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feat: CSA-lite Phase 1 — caller session auto-detection + fork-from-caller (#1432)#1443

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Summary

Implements Phase 1 of CSA-lite mode (#1432): enables CSA child sessions to auto-detect the calling Claude Code agent's session and fork from it, sharing the API-level KV cache prefix. This reduces CSA cold-start cost from ~$3 (cold Opus 200K context) to ~$0.81 (cache-hit Opus) for same-model tasks.

Changes

  • Caller session detection (csa-session/src/caller_detect.rs): detect_caller_session() reads CLAUDE_SESSION_ID env var, validates session dir, falls back to xurl query
  • JSONL prefix extraction (csa-acp/src/prefix_extract.rs): PrefixExtractor reads Claude Code JSONL session files with configurable token budget, skips tool results by default
  • Config: session.fork_prefix_budget (default 32768, range [4096, 131072])
  • CLI: --fork-from-caller flag on csa run (mutually exclusive with --fork-from)
  • Fork wiring: Auto-detects caller session, extracts prefix, passes to native fork path with graceful fallback
  • Metrics: cache_read_input_tokens tracking in StreamingMetadata + SessionResult with cache_hit_ratio() helper

Atomic commits

  1. feat(session): add caller session auto-detection for CSA-lite fork
  2. feat(acp): add JSONL prefix extraction for CSA-lite fork
  3. feat(config): add session.fork_prefix_budget for CSA-lite
  4. feat(cli): add --fork-from-caller flag for CSA-lite
  5. feat(run): wire fork-from-caller into fork resolution path
  6. feat(metrics): add cache_read_input_tokens tracking for CSA-lite

Test plan

  • just pre-commit passes (32/32 e2e tests)
  • csa review --check-verdict PASS (codex gpt-5.5)
  • Manual test: csa run --fork-from-caller with CLAUDE_SESSION_ID set
  • Verify cache_read_input_tokens appears in session result after fork

Closes #1432 (Phase 1)

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Adds CallerSessionInfo and detect_caller_session() to csa-session for
Phase 1 of CSA-lite fork. The detector first checks the CLAUDE_SESSION_ID
env var (zero-cost path) and falls back to a xurl_core query for the
latest Claude thread on disk. Returns None gracefully on any failure.

- New caller_detect module with CallerSessionInfo struct and
  detect_caller_session() entry point
- Re-exports both names from csa-session lib root
- Adds xurl-core workspace dep to csa-session
- 5 unit tests covering env-set+valid, env-set+missing, env-empty,
  env-unset, and nonfile-path rejection
- Bumps workspace version to 0.1.733
- Stages stale weave.lock alongside the feature per AGENTS.md rule 055

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Adds `PrefixExtractor` (with `PrefixConfig` / `ExtractedPrefix`) to
`csa-acp` for reading a Claude Code JSONL session file and producing
a token-budgeted conversation prefix suitable for injection into a
forked session.

This is Task 2 of CSA-lite Phase 1; Task 1 (caller session
auto-detection in `csa-session::caller_detect`) supplies the
`jsonl_path` consumed here.

Behavior:
- Only top-level `user`/`assistant` entries are surfaced; progress,
  system, and API-error entries are skipped.
- When `skip_tool_results` is true (default), `tool_use` and
  `tool_result` content blocks are filtered, as are string-content
  messages with `role == "tool"`.
- Token budget is enforced via a `words * 4 / 3` heuristic that
  mirrors `csa-session::output_parser::estimate_tokens` (inlined to
  avoid pulling csa-session into the L3 transport crate).
- Malformed JSON lines are logged via `tracing::debug!` and skipped
  rather than aborting the extraction.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Task 3 of CSA-lite Phase 1: introduce a persisted config key for the
fork prefix token budget consumed by csa-acp::PrefixExtractor.

The field is Option<u32> on SessionConfig with serde default None;
SessionConfig::resolved_fork_prefix_budget() returns 32_768 (the value
mirrored from csa-acp::DEFAULT_PREFIX_BUDGET_TOKENS) when unset and
clamps configured values into [4096, 131072]. Validation emits a
user-visible warning for out-of-range values without failing config
load, matching the existing warn_unknown_tool_priority pattern.

Constants DEFAULT_FORK_PREFIX_BUDGET_TOKENS, FORK_PREFIX_BUDGET_MIN_TOKENS,
FORK_PREFIX_BUDGET_MAX_TOKENS are re-exported from the crate root so
downstream callers (csa-session fork wiring, future tasks in #1432) can
reference them without duplicating literals.

The global config template gains a commented [session] block with the
key + range hint for discoverability.

Why duplicate the default constant from csa-acp instead of importing it:
csa-acp depends on csa-config (not vice versa), so an import edge would
invert the layered crate graph (L1 -> L3).
Task 4 of CSA-lite Phase 1 fork session. Adds the `--fork-from-caller`
flag to `csa run`, mutually exclusive with `--session`, `--last`,
`--fork-from`, `--fork-last`, and `--ephemeral`. The flag is plumbed
through `Commands::Run` destructuring, `GoalRunRequest`, and the
`handle_run()` call chain. Resolution is wired in a follow-up commit;
this commit only accepts the flag and emits a placeholder warn.

