permissions: canonicalize workspace_roots and danger-full-access names (#22624)

## Why

This is a small precursor to the larger permissions-migration work. Both
the comparison stack in
[#22401](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/22401) /
[#22402](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/22402) and the alternate
stack in [#22610](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/22610) /
[#22611](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/22611) /
[#22612](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/22612) are easier to
review if the terminology is already settled underneath them.

Because `:project_roots` and `:danger-no-sandbox` have not shipped as
stable user-facing surface area, carrying them forward as aliases would
just add more migration logic to the later stacks. This PR removes that
ambiguity now so the follow-on work can rely on one spelling for each
built-in concept.

## What Changed

- renamed the config-facing special filesystem key from `:project_roots`
to `:workspace_roots`
- dropped unpublished `:project_roots` parsing support in
`core/src/config/permissions.rs`, so new config only recognizes
`:workspace_roots`
- renamed the built-in full-access permission profile id from
`:danger-no-sandbox` to `:danger-full-access`
- dropped unpublished `:danger-no-sandbox` support entirely, including
the old active-profile canonicalization path, and added explicit
rejection coverage for the legacy id
- introduced shared built-in permission-profile id constants in
`codex-rs/protocol/src/models.rs`
- updated `core`, `app-server`, and `tui` call sites that special-case
built-in profiles to use the shared constants and canonical ids
- updated tests and the Linux sandbox README to use `:workspace_roots` /
`:danger-full-access`

## Verification

I focused verification on the three places this rename can regress:
config parsing, active-profile identity surfaced back out of `core`, and
user/server call sites that special-case built-in profiles.

Targeted checks:

