394 Commits

• Add a toggle for realtime startup context (#28405)

  ## Summary
  - Add `includeStartupContext` to realtime start requests so callers can
  explicitly skip Codex startup context while keeping the backend prompt
  - Thread the new flag through protocol types, request processing, and
  realtime session config
  - Update app-server docs and coverage for the new default and opt-out
  behavior
  
  ## Testing
  - Added protocol serialization coverage for `includeStartupContext`
  - Added realtime integration coverage for starting a session with
  startup context disabled

  guinness-oai · 2026-06-15 17:14:22 -07:00
  d5b4b98370
• Add realtime speech append control (#27917)

  ## Why
  
  Realtime voice harness tuning needs app-side control over what backend
  Codex text is spoken. Backend orchestrator text is written for a reading
  UI, so automatically speaking every preamble, progress update, or final
  assistant message can make the realtime voice model too chatty.
  
  For experimentation, clients need two simple controls: keep app/client
  text-item injection on the existing item-create path, and add an
  explicit speakable path that app code can call only when it wants
  realtime to speak. Automatic Codex output also needs an opt-in way to
  switch from the protocol's default speakable path to regular realtime
  items, with a caller-provided prefix so prompt wording can be tuned
  outside core.
  
  The default remains unchanged: if a client omits the new start fields
  and never calls `appendSpeech`, automatic backend output continues down
  the existing speakable path for the selected realtime protocol.
  
  ## What Changed
  
  - Adds experimental `thread/realtime/appendSpeech` for app-provided
  speakable text.
  - Keeps existing `thread/realtime/appendText` as the item-create API for
  app-provided realtime text items.
  - Adds `codexResponsesAsItems` / `codex_responses_as_items` on
  `thread/realtime/start` to send automatic Codex responses with
  `conversation.item.create` instead of the protocol's default speakable
  output path.
  - Adds `codexResponseItemPrefix` / `codex_response_item_prefix` so
  clients can prepend experiment instructions to those automatic Codex
  response items.
  - Keeps literal `conversation.handoff.append` routing scoped to the v1
  speakable path; v2 default speech uses its item/function-output plus
  `response.create` behavior.
  - Removes the earlier public silent-context API and hardcoded
  silent-context prefix.
  - Updates realtime tests to cover default automatic speakable behavior,
  opt-in automatic item-create behavior, and explicit `appendSpeech`
  behavior.
  
  ## Validation
  
  - `cargo check -p codex-core -p codex-app-server -p codex-api`
  - `just test -p codex-app-server realtime_conversation`
  - `just test -p codex-core realtime_conversation` (50/51 passed in the
  filtered parallel run; the lone failure passed when rerun in isolation)
  - `just test -p codex-core
  conversation_mirrors_assistant_message_text_to_realtime_handoff`
  - `just test -p codex-api
  e2e_connect_and_exchange_events_against_mock_ws_server`
  - `just fix -p codex-core`
  - `just fix -p codex-app-server`
  - `cargo build -p codex-cli`

  guinness-oai · 2026-06-15 16:15:58 -07:00
  1d8ff89aa3
• feat(core): add metadata field to ResponseItem (#28355)

  ## Description
  
  This PR adds an optional `metadata` field to `ResponseItem` for
  Responses API calls. Only mechanical plumbing, no actual values
  populated and sent yet. Turns out just adding a new field to
  `ResponseItem` has quite a large blast radius already.
  
  This change is backwards compatible because `metadata` is optional and
  omitted when absent, so existing response items and rollout history
  without it still deserialize and requests that do not set it keep the
  same wire shape. For provider compatibility, we strip out `metadata`
  before non-OpenAI Responses requests so Azure and AWS Bedrock never see
  this field.
  
  My followup PR here will actually make use of it to start storing and
  passing along `turn_id`: https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/28360
  
  ## What changed
  
  - Added `ResponseItemMetadata` with optional `turn_id`, plus optional
  `metadata` on Responses API item variants and inter-agent communication.
  - Preserved item metadata through response-item rewrites such as
  truncation, missing tool-output synthesis, compaction history
  rebuilding, visible-history conversion, rollout/resume, and generated
  app-server schemas/types.
  - Strip item metadata from non-OpenAI Responses requests while
  preserving it for OpenAI-shaped requests.
  - Updated the mechanical fixture/test construction churn required by the
  new optional field.

  Owen Lin · 2026-06-15 15:05:28 -07:00
  040dafa32d
• [codex] preserve explicit environment cwd (#27995)

  ## Why
  
  `TurnEnvironmentSelections::new` rewrote the primary environment's
  explicit `cwd` to the legacy fallback cwd. For a remote-first selection,
  this could replace the remote working directory with a local fallback
  path and made the legacy cwd overlay authoritative over
  environment-owned state.
  
  ## What changed
  
  - Preserve every explicit environment cwd when constructing turn
  environment selections.
  - Keep `cwd`-only app-server updates compatible by rebuilding the
  default environment selections at the requested cwd.
  - Cover both explicit primary cwd preservation and cwd-only updates
  reaching the model-visible execution environment.
  
  ## Testing
  
  - `just test -p codex-core
  session_update_settings_does_not_rewrite_sticky_environment_cwds`
  - `just test -p codex-core
  environment_settings_preserve_explicit_primary_cwd`
  - `just test -p codex-app-server
  thread_settings_update_cwd_retargets_default_environment`

  pakrym-oai · 2026-06-15 17:17:34 +00:00
  bd4fe31c5a
• Represent dynamic tools with explicit namespaces internally (#27365)

  Follow-up to #27356.
  
  ## Stack note
  
  This PR changes Codex's internal dynamic-tool shape while leaving
  `thread/start` unchanged. App-server therefore converts the existing
  per-tool input into explicit functions and namespaces before passing it
  to core.
  
  [#27371](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/27371) updates
  `thread/start` to use the same explicit shape and removes this temporary
  conversion.
  
  ## Why
  
  Dynamic tools repeat namespace metadata on every function. Core should
  keep one explicit namespace with its member tools so descriptions and
  membership stay consistent across sessions and runtime planning.
  
  ## What changed
  
  - Represent dynamic tools as top-level functions or explicit namespaces
  in protocol and session state.
  - Read old flat rollout metadata and write the canonical hierarchy.
  - Flatten namespace members only when registering callable tools.
  - Keep `thread/start.dynamicTools` flat for now and normalize it at the
  app-server boundary.
  
  New builds can read old rollout metadata. Older builds cannot read newly
  written hierarchical metadata.
  
  ## Test plan
  
  - `just test -p codex-app-server
  thread_start_normalizes_legacy_dynamic_tools_into_model_request`
  - `just test -p codex-protocol
  session_meta_normalizes_legacy_dynamic_tools`
  - `just test -p codex-core
  resume_restores_dynamic_tools_from_rollout_with_sqlite_enabled`
  - `just test -p codex-core
  tool_search_returns_deferred_dynamic_tool_and_routes_follow_up_call`
  - `just test -p codex-core code_mode_can_call_hidden_dynamic_tools`
  - `just test -p codex-tools`

  sayan-oai · 2026-06-15 08:06:14 -07:00
  a292faae5a
• [codex] exec-server honors remote environment cwd and shell (#28122)

  ## Why
  
  Next slice needed to make progress on the `remote_env_windows` test is
  to support passing a Windows cwd for the remote environment and using
  that environment's native shell. This lets the test run a real Windows
  process instead of only recording an early path or shell mismatch.
  
  ## What
  
  - change `TurnEnvironmentSelection.cwd` from `AbsolutePathBuf` to
  `PathUri`
  - convert local cwd values to URIs when constructing selections
  - preserve a remote primary cwd instead of replacing it with the local
  legacy fallback
  - prefer the selected environment's discovered shell for unified exec,
  falling back to the session shell when unavailable
  - convert back to a host-native absolute path at current native-only
  consumer boundaries
  - reject or deny unsupported foreign cwd values at the existing
  request-permissions boundary, with TODOs for its future migration
  - extend the hermetic Wine test to execute Windows PowerShell in
  `C:\windows` and verify successful process completion
  - record the current app-server rejection against the same Wine-backed
  remote Windows fixture when its cwd is supplied as a native Windows path

  Adam Perry @ OpenAI · 2026-06-14 06:07:46 +00:00
  efbd00f21f
• [codex] add roles to realtime append text (#27936)

  ## Summary
  
  Add an explicit `user` or `developer` role to
  `thread/realtime/appendText` and propagate it through the realtime input
  queue into `conversation.item.create`. Older JSON clients that omit the
  field continue to default to `user`.
  
  This lets app-provided context such as memory retain developer authority
  without bypassing app-server through a renderer-owned data channel. The
  app-server schemas, API documentation, and focused protocol and
  websocket coverage are updated with the new contract.
  
  The Codex Apps consumer is tracked in
  [openai/openai#1025261](https://github.com/openai/openai/pull/1025261).

  Alex Gamble · 2026-06-12 15:05:37 -07:00
  216dee1189
• feat: use encrypted local secrets for MCP OAuth (#27541)

  ## Summary
  
  - store MCP OAuth credentials in the configured auth credential backend
  - support encrypted-local OAuth storage, including legacy keyring
  migration
  - propagate the credential backend through MCP refresh, session, CLI,
  and app-server paths
  
  ## Stack
  
  1. #27504 — config and feature flag
  2. #27535 — auth-specific secret namespaces
  3. #27539 — encrypted CLI auth storage
  4. this PR — encrypted MCP OAuth storage
  
  This is a parallel review stack; the original #17931 remains unchanged.
  
