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• Expose conversation history to extension tools (#23963)

  ## Why
  
  Extension tools that need conversation context should be able to read it
  from the live tool invocation instead of reaching into thread
  persistence themselves.
  
  ## What changed
  
  - Add a `ConversationHistory` snapshot to extension `ToolCall`s and
  populate it from the current raw in-memory response history.
  - Expose all history items at this boundary so each extension can filter
  and bound the subset it needs before consuming or forwarding it.
  - Cover the adapter and registry dispatch paths and update existing
  extension tests that construct `ToolCall` literals.
  
  ## Test plan
  
  - `cargo test -p codex-tools`
  - `cargo test -p codex-extension-api`
  - `cargo test -p codex-goal-extension`
  - `cargo test -p codex-memories-extension`
  - `cargo test -p codex-core passes_turn_fields_to_extension_call`
  - `cargo test -p codex-core
  extension_tool_executors_are_model_visible_and_dispatchable`

  sayan-oai · 2026-05-22 01:11:47 +00:00
  7e802b22f1
• add encryptedcontent to functioncalloutput (#23500)

  add new `EncryptedContent` variant to `FunctionCallOutputContentItem`
  ahead of standalone websearch.
  
  we need to be able to receive and pass encrypted function call output
  from the new web search endpoint back to responsesapi, as we cannot
  expose direct search results.

  sayan-oai · 2026-05-19 23:47:48 -07:00
  34aad43684
• [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
• [codex] Use compaction_trigger item for remote compaction v2 (#22809)

  ## Why
  
  Remote compaction v2 was still using `context_compaction` as both the
  request trigger and the compacted output shape. The Responses API now
  has the landed contract for this flow: Codex sends a dedicated `{
  "type": "compaction_trigger" }` input item, and the backend returns the
  standard `compaction` output item with encrypted content.
  
  This aligns the v2 path with that wire contract while preserving the
  existing local compacted-history post-processing behavior.
  
  ## What changed
  
  - Add `ResponseItem::CompactionTrigger` and regenerate the app-server
  protocol schema fixtures.
  - Send `compaction_trigger` from `remote_compaction_v2` instead of a
  payload-less `context_compaction`.
  - Collect exactly one backend `compaction` output item, then reuse the
  existing compacted-history rebuilding path.
  - Treat the trigger item as a transient request marker rather than model
  output or persisted rollout/memory content.
  
  ## Verification
  
  - `cargo test -p codex-protocol compaction_trigger`
  - `cargo test -p codex-core remote_compact_v2`
  - `cargo test -p codex-core compact_remote_v2`
  - `cargo test -p codex-core
  responses_websocket_sends_response_processed_after_remote_compaction_v2`
  - `just write-app-server-schema`
  - `cargo test -p codex-app-server-protocol schema_fixtures`

  jif-oai · 2026-05-15 11:40:35 +02:00
  0322ac3df8
• Deprecate TurnContext cwd and resolve_path (#22519)

  ## Why
  
  `TurnContext::cwd` and `TurnContext::resolve_path` are being phased out
  in favor of using the selected turn environment cwd directly.
  Deprecating both APIs makes any new direct dependency visible while
  preserving the existing migration path for current callers.
  
  ## What Changed
  
  - Marked `TurnContext::cwd` and `TurnContext::resolve_path` as
  deprecated with guidance to use the selected turn environment cwd
  instead.
  - Added exact `#[allow(deprecated)]` suppressions at each existing
  direct usage site, including tests, rather than adding crate-wide
  suppression.
  - Kept the change behavior-preserving: current cwd reads, writes, and
  path resolution continue to use the same values.
  
  ## Verification
  
  - `just fmt`
  - `cargo check -p codex-core`
  - `cargo check -p codex-core --tests`
  - `git diff --check`

  pakrym-oai · 2026-05-13 11:15:25 -07:00
  4454e1411b
• chore(config) include_collaboration_mode_instructions (#22383)

  ## Summary
  Adds include_collaboration_mode_instructions, which is a config
  equivalent to include_permissions_instructions for collaboration modes.
  Desired for situations where we want to disable this instruction from
  entering the context
  
  ## Testing
  - [x] Added unit test

  Dylan Hurd · 2026-05-12 15:50:10 -07:00
  8123bddb16
• Avoid hard-coded environment context shell (#21390)

  ## Summary
  - make resolved turn environment shell metadata optional instead of
  hard-coding bash
  - render environment context shells from explicit environment metadata
  when present, falling back to the existing session shell
  - update environment context tests for inherited PowerShell-style
  fallback and explicit per-environment shell override
  
  ## Testing
  - Not run (not requested; formatted with `just fmt`).
  
  Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>

  starr-openai · 2026-05-06 19:54:26 +00:00
  63a27ad6c6
• feat: add remote compaction v2 Responses client path (#20773)

  ## Why
  
  This adds the `remote_compaction_v2` client path so remote compaction
  can run through the normal Responses stream and install a
  `context_compaction` item that trigger a compaction.
  
  The goal is to migrate some of the compaction logic on the client side
  
  We keeps the v2 transport behind a feature flag while letting follow-up
  requests reuse the compacted context instead of falling back to the
  legacy compaction item shape.
  