-
`config::tests::default_permissions_can_select_builtin_profile_without_permissions_table`
-
`config::tests::default_permissions_read_only_applies_additional_writable_roots_as_modifications`
-
`config::tests::default_permissions_can_select_builtin_full_access_profile`
- `config::tests::legacy_danger_no_sandbox_is_rejected`
- `workspace_root` filtered `codex-core` tests
-
`request_processors::thread_processor::thread_processor_tests::thread_processor_behavior_tests::requested_permissions_trust_project_uses_permission_profile_intent`
-
`suite::v2::turn_start::turn_start_rejects_invalid_permission_selection_before_starting_turn`
- `status::tests::status_snapshot_shows_auto_review_permissions`
-
`status::tests::status_permissions_full_disk_managed_with_network_is_danger_full_access`
-
`app_server_session::tests::embedded_turn_permissions_use_active_profile_selection`
This commit is contained in:
Michael Bolin
2026-05-14 08:45:54 -07:00
committed by GitHub
Unverified
parent 12bfb57139
commit 01d93fd9fc
16 changed files with 187 additions and 73 deletions
+68 -26
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@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ use codex_models_manager::bundled_models_response;
use codex_protocol::config_types::ServiceTier;
use codex_protocol::models::ActivePermissionProfile;
use codex_protocol::models::ActivePermissionProfileModification;
use codex_protocol::models::BUILT_IN_PERMISSION_PROFILE_DANGER_FULL_ACCESS;
use codex_protocol::models::BUILT_IN_PERMISSION_PROFILE_READ_ONLY;
use codex_protocol::models::BUILT_IN_PERMISSION_PROFILE_WORKSPACE;
use codex_protocol::models::ManagedFileSystemPermissions;
use codex_protocol::models::PermissionProfile;
use codex_protocol::models::SandboxEnforcement;
@@ -719,7 +722,7 @@ default_permissions = "workspace"
[permissions.workspace.filesystem]
":minimal" = "read"
[permissions.workspace.filesystem.":project_roots"]
[permissions.workspace.filesystem.":workspace_roots"]
"." = "write"
"docs" = "read"
@@ -750,7 +753,7 @@ allow_upstream_proxy = false
FilesystemPermissionToml::Access(FileSystemAccessMode::Read),
),
(
":project_roots".to_string(),
":workspace_roots".to_string(),
FilesystemPermissionToml::Scoped(BTreeMap::from([
(".".to_string(), FileSystemAccessMode::Write),
("docs".to_string(), FileSystemAccessMode::Read),
@@ -1304,7 +1307,7 @@ async fn default_permissions_profile_populates_runtime_sandbox_policy() -> std::
FilesystemPermissionToml::Access(FileSystemAccessMode::Read),
),
(
":project_roots".to_string(),
":workspace_roots".to_string(),
FilesystemPermissionToml::Scoped(BTreeMap::from([
(".".to_string(), FileSystemAccessMode::Write),
("docs".to_string(), FileSystemAccessMode::Read),
@@ -1604,7 +1607,7 @@ async fn permission_profile_override_preserves_configured_network_policy_without
}
#[tokio::test]
async fn project_root_glob_none_compiles_to_filesystem_pattern_entry() -> std::io::Result<()> {
async fn workspace_root_glob_none_compiles_to_filesystem_pattern_entry() -> std::io::Result<()> {
let codex_home = TempDir::new()?;
let cwd = TempDir::new()?;
tokio::fs::write(cwd.path().join(".git"), "gitdir: nowhere").await?;
@@ -1619,7 +1622,7 @@ async fn project_root_glob_none_compiles_to_filesystem_pattern_entry() -> std::i
filesystem: Some(FilesystemPermissionsToml {
glob_scan_max_depth: Some(2),
entries: BTreeMap::from([(
":project_roots".to_string(),
":workspace_roots".to_string(),
FilesystemPermissionToml::Scoped(BTreeMap::from([
(".".to_string(), FileSystemAccessMode::Write),
("**/*.env".to_string(), FileSystemAccessMode::None),
@@ -1729,7 +1732,7 @@ async fn default_permissions_can_select_builtin_profile_without_permissions_tabl
let config = Config::load_from_base_config_with_overrides(
ConfigToml {
default_permissions: Some(":workspace".to_string()),
default_permissions: Some(BUILT_IN_PERMISSION_PROFILE_WORKSPACE.to_string()),
..Default::default()
},
ConfigOverrides {
@@ -1747,7 +1750,7 @@ async fn default_permissions_can_select_builtin_profile_without_permissions_tabl
.active_permission_profile()
.as_ref()
.map(|active| active.id.as_str()),
Some(":workspace")
Some(BUILT_IN_PERMISSION_PROFILE_WORKSPACE)
);
assert!(
policy.can_write_path_with_cwd(cwd.path(), cwd.path()),
@@ -1770,7 +1773,7 @@ async fn default_permissions_read_only_applies_additional_writable_roots_as_modi
let config = Config::load_from_base_config_with_overrides(
