diff --git a/changelog.d/fixes/8052-codex-ws-compression.md b/changelog.d/fixes/8052-codex-ws-compression.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9a7a679d02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/fixes/8052-codex-ws-compression.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+- **fix(sse):** run the prompt-compression pipeline per turn in the Codex Responses WebSocket bridge instead of skipping it entirely — a reused WebSocket connection now re-runs `prepare()` (auth/policy/memory/reasoning-routing/compression) for every logical `response.create` turn, not just the first (#8052)
+
diff --git a/scripts/dev/responses-ws-proxy.mjs b/scripts/dev/responses-ws-proxy.mjs
index 8825283aac..1b585e4618 100644
--- a/scripts/dev/responses-ws-proxy.mjs
+++ b/scripts/dev/responses-ws-proxy.mjs
@@ -579,6 +579,52 @@ class ResponsesWsSession {
     await this.forwardClientMessage(message);
   }
 
+  // #8052: shared by ensureUpstream() (first turn — also owns socket creation) and
+  // forwardClientMessage() (subsequent turns on a reused connection). Calls the internal
+  // "prepare" action — auth/policy/memory/reasoning-routing/compression — and refreshes
+  // preparedContext, but never touches this.upstream/this.upstreamReady; the caller decides
+  // whether a new upstream socket is needed.
+  async runPrepare(message, responseBody) {
+    const prepared = await callInternal(this.fetchImpl, this.baseUrl, this.bridgeSecret, "prepare", {
+      requestUrl: this.requestUrl,
+      headers: getAuthHeaders(this.requestUrl, this.requestHeaders),
+      message,
+      response: responseBody,
+    });
+
+    if (!prepared.ok) {
+      const message2 =
+        prepared.json?.error?.message ||
+        prepared.json?.message ||
+        prepared.text ||
+        "Codex WS prepare failed";
+      const code = prepared.json?.error?.code || "codex_ws_prepare_failed";
+      const error = new Error(message2);
+      error.code = code;
+      error.status = prepared.status;
+      throw error;
+    }
+
+    this.preparedContext = {
+      upstreamUrl: toStringOrNull(prepared.json?.upstreamUrl),
+      connectionId: toStringOrNull(prepared.json?.connectionId),
+      account: toStringOrNull(prepared.json?.account),
+      provider: toStringOrNull(prepared.json?.provider) || "codex",
+      model: toStringOrNull(prepared.json?.model) || toStringOrNull(responseBody.model),
+      requestedModel: toStringOrNull(responseBody.model),
+      reasoningRouting:
+        prepared.json?.reasoningRouting &&
+        typeof prepared.json.reasoningRouting === "object" &&
+        !Array.isArray(prepared.json.reasoningRouting)
+          ? prepared.json.reasoningRouting
+          : null,
+      serviceTier:
+        toStringOrNull(responseBody.service_tier) || toStringOrNull(responseBody.serviceTier),
+    };
+
+    return prepared;
+  }
+
   async ensureUpstream(firstMessage) {
     if (this.upstreamReady) return this.upstreamReady;
 
@@ -590,48 +636,7 @@ class ResponsesWsSession {
       this.firstResponseBody ||= responseBody;
       this.currentRequestBody = responseBody;
 
-      const prepared = await callInternal(
-        this.fetchImpl,
-        this.baseUrl,
-        this.bridgeSecret,
-        "prepare",
-        {
-          requestUrl: this.requestUrl,
-          headers: getAuthHeaders(this.requestUrl, this.requestHeaders),
-          message: firstMessage,
-          response: responseBody,
-        }
-      );
-
-      if (!prepared.ok) {
-        const message =
-          prepared.json?.error?.message ||
-          prepared.json?.message ||
-          prepared.text ||
-          "Codex WS prepare failed";
-        const code = prepared.json?.error?.code || "codex_ws_prepare_failed";
-        const error = new Error(message);
-        error.code = code;
-        error.status = prepared.status;
-        throw error;
-      }
-
-      this.preparedContext = {
-        upstreamUrl: toStringOrNull(prepared.json?.upstreamUrl),
-        connectionId: toStringOrNull(prepared.json?.connectionId),
-        account: toStringOrNull(prepared.json?.account),
-        provider: toStringOrNull(prepared.json?.provider) || "codex",
-        model: toStringOrNull(prepared.json?.model) || toStringOrNull(responseBody.model),
-        requestedModel: toStringOrNull(responseBody.model),
-        reasoningRouting:
-          prepared.json?.reasoningRouting &&
-          typeof prepared.json.reasoningRouting === "object" &&
-          !Array.isArray(prepared.json.reasoningRouting)
-            ? prepared.json.reasoningRouting
-            : null,
-        serviceTier:
-          toStringOrNull(responseBody.service_tier) || toStringOrNull(responseBody.serviceTier),
-      };
+      const prepared = await this.runPrepare(firstMessage, responseBody);
 
       const wsOptions = {
         // #5591: chrome_149 is not a wreq-js 2.3.1 profile (max chrome_147); the
@@ -704,7 +709,16 @@ class ResponsesWsSession {
       // turn's own request body so persistHistory() attaches the right
       // clientRequest instead of always the first turn's.