  ## What changed
  
  - add `ResponseItem::ContextCompaction` and refresh the generated
  app-server / schema / TypeScript fixtures that expose response items on
  the wire
  - add `core/src/compact_remote_v2.rs` to send compaction through the
  standard streamed Responses client, require exactly one
  `context_compaction` output item, and install that item into compacted
  history
  - route manual compact and auto-compaction through the v2 path when
  `remote_compaction_v2` is enabled, while keeping the existing remote
  compaction path as the fallback
  - preserve the new item type across history retention, follow-up request
  construction, telemetry, rollout persistence, and rollout-trace
  normalization
  - add targeted coverage for the feature flag, `context_compaction`
  serialization, rollout-trace normalization, and remote-compaction
  follow-up behavior
  
  ## Verification
  
  - added protocol tests for `context_compaction`
  serialization/deserialization in `protocol/src/models.rs`
  - added rollout-trace coverage for `context_compaction` normalization in
  `rollout-trace/src/reducer/conversation_tests.rs`
  - added remote compaction integration coverage for v2 follow-up reuse
  and mixed compaction output streams in
  `core/tests/suite/compact_remote.rs`
  
  ---------
  
  Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>

  jif-oai · 2026-05-04 14:15:01 +02:00
  d927f61208
• Surface multi-environment choices in environment context (#20646)

  ## Why
  The model needs a way to see which environments are available during a
  multi-environment turn without changing the legacy single-environment
  prompt surface or pulling replay/persistence changes into the same
  review.
  
  ## Stack
  1. https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/20646 - `EnvironmentContext`
  rendering for selected environments (this PR)
  2. https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/20669 - selected-environment
  ownership and tool config prep
  3. https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/20647 - process-tool
  `environment_id` routing
  
  ## What Changed
  - extend `environment_context` so multi-environment turns render an
  `<environments>` block with the selected environment ids and cwd values
  - keep zero- and single-environment turns on the existing cwd-only
  render path
  - keep replay and persistence paths on the legacy surface for now so
  this PR stays scoped to live prompt rendering
  - add focused coverage in
  `codex-rs/core/src/context/environment_context_tests.rs`
  
  ## Testing
  - CI
  
  ---------
  
  Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>

  starr-openai · 2026-05-01 22:11:06 +00:00
  2952beb009
• fix(core): truncate large mcp tool outputs in rollouts (#20260)

  ## Why
  Large MCP tool call outputs can make rollout JSONL files enormous. In
  the session that motivated this change, the biggest JSONL records were:
  - `event_msg/mcp_tool_call_end`
  - `response_item/function_call_output`
  
  both containing the same unbounded MCP payloads - just 3 MCP tool calls
  that each were multi-hundred MBs 😱
  
  This PR truncates both of those JSONL records.
  
  ## How
  
  #### For `response_item/function_call_output`
  Unified exec already bounds tool output before it is injected into
  model-facing history, which also keeps the corresponding rollout
  `response_item/function_call_output` records small.
  
  MCP should follow the same pattern: truncate the model-facing tool
  output at the tool-output boundary, while leaving code-mode/raw hook
  consumers alone.
  
  #### For `event_msg/mcp_tool_call_end`
  `McpToolCallEnd` also needs its own bounded event copy because it is the
  app-server/replay/UI event shape that backs `ThreadItem::McpToolCall`.
  Unfortunately this is _not_ downstream of the `ToolOutput` trait.
  
  ## Model behavior 
  Model behavior is actually unchanged as a result of this PR. 
  
  Before this PR, MCP output was:
  1. Converted to `FunctionCallOutput`.
  2. Recorded into in-memory history.
  3. Truncated by `ContextManager::record_items()` before later model
  turns saw it.
  
  After this branch, MCP output is truncated earlier, in
  `McpToolOutput::response_payload()`, using the same helper. Then
  `ContextManager::record_items()` sees an already-truncated output and
  effectively has little/no additional work to do.
  
  So the model should still see the same kind of truncated function-call
  output. The practical difference is where truncation happens: earlier,
  before rollout persistence/app-server emission can see the giant
  payload.
  
  ## Verification
  
  - `cargo test -p codex-core mcp_tool_output`
  - `cargo test -p codex-core
  mcp_tool_call::tests::truncate_mcp_tool_result_for_event`
  - `cargo test -p codex-core
  mcp_post_tool_use_payload_uses_model_tool_name_args_and_result`
  - `just fmt`
  - `just fix -p codex-core`
  - `git diff --check`

  Owen Lin · 2026-04-30 16:30:43 +00:00
  3516cb9751
• Remove ghost snapshots (#19481)

  ## Summary
  - Remove `ghost_snapshot` / `GhostCommit` from the Responses API surface
  and generated SDK/schema artifacts.
  - Keep legacy config loading compatible, but make undo a no-op that
  reports the feature is unavailable.
  - Clean up core history, compaction, telemetry, rollout, and tests to
  stop carrying ghost snapshot items.
  