  ## Tests
  
  - `just test -p codex-rmcp-client` (the transport round-trip test passed
  after building the required `codex` binary and retrying)
  - `just test -p codex-mcp`
  - `just test -p codex-app-server
  refresh_config_uses_latest_auth_keyring_backend`
  - `just test -p codex-core
  refresh_mcp_servers_is_deferred_until_next_turn`
  - `just test -p codex-cli mcp`
  - `just fix -p codex-rmcp-client -p codex-mcp -p codex-core -p codex-cli
  -p codex-app-server -p codex-protocol`
  - `just bazel-lock-check`

  Celia Chen · 2026-06-12 22:03:51 +00:00
  9915d34684
• Support plaintext agent messages (#27830)

  ## Why
  
  Multi-agent v2 `send_message` deliveries already reach the receiving
  model as typed `agent_message` items with encrypted content.
  Child-completion notifications are generated by Codex itself, so their
  content is plaintext and previously fell back to a serialized JSON
  envelope inside an assistant message.
  
  With plaintext `input_text` supported for `agent_message`, both delivery
  paths can use the same model-visible type while preserving explicit
  author and recipient metadata.
  
  ## What changed
  
  - add plaintext `input_text` support to `AgentMessageInputContent` and
  regenerate the affected app-server schemas
  - preserve `InterAgentCommunication` as structured mailbox input instead
  of converting it to assistant text
  - record delivered communications as typed `agent_message` history items
  - persist a dedicated rollout item so local delivery metadata such as
  `trigger_turn` remains available without leaking into the Responses
  request
  - reconstruct typed agent messages on resume and preserve fork-turn
  truncation behavior
  - remove request-time assistant-content parsing
  - preserve plaintext and encrypted inter-agent deliveries in stage-one
  memory inputs
  - normalize and link plaintext and encrypted agent messages in rollout
  traces without treating inbound messages as child results
  - cover the real MultiAgent V2 child-completion path end to end with
  deterministic mailbox synchronization
  
  ## Verification
  
  - `just test -p codex-core
  plaintext_multi_agent_v2_completion_sends_agent_message`
  - `just test -p codex-core input_queue_drains_mailbox_in_delivery_order
  record_initial_history_reconstructs_typed_inter_agent_message
  fork_turn_positions_use_inter_agent_delivery_metadata`
  - `just test -p codex-memories-write
  serializes_inter_agent_communications_for_memory`
  - `just test -p codex-rollout-trace
  agent_messages_preserve_routing_and_content
  sub_agent_started_activity_creates_spawn_edge`
  - `just test -p codex-rollout-trace
  agent_result_edge_falls_back_to_child_thread_without_result_message`
  - `just test -p codex-protocol -p codex-rollout -p
  codex-app-server-protocol`

  jif · 2026-06-12 13:50:04 -07:00
  8f2d6416ce
• realtime: add AVAS architecture override (#27720)

  ## Summary
  
  Adds a `RealtimeConversationArchitecture` option for realtime
  conversation startup, with `realtimeapi` as the default and `avas` as an
  opt-in architecture.
  
  The AVAS path is limited to realtime v1 conversational WebRTC starts,
  and WebRTC call creation appends `intent=quicksilver&architecture=avas`
  to `/v1/realtime/calls`. The existing sideband websocket still joins by
  `call_id`.
  
  This also exposes the per-session architecture override through
  app-server v2 `thread/realtime/start` params and updates the config
  schema for `[realtime].architecture`.
  
  ## Validation
  
  - `just fmt`
  - `just write-config-schema`
  - `just test -p codex-api sends_avas_session_call_query_params`
  - `just test -p codex-core -E
  'test(~conversation_webrtc_start_uses_avas_architecture_query)'`
  - `just test -p codex-core -E 'test(realtime_loads_from_config_toml)'`
  - `just test -p codex-app-server-protocol -E
  'test(~serialize_thread_realtime_start) |
  test(generated_ts_optional_nullable_fields_only_in_params)'`
  - `just test -p codex-app-server -E
  'test(realtime_webrtc_start_emits_sdp_notification)'`

  Peter Bakkum · 2026-06-12 18:11:13 +00:00
  6652e82dd0
• Make MCP server contributions thread-scoped (#27670)

  ## Why
  
  `selectedCapabilityRoots` belongs to one thread, but MCP contributors
  previously received only the global Codex config. That left no clean way
  for a selected executor capability to contribute MCP servers to its own
  thread.
  
  ## What this PR does
  
  - Gives MCP contributors a small context containing the config and, for
  a running thread, its frozen host-seeded inputs.
  - Uses the same thread inputs during startup, status queries, refreshes,
  and skill dependency checks.
  - Keeps threadless MCP operations and the existing hosted Apps behavior
  unchanged.
  - Adds coverage showing that two threads resolve independent
  registrations and that later lifecycle mutations do not change the
  frozen MCP inputs.
  
  This PR does not discover plugin manifests, add MCP servers, or launch
  anything new. It only establishes the thread-scoped registration
  boundary.
  
  ## Follow-ups
  
  - Resolve selected executor plugin roots through their owning
  environment filesystem.
  - Convert their stdio MCP declarations into environment-bound
  registrations and add an executor MCP end-to-end test.
  
  ## Verification
  
  - `just fmt`
  - `cargo check --tests -p codex-protocol -p codex-extension-api -p
  codex-mcp-extension -p codex-core -p codex-app-server`
  
  Tests and Clippy were not run.

  jif · 2026-06-12 11:20:34 +02:00
  693082f3c4
• [codex] Compact when comp_hash changes (#27520)

  ## Summary
  - snapshot `comp_hash` into `TurnContext` when the turn is created and
  use that snapshot as the downstream source of truth
  - persist the turn hash in rollout context and recover it into
  previous-turn settings during resume and fork replay
  - compact existing history with the previous model only when both
  adjacent turns provide hashes and the values differ
  - record `comp_hash_changed` as the compaction reason
  - cover ordinary transitions, resume, and missing-hash compatibility
  with end-to-end tests
  
  ## Why
  History produced under one compaction-compatible model configuration may
  not be safe to carry directly into another. Compacting at the turn
  boundary converts that history before context updates and the new user
  message are added. Persisting the turn snapshot in `TurnContextItem`
  makes the same protection work after resuming a rollout.
  
  A missing hash is not treated as evidence of incompatibility. `None →
  Some`, `Some → None`, and `None → None` do not trigger compaction; only
  `Some(previous) → Some(current)` with unequal values does.
  
  ## Stack
  - depends on #27532
  - #27532 is based directly on `main`
  
  ## Testing
  - `just test -p codex-core pre_sampling_compact_` — 6 passed
  - `just test -p codex-core
  turn_context_item_uses_turn_context_comp_hash_snapshot` — passed
  - `just fix -p codex-core -p codex-protocol -p codex-analytics -p
  codex-models-manager`

  Ahmed Ibrahim · 2026-06-11 04:11:26 +00:00
  ba4925b3c2
• [codex] Store compact window id in rollout (#27264)

  ## Why
  
  Compaction window identity is part of session history, not model-client
  transport state. Persisting it with the compacted rollout item lets
  resumed threads continue from the reconstructed window without keeping
  mutable window state on `ModelClient`.
  
  ## What changed
  
  - Added `window_id` to `CompactedItem` and stamp it when
  `replace_compacted_history` installs compacted history.
  - Moved auto-compact window id ownership into `AutoCompactWindow` /
  `SessionState`; `ModelClient` now receives the request window id from
  callers instead of storing it.
  - Returned `window_id` from rollout reconstruction for resume.
  Reconstruction uses the newest surviving compacted item's stored
  `window_id` when present, and falls back to the legacy compacted-item
  count when it is absent.
  - Kept fork startup at the fresh default window id and updated direct
  model-client tests to pass explicit test window ids.
  
  ## Validation
  
  - `cargo check -p codex-core --tests`

  pakrym-oai · 2026-06-10 08:47:16 -07:00
  30ddb3325e
• Add per-session realtime model and version overrides (#24999)

  ## Why
  
  Clients need to select a realtime session configuration for an
  individual start without rewriting persisted configuration or restarting
  the app-server process.
  
