codex

Add PermissionRequest hooks support (#17563 )

## Why

We need `PermissionRequest` hook support!

Also addresses:
- https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/16301
- run a script on Hook to do things like play a sound to draw attention
but actually no-op so user can still approve
- can omit the `decision` object from output or just have the script
exit 0 and print nothing
- https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/15311
  - let the script approve/deny on its own
  - external UI what will run on Hook and relay decision back to codex


## Reviewer Note

There's a lot of plumbing for the new hook, key files to review are:
- New hook added in `codex-rs/hooks/src/events/permission_request.rs`
- Wiring for network approvals
`codex-rs/core/src/tools/network_approval.rs`
- Wiring for tool orchestrator `codex-rs/core/src/tools/orchestrator.rs`
- Wiring for execve
`codex-rs/core/src/tools/runtimes/shell/unix_escalation.rs`

## What

- Wires shell, unified exec, and network approval prompts into the
`PermissionRequest` hook flow.
- Lets hooks allow or deny approval prompts; quiet or invalid hooks fall
back to the normal approval path.
- Uses `tool_input.description` for user-facing context when it helps:
  - shell / `exec_command`: the request justification, when present
  - network approvals: `network-access <domain>`
- Uses `tool_name: Bash` for shell, unified exec, and network approval
permission-request hooks.
- For network approvals, passes the originating command in
`tool_input.command` when there is a single owning call; otherwise falls
back to the synthetic `network-access ...` command.

<details>
<summary>Example `PermissionRequest` hook input for a shell
approval</summary>

```json
{
  "session_id": "<session-id>",
  "turn_id": "<turn-id>",
  "transcript_path": "/path/to/transcript.jsonl",
  "cwd": "/path/to/cwd",
  "hook_event_name": "PermissionRequest",
  "model": "gpt-5",
  "permission_mode": "default",
  "tool_name": "Bash",
  "tool_input": {
    "command": "rm -f /tmp/example"
  }
}
```

</details>

<details>
<summary>Example `PermissionRequest` hook input for an escalated
`exec_command` request</summary>

```json
{
  "session_id": "<session-id>",
  "turn_id": "<turn-id>",
  "transcript_path": "/path/to/transcript.jsonl",
  "cwd": "/path/to/cwd",
  "hook_event_name": "PermissionRequest",
  "model": "gpt-5",
  "permission_mode": "default",
  "tool_name": "Bash",
  "tool_input": {
    "command": "cp /tmp/source.json /Users/alice/export/source.json",
    "description": "Need to copy a generated file outside the workspace"
  }
}
```

</details>

<details>
<summary>Example `PermissionRequest` hook input for a network
approval</summary>

```json
{
  "session_id": "<session-id>",
  "turn_id": "<turn-id>",
  "transcript_path": "/path/to/transcript.jsonl",
  "cwd": "/path/to/cwd",
  "hook_event_name": "PermissionRequest",
  "model": "gpt-5",
  "permission_mode": "default",
  "tool_name": "Bash",
  "tool_input": {
    "command": "curl http://codex-network-test.invalid",
    "description": "network-access http://codex-network-test.invalid"
  }
}
```

</details>

## Follow-ups

- Implement the `PermissionRequest` semantics for `updatedInput`,
`updatedPermissions`, `interrupt`, and suggestions /
`permission_suggestions`
- Add `PermissionRequest` support for the `request_permissions` tool
path

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Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>

Abhinav · 2026-04-17 14:45:47 +00:00

8494e5bd7b

[hooks] add non-streaming (non-stdin style) shell-only PostToolUse support (#15531 )

CHAINED PR - note that base is eternal/hooks-pretooluse-bash, not main
-- so the following PR should be first

Matching post-tool hook to the pre-tool functionality here:
https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/15211

So, PreToolUse calls for plain shell calls, allows blocking. This
PostToolUse call runs after the command executed

example run:

```
› as a test, run in parallel the following commands:
- echo 'one'
- echo '[block-pre-tool-use]'
- echo '[block-post-tool-use]'

⚠ MCP startup incomplete (failed: notion, linear)

• Cruising through those three commands in parallel now, and I’ll share the exact outputs right after
they land.

• Running PreToolUse hook: checking the observatory runes

PreToolUse hook (blocked)
warning: wizard-tower PreToolUse demo blocked a Bash command on purpose.
feedback: PreToolUse demo blocked the command. Remove [block-pre-tool-use] to continue.

PreToolUse hook (completed)
warning: wizard-tower PreToolUse demo inspected Bash: echo 'one'

PreToolUse hook (completed)
warning: wizard-tower PreToolUse demo inspected Bash: echo '[block-post-tool-use]'

• Ran echo '[block-post-tool-use]'
└ [block-post-tool-use]

• Ran echo 'one'
└ one

• Running PostToolUse hook: reading the observatory aftermath

PostToolUse hook (blocked)
warning: wizard-tower PostToolUse demo blocked the Bash follow-through on purpose.
feedback: PostToolUse demo blocked the result after execution. Remove [block-post-tool-use] to
continue.

PostToolUse hook (completed)
warning: wizard-tower PostToolUse demo inspected Bash: echo 'one'
hook context: PostToolUse demo saw the Bash result. Response preview: one

──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

• Ran them in parallel. Little wave report:

- echo 'one' completed and returned one.
- echo '[block-pre-tool-use]' was blocked before execution by the PreToolUse hook.
- echo '[block-post-tool-use]' ran, but its result was blocked afterward by the PostToolUse hook.

The hook messages were:

- PreToolUse demo blocked the command. Remove [block-pre-tool-use] to continue.
- PostToolUse demo blocked the result after execution. Remove [block-post-tool-use] to continue.

› for the blocked messages (correctly blocked in this test) did the tool output land back into
context?

• Yeah, from this run:

- PreToolUse block: the command itself did not execute, so no command output landed in context. Only
the block message did.
- PostToolUse block: the command did execute, but the actual stdout did not come back into context.
Only the post-tool block message did.

So the blocked notifications landed in context, but the blocked command payloads themselves did not.
Nice clean guardrail, aloha.
```

Andrei Eternal · 2026-03-25 19:18:03 -07:00

c4d9887f9a

[hooks] add non-streaming (non-stdin style) shell-only PreToolUse support (#15211 )

- add `PreToolUse` hook for bash-like tool execution only at first
- block shell execution before dispatch with deny-only hook behavior
- introduces common.rs matcher framework for matching when hooks are run

example run:

```
› run three parallel echo commands, and the second one should echo "[block-pre-tool-use]" as a test

• Running the three echo commands in parallel now and I’ll report the output directly.

• Running PreToolUse hook: name for demo pre tool use hook

PreToolUse hook (completed)
warning: wizard-tower PreToolUse demo inspected Bash: echo "first parallel echo"

PreToolUse hook (blocked)
warning: wizard-tower PreToolUse demo blocked a Bash command on purpose.
feedback: PreToolUse demo blocked the command. Remove [block-pre-tool-use] to continue.

PreToolUse hook (completed)
warning: wizard-tower PreToolUse demo inspected Bash: echo "third parallel echo"

• Ran echo "first parallel echo"
└ first parallel echo

• Ran echo "third parallel echo"
└ third parallel echo

• Three little waves went out in parallel.

1. printed first parallel echo
2. was blocked before execution because it contained the exact test string [block-pre-tool-use]
3. printed third parallel echo

There was also an unrelated macOS defaults warning around the successful commands, but the echoes
themselves worked fine. If you want, I can rerun the second one with a slightly modified string so
it passes cleanly.
```

Andrei Eternal · 2026-03-23 14:32:59 -07:00

73bbb07ba8

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