  ## Testing
  - Unit tests passed for `codex-protocol`, `codex-core` targeted undo and
  compaction flows, `codex-rollout`, and `codex-app-server-protocol`.
  - Regenerated config and app-server schemas plus Python SDK artifacts
  and verified they match the checked-in outputs.

  pakrym-oai · 2026-04-27 18:48:57 -07:00
  4e05f3053c
• Cap original-detail image token estimates (#19865)

  Clamp original-detail image patch estimates to the current 10k patch
  budget so large images cannot inflate local context accounting without
  bound. Add regression coverage for an over-budget image.
  
  Fixes openai/codex#19806.

  Curtis 'Fjord' Hawthorne · 2026-04-27 12:39:24 -07:00
  277186ec85
• Delete unused ResponseItem::Message.end_turn (#19605)

  This field is unused. Delete it.

  Andrey Mishchenko · 2026-04-26 17:18:09 -07:00
  35bc6e3d01
• permissions: make runtime config profile-backed (#19606)

  ## Why
  
  This supersedes #19391. During stack repair, GitHub marked #19391 as
  merged into a temporary stack branch rather than into `main`, so the
  runtime-config change needed a fresh PR.
  
  `PermissionProfile` is now the canonical permissions shape after #19231
  because it can distinguish `Managed`, `Disabled`, and `External`
  enforcement while also carrying filesystem rules that legacy
  `SandboxPolicy` cannot represent cleanly. Core config and session state
  still needed to accept profile-backed permissions without forcing every
  profile through the strict legacy bridge, which rejected valid runtime
  profiles such as direct write roots.
  
  The unrelated CI/test hardening that previously rode along with this PR
  has been split into #19683 so this PR stays focused on the permissions
  model migration.
  
  ## What Changed
  
  - Adds `Permissions.permission_profile` and
  `SessionConfiguration.permission_profile` as constrained runtime state,
  while keeping `sandbox_policy` as a legacy compatibility projection.
  - Introduces profile setters that keep `PermissionProfile`, split
  filesystem/network policies, and legacy `SandboxPolicy` projections
  synchronized.
  - Uses a compatibility projection for requirement checks and legacy
  consumers instead of rejecting profiles that cannot round-trip through
  `SandboxPolicy` exactly.
  - Updates config loading, config overrides, session updates, turn
  context plumbing, prompt permission text, sandbox tags, and exec request
  construction to carry profile-backed runtime permissions.
  - Preserves configured deny-read entries and `glob_scan_max_depth` when
  command/session profiles are narrowed.
  - Adds `PermissionProfile::read_only()` and
  `PermissionProfile::workspace_write()` presets that match legacy
  defaults.
  
  ## Verification
  
  - `cargo test -p codex-core direct_write_roots`
  - `cargo test -p codex-core runtime_roots_to_legacy_projection`
  - `cargo test -p codex-app-server
  requested_permissions_trust_project_uses_permission_profile_intent`
  
  
  
  
  ---
  [//]: # (BEGIN SAPLING FOOTER)
  Stack created with [Sapling](https://sapling-scm.com). Best reviewed
  with [ReviewStack](https://reviewstack.dev/openai/codex/pull/19606).
  * #19395
  * #19394
  * #19393
  * #19392
  * __->__ #19606

  Michael Bolin · 2026-04-26 13:29:54 -07:00
  4d7ce3447d
• rollout: persist turn permission profiles (#18281)

  ## Why
  
  Resume and reconstruction need to preserve the permissions that were
  active for each user turn. If rollouts only keep legacy sandbox fields,
  replay cannot faithfully represent profile-shaped overrides introduced
  earlier in the stack.
  
  ## What changed
  
  This records `permission_profile` on user-turn rollout events,
  reconstructs it through history/state extraction, and updates rollout
  reconstruction and related fixtures to keep the field explicit.
  
  ## Verification
  
  - `cargo test -p codex-core --test all permissions_messages --
  --nocapture`
  - `cargo test -p codex-core --test all request_permissions --
  --nocapture`
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ---
  [//]: # (BEGIN SAPLING FOOTER)
  Stack created with [Sapling](https://sapling-scm.com). Best reviewed
  with [ReviewStack](https://reviewstack.dev/openai/codex/pull/18281).
  * #18288
  * #18287
  * #18286
  * #18285
  * #18284
  * #18283
  * #18282
  * __->__ #18281

  Michael Bolin · 2026-04-22 17:00:29 -07:00
  6ca038bbd1
• Split DeveloperInstructions into individual fragments. (#18813)

  Split DeveloperInstructions into individual fragments.

  pakrym-oai · 2026-04-21 10:22:36 -07:00
  2a226096f6
• Organize context fragments (#18794)

  Organize context fragments under `core/context`. Implement same trait on
  all of them.

  pakrym-oai · 2026-04-20 22:39:17 -07:00
  4c2e730488
• Update image outputs to default to high detail (#18386)

  Do not assume the default `detail`.

  pakrym-oai · 2026-04-18 11:01:12 -07:00
  53b1570367
• Move codex module under session (#18249)

  ## Summary
  - rename the core codex module root to session/mod.rs without using
  #[path]
  - move the codex module directory and tests under core/src/session
  - remove session/mod.rs reexports so call sites use explicit child
  module paths
  
  ## Testing
  - cargo test -p codex-core --lib
  - cargo check -p codex-core --tests
  - just fmt
  - just fix -p codex-core
  - git diff --check

  pakrym-oai · 2026-04-17 16:18:53 +00:00
  71e4c6fa17
• feat(permissions): add glob deny-read policy support (#15979)