Tests cover CLI parsing, default value, pairwise conflicts with each
mutually-exclusive flag, and help-text rendering. The `use Duration`
inline at the auto-weave-upgrade block was hoisted to a fully qualified
path to keep `main.rs` under the 800-line monolith guard after the new
field plumbing.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Task 5 of CSA-lite Phase 1 fork session. New `run_cmd_caller_fork`
module exposes `resolve_fork_from_caller(config)`, which:

  * detects the caller's Claude session via
    `csa_session::detect_caller_session()` (env or xurl fallback),
  * extracts a token-budgeted conversation prefix via
    `csa_acp::PrefixExtractor` when the `acp` feature is on (no-op
    `warn!` + None otherwise), respecting `session.fork_prefix_budget`
    from the project config, and
  * returns a `ForkResolution` carrying the extracted text as
    `context_prefix`, with `source_session_id` set to the Claude UUID.

`RunLoopRequest` gains a `caller_fork_resolution` field that
`execute_run_loop` uses as the initial value of `fork_resolution`,
so the existing prepend-to-prompt path (run_cmd_attempt.rs:306-318)
injects the caller's history without a second code path. Genealogy
update on the executed session records the Claude UUID as the fork
source, mirroring the soft-fork shape.

When detection or extraction fails, the resolver returns `None` and
logs a `tracing::warn!`; `handle_run` continues with a normal cold
start. Tests cover: extraction from a valid JSONL fixture
(acp feature), missing-JSONL graceful failure (acp feature),
missing-feature graceful failure (default features), and the
integration path with a fake `CLAUDE_SESSION_ID` pointing at a
non-existent session.

Drive-by: removed a verbose per-path debug log loop in the
legacy-XDG migration block of `main.rs` to keep the file under
the 800-line monolith guard after the new field plumbing; the
aggregate success log on the same match arm still reports the
migrated path count.

Known limitation: failover (post-rate-limit retry) resets
`fork_resolution` to `None`, so subsequent attempts on a fallback
tool lose the caller prefix. This matches existing `--fork-from`
behaviour minus the re-resolution. Re-injection on failover is
Phase 2.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Task 6 of CSA-lite Phase 1: surface Anthropic prompt-cache hit metrics on
session result output and JSON payload.

Schema
- StreamingMetadata (csa-core + csa-acp): add cache_read_input_tokens +
  cache_hit_ratio() helper.
- TokenUsage (csa-session::state): add cache_read_input_tokens with
  serde(default, skip_serializing_if = Option::is_none) for backwards
  compatibility, plus cache_hit_ratio() helper.

Population
- parse_token_usage: recognise "cache_read_input_tokens" before the
  shorter "input_tokens" probe and add a lookback guard so the longer
  key cannot shadow input_tokens.
- update_cumulative_tokens: only accumulate cache_read when present, so a
  None response from a non-Claude tool does not zero prior totals.
- convert_acp_metadata: bridge the new field across the ACP -> core
  StreamingMetadata boundary alongside existing input/output_tokens.

Display
- csa session result: print "Cache read: N tokens (P% hit rate)" line
  and expose total_token_usage.cache_hit_ratio in JSON payload.
- New load_total_token_usage helper reads state.toml directly so
  cross-project sessions render correctly.

Tests
- StreamingMetadata cache_hit_ratio: happy path 200K/150K -> 0.75, plus
  None on missing cache_read, missing input_tokens, and zero input.
- parse_token_usage_with_cache_read_input_tokens and the cache_read-only
  variant verify the lookback guard.

Module split
- session_cmds_result.rs and csa-acp/src/client.rs grew past the 800-line
  monolith cap; extracted handle_session_measure into
  session_cmds_result_measure.rs and the no-verify shell heuristic into
  csa-acp/src/client/no_verify_detect.rs. No behavior change.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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This pull request implements the --fork-from-caller feature, allowing new sessions to be seeded with the conversation history of the invoking Claude session. It includes logic for auto-detecting caller sessions, extracting token-budgeted prefixes from JSONL logs, and adds support for tracking Anthropic prompt caching metrics (cache_read_input_tokens). Feedback identifies a compilation error in the number formatting logic and suggests improving the token estimation heuristic for code-heavy content.

let len = bytes.len();
let mut out = String::with_capacity(len + len / 3);
for (idx, byte) in bytes.iter().enumerate() {
if idx > 0 && (len - idx).is_multiple_of(3) {
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high

The method is_multiple_of is not part of the Rust standard library for usize or u64. Unless the num-integer crate is imported and the Integer trait is in scope, this will cause a compilation error. It is safer and more idiomatic to use the modulo operator.

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if idx > 0 && (len - idx).is_multiple_of(3) {
if idx > 0 && (len - idx) % 3 == 0 {

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fn estimate_tokens(content: &str) -> usize {
content.split_whitespace().count() * 4 / 3
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medium

The word-based token estimation heuristic (words * 4 / 3) is significantly inaccurate for code-heavy content, which is a primary use case for this agent. Code often contains many symbols and identifiers that are not separated by whitespace but represent multiple tokens. This could lead to underestimating the token count, potentially causing the extracted prefix to exceed the intended budget or even the model's context limits in extreme cases. Consider using a more conservative heuristic (e.g., character-based) or moving a more robust tokenizer-based estimator to a shared crate like csa-core to avoid duplication while maintaining accuracy.

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