  ## What Changed
  
  - Add optional `model` and `version` fields to `thread/realtime/start`
  - Forward those optional values through the realtime start operation and
  apply them only for that session
  - Preserve existing configured/default behavior when the new fields are
  omitted
  - Update generated protocol schema and app-server documentation
  
  ## Validation
  
  - Added/updated protocol serialization coverage for the new optional
  request fields
  - Added focused core coverage for a session override taking precedence
  over configured realtime selection
  - Added focused app-server coverage that a request override reaches the
  realtime WebSocket handshake

  guinness-oai · 2026-06-09 17:54:32 -07:00
  4a3eac2144
• [codex-analytics] add extensible feature thread sources (#27063)

  ## Why
  - `ThreadSource` currently defines a closed set of core-owned values
  - Product features also create threads for background or scheduled work
  - Adding every product-specific value to the core enum would require
  repeated `codex-rs` protocol changes
  - Feature-backed values let product callers provide precise attribution
  while preserving the existing core classifications
  
  ## What Changed
  - Adds `ThreadSource::Feature(String)` for app-owned thread source
  values
  - Represents all app-server v2 thread sources as scalar strings, so a
  feature source is supplied as `"automation"`
  - Persists and emits the feature's plain string label, so `"automation"`
  produces `thread_source="automation"` in analytics
  - Keeps `user`, `subagent`, and `memory_consolidation` as explicit
  core-owned values and regenerates the app-server schemas and TypeScript
  bindings
  
  ## Verification
  - `just write-app-server-schema`
  - `cargo check --workspace`
  - `just test -p codex-protocol
  feature_thread_source_serializes_as_its_app_owned_label`
  - `just test -p codex-app-server-protocol
  thread_sources_round_trip_as_scalar_labels`
  - `cargo test -p codex-analytics
  thread_initialized_event_serializes_expected_shape`
  - `just fmt`

  marksteinbrick-oai · 2026-06-09 12:27:10 -07:00
  a71e040df5
• multi-agent: add path-based v2 activity tracking (#27007)

  ## Why
  
  Multi-agent v2 identifies agents by canonical paths, but its tool
  handlers still emitted the larger legacy collaboration begin/end events
  built around nickname and role metadata. App-server, rollout-trace,
  analytics, and TUI consumers therefore lacked one compact path-based
  completion signal that behaved consistently across live events and
  replay.
  
  The TUI also needs a bounded `/agent` status surface for v2 agents. It
  should use recent local activity for previews, refresh liveness without
  loading full histories, and keep the legacy picker available when no
  path-backed v2 agent is known.
  
  ## What changed
  
  - Replace the v2 `spawn_agent`, `send_message`, `followup_task`, and
  `interrupt_agent` legacy lifecycle emissions with a success-only
  `SubAgentActivity` event. The event records the tool call ID, occurrence
  time, affected thread, canonical agent path, and `started`,
  `interacted`, or `interrupted` kind.
  - Expose the activity as a completion-only app-server v2
  `subAgentActivity` thread item in live notifications and reconstructed
  history, regenerate the protocol schemas, and count it in sub-agent tool
  analytics.
  - Track canonical paths from live activity and loaded-thread metadata in
  the TUI, and render the activity in live and replayed transcripts.
  - Make `/agent` list running path-backed agents with summaries from
  bounded local event buffers. Each summary is capped at 240 graphemes,
  the scan is capped at six recent items, only the last three wrapped
  lines are shown, and command output is omitted. Liveness falls back to
  metadata-only `thread/read` when local turn state is unavailable.
  - Persist the activity as a terminal rollout-trace runtime payload and
  reduce it to the corresponding spawn, send, follow-up, or close
  interaction edge. `interrupt_agent` is classified as a close-edge
  operation.
  - Preserve the legacy picker when no path-backed v2 agent is known.
  
  ## Compatibility
  
  App-server v2 clients that consumed `collabAgentToolCall` begin/end
  pairs for these tools must handle the new completion-only
  `subAgentActivity` item. Legacy v1 collaboration behavior is unchanged.
  
  ## Screenshot
  
  <img width="684" height="288" alt="Screenshot 2026-06-08 at 15 40 47"
  src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/194b3cd0-619d-45fb-b587-cf3e2b1b8a1d"
  />
  
  ## Testing
  
  - `just test -p codex-app-server-protocol`
  - `just test -p codex-rollout-trace`
  - Added focused coverage for activity analytics, terminal trace
  serialization, spawn-edge reduction, `interrupt_agent` classification,
  TUI status rendering without aggregated command output, and clearing
  stale running state after a completed turn.

  jif · 2026-06-09 12:14:48 +02:00
  fae2709320
• Pair thread environment settings (#26687)

  ## Why
  
  Thread cwd and environment selections are a single logical setting in
  core: updating one without the other can silently desynchronize the
  next-turn execution context. This change makes that relationship
  explicit in the internal thread settings flow while preserving the
  existing app-server public API shape.
  
  ## What changed
  
  - Moved the cwd/environment pair through internal
  `ThreadSettingsOverrides.environment_settings` instead of a top-level
  internal `cwd` field.
  - Kept `thread/settings/update` public params unchanged, with app-server
  translating top-level `cwd` into the paired internal settings shape.
  - Moved `Op::UserInput` environment overrides into thread settings so
  user turns and settings updates use the same core path.
  - Updated core, app-server, MCP, memories, sample, and test callsites to
  construct the paired settings shape.
  
  ## Verification
  
  - `git diff --check`
  - Local test run starting after PR creation.

  pakrym-oai · 2026-06-08 13:55:15 -07:00
  f3c1283411
• protocol: remove submission-side serde from Op (#26674)

  ## Why
  
  Submission-side `Op` payloads are now an internal handoff inside the
  Rust codebase, so keeping a stable serde contract there adds complexity
  without a real wire consumer.
  
  ## What changed
  
  - remove serde/schema annotations from `Submission`, `Op`, and
  submission-only payload types like thread settings overrides, additional
  context, realtime conversation params, `TurnEnvironmentSelection`, and
  `RequestUserInputResponse`
  - delete the `Op` serialization tests and the now-unused double-option
  prompt serde helper
  - keep event/API-facing serialization where it is still required, and
  serialize the `request_user_input` tool output from its wire payload
  instead of the core response struct
  - update `protocol_v1.md` to call out that events remain the serialized
  transport surface while submission payloads are implementation details
  
  ## Testing
  
  - `just test -p codex-protocol`
  - `cargo check -p codex-core -p codex-app-server -p codex-thread-store`
  - `just test -p codex-core request_user_input`

  pakrym-oai · 2026-06-05 15:41:13 -07:00
  470c20bf98
• Require absolute cwd in thread settings (#26532)

  ## Why
  
  Thread settings cwd overrides are expected to be resolved before they
  enter core. Keeping this boundary as a plain `PathBuf` made it easy for
  core/session code to keep fallback normalization and relative-path
  resolution logic in places that should only receive an already-resolved
  cwd.
  
  This is intentionally the absolute-cwd-only slice: it does not change
  environment selection stickiness or cwd-to-default-environment fallback
  behavior.
  
  ## What changed
  
  - Changes `ThreadSettingsOverrides.cwd`,
  `CodexThreadSettingsOverrides.cwd`, and `SessionSettingsUpdate.cwd` to
  use `AbsolutePathBuf`.
  - Removes core-side cwd normalization/resolution from session settings
  updates.
  - Updates affected core/app-server test helpers and callsites to pass
  existing absolute cwd values or use `abs()` helpers.
  
  ## Validation
  
  Opening as draft so CI can start while local validation continues.

  pakrym-oai · 2026-06-05 09:29:15 -07:00
  40c8f1a007
• [codex] Forward turn moderation metadata through app-server (#25710)

  ## Why
  First-party backends can supply turn-scoped moderation metadata that
  app-server clients need for client-side presentation. Exposing this as
  an experimental typed notification lets opted-in clients consume it
  without interpreting raw Responses API events.
  
  ## What changed
  - forward `response.metadata.openai_chatgpt_moderation_metadata` from
  Responses API SSE and WebSocket streams as turn-scoped moderation
  metadata
  - emit the experimental app-server v2 `turn/moderationMetadata`
  notification with `{ threadId, turnId, metadata }`
  - add app-server integration coverage for the typed moderation metadata
  notification
  
  ## Testing
  - `just test -p codex-core
  build_ws_client_metadata_includes_window_lineage_and_turn_metadata`
  - `just test -p codex-core` (fails locally: 46 failures and 1 timeout,
  primarily missing `test_stdio_server` and shell snapshot timeouts)
  - `just test -p codex-app-server-protocol`
  - `just test -p codex-app-server
  turn_moderation_metadata_emits_typed_notification_v2`
  - `just test -p codex-app-server` (fails locally: 792 passed, 10 failed,
  and 5 timed out; failures are in existing environment-sensitive tests,
  primarily because nested macOS `sandbox-exec` is not permitted)
  - `just write-app-server-schema --experimental --schema-root
  /tmp/codex-app-server-schema-experimental`

  carlc-oai · 2026-06-05 02:41:06 -07:00
  55aa071b17
• Encrypt multi-agent v2 message payloads (#26210)

  ## Why
  
  Multi-agent v2 currently routes agent instructions through normal tool
  arguments and inter-agent context. That means the parent model can emit
  plaintext task text, Codex can persist it in history/rollouts, and the
  recipient can receive it as ordinary assistant-message JSON.
  
  This changes the v2 path so agent instructions stay encrypted between
  model calls: Responses encrypts the `message` argument returned by the
  model, Codex forwards only that ciphertext, and Responses decrypts it
  internally for the recipient model.
  
  ## What changed
  
  - Mark the v2 `message` parameter as encrypted for `spawn_agent`,
  `send_message`, and `followup_task`.
  - Treat multi-agent v2 tool `message` values as ciphertext
  unconditionally.
  - Store v2 inter-agent task text in
  `InterAgentCommunication.encrypted_content` with empty plaintext
  `content`.
  - Convert encrypted inter-agent communications into the Responses
  `agent_message` input item before sending the child request.
  - Preserve `agent_message` items across history, rollout, compaction,
  telemetry, and app-server schema paths.
  - Leave multi-agent v1 unchanged.
  