  ## Summary
  - adds first-class filesystem policy entries for deny-read glob patterns
  - parses config such as :project_roots { "**/*.env" = "none" } into
  pattern entries
  - enforces deny-read patterns in direct read/list helpers
  - fails closed for sandbox execution until platform backends enforce
  glob patterns in #18096
  - preserves split filesystem policy in turn context only when it cannot
  be reconstructed from legacy sandbox policy
  
  ## Stack
  1. This PR - glob deny-read policy/config/direct-tool support
  2. #18096 - macOS and Linux sandbox enforcement
  3. #17740 - managed deny-read requirements
  
  ## Verification
  - just fmt
  - cargo check -p codex-core -p codex-sandboxing --tests
  
  ---------
  
  Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>

  viyatb-oai · 2026-04-16 10:31:51 -07:00
  6862b9c745
• feat(guardian): send only transcript deltas on guardian followups (#17269)

  ## Description
  
  We reuse a guardian thread for a given user thread when we can. However,
  we had always sent the full transcript history every time we made a
  followup review request to an existing guardian thread.
  
  This is especially bad for long guardian threads since we keep
  re-appending old transcript entries instead of just what has changed.
  The fix is to just send what's new.
  
  **Caveat**: Whenever a thread is compacted or rolled back, we fall back
  to sending the full transcript to guardian again since the thread's
  history has been modified. However in the happy path we get a nice
  optimization.
  
  ## Before
  Initial guardian review sends the full parent transcript:
  
  ```
  The following is the Codex agent history whose request action you are assessing...
  >>> TRANSCRIPT START
  [1] user: Please check the repo visibility and push the docs fix if needed.
  [2] tool gh_repo_view call: {"repo":"openai/codex"}
  [3] tool gh_repo_view result: repo visibility: public
  [4] assistant: The repo is public; I now need approval to push the docs fix.
  >>> TRANSCRIPT END
  The Codex agent has requested the following action:
  >>> APPROVAL REQUEST START
  ...
  >>> APPROVAL REQUEST END
  ```
  
  And a followup to the same guardian thread would send the full
  transcript again (including items 1-4 we already sent):
  ```
  The following is the Codex agent history whose request action you are assessing...
  >>> TRANSCRIPT START
  [1] user: Please check the repo visibility and push the docs fix if needed.
  [2] tool gh_repo_view call: {"repo":"openai/codex"}
  [3] tool gh_repo_view result: repo visibility: public
  [4] assistant: The repo is public; I now need approval to push the docs fix.
  [5] user: Please push the second docs fix too.
  [6] assistant: I need approval for the second docs fix.
  >>> TRANSCRIPT END
  The Codex agent has requested the following action:
  >>> APPROVAL REQUEST START
  ...
  >>> APPROVAL REQUEST END
  ```
  
  ## After
  Initial guardian review sends the full parent transcript (this is
  unchanged):
  
  ```
  The following is the Codex agent history whose request action you are assessing...
  >>> TRANSCRIPT START
  [1] user: Please check the repo visibility and push the docs fix if needed.
  [2] tool gh_repo_view call: {"repo":"openai/codex"}
  [3] tool gh_repo_view result: repo visibility: public
  [4] assistant: The repo is public; I now need approval to push the docs fix.
  >>> TRANSCRIPT END
  The Codex agent has requested the following action:
  >>> APPROVAL REQUEST START
  ...
  >>> APPROVAL REQUEST END
  ```
  
  But a followup now sends:
  ```
  The following is the Codex agent history added since your last approval assessment. Continue the same review conversation...
  >>> TRANSCRIPT DELTA START
  [5] user: Please push the second docs fix too.
  [6] assistant: I need approval for the second docs fix.
  >>> TRANSCRIPT DELTA END
  The Codex agent has requested the following next action:
  >>> APPROVAL REQUEST START
  ...
  >>> APPROVAL REQUEST END
  ```

  Owen Lin · 2026-04-10 07:48:44 -07:00
  88165e179a
• [codex] allow disabling environment context injection (#16745)

  This adds an `include_environment_context` config/profile flag that
  defaults on, and guards both initial injection and later environment
  updates to allow skipping injection of `<environment_context>`.

  Thibault Sottiaux · 2026-04-03 18:06:52 -07:00
  91ca49e53c
• [codex] allow disabling prompt instruction blocks (#16735)

  This PR adds root and profile config switches to omit the generated
  `<permissions instructions>` and `<apps_instructions>` prompt blocks
  while keeping both enabled by default, and it gates both the initial
  developer-context injection and later permissions diff injection so
  turning the permissions block off stays effective across turn-context
  overrides.
  
  Also added a prompt debug tool that can be used as `codex debug
  prompt-input "hello"` and dumps the constructed items list.

  Thibault Sottiaux · 2026-04-03 23:47:56 +00:00
  8d19646861
• chore: clean up argument-comment lint and roll out all-target CI on macOS (#16054)

  ## Why
  
  `argument-comment-lint` was green in CI even though the repo still had
  many uncommented literal arguments. The main gap was target coverage:
  the repo wrapper did not force Cargo to inspect test-only call sites, so
  examples like the `latest_session_lookup_params(true, ...)` tests in
  `codex-rs/tui_app_server/src/lib.rs` never entered the blocking CI path.
  