ConfigToml {
default_permissions: Some(":read-only".to_string()),
default_permissions: Some(BUILT_IN_PERMISSION_PROFILE_READ_ONLY.to_string()),
..Default::default()
},
ConfigOverrides {
@@ -1790,9 +1793,13 @@ async fn default_permissions_read_only_applies_additional_writable_roots_as_modi
assert_eq!(
config.permissions.active_permission_profile(),
Some(
ActivePermissionProfile::new(":read-only").with_modifications(vec![
ActivePermissionProfileModification::AdditionalWritableRoot { path: extra_root },
])
ActivePermissionProfile::new(BUILT_IN_PERMISSION_PROFILE_READ_ONLY).with_modifications(
vec![
ActivePermissionProfileModification::AdditionalWritableRoot {
path: extra_root,
},
]
)
)
);
Ok(())
@@ -1807,7 +1814,7 @@ async fn explicit_builtin_workspace_profile_ignores_legacy_workspace_write_setti
let config = Config::load_from_base_config_with_overrides(
ConfigToml {
default_permissions: Some(":workspace".to_string()),
default_permissions: Some(BUILT_IN_PERMISSION_PROFILE_WORKSPACE.to_string()),
sandbox_workspace_write: Some(SandboxWorkspaceWrite {
writable_roots: vec![extra_root.path().abs()],
network_access: true,
@@ -1872,9 +1879,9 @@ async fn empty_config_defaults_to_builtin_profile_for_trusted_project() -> std::
.as_ref()
.map(|active| active.id.as_str()),
Some(if cfg!(target_os = "windows") {
":read-only"
BUILT_IN_PERMISSION_PROFILE_READ_ONLY
} else {
":workspace"
BUILT_IN_PERMISSION_PROFILE_WORKSPACE
})
);
if cfg!(target_os = "windows") {
@@ -2043,13 +2050,13 @@ async fn empty_config_defaults_to_builtin_read_only_without_trust_decision() ->
}
#[tokio::test]
async fn default_permissions_can_select_builtin_no_sandbox_profile() -> std::io::Result<()> {
async fn default_permissions_can_select_builtin_full_access_profile() -> std::io::Result<()> {
let codex_home = TempDir::new()?;
let cwd = TempDir::new()?;
let config = Config::load_from_base_config_with_overrides(
ConfigToml {
default_permissions: Some(":danger-no-sandbox".to_string()),
default_permissions: Some(BUILT_IN_PERMISSION_PROFILE_DANGER_FULL_ACCESS.to_string()),
..Default::default()
},
ConfigOverrides {
@@ -2070,7 +2077,33 @@ async fn default_permissions_can_select_builtin_no_sandbox_profile() -> std::io:
.active_permission_profile()
.as_ref()
.map(|active| active.id.as_str()),
Some(":danger-no-sandbox")
Some(BUILT_IN_PERMISSION_PROFILE_DANGER_FULL_ACCESS)
);
Ok(())
}
#[tokio::test]
async fn legacy_danger_no_sandbox_is_rejected() -> std::io::Result<()> {
let codex_home = TempDir::new()?;
let cwd = TempDir::new()?;
let err = Config::load_from_base_config_with_overrides(
ConfigToml {
default_permissions: Some(":danger-no-sandbox".to_string()),
..Default::default()
},
ConfigOverrides {
cwd: Some(cwd.path().to_path_buf()),
..Default::default()
},
codex_home.abs(),
)
.await
.expect_err("legacy full-access alias should be rejected");
assert_eq!(
err.to_string(),
"default_permissions refers to unknown built-in profile `:danger-no-sandbox`"
);
Ok(())
}
@@ -2195,7 +2228,8 @@ async fn permissions_profiles_allow_direct_write_roots_outside_workspace_root()
}
#[tokio::test]
async fn permissions_profiles_reject_nested_entries_for_non_project_roots() -> std::io::Result<()> {
async fn permissions_profiles_reject_nested_entries_for_non_workspace_roots() -> std::io::Result<()>
{
let codex_home = TempDir::new()?;
let cwd = TempDir::new()?;
std::fs::write(cwd.path().join(".git"), "gitdir: nowhere")?;
@@ -2230,7 +2264,7 @@ async fn permissions_profiles_reject_nested_entries_for_non_project_roots() -> s
codex_home.abs(),
)
.await
.expect_err("nested entries outside :project_roots should be rejected");
.expect_err("nested entries outside :workspace_roots should be rejected");
assert_eq!(err.kind(), std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput);
assert_eq!(
@@ -2397,7 +2431,7 @@ async fn permissions_profiles_allow_empty_filesystem_with_warning() -> std::io::
}
#[tokio::test]
async fn permissions_profiles_reject_project_root_parent_traversal() -> std::io::Result<()> {
async fn permissions_profiles_reject_workspace_root_parent_traversal() -> std::io::Result<()> {
let codex_home = TempDir::new()?;
let cwd = TempDir::new()?;
std::fs::write(cwd.path().join(".git"), "gitdir: nowhere")?;
@@ -2412,7 +2446,7 @@ async fn permissions_profiles_reject_project_root_parent_traversal() -> std::io:
filesystem: Some(FilesystemPermissionsToml {