  ## Message shape
  
  The model still calls the v2 tools with a `message` argument, but that
  value is now ciphertext:
  
  ```json
  {
    "name": "spawn_agent",
    "arguments": {
      "task_name": "worker",
      "message": "<ciphertext>"
    }
  }
  ```
  
  Codex stores the task as encrypted inter-agent communication:
  
  ```json
  {
    "author": "/root",
    "recipient": "/root/worker",
    "content": "",
    "encrypted_content": "<ciphertext>",
    "trigger_turn": true
  }
  ```
  
  When Codex builds the recipient request, it forwards the ciphertext
  using the new Responses input item:
  
  ```json
  {
    "type": "agent_message",
    "author": "/root",
    "recipient": "/root/worker",
    "content": [
      {
        "type": "encrypted_content",
        "encrypted_content": "<ciphertext>"
      }
    ]
  }
  ```
  
  Responses decrypts that item internally for the recipient model.
  
  ## Context impact
  
  - Parent context no longer carries plaintext v2 agent task instructions
  from these tool arguments.
  - Codex rollout/history stores ciphertext for v2 agent instructions.
  - Recipient requests receive an `agent_message` item instead of
  assistant commentary JSON for encrypted task delivery.
  - Plaintext completion/status notifications are still plaintext because
  they are Codex-generated status messages, not encrypted model tool
  arguments.
  
  ## Validation
  
  - `just test -p codex-tools`
  - `just test -p codex-protocol`
  - `just test -p codex-rollout`
  - `just test -p codex-rollout-trace`
  - `just test -p codex-otel`
  - `just write-app-server-schema`

  jif · 2026-06-05 10:25:57 +02:00
  5f4d06ef18
• Expose local image paths to models (#25944)

  ## Why
  
  Local image attachments include image bytes, but the adjacent
  model-visible label omits the source path. Exposing the path lets
  model-selected workflows refer back to the intended local image
  explicitly.
  
  ## What changed
  
  - Include an escaped `path` attribute in model-visible local image
  opening tags.
  - Reuse the path-aware marker generator in rollout coverage.
  - Update protocol, replay, and rollout coverage for the new request
  shape.
  
  ## Validation
  
  - `just fmt`
  - `just test -p codex-protocol`
  - `just test -p codex-core skips_local_image_label_text`
  - `just test -p codex-core
  copy_paste_local_image_persists_rollout_request_shape`
  - `git diff --check`

  Won Park · 2026-06-03 19:49:58 +00:00
  57ab4c89e0
• Add multi-agent runtime metadata types (#25720)

  Stack split from #25708. Original PR intentionally left open. This first
  PR adds the multi-agent runtime metadata types and catalog plumbing used
  by the rest of the stack.

  jif-oai · 2026-06-02 12:10:14 +02:00
  3f1fb7ed8b
• feat: show enterprise monthly credit limits in status (#24812)

  ## Summary
  
  Enterprise users can have an effective monthly credit limit, but Codex
  `/status` currently drops that metadata from the account-usage response.
  
  This change adds the optional `spend_control.individual_limit`
  projection to the existing rate-limit snapshot flow. The backend client
  reads the monthly limit, app-server exposes it as `individualLimit`, and
  the TUI renders a `Monthly credit limit` row through the existing
  progress-bar renderer.
  
  When the backend does not return an effective monthly limit, existing
  rate-limit behavior is unchanged.
  
  ## Existing backend state
  
  The account-usage backend already returns the effective monthly limit
  and current usage together:
  
  ```json
  {
    "spend_control": {
      "reached": false,
      "individual_limit": {
        "limit": "25000",
        "used": "8000",
        "remaining": "17000",
        "used_percent": 32,
        "remaining_percent": 68,
        "reset_after_seconds": 86400,
        "reset_at": 1778137680
      }
    }
  }
  ```
  
  Before this change, Codex projected rolling `primary` and `secondary`
  windows plus `credits`. It ignored `spend_control.individual_limit`, so
  app-server clients and `/status` could not render the monthly cap.
  
  The updated flow is:
  
  ```text
  account usage backend
    -> backend-client reads spend_control.individual_limit
    -> existing rate-limit snapshot carries optional individual_limit
    -> app-server exposes optional individualLimit
    -> TUI renders Monthly credit limit
  ```
  
  ## App-server contract
  
  `account/rateLimits/read` and sparse `account/rateLimits/updated`
  notifications now include an additive nullable
  `rateLimits.individualLimit` field:
  
  ```json
  {
    "individualLimit": {
      "limit": "25000",
      "used": "8000",
      "remainingPercent": 68,
      "resetsAt": 1778137680
    }
  }
  ```
  
  In an `account/rateLimits/read` response, `null` means no monthly limit
  is available. `account/rateLimits/updated` remains a sparse rolling
  notification: clients merge available values into their most recent
  `account/rateLimits/read` snapshot or refetch. Nullable account metadata
  in a rolling notification does not clear a previously observed value.
  
  ## Design decisions
  
  - Extend the existing rate-limit snapshot instead of introducing a
  separate request or wire-level update protocol.
  - Keep the Codex projection narrow: `/status` needs the effective limit,
  current usage, remaining percentage, and reset timestamp.
  - Render the monthly row through the existing progress-bar renderer,
  with one optional detail line for `8,000 of 25,000 credits used`.
  - Keep the backend response optional so existing accounts and older
  usage states preserve their current behavior.
  - Preserve cached monthly metadata when sparse rolling notifications
  omit it. Live account-usage reads remain authoritative and can clear a
  removed limit.
  
  ## Visual evidence
  
  ```text
   Monthly credit limit:   [██████████████░░░░░░] 68% left (resets 07:08 on 7 May)
                           8,000 of 25,000 credits used
  ```
  
  Snapshot:
  `codex-rs/tui/src/status/snapshots/codex_tui__status__tests__status_snapshot_includes_enterprise_monthly_credit_limit.snap`
  
  ## Testing
  
  Tests: generated app-server schema verification, protocol tests,
  backend-client tests, app-server integration coverage, TUI snapshot
  coverage, formatting, and workspace lint cleanup.

  efrazer-oai · 2026-06-01 21:25:42 -07:00
  c8e5db16c9
• store and expose parent_thread_id on Threads (#25113)

  ## Why
  
  This PR
  https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/24161#discussion_r3325692763
  revealed a subagent data modeling issue, where we overloaded
  `forked_from_id` to also mean `parent_thread_id`. That's incorrect since
  guardian and review subagents can be a subagent and NOT fork the main
  thread's history.
  
  The solution here is to explicitly store a new `parent_thread_id` on
  `SessionMeta`, alongside `forked_from_id` which already exists. While
  we're at it, also expose it in the app-server protocol on the `Thread`
  object.
  
  A thread->subagent relationship and a fork of thread history are
  orthogonal concepts.
  
  ## What Changed
  
  - Added top-level `parent_thread_id` persistence on `SessionMeta` and
  runtime/session plumbing through `SessionConfiguredEvent`,
  `CodexSpawnArgs`, `SessionConfiguration`, `ThreadConfigSnapshot`,
  `TurnContext`, and `ModelClient`.
  - Made turn metadata, request headers, analytics, and subagent-start
  events read the separate runtime/top-level parent field instead of
  deriving general parent lineage from `SessionSource` or
  `forked_from_thread_id`.
  - Passed parent lineage separately at delegated subagent, review,
  guardian, agent-job, and multi-agent spawn construction sites;
  copied-history fork lineage remains derived only from `InitialHistory`.
  - Persisted and exposed parent lineage through rollout/thread-store
  projections and app-server v2 `Thread.parentThreadId`.
  - Updated app-server README text and regenerated app-server schema
  fixtures for the additive `parentThreadId` response field.

  Owen Lin · 2026-06-01 04:33:20 +00:00
  cf0911076f
• Add cloud-managed config layer support (#24620)

  ## Summary
  
  PR 3 of 5 in the cloud-managed config client stack.
  
  Adds enterprise-managed cloud config as a first-class config layer
  source. The layer metadata is preserved through config loading,
  diagnostics, debug output, hook attribution, and app-server protocol
  surfaces.
  
  ## Details
  
  - Enterprise-managed config becomes a normal config layer source with
  backend-supplied `id` and display `name` attached for provenance.
  - These layers are designed to behave like non-file managed config: they
  can surface syntax/type diagnostics by layer name even though there is
  no physical config file.
  - Relative path settings are resolved from a stored config base so
  cloud-delivered config remains consistent with existing MDM-delivered
  config semantics.
  - Hook attribution distinguishes config-delivered hooks from
  requirements-delivered hooks via `HookSource::CloudManagedConfig`.
  - This remains pull-based and snapshot-oriented; the PR adds layer
  identity/diagnostics, not dynamic reload behavior.
  
  ## Validation
  
  Validated through the targeted stack checks after rebasing onto current
  `main`:
  
  - Rust crate tests for
  config/hooks/cloud-config/backend-client/app-server-protocol
  - Filtered `codex-core` and `codex-app-server` `cloud_config_bundle`
  tests
  - Python generated-file contract test
  - `cargo shear --deny-warnings`
  - Targeted `argument-comment-lint` for config/hooks

  joeflorencio-openai · 2026-05-31 15:54:31 -07:00
  8a556296f0
• Add subagent lineage metadata for responsesapi (#24161)

  ## Why
  
  We recently added `forked_from_thread_id` which lets us trace where a
  thread's _context_ comes from, but we also want to understand subagent
  lineage (e.g. which parent thread spawned this subagent? what kind of
  subagent is it?) which is orthogonal.
  