  This change cleans up the existing backlog, makes the default repo lint
  path cover all Cargo targets, and starts rolling that stricter CI
  enforcement out on the platform where it is currently validated.
  
  ## What changed
  
  - mechanically fixed existing `argument-comment-lint` violations across
  the `codex-rs` workspace, including tests, examples, and benches
  - updated `tools/argument-comment-lint/run-prebuilt-linter.sh` and
  `tools/argument-comment-lint/run.sh` so non-`--fix` runs default to
  `--all-targets` unless the caller explicitly narrows the target set
  - fixed both wrappers so forwarded cargo arguments after `--` are
  preserved with a single separator
  - documented the new default behavior in
  `tools/argument-comment-lint/README.md`
  - updated `rust-ci` so the macOS lint lane keeps the plain wrapper
  invocation and therefore enforces `--all-targets`, while Linux and
  Windows temporarily pass `-- --lib --bins`
  
  That temporary CI split keeps the stricter all-targets check where it is
  already cleaned up, while leaving room to finish the remaining Linux-
  and Windows-specific target-gated cleanup before enabling
  `--all-targets` on those runners. The Linux and Windows failures on the
  intermediate revision were caused by the wrapper forwarding bug, not by
  additional lint findings in those lanes.
  
  ## Validation
  
  - `bash -n tools/argument-comment-lint/run.sh`
  - `bash -n tools/argument-comment-lint/run-prebuilt-linter.sh`
  - shell-level wrapper forwarding check for `-- --lib --bins`
  - shell-level wrapper forwarding check for `-- --tests`
  - `just argument-comment-lint`
  - `cargo test` in `tools/argument-comment-lint`
  - `cargo test -p codex-terminal-detection`
  
  ## Follow-up
  
  - Clean up remaining Linux-only target-gated callsites, then switch the
  Linux lint lane back to the plain wrapper invocation.
  - Clean up remaining Windows-only target-gated callsites, then switch
  the Windows lint lane back to the plain wrapper invocation.

  Michael Bolin · 2026-03-27 19:00:44 -07:00
  61dfe0b86c
• [codex] Defer fork context injection until first turn (#15699)

  ## Summary
  - remove the fork-startup `build_initial_context` injection
  - keep the reconstructed `reference_context_item` as the fork baseline
  until the first real turn
  - update fork-history tests and the request snapshot, and add a
  `TODO(ccunningham)` for remaining nondiffable initial-context inputs
  
  ## Why
  Fork startup was appending current-session initial context immediately
  after reconstructing the parent rollout, then the first real turn could
  emit context updates again. That duplicated model-visible context in the
  child rollout.
  
  ## Impact
  Forked sessions now behave like resume for context seeding: startup
  reconstructs history and preserves the prior baseline, and the first
  real turn handles any current-session context emission.
  
  ---------
  
  Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>

  Charley Cunningham · 2026-03-24 18:34:44 -07:00
  d72fa2a209
• Move string truncation helpers into codex-utils-string (#15572)

  - move the shared byte-based middle truncation logic from `core` into
  `codex-utils-string`
  - keep token-specific truncation in `codex-core` so rollout can reuse
  the shared helper in the next stacked PR
  
  ---------
  
  Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>

  Ahmed Ibrahim · 2026-03-24 15:45:40 -07:00
  062fa7a2bb
• Move git utilities into a dedicated crate (#15564)

  - create `codex-git-utils` and move the shared git helpers into it with
  file moves preserved for diff readability
  - move the `GitInfo` helpers out of `core` so stacked rollout work can
  depend on the shared crate without carrying its own git info module
  
  ---------
  
  Co-authored-by: Ahmed Ibrahim <219906144+aibrahim-oai@users.noreply.github.com>
  Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>

  Ahmed Ibrahim · 2026-03-24 13:26:23 -07:00
  0f957a93cd
• Trim pre-turn context updates during rollback (#15577)

  ## Summary
  - trim contiguous developer/contextual-user pre-turn updates when
  rollback cuts back to a user turn
  - add a focused history regression test for the trim behavior
  - update the rollback request-boundary snapshots to show the fixed
  non-duplicating context shape
  
  ---------
  
  Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>

  Charley Cunningham · 2026-03-24 12:43:53 -07:00
  2d61357c76
• feat: communication pattern v2 (#15647)

  See internal communication

  jif-oai · 2026-03-24 18:45:49 +00:00
  773fbf56a4
• feat: disable notifier v2 and start turn on agent interaction (#15624)

  Make the inter-agent communication start a turn
  
  As part of this, we disable the v2 notifier to prevent some odd
  behaviour where the agent restart working while you're talking to it for
  example

  jif-oai · 2026-03-24 17:01:24 +00:00
  b51d5f18c7
• feat: use serde to differenciate inter agent communication (#15560)

  Use `serde` to encode the inter agent communication to an assistant
  message and use the decode to see if this is such a message
  
  Note: this assume serde on small pattern is fast enough

  jif-oai · 2026-03-23 22:09:55 +00:00
  191fd9fd16
• feat: new op type for sub-agents communication (#15556)