glob_scan_max_depth: None,
entries: BTreeMap::from([(
":project_roots".to_string(),
":workspace_roots".to_string(),
FilesystemPermissionToml::Scoped(BTreeMap::from([(
"../sibling".to_string(),
FileSystemAccessMode::Read,
@@ -7319,7 +7353,9 @@ async fn test_precedence_fixture_with_o3_profile() -> std::io::Result<()> {
permissions: Permissions {
approval_policy: Constrained::allow_any(AskForApproval::Never),
permission_profile: Constrained::allow_any(PermissionProfile::read_only()),
active_permission_profile: Some(ActivePermissionProfile::new(":read-only")),
active_permission_profile: Some(ActivePermissionProfile::new(
BUILT_IN_PERMISSION_PROFILE_READ_ONLY,
)),
network: None,
allow_login_shell: true,
shell_environment_policy: ShellEnvironmentPolicy::default(),
@@ -7766,7 +7802,9 @@ async fn test_precedence_fixture_with_gpt3_profile() -> std::io::Result<()> {
permissions: Permissions {
approval_policy: Constrained::allow_any(AskForApproval::UnlessTrusted),
permission_profile: Constrained::allow_any(PermissionProfile::read_only()),
active_permission_profile: Some(ActivePermissionProfile::new(":read-only")),
active_permission_profile: Some(ActivePermissionProfile::new(
BUILT_IN_PERMISSION_PROFILE_READ_ONLY,
)),
network: None,
allow_login_shell: true,
shell_environment_policy: ShellEnvironmentPolicy::default(),
@@ -7927,7 +7965,9 @@ async fn test_precedence_fixture_with_zdr_profile() -> std::io::Result<()> {
permissions: Permissions {
approval_policy: Constrained::allow_any(AskForApproval::OnFailure),
permission_profile: Constrained::allow_any(PermissionProfile::read_only()),
active_permission_profile: Some(ActivePermissionProfile::new(":read-only")),
active_permission_profile: Some(ActivePermissionProfile::new(
BUILT_IN_PERMISSION_PROFILE_READ_ONLY,
)),
network: None,
allow_login_shell: true,
shell_environment_policy: ShellEnvironmentPolicy::default(),
@@ -8073,7 +8113,9 @@ async fn test_precedence_fixture_with_gpt5_profile() -> std::io::Result<()> {
permissions: Permissions {
approval_policy: Constrained::allow_any(AskForApproval::OnFailure),
permission_profile: Constrained::allow_any(PermissionProfile::read_only()),
active_permission_profile: Some(ActivePermissionProfile::new(":read-only")),
active_permission_profile: Some(ActivePermissionProfile::new(
BUILT_IN_PERMISSION_PROFILE_READ_ONLY,
)),
network: None,
allow_login_shell: true,
shell_environment_policy: ShellEnvironmentPolicy::default(),
@@ -9040,7 +9082,7 @@ async fn active_profile_is_cleared_when_requirements_force_fallback() -> std::io
.codex_home(codex_home.path().to_path_buf())
.fallback_cwd(Some(codex_home.path().to_path_buf()))
.harness_overrides(ConfigOverrides {
default_permissions: Some(":danger-no-sandbox".to_string()),
default_permissions: Some(BUILT_IN_PERMISSION_PROFILE_DANGER_FULL_ACCESS.to_string()),
..Default::default()
})
.cloud_requirements(CloudRequirementsLoader::new(async move {
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@@ -2598,7 +2598,7 @@ impl Config {
// Keep legacy behavior for extra writable roots while storing
// the result as the canonical permission profile. Explicit
// extra roots are concrete paths, so their metadata carveouts
// are also concrete rather than symbolic `:project_roots`
// are also concrete rather than symbolic `:workspace_roots`
// entries.
file_system_sandbox_policy = file_system_sandbox_policy
.with_additional_legacy_workspace_writable_roots(&additional_writable_roots);
+11 -7
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@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ use codex_network_proxy::NetworkProxyConfig;
#[cfg(test)]
use codex_network_proxy::NetworkUnixSocketPermission as ProxyNetworkUnixSocketPermission;
use codex_protocol::config_types::WindowsSandboxLevel;
use codex_protocol::models::BUILT_IN_PERMISSION_PROFILE_DANGER_FULL_ACCESS;
use codex_protocol::models::BUILT_IN_PERMISSION_PROFILE_READ_ONLY;
use codex_protocol::models::BUILT_IN_PERMISSION_PROFILE_WORKSPACE;
use codex_protocol::models::PermissionProfile;
use codex_protocol::permissions::FileSystemAccessMode;
use codex_protocol::permissions::FileSystemPath;
@@ -34,9 +37,10 @@ use codex_utils_absolute_path::AbsolutePathBuf;
use super::ProjectConfig;
pub(crate) const BUILT_IN_READ_ONLY_PROFILE: &str = ":read-only";
pub(crate) const BUILT_IN_WORKSPACE_PROFILE: &str = ":workspace";
