## Problem
The introduction of `notify_sandbox_state_change()` in #7112 caused a
regression where the blocking call in `Session::new()` waits for all MCP
servers to fully initialize before returning. This prevents the TUI
event loop from starting, resulting in `McpStartupUpdateEvent` messages
being emitted but never consumed or displayed. As a result, the app
appears to hang during startup, and users do not see the expected
"Booting MCP server: {name}" status line.
Issue: [#7827](https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/7827)
## Solution
This change moves sandbox state notification into each MCP server's
background initialization task. The notification is sent immediately
after the server transitions to the Ready state. This approach:
- Avoids blocking `Session::new()`, allowing the TUI event loop to start
promptly.
- Ensures each MCP server receives its sandbox state before handling any
tool calls.
- Restores the display of "Booting MCP server" status lines during
startup.
## Key Changes
- Added `ManagedClient::notify_sandbox_state()` method.
- Passed sandbox_state to `McpConnectionManager::initialize()`.
- Sends sandbox state notification in the background task after the
server reaches Ready status.
- Removed blocking notify_sandbox_state_change() methods.
- Added a chatwidget snapshot test for the "Booting MCP server" status
line.
## Regression Details
Regression was bisected to #7112, which introduced the blocking
behavior.
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Co-authored-by: Michael Bolin <bolinfest@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Michael Bolin <mbolin@openai.com>
### Summary
Added `mcp/servers/list` which is equivalent to `/mcp` slash command in
CLI for response. This will be used in VSCE MCP settings to show log in
status, available tools etc.
Because the GitHub MCP is one of the most popular MCPs and it
confusingly doesn't support OAuth, we should make it more clear how to
make it work so people don't think Codex is broken.
This adds two new config fields to streamable http mcp servers:
`http_headers`: a map of key to value
`env_http_headers` a map of key to env var which will be resolved at
request time
All headers will be passed to all MCP requests to that server just like
authorization headers.
There is a test ensuring that headers are not passed to other servers.
Fixes#5180
This adds a queryable auth status for MCP servers which is useful:
1. To determine whether a streamable HTTP server supports auth or not
based on whether or not it supports RFC 8414-3.2
2. Allow us to build a better user experience on top of MCP status
Ivan Murashko ·
Shijie Rao ·
jif-oai ·
Gabriel Peal ·