  Add `InterAgentCommunication` for v2 agent communication

  jif-oai · 2026-03-23 21:09:00 +00:00
  18f1a08bc9
• feat: structured multi-agent output (#15515)

  Send input now sends messages as assistant message and with this format:
  
  ```
  author: /root/worker_a
  recipient: /root/worker_a/tester
  other_recipients: []
  Content: bla bla bla. Actual content. Only text for now
  ```

  jif-oai · 2026-03-23 18:53:54 +00:00
  37ac0c093c
• chore(context) Include guardian approval context (#15366)

  ## Summary
  Include the guardian context in the developer message for approvals
  
  ## Testing
  - [x] Updated unit tests

  Dylan Hurd · 2026-03-21 16:31:22 +00:00
  0d9bb8ea58
• Split features into codex-features crate (#15253)

  - Split the feature system into a new `codex-features` crate.
  - Cut `codex-core` and workspace consumers over to the new config and
  warning APIs.
  
  Co-authored-by: Ahmed Ibrahim <219906144+aibrahim-oai@users.noreply.github.com>
  Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>

  Ahmed Ibrahim · 2026-03-19 20:12:07 -07:00
  2e22885e79
• [hooks] use a user message > developer message for prompt continuation (#14867)

  ## Summary
  
  Persist Stop-hook continuation prompts as `user` messages instead of
  hidden `developer` messages + some requested integration tests
  
  This is a followup to @pakrym 's comment in
  https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/14532 to make sure stop-block
  continuation prompts match training for turn loops
  
  - Stop continuation now writes `<hook_prompt hook_run_id="...">stop
  hook's user prompt<hook_prompt>`
  - Introduces quick-xml dependency, though we already indirectly depended
  on it anyway via syntect
  - This PR only has about 500 lines of actual logic changes, the rest is
  tests/schema
  
  ## Testing
  
  Example run (with a sessionstart hook and 3 stop hooks) - this shows
  context added by session start, then two stop hooks sending their own
  additional prompts in a new turn. The model responds with a single
  message addressing both. Then when that turn ends, the hooks detect that
  they just ran using `stop_hook_active` and decide not to infinite loop
  
  test files for this (unzip, move codex -> .codex):
  [codex.zip](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/26075806/codex.zip)
  
  ```
  › cats
  
  
  • Running SessionStart hook: lighting the observatory
  
  SessionStart hook (completed)
    warning: Hi, I'm a session start hook for wizard-tower (startup).
    hook context: A wimboltine stonpet is an exotic cuisine from hyperspace
  
  • Cats are tiny zen wizards, my friend: equal parts nap, mystery, and chaos. If you want, we can talk
    cat facts, cat breeds, cat names, or build something cat-themed in this repo.
  
  • Running Stop hook: checking the tower wards
  
  • Running Stop hook: sacking the guards
  
  • Running Stop hook: hiring the guards
  
  Stop hook (completed)
    warning: Wizard Tower Stop hook reviewed the completed reply (177 chars).
  
  Stop hook (blocked)
    warning: Wizard Tower Stop hook continuing conversation
    feedback: cook the stonpet
  
  Stop hook (blocked)
    warning: Wizard Tower Stop hook continuing conversation
    feedback: eat the cooked stonpet
  
  • Stonpet’s cooked, aloha style: flash-seared over a blue quasiflame, glazed with nebula salt, and
    rested until the hyperspace juices settle.
  
    Now we eat with gratitude, my friend. One mindful bite in, and the flavor is pure cosmic surf:
    smoky, bright, and totally out of this dimension.
  
  • Running Stop hook: checking the tower wards
  
  • Running Stop hook: sacking the guards
  
  • Running Stop hook: hiring the guards
  
  Stop hook (completed)
    warning: Wizard Tower Stop hook reviewed the completed reply (285 chars).
  
  Stop hook (completed)
    warning: Wizard Tower Stop hook saw a second pass and stayed calm to avoid a loop.
  
  Stop hook (completed)
    warning: Wizard Tower Stop hook saw a second pass and stayed calm to avoid a loop.
  ```

  Andrei Eternal · 2026-03-19 10:53:08 -07:00
  267499bed8
• Add notify to code-mode (#14842)

  Allows model to send an out-of-band notification.
  
  The notification is injected as another tool call output for the same
  call_id.

  pakrym-oai · 2026-03-18 09:37:13 -07:00
  606d85055f
• Apply argument comment lint across codex-rs (#14652)

  ## Why
  
  Once the repo-local lint exists, `codex-rs` needs to follow the
  checked-in convention and CI needs to keep it from drifting. This commit
  applies the fallback `/*param*/` style consistently across existing
  positional literal call sites without changing those APIs.
  
  The longer-term preference is still to avoid APIs that require comments
  by choosing clearer parameter types and call shapes. This PR is
  intentionally the mechanical follow-through for the places where the
  existing signatures stay in place.
  
  After rebasing onto newer `main`, the rollout also had to cover newly
  introduced `tui_app_server` call sites. That made it clear the first cut
  of the CI job was too expensive for the common path: it was spending
  almost as much time installing `cargo-dylint` and re-testing the lint
  crate as a representative test job spends running product tests. The CI
  update keeps the full workspace enforcement but trims that extra
  overhead from ordinary `codex-rs` PRs.
  