  This PR adds `parent_thread_id` and `subagent_kind` to the
  `x-codex-turn-metadata` header sent to ResponsesAPI.
  
  ## What changed
  
  - Adds `parent_thread_id` and `subagent_kind` to core-owned
  `x-codex-turn-metadata`.
  - Restores persisted `SessionSource` and `ThreadSource` from resumed
  session metadata so cold-resumed subagent threads keep their lineage on
  later Responses API requests.
  - Centralizes parent-thread extraction on `SessionSource` /
  `SubAgentSource` and reuses it in the Responses client, analytics, agent
  control, and state parsing paths.
  - Extends reserved-key, git-enrichment, thread-spawn, and app-server v2
  metadata coverage for the new lineage fields.
  
  ## Verification
  
  - Not run locally per request.
  - Added focused coverage in `core/src/turn_metadata_tests.rs` and
  `app-server/tests/suite/v2/client_metadata.rs`.

  Owen Lin · 2026-05-29 11:28:12 -07:00
  fc9cf62efb
• Surface filesystem permission profiles in prompt context (#23924)

  ## Summary
  Some permission profiles can encode filesystem reads that should remain
  unavailable to the agent. Before this change, the model-visible context
  and automatic approval review prompt summarized the effective
  permissions as a legacy sandbox mode, which can omit permission-profile
  filesystem entries from escalation decisions.
  
  For example, a profile can grant workspace access while denying a
  private subtree across every workspace root:
  
  ```toml
  default_permissions = "restricted-workspace"
  
  [permissions.restricted-workspace.workspace_roots]
  "/Users/alice/project" = true
  "/Users/alice/other-project" = true
  
  [permissions.restricted-workspace.filesystem]
  ":minimal" = "read"
  
  [permissions.restricted-workspace.filesystem.":workspace_roots"]
  "." = "write"
  "private" = "deny"
  "private/**" = "deny"
  ```
  
  The context window now describes the workspace roots and effective
  filesystem side of the `PermissionProfile` directly, with deny entries
  marked as non-escalatable:
  
  ```xml
  <environment_context>
    <cwd>/Users/alice/project</cwd>
    <shell>zsh</shell>
    <filesystem><workspace_roots><root>/Users/alice/project</root><root>/Users/alice/other-project</root></workspace_roots><permission_profile type="managed"><file_system type="restricted"><entry access="read"><special>:minimal</special></entry><entry access="write"><path>/Users/alice/project</path></entry><entry access="write"><path>/Users/alice/other-project</path></entry><entry access="deny" escalatable="false"><path>/Users/alice/project/private</path></entry><entry access="deny" escalatable="false"><path>/Users/alice/other-project/private</path></entry><entry access="deny" escalatable="false"><glob>/Users/alice/project/private/**</glob></entry><entry access="deny" escalatable="false"><glob>/Users/alice/other-project/private/**</glob></entry></file_system></permission_profile></filesystem>
  </environment_context>
  ```
  
  Managed requirements can impose the same kind of deny-read restriction:
  
  ```toml
  [permissions.filesystem]
  deny_read = [
    "/Users/alice/project/private",
    "/Users/alice/project/private/**",
  ]
  ```
  
  The automatic approval review prompt also receives the parent turn's
  denied-read context, so review decisions can account for the active
  permission profile.
  
  ## What Changed
  - Render the effective filesystem profile in `<environment_context>`,
  including profile type, filesystem entries, workspace roots, and
  non-escalatable deny entries.
  - Persist effective `workspace_roots` in `TurnContextItem` so
  resumed/replayed context does not have to bind `:workspace_roots`
  through legacy `cwd` fallback.
  - Add explicit permission instructions that denied reads are policy
  restrictions, not escalation targets.
  - Pass the parent turn's denied-read context into automatic approval
  reviews.
  - Add targeted coverage for prompt rendering, workspace-root
  materialization, replay context, and review prompt context.
  - Keep the prompt-context test expectations platform-aware so the same
  filesystem rendering assertions pass on Unix and Windows paths.
  
  ## Testing
  - `just test -p codex-core
  context::environment_context::tests::serialize_environment_context_with_full_filesystem_profile`
  - `just test -p codex-core
  context::environment_context::tests::turn_context_item_filesystem_uses_workspace_roots_instead_of_cwd`
  - `just test -p codex-core
  context::permissions_instructions::permissions_instructions_tests::builds_permissions_from_profile_with_denied_reads`
  - `just fix -p codex-core`
  
  I also attempted `just test -p codex-core`; the changed prompt-context
  tests passed, but the full local run did not complete cleanly in this
  sandboxed macOS environment due unrelated user-shell `CODEX_SANDBOX*`
  expectations and integration-test timeouts.

  Michael Bolin · 2026-05-28 14:56:53 -07:00
  e7dda8070e
• [codex] Add user input client ids (#24653)

  ## Summary
  
  Adds an optional `clientId` field to app-server v2 `UserInput` and
  carries it through the core `UserInput` model so clients can correlate
  echoed user input items without relying on payload equality.
  
  ## Details
  
  - Adds `client_id: Option<String>` to core `UserInput` variants.
  - Exposes the v2 app-server field as `clientId` on the wire and in
  generated TypeScript.
  - Preserves the id when converting between app-server v2 and core
  protocol types.
  - Regenerates app-server schema fixtures.
  
  ## Validation
  
  - `just fmt`
  - `just write-app-server-schema`
  - `cargo test -p codex-app-server-protocol`
  - `cargo test -p codex-protocol`
  - `just fix -p codex-app-server-protocol`
  - `just fix -p codex-protocol`
  - `git diff --check`

  Alexi Christakis · 2026-05-28 14:54:39 -07:00
  e92c952b2e
• Add experimental turn additional context (#24154)

  ## Summary
  
  Adds experimental `additionalContext` support to `turn/start` and
  `turn/steer` so clients can provide ephemeral external context, such as
  browser or automation state, without turning that plumbing into a
  visible user prompt or triggering user-prompt lifecycle behavior.
  
  ## API Shape
  
  The parameter shape is:
  
  ```ts
  additionalContext?: Record<string, {
    value: string
    kind: "untrusted" | "application"
  }> | null
  ```
  
  Example:
  
  ```json
  {
    "additionalContext": {
      "browser_info": {
        "value": "Active tab is CI failures.",
        "kind": "untrusted"
      },
      "automation_info": {
        "value": "CI rerun is in progress.",
        "kind": "application"
      }
    }
  }
  ```
  
  The keys are opaque and caller-defined.
  
  ## Context Injection
  
  When provided, accepted entries are inserted into model context as
  hidden contextual message items, not as visible thread user-message
  items.
  
  `kind: "untrusted"` entries are inserted with role `user`:
  
  ```text
  <external_${key}>${value}</external_${key}>
  ```
  
  `kind: "application"` entries are inserted with role `developer`:
  
  ```text
  <${key}>${value}</${key}>
  ```
  
  Values are not escaped. Each value is truncated to 1k approximate tokens
  before wrapping.
  
  For `turn/start`, accepted additional context is inserted before normal
  user input. For `turn/steer`, additional context is merged only when the
  steer includes non-empty user input; context-only steers still reject as
  empty input.
  
  ## Dedupe Strategy
  
  `AdditionalContextStore` lives on session state and stores the latest
  complete additional-context map.
  
  Each `turn/start` or non-empty `turn/steer` treats its
  `additionalContext` as the current complete set of values. Entries are
  injected only when the key is new or the exact entry for that key
  changed, including `value` or `kind`. After merging, the store is
  replaced with the provided map, so omitted keys are removed from the
  retained set and can be injected again later if reintroduced.
  
  Omitting `additionalContext`, passing `null`, or passing an empty object
  resets the store to empty and injects nothing.
  
  ## What Changed
  
  - Threads experimental v2 `additionalContext` through app-server into
  core turn start and steer handling.
  - Adds separate contextual fragment types for untrusted user-role
  context and application developer-role context.
  - Uses pending response input items so additional context can be
  combined with normal user input without treating it as prompt text.
  - Adds integration coverage for start/steer flow, role routing,
  dedupe/reset behavior, deletion/re-add behavior, hook-blocked input
  behavior, empty context-only steer rejection, external-fragment marker
  matching, and truncation.

  pakrym-oai · 2026-05-26 13:02:34 -07:00
  768848ab6f
• Display workspace usage limit error copy from response header (#24114)

  ## Why
  
  `openai/openai#947613` adds `X-Codex-Rate-Limit-Reached-Type` for Codex
  workspace credit-depletion and spend-cap responses. The CLI currently
  reads the adjacent promo header but otherwise renders generic
  usage-limit copy, so those responses do not explain the
  workspace-specific action the user needs to take.
  