       const nextTurnBody = getResponseCreatePayload(message);
-      if (nextTurnBody !== null) this.currentRequestBody = nextTurnBody;
+      if (nextTurnBody !== null) {
+        this.currentRequestBody = nextTurnBody;
+        // #8052: a reused connection must re-run "prepare" (auth/policy/memory/
+        // reasoning-routing/compression) for every logical turn, not just the first —
+        // otherwise every turn after the first bypasses the whole pipeline. This reuses
+        // the already-established upstream transport; it must NOT recreate the socket.
+        const prepared = await this.runPrepare(message, nextTurnBody);
+        this.upstream.send(jsonStringifySafe(withPreparedResponseCreate(message, prepared.json.response)));
+        return;
+      }
       this.upstream.send(jsonStringifySafe(message));
     } catch (error) {
       const code = error?.code || "upstream_websocket_connect_failed";
diff --git a/src/app/api/internal/codex-responses-ws/compression.ts b/src/app/api/internal/codex-responses-ws/compression.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f4cd889c13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/api/internal/codex-responses-ws/compression.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+/**
+ * Codex Responses-over-WebSocket prompt-compression parity (#8052).
+ *
+ * The HTTP/SSE chat pipeline (open-sse/handlers/chatCore.ts) runs every request through the
+ * modular compression pipeline (settings → strategy selection → applyCompressionAsync →
+ * compression_analytics/compression_engine_breakdown writes) before dispatching upstream. The
+ * Codex Responses WebSocket bridge (`prepare()` in ./route.ts) never called any of that — it
+ * authenticated, injected memory, applied reasoning-routing, then went straight to
+ * `executor.transformRequest()`.
+ *
+ * This module wires the same core pipeline (settings resolution, mode selection via
+ * `selectCompressionStrategy`, `applyCompressionAsync`, analytics persistence) into the WS
+ * bridge's per-turn `prepare()` call, using `adaptBodyForCompression`'s existing Responses-API
+ * (`input[]`) adapter so the same engines that already understand chat `messages[]` bodies work
+ * unmodified here too. Deliberately scoped to the core pipeline (settings → mode → engines →
+ * analytics) — combo/output-style/live-zone/adaptive-budget refinements stay chatCore-only for
+ * now; the WS bridge previously had *zero* compression coverage, so this closes the primary gap.
+ */
+
+import { logger } from "@omniroute/open-sse/utils/logger.ts";
+import { estimateTokens } from "@omniroute/open-sse/services/contextManager.ts";
+import { adaptBodyForCompression } from "@omniroute/open-sse/services/compression/bodyAdapter.ts";
+import type {
+  CompressionConfig,
+  CompressionResult,
+} from "@omniroute/open-sse/services/compression/types.ts";
+import { resolveCompressionSettings } from "@omniroute/open-sse/handlers/chatCore/compressionSettings.ts";
+import {
+  writeCompressionAnalytics,
+  writeCompressionSkip,
+} from "@omniroute/open-sse/handlers/chatCore/compressionAnalyticsWrite.ts";
+
+const log = logger("RESPONSES_WS_COMPRESSION");
+
+type JsonRecord = Record<string, unknown>;
+
+export type ResponsesWsCompressionContext = {
+  provider: string;
+  model: string;
+  /** Distinct per logical turn — feeds the compression_analytics.request_id column. */
+  requestId: string;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Runs the core compression pipeline against a Codex Responses `response` body and returns the
+ * (possibly rewritten) body. Best-effort: any resolution/engine failure logs and returns the
+ * original body untouched — a broken compression path must never break the WS turn.