  ## What changed
  
  - keep a dedicated `argument_comment_lint` job in `rust-ci`
  - mechanically annotate remaining opaque positional literals across
  `codex-rs` with exact `/*param*/` comments, including the rebased
  `tui_app_server` call sites that now fall under the lint
  - keep the checked-in style aligned with the lint policy by using
  `/*param*/` and leaving string and char literals uncommented
  - cache `cargo-dylint`, `dylint-link`, and the relevant Cargo
  registry/git metadata in the lint job
  - split changed-path detection so the lint crate's own `cargo test` step
  runs only when `tools/argument-comment-lint/*` or `rust-ci.yml` changes
  - continue to run the repo wrapper over the `codex-rs` workspace, so
  product-code enforcement is unchanged
  
  Most of the code changes in this commit are intentionally mechanical
  comment rewrites or insertions driven by the lint itself.
  
  ## Verification
  
  - `./tools/argument-comment-lint/run.sh --workspace`
  - `cargo test -p codex-tui-app-server -p codex-tui`
  - parsed `.github/workflows/rust-ci.yml` locally with PyYAML
  
  ---
  
  * -> #14652
  * #14651

  Michael Bolin · 2026-03-16 16:48:15 -07:00
  b77fe8fefe
• Improve granular approval policy prompt (#14553)
  Jack Mousseau · 2026-03-13 10:42:17 -07:00
  59b588b8ec
• sending back imagaegencall response back to responseapi (#14558)

  Sending back the ResponseItem::ImageGenerationCall as is, because it is
  now supported from the API-side.

  Won Park · 2026-03-13 17:29:19 +00:00
  958f93f899
• Rename reject approval policy to granular (#14516)
  Jack Mousseau · 2026-03-12 16:38:04 -07:00
  b7dba72dbd
• feat: search_tool migrate to bring you own tool of Responses API (#14274)

  ## Why
  
  to support a new bring your own search tool in Responses
  API(https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/tools-tool-search#client-executed-tool-search)
  we migrating our bm25 search tool to use official way to execute search
  on client and communicate additional tools to the model.
  
  ## What
  - replace the legacy `search_tool_bm25` flow with client-executed
  `tool_search`
  - add protocol, SSE, history, and normalization support for
  `tool_search_call` and `tool_search_output`
  - return namespaced Codex Apps search results and wire namespaced
  follow-up tool calls back into MCP dispatch

  Anton Panasenko · 2026-03-11 17:51:51 -07:00
  77b0c75267
• Add realtime start instructions config override (#14270)

  - add `realtime_start_instructions` config support
  - thread it into realtime context updates, schema, docs, and tests

  Ahmed Ibrahim · 2026-03-11 12:33:09 -07:00
  39c1bc1c68
• unifying all image saves to /tmp to bug-proof (#14149)

  image-gen feature will have the model saving to /tmp by default + at all
  times

  Won Park · 2026-03-11 12:33:08 -07:00
  722e8f08e1
• pass on save info to model + ui tweaks (#14123)

  Passing on more information to the model for context purposes, to
  streamline image-identification.

  Won Park · 2026-03-09 20:10:15 +00:00
  42f20a6845
• guardian initial feedback / tweaks (#13897)

  ## Summary
  - remove the remaining model-visible guardian-specific `on-request`
  prompt additions so enabling the feature does not change the main
  approval-policy instructions
  - neutralize user-facing guardian wording to talk about automatic
  approval review / approval requests rather than a second reviewer or
  only sandbox escalations
  - tighten guardian retry-context handling so agent-authored
  `justification` stays in the structured action JSON and is not also
  injected as raw retry context
  - simplify guardian review plumbing in core by deleting dead
  prompt-append paths and trimming some request/transcript setup code
  
  ## Notable Changes
  - delete the dead `permissions/approval_policy/guardian.md` append path
  and stop threading `guardian_approval_enabled` through model-facing
  developer-instruction builders
  - rename the experimental feature copy to `Automatic approval review`
  and update the `/experimental` snapshot text accordingly
  - make approval-review status strings generic across shell, patch,
  network, and MCP review types
  - forward real sandbox/network retry reasons for shell and unified-exec
  guardian review, but do not pass agent-authored justification as raw
  retry context
  - simplify `guardian.rs` by removing the one-field request wrapper,
  deduping reasoning-effort selection, and cleaning up transcript entry
  collection
  
  ## Testing
  - `just fmt`
  - full validation left to CI
  
  ---------
  
  Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>

  Charley Cunningham · 2026-03-09 09:25:24 -07:00
  f23fcd6ced
• Add guardian approval MVP (#13692)

  ## Summary
  - add the guardian reviewer flow for `on-request` approvals in command,
  patch, sandbox-retry, and managed-network approval paths
  - keep guardian behind `features.guardian_approval` instead of exposing
  a public `approval_policy = guardian` mode
  - route ordinary `OnRequest` approvals to the guardian subagent when the
  feature is enabled, without changing the public approval-mode surface
  
