## Summary
This is the first PR in the V8 in-process sandboxing rollout.
It adds the build-system and Rust feature plumbing needed to support
sandboxed V8 builds, then enables sandboxing by default for the
source-built Bazel V8 path that we control directly. It deliberately
keeps the published `rusty_v8` artifact workflows on their current
non-sandboxed contract so this PR can land and ship independently before
we change any released artifacts.
## Rollout plan
- [x] **PR 1: land sandbox plumbing and default source-built Bazel V8 to
sandboxed mode**
- [ ] **PR 2: publish sandbox-enabled release artifacts and add
compatibility validation**
- Produce sandboxed artifact pairs for every released Cargo target that
does not already use the source-built Bazel path.
- Add CI coverage that consumes those sandboxed artifacts and verifies:
- `codex-v8-poc` reports sandbox enabled
- `codex-code-mode` builds/tests against the sandboxed path
- [ ] **PR 3: switch release consumers to sandboxed artifacts by
default**
- Update released artifact selectors/checksums.
- Enable the Rust `v8_enable_sandbox` feature in the default release
path.
- Make the sandboxed artifact family the normal path for published
builds.
- [ ] **PR 4: remove rollout-only compatibility paths**
- Remove the temporary non-sandbox release compatibility config once the
new default has shipped and baked.
- Keep the invariant tests permanently.
## Why
Now that workspace crate features have been removed and
`.github/scripts/verify_cargo_workspace_manifests.py` hard-bans new
ones, Rust CI should stop building and testing with `--all-features`.
Keeping `--all-features` in CI no longer buys us meaningful coverage for
`codex-rs`, but it still makes the workflow look like we rely on Cargo
feature permutations that we are explicitly trying to eliminate. It also
leaves stale examples in the repo that suggest `--all-features` is a
normal or recommended way to run the workspace.
## What changed
- removed `--all-features` from the Rust CI `cargo chef cook`, `cargo
clippy`, and `cargo nextest` invocations in
`.github/workflows/rust-ci-full.yml`
- updated the `just test` guidance in `justfile` to reflect that
workspace crate features are banned and there should be no need to add
`--all-features`
- updated the multiline command example and snapshot in
`codex-rs/tui/src/history_cell.rs` to stop rendering `cargo test
--all-features --quiet`
- tightened the verifier docstring in
`.github/scripts/verify_cargo_workspace_manifests.py` so it no longer
talks about temporary remaining exceptions
## How tested
- `python3 .github/scripts/verify_cargo_workspace_manifests.py`
- `cargo test -p codex-tui`
## Why
`codex-otel` still carried `disable-default-metrics-exporter`, which was
the last remaining workspace crate feature.
We are removing workspace crate features because they do not fit our
current build model well:
- our Bazel setup does not honor crate features today, which can let
feature-gated issues go unnoticed
- they create extra crate build permutations that we want to avoid
For this case, the feature was only being used to keep the built-in
Statsig metrics exporter off in test and debug-oriented contexts. This
repo already treats `debug_assertions` as the practical proxy for that
class of behavior, so OTEL should follow the same convention instead of
keeping a dedicated crate feature alive.
## What changed
- removed `disable-default-metrics-exporter` from
`codex-rs/otel/Cargo.toml`
- removed the `codex-otel` dev-dependency feature activation from
`codex-rs/core/Cargo.toml`
- changed `codex-rs/otel/src/config.rs` so the built-in
`OtelExporter::Statsig` default resolves to `None` when
`debug_assertions` is enabled, with a focused unit test covering that
behavior
- removed the final feature exceptions from
`.github/scripts/verify_cargo_workspace_manifests.py`, so workspace
crate features are now hard-banned instead of temporarily allowlisted
- expanded the verifier error message to explain the Bazel mismatch and
build-permutation cost behind that policy
## How tested
- `python3 .github/scripts/verify_cargo_workspace_manifests.py`
- `cargo test -p codex-otel`
- `cargo test -p codex-core
metrics_exporter_defaults_to_statsig_when_missing`
- `cargo test -p codex-app-server app_server_default_analytics_`
- `just bazel-lock-check`
## Why
`voice-input` is the only remaining TUI crate feature, but it is also a
default feature and nothing in the workspace selects it explicitly. In
practice it is just acting as a proxy for platform support, which is
better expressed with target-specific dependencies and cfgs.