+ */
+export async function applyResponsesWsCompression(
+  responseBody: JsonRecord,
+  ctx: ResponsesWsCompressionContext
+): Promise<JsonRecord> {
+  try {
+    const { settings, enabled } = await resolveCompressionSettings(log);
+    if (!enabled || !settings) return responseBody;
+
+    const adapter = adaptBodyForCompression(responseBody);
+    if (!adapter.adapted || !Array.isArray(adapter.body.messages) || adapter.body.messages.length === 0) {
+      return responseBody;
+    }
+
+    const { selectCompressionStrategy, applyCompressionAsync } = await import(
+      "@omniroute/open-sse/services/compression/strategySelector.ts"
+    );
+
+    const estimatedTokens = estimateTokens(adapter.body.messages);
+    const cachingContext = {
+      provider: ctx.provider,
+      targetFormat: "openai-responses",
+      model: ctx.model,
+      connectionCacheOverride: null,
+    };
+    const mode = selectCompressionStrategy(
+      settings,
+      null,
+      estimatedTokens,
+      adapter.body,
+      cachingContext,
+      {},
+      null
+    );
+    if (mode === "off") return responseBody;
+
+    const result = await applyCompressionAsync(adapter.body, mode, {
+      model: ctx.model,
+      providerTransport:
+        ctx.provider === "anthropic" || ctx.provider === "claude" ? "direct" : "aggregator",
+      config: settings as CompressionConfig,
+      cachingContext,
+    });
+
+    return await persistAndRestore(result, adapter, responseBody, mode, settings, ctx);
+  } catch (err) {
+    log.warn(
+      `[codex-responses-ws] compression skipped: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}`
+    );
+    return responseBody;
+  }
+}
+
+async function persistAndRestore(
+  result: CompressionResult,
+  adapter: ReturnType<typeof adaptBodyForCompression>,
+  responseBody: JsonRecord,
+  mode: string,
+  settings: CompressionConfig,
+  ctx: ResponsesWsCompressionContext
+): Promise<JsonRecord> {
+  if (!result.stats) return responseBody;
+
+  const writeOpts = {
+    stats: result.stats,
+    provider: ctx.provider,
+    effectiveModel: ctx.model,
+    effectiveServiceTier: undefined,
+    comboName: null,
+    mode,
+    compressionComboId: settings.compressionComboId,
+    skillRequestId: ctx.requestId,
+    cavemanOutputModeApplied: false,
+    cavemanOutputModeIntensity: null,
+    log,
+  };
+
+  if (!result.compressed) {
+    void writeCompressionSkip(writeOpts, "no_savings");
+    return responseBody;
+  }
+
+  void writeCompressionAnalytics(writeOpts);
+  return adapter.restore(result.body) as JsonRecord;
+}
diff --git a/src/app/api/internal/codex-responses-ws/route.ts b/src/app/api/internal/codex-responses-ws/route.ts
index 772ccd9d5e..a865791a04 100644
--- a/src/app/api/internal/codex-responses-ws/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/internal/codex-responses-ws/route.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { NextResponse } from "next/server";
-import { createHash, timingSafeEqual } from "node:crypto";
+import { createHash, randomUUID, timingSafeEqual } from "node:crypto";
 import { z } from "zod";
 import { CodexExecutor } from "@omniroute/open-sse/executors/codex.ts";
 import { getApiKeyMetadata } from "@/lib/db/apiKeys";
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import {
 import { resolveRequestRoutingTags } from "@/domain/tagRouter";
 import { validateApiKeyRoutingTarget } from "@/shared/utils/apiKeyPolicy";
 import { persistResponsesWsCallHistory } from "./history";
+import { applyResponsesWsCompression } from "./compression";
 
 const CODEX_RESPONSES_WS_URL = "wss://chatgpt.com/backend-api/codex/responses";
 const executor = new CodexExecutor();
@@ -512,6 +513,14 @@ async function prepare(body: JsonRecord) {
     responseBodyWithMemory = applyReasoningRuleDirective(withDirective) as JsonRecord;
     delete responseBodyWithMemory._omnirouteReasoningRouteTrace;
   }
+  // #8052: the WS bridge previously skipped the whole prompt-compression pipeline that the
+  // HTTP/SSE path (chatCore.ts) runs on every request — wire the same core pipeline in here,
+  // per logical turn, before handing off to the executor.