  Backend dependency: https://github.com/openai/openai/pull/947613
  
  ## What Changed
  
  - Parse `X-Codex-Rate-Limit-Reached-Type` in the usage-limit error
  handling path alongside `x-codex-promo-message`.
  - Keep the header value parsing with the shared `RateLimitReachedType`
  enum.
  - Carry the parsed type on `UsageLimitReachedError` and render
  client-owned copy for the four workspace owner/member credit and
  spend-cap values.
  - Preserve existing promo and plan-based text for absent, generic, or
  unknown header values.
  - Keep the existing TUI workspace-owner nudge state path unchanged; the
  response header only selects the displayed error string.
  - Add focused display coverage for all specific type values and the
  generic fallback case.
  
  ## Test Plan
  
  - Added `usage_limit_reached_error_formats_rate_limit_reached_types`
  coverage.
  - Not run manually, per request; CI runs validation on the pushed
  commit.

  dhruvgupta-oai · 2026-05-22 23:58:49 +00:00
  4bcabbfbec
• Add trace_id to TurnStartedEvent (#23980)

  ## Why
  [Recent PR](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/22709) removed
  `trace_id` from `TurnContextItem`.
  
  ## What changed
  - Add to `TurnStartedEvent` so rollout consumers can correlate turns
  with telemetry traces.
  - Note that the branch name is out of date because I originally re-added
  to `TurnContextItem`, but we decided to move it to `TurnStartedEvent`.
  
  ## Verification
  - `cargo test -p codex-protocol`
  - `cargo test -p codex-core --lib
  regular_turn_emits_turn_started_without_waiting_for_startup_prewarm`
  - `cargo test -p codex-core --test all
  emits_warning_when_resumed_model_differs`
  - `cargo test -p codex-rollout`
  - `cargo test -p codex-state`

  mchen-oai · 2026-05-22 13:10:56 -07:00
  3c83e57bfa
• [codex] Add plugin id to MCP tool call items (#23737)

  Add owning plugin id to MCP tool call items so we can better filter them
  at plugin level.
  
  ## Summary
  - add optional `plugin_id` to MCP tool-call items and legacy begin/end
  events
  - propagate plugin metadata into emitted core items and app-server v2
  `ThreadItem::McpToolCall`
  - preserve plugin ids through app-server replay/redaction paths and
  regenerate v2 schema fixtures
  
  ## Testing
  - `just write-app-server-schema`
  - `just fmt`
  - `just fix -p codex-core`
  - `cargo test -p codex-protocol -p codex-app-server-protocol`
  - `cargo test -p codex-app-server-protocol`
  - `cargo test -p codex-core mcp_tool_call_item_includes_plugin_id --lib`
  - `cargo check -p codex-tui --tests`
  - `cargo check -p codex-app-server --tests`
  - `git diff --check`
  
  ## Notes
  - `just fix -p codex-core` completed with two non-fatal
  `too_many_arguments` warnings on the touched MCP notification helpers.
  - A broader `cargo test -p codex-core` run passed core unit tests, then
  hit shell/sandbox/snapshot failures in the integration target.
  - A broader app-server downstream run hit the existing
  `in_process::tests::in_process_start_clamps_zero_channel_capacity` stack
  overflow; `cargo test -p codex-exec` also hit the existing sandbox
  expectation mismatch in
  `thread_lifecycle_params_include_legacy_sandbox_when_no_active_profile`.

  Matthew Zeng · 2026-05-20 17:02:10 -07:00
  0a4179bb19
• Add SubagentStop hook (#22873)

  # What
  
  <img width="1792" height="1024" alt="image"
  src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/8f81d232-5813-4994-a61d-e42a05a93a3e"
  />
  
  `SubagentStop` runs when a thread-spawned subagent turn is about to
  finish. Thread-spawned subagents use `SubagentStop` instead of the
  normal root-agent `Stop` hook.
  
  Configured handlers match on `agent_type`. Hook input includes the
  normal stop fields plus:
  
  - `agent_id`: the child thread id.
  - `agent_type`: the resolved subagent type.
  - `agent_transcript_path`: the child subagent transcript path.
  - `transcript_path`: the parent thread transcript path.
  - `last_assistant_message`: the final assistant message from the child
  turn, when available.
  - `stop_hook_active`: `true` when the child is already continuing
  because an earlier stop-like hook blocked completion.
  
  `SubagentStop` shares the same completion-control semantics as `Stop`,
  scoped to the child turn:
  
  - No decision allows the child turn to finish.
  - `decision: "block"` with a non-empty `reason` records that reason as
  hook feedback and continues the child with that prompt.
  - `continue: false` stops the child turn. If `stopReason` is present,
  Codex surfaces it as the stop reason.
  
  # Lifecycle Scope
  
  Only thread-spawned subagents run `SubagentStop`.
  
  Internal/system subagents such as Review, Compact, MemoryConsolidation,
  and Other do not run normal `Stop` hooks and do not run `SubagentStop`.
  This avoids exposing synthetic matcher labels for internal
  implementation paths.
  
  # Stack
  
  1. #22782: add `SubagentStart`.
  2. This PR: add `SubagentStop`.
  3. #22882: add subagent identity to normal hook inputs.

  Abhinav · 2026-05-20 14:59:41 -07:00
  eee3e60db3
• Add SubagentStart hook (#22782)

  # What
  
  `SubagentStart` runs once when Codex creates a thread-spawned subagent,
  before that child sends its first model request. Thread-spawned
  subagents use `SubagentStart` instead of the normal root-agent
  `SessionStart` hook.
  
  Configured handlers match on the subagent `agent_type`, using the same
  value passed to `spawn_agent`. When no agent type is specified, Codex
  uses the default agent type.
  
  Hook input includes the normal session-start fields plus:
  
  - `agent_id`: the child thread id.
  - `agent_type`: the resolved subagent type.
  
  `SubagentStart` may return `hookSpecificOutput.additionalContext`. That
  context is added to the child conversation before the first model
  request.
  
  # Lifecycle Scope
  
  Only thread-spawned subagents run `SubagentStart`.
  
  Internal/system subagents such as Review, Compact, MemoryConsolidation,
  and Other do not run normal `SessionStart` hooks and do not run
  `SubagentStart`. This avoids exposing synthetic matcher labels for
  internal implementation paths.
  
  Also the `SessionStart` hook no longer fires for subagents, this matches
  behavior with other coding agents' implementation
  
  # Stack
  
  1. This PR: add `SubagentStart`.
  2. #22873: add `SubagentStop`.
  3. #22882: add subagent identity to normal hook inputs.

  Abhinav · 2026-05-19 12:45:08 -07:00
  d661ab70ed
• Make deny canonical for filesystem permission entries (#23493)

  ## Why
  Filesystem permission profiles used `none` for deny-read entries, which
  is less direct than the action the entry actually represents. This
  change makes `deny` the canonical filesystem permission spelling while
  preserving compatibility for older configs that still send `none`.
  
  ## What changed
  - rename `FileSystemAccessMode::None` to `Deny`
  - serialize and generate schemas with `deny` as the canonical value
  - retain `none` only as a legacy input alias for temporary config
  compatibility
  - update filesystem glob diagnostics and regression coverage to use the
  canonical spelling
  - refresh config and app-server schema fixtures to match the new wire
  shape
  
  ## Validation
  - `cargo test -p codex-protocol`
  - `cargo test -p codex-app-server-protocol`
  - `cargo test -p codex-core config_toml_deserializes_permission_profiles
  --lib`
  - `cargo test -p codex-core
  read_write_glob_patterns_still_reject_non_subpath_globs --lib`
  
  Earlier in the session, a broad `cargo test -p codex-core` run reached
  unrelated pre-existing failures in timing/snapshot/git-info tests under
  this environment; the targeted surfaces touched by this PR passed
  cleanly.

  viyatb-oai · 2026-05-19 11:03:47 -07:00
  3c76081876
• [5 of 7] Replace OverrideTurnContext with ThreadSettings (#22508)

  **Stack position:** [5 of 7]
  
  ## Summary
  
  This PR adds `Op::ThreadSettings`, a queued settings-only update
  mechanism for changing stored thread settings without starting a new
  turn. It also removes the legacy `Op::OverrideTurnContext` in the same
  layer, so reviewers can see the replacement and deletion together.
  
  ## Changes
  
  - Add `Op::ThreadSettings` for settings-only queued updates.
  - Emit `ThreadSettingsApplied` with the effective thread settings
  snapshot after core applies an update.
  - Route settings-only updates through the same submission queue as user
  input.
  - Migrate remaining `OverrideTurnContext` tests and callers to the
  queued `Op::ThreadSettings` path.
  - Delete `Op::OverrideTurnContext` from the core protocol and submission
  loop.
  
  This stack addresses #20656 and #22090.
  
  ## Stack
  
  1. [1 of 7] [Add thread settings to
  UserInput](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/23080)
  2. [2 of 7] [Remove
  UserInputWithTurnContext](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/23081)
  3. [3 of 7] [Remove
  UserTurn](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/23075)
  4. [4 of 7] [Placeholder for OverrideTurnContext
  cleanup](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/23087)
  5. [5 of 7] [Replace OverrideTurnContext with
  ThreadSettings](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/22508) (this PR)
  6. [6 of 7] [Add app-server thread settings
  API](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/22509)
  7. [7 of 7] [Sync TUI thread
  settings](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/22510)

  Eric Traut · 2026-05-18 21:03:51 -07:00
  a668379abf
• [3 of 7] Remove UserTurn (#23075)

  **Stack position:** [3 of 7]
  
  ## Summary
  
  This PR finishes the input-op consolidation by moving the remaining
  `Op::UserTurn` callers onto `Op::UserInput` and deleting `Op::UserTurn`.
  This touches a lot of files, but it is a low-risk mechanical migration.
  