  ## Public model
  - public approval modes stay unchanged
  - guardian is enabled via `features.guardian_approval`
  - when that feature is on, `approval_policy = on-request` keeps the same
  approval boundaries but sends those approval requests to the guardian
  reviewer instead of the user
  - `/experimental` only persists the feature flag; it does not rewrite
  `approval_policy`
  - CLI and app-server no longer expose a separate `guardian` approval
  mode in this PR
  
  ## Guardian reviewer
  - the reviewer runs as a normal subagent and reuses the existing
  subagent/thread machinery
  - it is locked to a read-only sandbox and `approval_policy = never`
  - it does not inherit user/project exec-policy rules
  - it prefers `gpt-5.4` when the current provider exposes it, otherwise
  falls back to the parent turn's active model
  - it fail-closes on timeout, startup failure, malformed output, or any
  other review error
  - it currently auto-approves only when `risk_score < 80`
  
  ## Review context and policy
  - guardian mirrors `OnRequest` approval semantics rather than
  introducing a separate approval policy
  - explicit `require_escalated` requests follow the same approval surface
  as `OnRequest`; the difference is only who reviews them
  - managed-network allowlist misses that enter the approval flow are also
  reviewed by guardian
  - the review prompt includes bounded recent transcript history plus
  recent tool call/result evidence
  - transcript entries and planned-action strings are truncated with
  explicit `<guardian_truncated ... />` markers so large payloads stay
  bounded
  - apply-patch reviews include the full patch content (without
  duplicating the structured `changes` payload)
  - the guardian request layout is snapshot-tested using the same
  model-visible Responses request formatter used elsewhere in core
  
  ## Guardian network behavior
  - the guardian subagent inherits the parent session's managed-network
  allowlist when one exists, so it can use the same approved network
  surface while reviewing
  - exact session-scoped network approvals are copied into the guardian
  session with protocol/port scope preserved
  - those copied approvals are now seeded before the guardian's first turn
  is submitted, so inherited approvals are available during any immediate
  review-time checks
  
  ## Out of scope / follow-ups
  - the sandbox-permission validation split was pulled into a separate PR
  and is not part of this diff
  - a future follow-up can enable `serde_json` preserve-order in
  `codex-core` and then simplify the guardian action rendering further
  
  ---------
  
  Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>

  Charley Cunningham · 2026-03-07 05:40:10 -08:00
  e84ee33cc0
• image-gen-core (#13290)

  Core tool-calling for image-gen, handles requesting and receiving logic
  for images using response API

  Won Park · 2026-03-03 23:11:28 -08:00
  fa2306b303
• Add under-development original-resolution view_image support (#13050)

  ## Summary
  
  Add original-resolution support for `view_image` behind the
  under-development `view_image_original_resolution` feature flag.
  
  When the flag is enabled and the target model is `gpt-5.3-codex` or
  newer, `view_image` now preserves original PNG/JPEG/WebP bytes and sends
  `detail: "original"` to the Responses API instead of using the legacy
  resize/compress path.
  
  ## What changed
  
  - Added `view_image_original_resolution` as an under-development feature
  flag.
  - Added `ImageDetail` to the protocol models and support for serializing
  `detail: "original"` on tool-returned images.
  - Added `PromptImageMode::Original` to `codex-utils-image`.
    - Preserves original PNG/JPEG/WebP bytes.
    - Keeps legacy behavior for the resize path.
  - Updated `view_image` to:
  - use the shared `local_image_content_items_with_label_number(...)`
  helper in both code paths
    - select original-resolution mode only when:
      - the feature flag is enabled, and
      - the model slug parses as `gpt-5.3-codex` or newer
  - Kept local user image attachments on the existing resize path; this
  change is specific to `view_image`.
  - Updated history/image accounting so only `detail: "original"` images
  use the docs-based GPT-5 image cost calculation; legacy images still use
  the old fixed estimate.
  - Added JS REPL guidance, gated on the same feature flag, to prefer JPEG
  at 85% quality unless lossless is required, while still allowing other
  formats when explicitly requested.
  - Updated tests and helper code that construct
  `FunctionCallOutputContentItem::InputImage` to carry the new `detail`
  field.
  
  ## Behavior
  
  ### Feature off
  - `view_image` keeps the existing resize/re-encode behavior.
  - History estimation keeps the existing fixed-cost heuristic.
  
  ### Feature on + `gpt-5.3-codex+`
  - `view_image` sends original-resolution images with `detail:
  "original"`.
  - PNG/JPEG/WebP source bytes are preserved when possible.
  - History estimation uses the GPT-5 docs-based image-cost calculation
  for those `detail: "original"` images.
  
  
  #### [git stack](https://github.com/magus/git-stack-cli)
  - 👉 `1` https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/13050
  - ⏳ `2` https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/13331
  - ⏳ `3` https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/13049

  Curtis 'Fjord' Hawthorne · 2026-03-03 15:56:54 -08:00
  b92146d48b
• Record realtime close marker on replacement (#13058)

  ## Summary
  - record a realtime close developer message when a new realtime session
  replaces an active one
  - assert the replacement marker through the mocked responses request
  path
  
  ---------
  
  Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>
  Co-authored-by: Charles Cunningham <ccunningham@openai.com>

  Ahmed Ibrahim · 2026-03-01 13:54:12 -08:00
  0aeb55bf08