+  responseBodyWithMemory = await applyResponsesWsCompression(responseBodyWithMemory, {
+    provider,
+    model,
+    requestId: randomUUID(),
+  });
   const transformed = (await executor.transformRequest(
     model,
     responseBodyWithMemory,
diff --git a/tests/unit/responses-ws-proxy-compression-parity.test.ts b/tests/unit/responses-ws-proxy-compression-parity.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..013f202994
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/responses-ws-proxy-compression-parity.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,218 @@
+// Regression test for issue #8052: the Codex Responses-over-WebSocket bridge bypassed the
+// whole prompt-compression pipeline (and its analytics writes).
+//
+// Two distinct gaps made this happen:
+//   1. `prepare()` in src/app/api/internal/codex-responses-ws/route.ts never called anything
+//      from open-sse/services/compression/* — unlike the HTTP/SSE path (chatCore.ts), which
+//      runs every request through applyCompressionAsync + writes compression_analytics.
+//   2. scripts/dev/responses-ws-proxy.mjs memoized the upstream connection in
+//      `ensureUpstream()` — it only called the internal "prepare" action on the FIRST
+//      `response.create` of a WS session. `forwardClientMessage()` forwarded every
+//      subsequent turn on a reused connection straight to the upstream socket, so even if
+//      compression were wired into `prepare()`, only the first logical turn of a multi-turn
+//      WS session would ever see it.
+//
+// This test proves gap #2 by execution: it opens ONE WebSocket via createResponsesWsProxy(),
+// sends two `response.create` messages sequentially on the SAME connection (mirroring the
+// issue's "Codex clients may reuse one WebSocket connection for multiple logical turns" repro
+// step), and asserts each logical turn triggers its own internal "prepare" call — the only
+// place a per-turn compression pass can run.
+import test from "node:test";
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import http from "node:http";
+
+const { createResponsesWsProxy } = await import("../../scripts/dev/responses-ws-proxy.mjs");
+
+function listen(server: http.Server): Promise<number> {
+  return new Promise((resolve) => {
+    server.listen(0, "127.0.0.1", () => {
+      const address = server.address();
+      resolve((address as { port: number }).port);
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+function close(server: http.Server): Promise<void> {
+  return new Promise((resolve) => {
+    server.close(() => resolve());
+  });
+}
+
+function readRequestBody(req: http.IncomingMessage): Promise<string> {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const chunks: Buffer[] = [];
+    req.on("data", (chunk) => chunks.push(chunk));
+    req.on("end", () => resolve(Buffer.concat(chunks).toString("utf8")));
+    req.on("error", reject);
+  });
+}
+
+function waitFor<T>(
+  predicate: () => T | undefined | null | false,
+  { timeoutMs = 3000, intervalMs = 10 }: { timeoutMs?: number; intervalMs?: number } = {}
+): Promise<T> {
+  const startedAt = Date.now();
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const timer = setInterval(() => {
+      try {
+        const value = predicate();
+        if (value) {
+          clearInterval(timer);
+          resolve(value);
+          return;
+        }
+        if (Date.now() - startedAt >= timeoutMs) {
+          clearInterval(timer);
+          reject(new Error("Timed out waiting for condition"));
+        }
+      } catch (error) {
+        clearInterval(timer);
+        reject(error);
+      }
+    }, intervalMs);
+  });
+}
+
+test("#8052: every logical response.create turn on a reused WS should hit the internal prepare/compression path", async () => {
+  const internalRequests: Array<Record<string, unknown>> = [];
+  const downstreamMessages: Array<Record<string, unknown>> = [];
+  const upstreamSends: Array<Record<string, unknown>> = [];
+
+  const server = http.createServer(async (req, res) => {
+    const url = new URL(req.url || "/", `http://${req.headers.host}`);
+    if (url.pathname === "/api/internal/codex-responses-ws") {
+      const body = JSON.parse((await readRequestBody(req)) || "{}");
+      internalRequests.push(body);
+