  ## Stack
  
  1. [1 of 7] [Add thread settings to
  UserInput](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/23080)
  2. [2 of 7] [Remove
  UserInputWithTurnContext](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/23081)
  3. [3 of 7] [Remove
  UserTurn](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/23075) (this PR)
  4. [4 of 7] [Placeholder for OverrideTurnContext
  cleanup](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/23087)
  5. [5 of 7] [Replace OverrideTurnContext with
  ThreadSettings](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/22508)
  6. [6 of 7] [Add app-server thread settings
  API](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/22509)
  7. [7 of 7] [Sync TUI thread
  settings](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/22510)

  Eric Traut · 2026-05-18 19:56:00 -07:00
  1a25d8b6e5
• [2 of 7] Remove UserInputWithTurnContext (#23081)

  **Stack position:** [2 of 7]
  
  ## Summary
  
  This PR removes the overlapping `Op::UserInputWithTurnContext` variant
  now that `Op::UserInput` can carry thread settings overrides directly.
  
  ## Stack
  
  1. [1 of 7] [Add thread settings to
  UserInput](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/23080)
  2. [2 of 7] [Remove
  UserInputWithTurnContext](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/23081)
  (this PR)
  3. [3 of 7] [Remove
  UserTurn](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/23075)
  4. [4 of 7] [Placeholder for OverrideTurnContext
  cleanup](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/23087)
  5. [5 of 7] [Replace OverrideTurnContext with
  ThreadSettings](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/22508)
  6. [6 of 7] [Add app-server thread settings
  API](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/22509)
  7. [7 of 7] [Sync TUI thread
  settings](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/22510)

  Eric Traut · 2026-05-18 19:41:33 -07:00
  e811234484
• [1 of 7] Add thread settings to UserInput (#23080)

  **Stack position:** [1 of 7]
  
  ## Summary
  
  The first three PRs in this stack are a cleanup pass before the actual
  thread settings API work.
  
  Today, core has several overlapping "user input" ops: `UserInput`,
  `UserInputWithTurnContext`, and `UserTurn`. They differ mostly in how
  much next-turn state they carry, which makes the later queued thread
  settings update harder to reason about and review.
  
  This PR starts that cleanup by adding the shared
  `ThreadSettingsOverrides` payload and allowing `Op::UserInput` to carry
  it. Existing variants remain in place here, so this layer is mostly a
  behavior-preserving API shape change plus mechanical constructor
  updates.
  
  ## End State After PR3
  
  By the end of PR3, `Op::UserInput` is the only "user input" core op. It
  can carry optional thread settings overrides for callers that need to
  update stored defaults with a turn, while callers without updates use
  empty settings. `Op::UserInputWithTurnContext` and `Op::UserTurn` are
  deleted.
  
  ## End State After PR5
  
  By the end of PR5, core will have only two ops for this area:
  
  - `Op::UserInput` for user-input-bearing submissions.
  - `Op::ThreadSettings` for settings-only updates.
  
  ## Stack
  
  1. [1 of 7] [Add thread settings to
  UserInput](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/23080) (this PR)
  2. [2 of 7] [Remove
  UserInputWithTurnContext](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/23081)
  3. [3 of 7] [Remove
  UserTurn](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/23075)
  4. [4 of 7] [Placeholder for OverrideTurnContext
  cleanup](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/23087)
  5. [5 of 7] [Replace OverrideTurnContext with
  ThreadSettings](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/22508)
  6. [6 of 7] [Add app-server thread settings
  API](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/22509)
  7. [7 of 7] [Sync TUI thread
  settings](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/22510)

  Eric Traut · 2026-05-18 18:48:35 -07:00
  84d941d07f
• [codex] Trim unused TurnContextItem fields (#22709)

  ## Why
  
  `TurnContextItem` is the durable baseline used to reconstruct context
  diffs across resume/fork. Most of the old persisted-only fields on it
  are no longer read, so keeping them in rollout snapshots adds schema
  surface and state that can drift without affecting reconstruction.
  
  `summary` is the exception: older Codex versions require it to
  deserialize `turn_context` records, so keep writing a default
  compatibility value until that schema surface can be removed safely.
  
  ## What changed
  
  - Removed the unused persisted fields from `TurnContextItem`: trace ids,
  user/developer instructions, output schema, and truncation policy.
  - Kept `summary` with a compatibility comment and made
  `TurnContext::to_turn_context_item` write `ReasoningSummary::Auto`
  instead of live turn state.
  - Updated rollout/context reconstruction fixtures for the retained
  summary field.
  
  ## Verification
  
  - `cargo test -p codex-protocol --lib turn_context_item`
  - `cargo test -p codex-rollout
  resume_candidate_matches_cwd_reads_latest_turn_context`
  - `cargo test -p codex-state turn_context`
  - `cargo test -p codex-core --lib
  new_default_turn_captures_current_span_trace_id`
  - `cargo test -p codex-core --lib
  record_initial_history_resumed_turn_context_after_compaction_reestablishes_reference_context_item`
  - `cargo test -p codex-core --test all
  emits_warning_when_resumed_model_differs`
  - `git diff --check`

  pakrym-oai · 2026-05-18 21:54:36 +00:00
  f2368b7de6
• goal: pause continuation loops on usage limits and blockers (#23094)

  Addresses #22833, #22245, #23067
  
  ## Why
  `/goal` can keep synthesizing turns even when the next turn cannot make
  meaningful progress. Hard usage exhaustion can replay failing turns, and
  repeated permission or external-resource blockers can keep burning
  tokens while waiting for user or system intervention.
  
  ## What changed
  - Add resumable `blocked` and `usageLimited` goal states. As with
  `paused`, goal continuation stops with these states.
  - Move to `usageLimited` after usage-limit failures.
  - Allow the built-in `update_goal` tool to set `blocked` only under
  explicit repeated-impasse guidance. Updated goal continuation prompt to
  specify that agent should use `blocked` only when it has made at least
  three attempts to get past an impasse.
  
  Most of the files touched by this PR are because of the small app server
  protocol update.
  
  ## Validation
  
  I manually reproduced a number of situations where an agent can run into
  a true impasse and verified that it properly enters `blocked` state. I
  then resumed and verified that it once again entered `blocked` state
  several turns later if the impasse still exists.
  
  I also manually reproduced the usage-limit condition by creating a
  simulated responses API endpoint that returns 429 errors with the
  appropriate error message. Verified that the goal runtime properly moves
  the goal into `usageLimited` state and TUI UI updates appropriately.
  Verified that `/goal resume` resumes (and immediately goes back into
  `ussageLImited` state if appropriate).
  
  
  ## Follow-up PRs
  
  Small changes will be needed to the GUI clients to properly handle the
  two new states.

  Eric Traut · 2026-05-18 11:28:53 -07:00
  0d344aca9b
• Preserve image detail in app-server inputs (#20693)

  ## Summary
  
  - Add optional image detail to user image inputs across core, app-server
  v2, thread history/event mapping, and the generated app-server
  schemas/types.
  - Preserve requested detail when serializing Responses image inputs:
  omitted detail stays on the existing `high` default, while explicit
  `original` keeps local images on the original-resolution path.
  - Support `high`/`original` consistently for tool image outputs,
  including MCP `codex/imageDetail`, code-mode image helpers, and
  `view_image`.

  Curtis 'Fjord' Hawthorne · 2026-05-15 15:04:04 -07:00
  8543e39885
• app-server: use permission ids and runtime workspace roots (#22611)

  ## Why
  
  This PR builds on [#22610](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/22610)
  and is the app-server side of the migration from mutable per-turn
  `SandboxPolicy` replacement toward selecting immutable permission
  profiles by id plus mutable runtime workspace roots.
  
  Once permission profiles can carry their own immutable
  `workspace_roots`, app-server no longer needs to mutate the selected
  `PermissionProfile` just to represent thread-specific filesystem
  context. The mutable part now lives on the thread as explicit
  `runtimeWorkspaceRoots`, while `:workspace_roots` remains symbolic until
  the sandbox is realized for a turn.
  
  ## What Changed
  
  - Replaced the v2 permission-selection wrapper surface with plain
  profile ids for `thread/start`, `thread/resume`, `thread/fork`, and
  `turn/start`.
  - Removed the API surface for profile modifications
  (`PermissionProfileSelectionParams`,
  `PermissionProfileModificationParams`,
  `ActivePermissionProfileModification`).
  - Added experimental `runtimeWorkspaceRoots` fields to the thread
  lifecycle and turn-start APIs.
  - Threaded runtime workspace roots through core session/thread
  snapshots, turn overrides, app-server request handling, and command
  execution permission resolution.
  - Kept session permission state symbolic so later runtime root updates
  and cwd-only implicit-root retargeting rebind `:workspace_roots`
  correctly.
  - Updated the embedded clients just enough to send and restore the new
  thread state.
  - Refreshed the generated schema/TypeScript artifacts and the app-server
  README to match the new contract.
  
