auth: make STRIX_LLM=openai/subscription the single switch

Replace the separate STRIX_AUTH_MODE flag with a sentinel model value:
STRIX_LLM=openai/subscription selects the authenticated ChatGPT subscription,
and any other value is a normal API-key model. The env vars that already run
Strix are now the single source of truth — no second mode to keep in sync.

Encapsulate the behavior instead of branching everywhere:
- StrixProvider.get_model routes the sentinel to a _CodexResponsesModel backed
  by a cached OAuth client (no global default-client mutation, no per-call
  client churn).
- _CodexResponsesModel self-enforces the backend's requirements — streaming,
  store=false, encrypted reasoning, and the configured reasoning effort — so the
  runner, warm-up, and make_model_settings no longer special-case subscription.

Remove now-unneeded machinery: STRIX_AUTH_MODE/AuthMode, the
"incompatible model" warning, the non-OpenAI model coercion, the
make_model_settings codex flag, and the global set_default_openai_client wiring.
run.json still records a derived auth_mode so the viewer/telemetry/cost display
are unchanged. Switching modes is now just editing STRIX_LLM.

Sentinel-only (no per-model override): a subscription run uses gpt-5.4.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Jonathan Singer
2026-07-22 23:10:57 -04:00
co-authored by Claude Fable 5
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@@ -269,17 +269,19 @@ export STRIX_REASONING_EFFORT="high" # control thinking effort (default: high,
#### Sign in with a ChatGPT subscription
Instead of a metered API key, you can run Strix on your ChatGPT Plus/Pro subscription:
Instead of a metered API key, you can run Strix on your ChatGPT Plus/Pro subscription. Set `STRIX_LLM=openai/subscription` — that value is the only switch:
```bash
strix auth login chatgpt # opens your browser to sign in with ChatGPT
strix auth login chatgpt # sign in; sets STRIX_LLM=openai/subscription for you
strix --target ./app-directory
strix auth status # show the active sign-in
strix auth logout # revert to API-key billing
strix auth logout # forget the sign-in
```
This uses OpenAI's Codex OAuth flow: inference is billed to your ChatGPT plan rather than per token. Strix defaults to `gpt-5.4` here — newer models apply stricter content moderation that interferes with security-testing prompts, so `gpt-5.4` is recommended for scans. You can override the model with `strix auth login chatgpt --model <name>`. Note that the models a ChatGPT plan exposes are a narrower set than the OpenAI API. If the browser can't open, the command falls back to pasting the redirect URL by hand. Tokens are stored in `~/.strix/subscription-auth.json` (`0600`) and refreshed automatically.
To switch back to a metered API key, just point `STRIX_LLM` at a normal model (e.g. `openai/gpt-5.4`) and set `LLM_API_KEY` — there's no separate mode to toggle.
This uses OpenAI's Codex OAuth flow: inference is billed to your ChatGPT plan rather than per token, and it runs on `gpt-5.4` (newer models apply stricter content moderation that interferes with security-testing prompts). If the browser can't open, the command falls back to pasting the redirect URL by hand. Tokens are stored in `~/.strix/subscription-auth.json` (`0600`) and refreshed automatically.
> [!NOTE]
> Using a ChatGPT subscription outside OpenAI's own products is not officially supported by OpenAI and may be subject to its terms of use. For unattended/CI runs, prefer an API key.