+      if (body.action === "authenticate") {
+        res.writeHead(200, { "content-type": "application/json" });
+        res.end(JSON.stringify({ ok: true, authenticated: true, authType: "api_key" }));
+        return;
+      }
+
+      if (body.action === "prepare") {
+        res.writeHead(200, { "content-type": "application/json" });
+        res.end(
+          JSON.stringify({
+            ok: true,
+            upstreamUrl: "wss://chatgpt.com/backend-api/codex/responses",
+            headers: { Authorization: "Bearer upstream-token" },
+            connectionId: "conn_1",
+            provider: "codex",
+            account: "codex@example.com",
+            model: "gpt-5.4-mini",
+            response: { ...body.response, model: "gpt-5.4-mini", stream: undefined },
+          })
+        );
+        return;
+      }
+
+      if (body.action === "log") {
+        res.writeHead(200, { "content-type": "application/json" });
+        res.end(JSON.stringify({ ok: true, logged: true }));
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+
+    res.writeHead(404, { "content-type": "application/json" });
+    res.end(JSON.stringify({ error: "not_found" }));
+  });
+
+  let turn = 0;
+  const fakeUpstream = {
+    send(data: string) {
+      const parsed = JSON.parse(data);
+      upstreamSends.push(parsed);
+      if (parsed.type !== "response.create") return;
+      turn += 1;
+      const currentTurn = turn;
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        fakeUpstream.onmessage?.({
+          data: JSON.stringify({
+            type: "response.completed",
+            response: {
+              id: `resp_${currentTurn}`,
+              model: "gpt-5.4-mini",
+              status: "completed",
+              usage: {
+                input_tokens: 10 * currentTurn,
+                output_tokens: 20 * currentTurn,
+                total_tokens: 30 * currentTurn,
+              },
+            },
+          }),
+        });
+      }, 10);
+    },
+    close() {},
+    onmessage: null as ((event: { data: string }) => void) | null,
+    onerror: null,
+    onclose: null,
+  };
+
+  const port = await listen(server);
+  const proxy = createResponsesWsProxy({
+    baseUrl: `http://127.0.0.1:${port}`,
+    bridgeSecret: "bridge-secret",
+    pingIntervalMs: 1000,
+    idleTimeoutMs: 10000,
+    wsFactory: async () => fakeUpstream,
+  });
+
+  server.on("upgrade", async (req, socket, head) => {
+    const handled = await proxy.handleUpgrade(req, socket, head);
+    if (!handled && !socket.destroyed) {
+      socket.destroy();
+    }
+  });
+
+  const ws = new WebSocket(`ws://127.0.0.1:${port}/api/v1/responses?api_key=local-token`);
+  ws.addEventListener("message", (event) => {
+    downstreamMessages.push(JSON.parse(String(event.data)));
+  });
+
+  try {
+    await new Promise((resolve) => ws.addEventListener("open", resolve, { once: true }));
+
+    // Turn 1 on this single, reused WebSocket connection.
+    ws.send(
+      JSON.stringify({
+        type: "response.create",
+        model: "gpt-5.4-mini",
+        input: [{ role: "user", content: "Reply with exactly: pong1" }],
+        stream: true,
+      })
+    );
+
+    await waitFor(
+      () => downstreamMessages.filter((entry) => entry.type === "response.completed").length === 1
+    );
+
+    // Turn 2 on the SAME WebSocket connection (client reuse), per the issue's repro:
+    // "Codex clients may reuse one WebSocket connection for multiple logical turns."
+    ws.send(
+      JSON.stringify({
+        type: "response.create",
+        model: "gpt-5.4-mini",
+        input: [{ role: "user", content: "Reply with exactly: pong2" }],
+        stream: true,
+      })
+    );
+
+    await waitFor(
+      () => downstreamMessages.filter((entry) => entry.type === "response.completed").length === 2
+    );
+
+    const prepareRequests = internalRequests.filter((entry) => entry.action === "prepare");
+
+    assert.equal(
+      prepareRequests.length,
+      2,
+      `expected 2 internal "prepare" calls (one per logical response.create turn), got ${prepareRequests.length} — ` +
+        "the second turn on a reused WebSocket connection bypasses prepare()/compression entirely (#8052)"
+    );
+  } finally {
+    ws.close();
+    await close(server);
+  }
+});