  ## Verification
  
  Targeted coverage for this layer lives in:
  
  - `codex-rs/app-server-protocol/src/protocol/v2/tests.rs`
  - `codex-rs/app-server/tests/suite/v2/thread_start.rs`
  - `codex-rs/app-server/tests/suite/v2/thread_resume.rs`
  - `codex-rs/app-server/tests/suite/v2/turn_start.rs`
  - `codex-rs/core/src/session/tests.rs`
  
  The key regression checks exercise that:
  
  - `runtimeWorkspaceRoots` resolve against the effective cwd on thread
  start.
  - Profile-declared workspace roots are excluded from the runtime
  workspace roots returned by app-server.
  - A turn-level runtime workspace-root update persists onto the thread
  and is returned by `thread/resume`.
  - A named permission profile selected on one turn remains symbolic so a
  later runtime-root-only turn update changes the actual sandbox writes.
  - A cwd-only turn update retargets the implicit runtime cwd root while
  preserving additional runtime roots.
  - The protocol fixtures and generated client artifacts stay in sync with
  the string-based permission selection contract.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ---
  [//]: # (BEGIN SAPLING FOOTER)
  Stack created with [Sapling](https://sapling-scm.com). Best reviewed
  with [ReviewStack](https://reviewstack.dev/openai/codex/pull/22611).
  * #22612
  * __->__ #22611

  Michael Bolin · 2026-05-14 23:00:05 -07:00
  8a5306ff88
• Reapply "Move skills watcher to app-server" (#21652)

  ## Why
  
  PR #21460 reverted the earlier move of skills change watching from
  `codex-core` into app-server. This reapplies that boundary change so
  app-server owns client-facing `skills/changed` notifications and core no
  longer carries the watcher.
  
  ## What
  
  - Restore the app-server `SkillsWatcher` and register it from thread
  listener setup.
  - Remove the core-owned skills watcher and its core live-reload
  integration surface.
  - Restore app-server coverage for `skills/changed` notifications after a
  watched skill file changes.
  
  ## Validation
  
  - `cargo test -p codex-app-server --test all
  suite::v2::skills_list::skills_changed_notification_is_emitted_after_skill_change
  -- --exact --nocapture`
  - `cargo test -p codex-core --lib --no-run`

  pakrym-oai · 2026-05-08 17:41:15 -07:00
  408e6218ab
• Revert "Move skills watcher to app-server" (#21460)

  Reverts openai/codex#21287

  pakrym-oai · 2026-05-07 02:24:20 +00:00
  103dc2b6ae
• Add compact lifecycle hooks (started by vincentkoc - external contrib) (#19905)

  Based on work from Vincent K -
  https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/19060
  
  <img width="1836" height="642" alt="CleanShot 2026-04-29 at 20 47 40@2x"
  src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b647bb89-65fe-40c8-80b0-7a6b7c984634"
  />
  
  ## Why
  
  Compaction rewrites the conversation context that future model turns
  receive, but hooks currently have no deterministic lifecycle point
  around that rewrite. This adds compact lifecycle hooks so users can
  audit manual and automatic compaction, surface hook messages in the UI,
  and run post-compaction follow-up without overloading tool or prompt
  hooks.
  
  ## What Changed
  
  - Added `PreCompact` and `PostCompact` hook events across hook config,
  discovery, dispatch, generated schemas, app-server notifications,
  analytics, and TUI hook rendering.
  - Added trigger matching for compact hooks with the documented `manual`
  and `auto` matcher values.
  - Wired `PreCompact` before both local and remote compaction, and
  `PostCompact` after successful local or remote compaction.
  - Kept compact hook command input to lifecycle metadata: session id,
  Codex turn id, transcript path, cwd, hook event name, model, and
  trigger.
  - Made compact stdout handling consistent with other hooks: plain stdout
  is ignored as debug output, while malformed JSON-looking stdout is
  reported as failed hook output.
  - Added integration coverage for compact hook dispatch, trigger
  matching, post-compact execution, and the audited behavior that
  `decision:"block"` does not block compaction.
  
  ## Out of Scope
  
  - Hook-specific compaction blocking is not implemented;
  `decision:"block"` and exit-code-2 blocking semantics are intentionally
  unsupported for `PreCompact`.
  - Custom compaction instructions are not exposed to compact hooks in
  this PR.
  - Compact summaries, summary character counts, and summary previews are
  not exposed to compact hooks in this PR.
  
  ## Verification
  
  - `cargo test -p codex-hooks`
  - `cargo test -p codex-core
  manual_pre_compact_block_decision_does_not_block_compaction`
  - `cargo test -p codex-app-server hooks_list`
  - `cargo test -p codex-core config_schema_matches_fixture`
  - `cargo test -p codex-tui hooks_browser`
  
  ## Docs
  
  The developer documentation for Codex hooks should be updated alongside
  this feature to document `PreCompact` and `PostCompact`, the
  `manual`/`auto` matcher values, and the compact hook payload fields.
  
  ---------
  
  Co-authored-by: Vincent Koc <vincentkoc@ieee.org>

  Andrei Eternal · 2026-05-06 18:08:31 -07:00
  527d52df03
• Move skills watcher to app-server (#21287)

  ## Why
  
  Skills update notifications are app-server API behavior, but the watcher
  lived in `codex-core` and surfaced through
  `EventMsg::SkillsUpdateAvailable`. Moving the watcher out keeps core
  focused on thread execution and lets app-server own both cache
  invalidation and the `skills/changed` notification.
  
  ## What changed
  
  - Added an app-server-owned skills watcher that watches local skill
  roots, clears the shared skills cache, and emits `skills/changed`
  directly.
  - Registers skill watches from the common app-server thread listener
  attach path, including direct starts, resumes, and app-server-observed
  child or forked threads.
  - Stores the `WatchRegistration` on `ThreadState`, so listener
  replacement, thread teardown, idle unload, and app-server shutdown
  deregister by dropping the RAII guard.
  - Removed `EventMsg::SkillsUpdateAvailable`, the core watcher, and the
  old core live-reload test.
  - Extended the app-server skills change test to verify a cached skills
  list is refreshed after a filesystem change without forcing reload.
  
  ## Validation
  
  - `cargo check -p codex-core -p codex-app-server -p codex-mcp-server -p
  codex-rollout -p codex-rollout-trace`
  - `cargo test -p codex-app-server
  skills_changed_notification_is_emitted_after_skill_change`

  pakrym-oai · 2026-05-06 15:38:11 -07:00
  d5eea229cc
• Remove core MCP list tools op (#21281)

  ## Why
  
  The core `Op::ListMcpTools` request path is no longer needed. Keeping it
  around left a dead request/response surface alongside the app-server MCP
  inventory APIs that own current server status listing.
  
  ## What Changed
  
  - Removed `Op::ListMcpTools`, `EventMsg::McpListToolsResponse`, and the
  core handler that built the MCP snapshot response.
  - Removed the now-unused `codex-mcp` snapshot wrapper/export and passive
  event handling arms in rollout and MCP-server consumers.
  - Updated tests that used the old op as a synchronization hook to wait
  on existing startup/skills events, and deleted the plugin test that only
  exercised the removed listing op.
  
  ## Validation
  
  - `cargo test -p codex-protocol`
  - `cargo test -p codex-mcp`
  - `cargo test -p codex-rollout -p codex-rollout-trace -p
  codex-mcp-server`
  - `cargo test -p codex-core --test all
  pending_input::queued_inter_agent_mail`
  - `cargo test -p codex-core --test all
  rmcp_client::stdio_mcp_tool_call_includes_sandbox_state_meta`
  - `cargo test -p codex-core --test all
  rmcp_client::stdio_image_responses`
  - `just fix -p codex-core -p codex-protocol -p codex-mcp -p
  codex-rollout -p codex-rollout-trace -p codex-mcp-server`

  pakrym-oai · 2026-05-06 11:20:34 -07:00
  712305be47
• Move message history out of core (#21278)

  ## Why
  
  Message history was implemented inside `codex-core` and surfaced through
  core protocol ops and `SessionConfiguredEvent` fields even though the
  current consumer is TUI-local prompt recall. That made core own UI
  history persistence and exposed `history_log_id` / `history_entry_count`
  through surfaces that app-server and other clients do not need.
  
  This change moves message history persistence out of core and keeps the
  recall plumbing local to the TUI.
  
  ## What changed
  
  - Added a new `codex-message-history` crate for appending, looking up,
  trimming, and reading metadata from `history.jsonl`.
  - Removed core protocol history ops/events: `AddToHistory`,
  `GetHistoryEntryRequest`, and `GetHistoryEntryResponse`.
  - Removed `history_log_id` and `history_entry_count` from
  `SessionConfiguredEvent` and updated exec/MCP/test fixtures accordingly.
  - Updated the TUI to dispatch local app events for message-history
  append/lookup and keep its persistent-history metadata in TUI session
  state.
  
  ## Validation
  
  - `cargo test -p codex-message-history -p codex-protocol`
  - `cargo test -p codex-exec event_processor_with_json_output`
  - `cargo test -p codex-mcp-server outgoing_message`
  - `cargo test -p codex-tui`
  - `just fix -p codex-message-history -p codex-protocol -p codex-core -p
  codex-tui -p codex-exec -p codex-mcp-server`

  pakrym-oai · 2026-05-06 08:35:42 -07:00
  2004173cd7