pub(crate) const BUILT_IN_DANGER_NO_SANDBOX_PROFILE: &str = ":danger-no-sandbox";
pub(crate) const BUILT_IN_READ_ONLY_PROFILE: &str = BUILT_IN_PERMISSION_PROFILE_READ_ONLY;
pub(crate) const BUILT_IN_WORKSPACE_PROFILE: &str = BUILT_IN_PERMISSION_PROFILE_WORKSPACE;
pub(crate) const BUILT_IN_DANGER_FULL_ACCESS_PROFILE: &str =
BUILT_IN_PERMISSION_PROFILE_DANGER_FULL_ACCESS;
pub(crate) fn default_builtin_permission_profile_name(
active_project: &ProjectConfig,
@@ -56,7 +60,7 @@ pub(crate) fn is_builtin_permission_profile_name(profile_name: &str) -> bool {
profile_name,
BUILT_IN_READ_ONLY_PROFILE
| BUILT_IN_WORKSPACE_PROFILE
| BUILT_IN_DANGER_NO_SANDBOX_PROFILE
| BUILT_IN_DANGER_FULL_ACCESS_PROFILE
)
}
@@ -84,7 +88,7 @@ pub(crate) fn builtin_permission_profile(
),
None => PermissionProfile::workspace_write(),
}),
BUILT_IN_DANGER_NO_SANDBOX_PROFILE => Some(PermissionProfile::Disabled),
BUILT_IN_DANGER_FULL_ACCESS_PROFILE => Some(PermissionProfile::Disabled),
_ => None,
}
}
@@ -489,7 +493,7 @@ fn compile_scoped_filesystem_pattern(
match parse_special_path(path) {
Some(FileSystemSpecialPath::ProjectRoots { .. }) => {
// `:project_roots` is represented as a special path, but current
// `:workspace_roots` is represented as a special path, but current
// filesystem-policy resolution defines it relative to the session
// cwd. Use the same policy cwd here so glob entries and exact
// scoped entries resolve consistently.
@@ -616,7 +620,7 @@ fn parse_special_path(path: &str) -> Option<FileSystemSpecialPath> {
match path {
":root" => Some(FileSystemSpecialPath::Root),
":minimal" => Some(FileSystemSpecialPath::Minimal),
":project_roots" => Some(FileSystemSpecialPath::project_roots(/*subpath*/ None)),
":workspace_roots" => Some(FileSystemSpecialPath::project_roots(/*subpath*/ None)),
":tmpdir" => Some(FileSystemSpecialPath::Tmpdir),
_ if path.starts_with(':') => {
Some(FileSystemSpecialPath::unknown(path, /*subpath*/ None))
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ fn read_write_glob_warnings_skip_supported_deny_read_globs_and_trailing_subpaths
FilesystemPermissionToml::Access(FileSystemAccessMode::Write),
),
(
":project_roots".to_string(),
":workspace_roots".to_string(),
FilesystemPermissionToml::Scoped(BTreeMap::from([
("**/*.env".to_string(), FileSystemAccessMode::None),
("docs/**".to_string(), FileSystemAccessMode::Read),
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ fn read_write_glob_warnings_skip_supported_deny_read_globs_and_trailing_subpaths
unsupported_read_write_glob_paths(&filesystem),
vec![
"/tmp/**/*.log".to_string(),
":project_roots/src/**/*.rs".to_string()
":workspace_roots/src/**/*.rs".to_string()
],
"`none` glob patterns are supported as deny-read rules; only `read`/`write` globs should warn"
);
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ fn unreadable_globstar_warning_is_suppressed_when_scan_depth_is_configured() {
let filesystem = FilesystemPermissionsToml {
glob_scan_max_depth: None,
entries: BTreeMap::from([(
":project_roots".to_string(),
":workspace_roots".to_string(),
FilesystemPermissionToml::Scoped(BTreeMap::from([
("**/*.env".to_string(), FileSystemAccessMode::None),
("*.pem".to_string(), FileSystemAccessMode::None),
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ fn unreadable_globstar_warning_is_suppressed_when_scan_depth_is_configured() {
assert_eq!(
unbounded_unreadable_globstar_paths(&filesystem),
vec![":project_roots/**/*.env".to_string()]
vec![":workspace_roots/**/*.env".to_string()]
);
let configured_filesystem = FilesystemPermissionsToml {
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ fn read_write_trailing_glob_suffix_compiles_as_subpath() -> std::io::Result<()>
filesystem: Some(FilesystemPermissionsToml {
glob_scan_max_depth: None,
entries: BTreeMap::from([(
":project_roots".to_string(),
":workspace_roots".to_string(),
FilesystemPermissionToml::Scoped(BTreeMap::from([(
"docs/**".to_string(),
FileSystemAccessMode::Read,
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@@ -3828,7 +3828,7 @@ async fn session_configuration_apply_preserves_absolute_cwd_write_root_on_cwd_up
!updated
.file_system_sandbox_policy()
.can_write_path_with_cwd(next_cwd.as_path(), updated.cwd.as_path()),
"cwd-only update must not reinterpret an absolute old-cwd grant as :project_roots"
"cwd-only update must not reinterpret an absolute old-cwd grant as :workspace_roots"
);
}