tweak(tui/spinner): set spinner generation reasoning effort to Medium\n\n- Use ReasoningEffort::Medium for the background spinner JSON-schema turn\n- Keeps quality while avoiding earlier Minimal/Low issues\n- Scoped only to spinner generation; main turns unchanged

.github/workflows/issue-comment.yml

@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
-name: Issue Comment (Preview)
+name: Issue Comment
 
 on:
   # Automatic: when Preview Build finishes successfully for a PR
   workflow_run:
     workflows: ["Preview Build"]
     types: [completed]
+  # From triage (or elsewhere): direct repository dispatch
+  repository_dispatch:
+    types: [issue-comment]
   # Manual: allow maintainers to trigger for a specific PR
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
@@ -12,6 +15,20 @@ on:
         description: "PR number to post preview comment to linked issue"
         required: true
         type: number
+      type:
+        description: "comment type (preview|comment)"
+        required: false
+        default: preview
+        type: choice
+        options: [preview, comment]
+      issue_number:
+        description: "Issue number (for type=comment)"
+        required: false
+        type: number
+      context:
+        description: "Optional context to include in the comment"
+        required: false
+        type: string
 
 concurrency:
   group: issue-comment-${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.pr_number || github.event.workflow_run.id }}
@@ -30,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
       (github.event_name == 'workflow_run' &&
        github.event.workflow_run.event == 'pull_request' &&
        github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success')
-      || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
+      || (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && (inputs.type == 'preview' || !inputs.type))
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
@@ -407,3 +424,46 @@ jobs:
             } else {
               await github.rest.issues.createComment({ owner, repo, issue_number, body });
             }
+
+  dispatch_comment:
+    name: Post triage comment to issue (dispatch)
+    if: github.event_name == 'repository_dispatch' && github.event.action == 'issue-comment'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Post comment from triage
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.CODE_GH_PAT || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          script: |
+            const owner = context.repo.owner; const repo = context.repo.repo;
+            const p = context.payload.client_payload || {};
+            const issue_number = Number(p.issue_number || 0);
+            const type = String(p.type || 'comment');
+            const slug = String(p.slug || '');
+            const info = String(p.context || '').trim();
+            if (!issue_number) { core.setFailed('Missing issue_number in client_payload'); return; }
+            const ISSUE_MARK = '<!-- triage:comment -->';
+            let body = '';
+            if (type === 'comment') {
+              const lines = [];
+              lines.push(ISSUE_MARK);
+              lines.push(`Thanks @${context.actor}! This issue was auto-reviewed.`);
+              lines.push('');
+              lines.push('For safety, the bot did not auto-apply changes.');
+              if (info) { lines.push(''); lines.push(info); }
+              if (slug) {
+                lines.push('');
+                lines.push('You can still explore a local preview in your terminal:');
+                lines.push('```bash');
+                lines.push(`code preview ${slug}`);
+                lines.push('```');
+              }
+              lines.push(ISSUE_MARK);
+              body = lines.join('\n');
+              const all = await github.paginate(github.rest.issues.listComments, { owner, repo, issue_number, per_page: 100 });
+              const mine = all.find(c => c.user?.type?.toLowerCase().includes('bot') && (c.body || '').includes(ISSUE_MARK));
+              if (mine) await github.rest.issues.updateComment({ owner, repo, comment_id: mine.id, body });
+              else await github.rest.issues.createComment({ owner, repo, issue_number, body });
+            } else {
+              core.notice(`Unhandled type for issue-comment dispatch: ${type}`);
+            }

.github/workflows/issue-triage.yml

@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ jobs:
             else
               # Heuristic upgrade: treat straightforward features/docs/typos etc. as safe to attempt
               text="$(printf '%s\n%s\n' "${ISSUE_TITLE:-}" "${ISSUE_BODY:-}" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')"
-              if echo "$text" | grep -E -q '(feat|feature request|enhancement|docs|documentation|readme|typo|spelling|grammar|broken link|link fix|example|usage|lint|format|style|rename|comment|minor fix)'; then
+              if echo "$text" | grep -E -q '(feat|feature request|enhancement|docs|documentation|readme|typo|spelling|grammar|broken link|link fix|example|usage|lint|format|style|rename|minor fix)'; then
                 agent_mode='full'
               else
                 agent_mode='comment'
@@ -510,27 +510,24 @@ jobs:
             let label = allow && mode === 'full' ? 'triage/allow' : (allow ? 'triage/allow' : 'triage/block');
             try { await github.rest.issues.addLabels({ owner, repo, issue_number, labels: [label] }); } catch {}
 
-      - name: If no changes, post a helpful comment
+      - name: Queue issue-comment (comment mode)
-        timeout-minutes: 5
+        if: steps.safety.outputs.decision != 'block' && (steps.gate.outputs.allow_agent != 'true' || steps.gate.outputs.agent_mode != 'full')
-        if: steps.gate.outputs.allow_agent != 'true' || steps.gate.outputs.agent_mode != 'full'
         uses: actions/github-script@v7
         with:
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.CODE_GH_PAT }}
           script: |
-            const fs = require('fs');
+            const owner = context.repo.owner; const repo = context.repo.repo;
-            const p = '.github/auto/ISSUE_COMMENT.md';
+            const issue_number = Number(process.env.ISSUE_NUMBER);
-            let body = '';
+            const slug = `${{ steps.slug.outputs.slug }}`;
-            if (fs.existsSync(p)) body = fs.readFileSync(p, 'utf8').trim();
+            const decision = '${{ steps.safety.outputs.decision }}';
-            if (!body) {
+            const rr = `${{ steps.rate_limit.outputs.reason }}` || '';
-              body = [
+            const rs = `${{ steps.safety.outputs.reason }}` || '';
-                `Thanks @${context.actor}! I reviewed this issue.`,
+            const lines = [];
-                '',
+            lines.push(`Decision: ${decision}`);
-                'Right now there aren’t concrete code changes to apply.',
+            if (rr) lines.push(`Rate: ${rr}`);
-                'Please add reproduction steps, expected vs actual behavior, and any logs so we can proceed.',
+            if (rs) lines.push(`Safety: ${rs}`);
-              ].join('\n');
+            const contextText = lines.join('\n');
-            }
+            await github.rest.repos.createDispatchEvent({ owner, repo, event_type: 'issue-comment', client_payload: { type: 'comment', issue_number, slug, context: contextText } });
-            const payload = { owner: context.repo.owner, repo: context.repo.repo, issue_number: Number(process.env.ISSUE_NUMBER), body };
+            core.notice(`Queued issue-comment for #${issue_number} (comment mode)`);
-            await github.rest.issues.createComment(payload);
 
       - name: Queue implementation (issue-code workflow)
         if: steps.gate.outputs.allow_agent == 'true' && steps.gate.outputs.agent_mode == 'full'

codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/theme_selection_view.rs

@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ impl ThemeSelectionView {
                     std::sync::Arc::new(cfg.clone()),
                     Some(auth_mgr),
                     cfg.model_provider.clone(),
-                    cfg.model_reasoning_effort,
+                    codex_core::config_types::ReasoningEffort::Medium,
                     cfg.model_reasoning_summary,
                     cfg.model_text_verbosity,
                     uuid::Uuid::new_v4(),