diff --git a/open-sse/config/providerRegistry.ts b/open-sse/config/providerRegistry.ts
index 82792df1af..5f143a03b1 100644
--- a/open-sse/config/providerRegistry.ts
+++ b/open-sse/config/providerRegistry.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ export interface RegistryModel {
   supportsVision?: boolean;
   supportsXHighEffort?: boolean;
   targetFormat?: string;
+  strip?: readonly string[];
   unsupportedParams?: readonly string[];
   /** Maximum context window in tokens */
   contextLength?: number;
diff --git a/open-sse/services/contextManager.ts b/open-sse/services/contextManager.ts
index 6b09d4dd19..ec155b4f66 100644
--- a/open-sse/services/contextManager.ts
+++ b/open-sse/services/contextManager.ts
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ function fixToolPairs(messages: Record<string, unknown>[]) {
 
       if (Array.isArray(newMsg.tool_calls)) {
         const filteredToolCalls = newMsg.tool_calls.filter(
-          (tc: any) => !tc.id || toolResultIds.has(tc.id)
+          (tc: Record<string, unknown>) => !tc.id || toolResultIds.has(tc.id)
         );
         if (filteredToolCalls.length !== newMsg.tool_calls.length) {
           newMsg.tool_calls = filteredToolCalls;
@@ -333,7 +333,8 @@ function fixToolPairs(messages: Record<string, unknown>[]) {
 
       if (Array.isArray(newMsg.content)) {
         const filteredContent = newMsg.content.filter(
-          (block: any) => block.type !== "tool_use" || !block.id || toolResultIds.has(block.id)
+          (block: Record<string, unknown>) =>
+            block.type !== "tool_use" || !block.id || toolResultIds.has(block.id)
         );
         if (filteredContent.length !== newMsg.content.length) {
           newMsg.content = filteredContent;
@@ -374,7 +375,7 @@ function fixToolPairs(messages: Record<string, unknown>[]) {
 
       if (msg.role === "user" && Array.isArray(msg.content)) {
         const filteredContent = msg.content.filter(
-          (block: any) =>
+          (block: Record<string, unknown>) =>
             block.type !== "tool_result" || !block.tool_use_id || toolCallIds.has(block.tool_use_id)
         );
         if (filteredContent.length !== msg.content.length) {
diff --git a/src/app/api/internal/codex-responses-ws/route.ts b/src/app/api/internal/codex-responses-ws/route.ts
index eda29b1382..078cee518b 100644
--- a/src/app/api/internal/codex-responses-ws/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/internal/codex-responses-ws/route.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { NextResponse } from "next/server";
 import { createHash, timingSafeEqual } from "node:crypto";
+import { z } from "zod";
 import { CodexExecutor } from "@omniroute/open-sse/executors/codex.ts";
 import { getApiKeyMetadata } from "@/lib/db/apiKeys";
 import { authorizeWebSocketHandshake, extractWsTokenFromRequest } from "@/lib/ws/handshake";
@@ -12,6 +13,15 @@ const executor = new CodexExecutor();
 
 type JsonRecord = Record<string, unknown>;
 
+const bridgePayloadSchema = z
+  .object({
+    action: z.string().optional(),
+    requestUrl: z.string().optional(),
+    headers: z.record(z.string(), z.unknown()).optional(),
+    response: z.record(z.string(), z.unknown()).optional(),
+  })
+  .passthrough();
+
 function isRecord(value: unknown): value is JsonRecord {
   return typeof value === "object" && value !== null && !Array.isArray(value);
 }
@@ -179,8 +189,11 @@ export async function POST(request: Request) {
 
   let body: JsonRecord;
   try {
-    const parsed = await request.json();
-    body = isRecord(parsed) ? parsed : {};
+    const parsed = bridgePayloadSchema.safeParse(await request.json());
+    if (!parsed.success) {
+      return jsonError(400, "invalid_json", "Request body must be a JSON object");
+    }
+    body = parsed.data as JsonRecord;
   } catch {
     return jsonError(400, "invalid_json", "Request body must be JSON");
   }
diff --git a/tests/unit/executor-codex.test.ts b/tests/unit/executor-codex.test.ts
index 3dbddf3deb..16d7b177f3 100644
--- a/tests/unit/executor-codex.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/executor-codex.test.ts
@@ -403,3 +403,25 @@ test("Codex internal websocket bridge secret comparison handles mismatched lengt
   assert.equal(bridgeSecretMatches("bridge-secret", "bridge-secret-extra"), false);
   assert.equal(bridgeSecretMatches("bridge-secret", ""), false);
 });
+
+test("Codex internal websocket bridge rejects non-object JSON payloads", async () => {
+  await withEnv({ OMNIROUTE_WS_BRIDGE_SECRET: "bridge-secret" }, async () => {
+    const { POST } = await import("../../src/app/api/internal/codex-responses-ws/route.ts");
+
+    const response = await POST(
+      new Request("http://omniroute.local/api/internal/codex-responses-ws", {
+        method: "POST",
+        headers: {
+          "content-type": "application/json",
+          "x-omniroute-ws-bridge-secret": "bridge-secret",
+        },
+        body: JSON.stringify(["invalid"]),
+      })
+    );
+    const body = await response.json();
+
+    assert.equal(response.status, 400);
+    assert.equal(body.error.code, "invalid_json");
+    assert.match(body.error.message, /JSON object/);
+  });
+});