## What changed
- remove the `voice-input` feature from `codex-tui`
- make `cpal` a normal non-Linux target dependency
- replace the feature-based voice and audio cfgs with pure
Linux-vs-non-Linux cfgs
- shrink the workspace-manifest verifier allowlist to remove the
remaining `codex-tui` exception
## How tested
- `python3 .github/scripts/verify_cargo_workspace_manifests.py`
- `cargo test -p codex-tui`
- `just bazel-lock-check`
- `just argument-comment-lint -p codex-tui`
## Why
The remaining `vt100-tests` and `debug-logs` features in `codex-tui`
were only gating test-only and debug-only behavior. Those feature
toggles add Cargo and Bazel permutations without buying anything, and
they make it easier for more crate features to linger in the workspace.
## What changed
- delete `vt100-tests` and `debug-logs` from `codex-tui`
- always compile the VT100 integration tests in the TUI test target
instead of hiding them behind a Cargo feature
- remove the unused textarea debug logging branch instead of replacing
it with another gate
- add the required argument-comment annotations in the VT100 tests now
that Bazel sees those callsites during linting
- shrink the manifest verifier allowlist again so only the remaining
real feature exceptions stay permitted
## How tested
- `cargo test -p codex-tui`
- `just argument-comment-lint -p codex-tui`
## Why
`codex-cloud-tasks-client` was mixing two different roles: the real HTTP
client and the mock implementation used by tests and local mock mode.
Keeping both in the same crate forced Cargo feature toggles and Bazel
`crate_features` just to pick an implementation.
This change keeps `codex-cloud-tasks-client` focused on the shared API
surface and real backend client, and moves the mock implementation into
its own crate so we can remove those feature permutations cleanly.
## What changed
- add a new `codex-cloud-tasks-mock-client` crate that owns `MockClient`
- remove the `mock` and `online` features from
`codex-cloud-tasks-client`
- make `codex-cloud-tasks-client` unconditionally depend on
`codex-backend-client` and export `HttpClient` directly
- gate the mock-mode path in `codex-cloud-tasks` behind
`#[cfg(debug_assertions)]`, so release builds always initialize the real
HTTP client
- update `codex-cloud-tasks` and its tests to use
`codex-cloud-tasks-mock-client::MockClient` wherever mock behavior is
needed
- remove the matching Bazel `crate_features` override and shrink the
manifest verifier allowlist accordingly
## How tested
- `cargo test -p codex-cloud-tasks-client`
- `cargo test -p codex-cloud-tasks-mock-client`
- `cargo test -p codex-cloud-tasks`
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## Why
We already enforce workspace metadata and lint inheritance for
`codex-rs` manifests, but we still allow new crate features to slip into
the workspace. That makes it too easy to add more Cargo-only feature
permutations while we are trying to eliminate them.
## What changed
- extend `verify_cargo_workspace_manifests.py` to reject new
`[features]` tables in workspace crates
- reject new optional dependencies that create implicit crate features
- reject new workspace-to-workspace `features = [...]` activations and
`default-features = false`
- add a narrow temporary allowlist for the existing feature-bearing
manifests and internal feature activations
- make the allowlist self-shrinking so a follow-up removal has to delete
its corresponding exception
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## Why
Bazel clippy now catches lints that `cargo clippy` can still miss when a
crate under `codex-rs` forgets to opt into workspace lints. The concrete
example here was `codex-rs/app-server/tests/common/Cargo.toml`: Bazel
flagged a clippy violation in `models_cache.rs`, but Cargo did not
because that crate inherited workspace package metadata without
declaring `[lints] workspace = true`.
We already mirror the workspace clippy deny list into Bazel after
[#15955](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/15955), so we also need a
repo-side check that keeps every `codex-rs` manifest opted into the same
workspace settings.
## What changed
- add `.github/scripts/verify_cargo_workspace_manifests.py`, which
parses every `codex-rs/**/Cargo.toml` with `tomllib` and verifies:
- `version.workspace = true`
- `edition.workspace = true`
- `license.workspace = true`
- `[lints] workspace = true`
- top-level crate names follow the `codex-*` / `codex-utils-*`
conventions, with explicit exceptions for `windows-sandbox-rs` and
`utils/path-utils`
- run that script in `.github/workflows/ci.yml`
- update the current outlier manifests so the check is enforceable
immediately
- fix the newly exposed clippy violations in the affected crates
(`app-server/tests/common`, `file-search`, `feedback`,
`shell-escalation`, and `debug-client`)
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