|context|cap|GPT'

printf '\n--- implementation references ---\n'
rg -n -C 12 'narrowNativeMaxContextWindow|limits\.cap|max_context_window|context_window' src/codex/catalog/parsing.ts

printf '\n--- 350,000 regression coverage ---\n'
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@harryzhou2000 Confirmed. src/codex/catalog/parsing.ts now narrows entry.max_context_window independently after it narrows entry.context_window at Lines 347-360.

tests/native-model-toggle.test.ts adds the required regression case at Lines 123-138. It sets a 500,000 per-model window with a 350,000 OpenAI cap and verifies that both fields equal 350,000.

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[lidge-jun]

272k is intended u can change at model

[harryzhou2000]

Hi, just want to make sure that both context_window and max_context_window are intended to be 272k. The matter is that when max_context_window is also 272k in catalog, the user specified context window in codex's config.toml larger than 272k would not be respected, which creates behavior deviation for openai models with/without ocx injection. @lidge-jun