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• fix: fix fs sandbox helper for apply_patch (#18296)

  ## Summary
  
  - pass split filesystem sandbox policy/cwd through apply_patch contexts,
  while omitting legacy-equivalent policies to keep payloads small
  - keep the fs helper compatible with legacy Landlock by avoiding helper
  read-root permission expansion in that mode and disabling helper network
  access
  
  ## Root Cause
  
  `d626dc38950fb40a1a5ad0a8ffab2485e3348c53` routed exec-server filesystem
  operations through a sandboxed helper. That path forwarded legacy
  Landlock into a helper policy shape that could require direct
  split-policy enforcement. Sandboxed `apply_patch` hit that edge through
  the filesystem abstraction.
  
  The same 0.121 edit-regression path is consistent with #18354: normal
  writes route through the `apply_patch` filesystem helper, fail under
  sandbox, and then surface the generic retry-without-sandbox prompt.
  
  Fixes #18069
  Fixes #18354
  
  ## Validation
  
  - `cd codex-rs && just fmt`
  - earlier branch validation before merging current `origin/main` and
  dropping the now-separate PATH fix:
    - `cd codex-rs && cargo test -p codex-exec-server`
  - `cd codex-rs && cargo test -p codex-core file_system_sandbox_context`
    - `cd codex-rs && just fix -p codex-exec-server`
    - `cd codex-rs && just fix -p codex-core`
    - `git diff --check`
    - `cd codex-rs && cargo clean`
  
  ---------
  
  Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>

  viyatb-oai · 2026-04-17 15:39:07 -07:00
  f705f42ba8
• exec-server: preserve fs helper runtime env (#18380)

  ## Summary
  - preserve a small fs-helper runtime env allowlist (`PATH`, temp vars)
  instead of launching the sandboxed helper with an empty env
  - add unit coverage for the allowlist and transformed sandbox request
  env
  - add a Linux smoke test that starts the test exec-server with a fake
  `bwrap` on `PATH`, runs a sandboxed fs write through the remote fs
  helper path, and asserts that bwrap path was exercised
  
  ## Validation
  - `cd /tmp/codex-worktrees/fs-helper-env-defaults/codex-rs && export
  PATH=$HOME/code/openai/project/dotslash-gen/bin:$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH
  && bazel test --bes_backend= --bes_results_url=
  //codex-rs/exec-server:exec-server-file_system-test
  --test_filter=sandboxed_file_system_helper_finds_bwrap_on_preserved_path`
  - `cd /tmp/codex-worktrees/fs-helper-env-defaults/codex-rs && export
  PATH=$HOME/code/openai/project/dotslash-gen/bin:$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH
  && bazel test --bes_backend= --bes_results_url=
  //codex-rs/exec-server:exec-server-unit-tests
  --test_filter="helper_env|sandbox_exec_request_carries_helper_env"`
  - earlier on this branch before the smoke-test harness adjustment: `cd
  /tmp/codex-worktrees/fs-helper-env-defaults/codex-rs && export
  PATH=$HOME/code/openai/project/dotslash-gen/bin:$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH
  && bazel test --bes_backend= --bes_results_url=
  //codex-rs/exec-server:all`
  
  Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>

  starr-openai · 2026-04-17 20:44:01 +00:00
  63e4a900c9
• [3/6] Add pushed exec process events (#18020)

  ## Summary
  - Add a pushed `ExecProcessEvent` stream alongside retained
  `process/read` output.
  - Publish local and remote output, exit, close, and failure events.
  - Cover the event stream with shared local/remote exec process tests.
  
  ## Testing
  - `cargo check -p codex-exec-server`
  - `cargo check -p codex-rmcp-client`
  - Not run: `cargo test` per repo instruction; CI will cover.
  
  ## Stack
  ```text
  o  #18027 [6/6] Fail exec client operations after disconnect
  │
  o  #18212 [5/6] Wire executor-backed MCP stdio
  │
  o  #18087 [4/6] Abstract MCP stdio server launching
  │
  @  #18020 [3/6] Add pushed exec process events
  │
  o  #18086 [2/6] Support piped stdin in exec process API
  │
  o  #18085 [1/6] Add MCP server environment config
  │
  o  main
  ```
  
  ---------
  
  Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>

  Ahmed Ibrahim · 2026-04-17 19:07:43 +00:00
  9d3a5cf05e
• [2/8] Support piped stdin in exec process API (#18086)

  ## Summary
  - Add an explicit stdin mode to process/start.
  - Keep normal non-interactive exec stdin closed while allowing
  pipe-backed processes.
  
  ## Stack
  ```text
  o  #18027 [8/8] Fail exec client operations after disconnect
  │
  o  #18025 [7/8] Cover MCP stdio tests with executor placement
  │
  o  #18089 [6/8] Wire remote MCP stdio through executor
  │
  o  #18088 [5/8] Add executor process transport for MCP stdio
  │
  o  #18087 [4/8] Abstract MCP stdio server launching
  │
  o  #18020 [3/8] Add pushed exec process events
  │
  @  #18086 [2/8] Support piped stdin in exec process API
  │
  o  #18085 [1/8] Add MCP server environment config
  │
  o  main
  ```
  
  Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>

  Ahmed Ibrahim · 2026-04-16 10:30:10 -07:00
  2ca270d08d
• Fix fs/readDirectory to skip broken symlinks (#17907)

  ## Summary
  - Skip directory entries whose metadata lookup fails during
  `fs/readDirectory`
  - Add an exec-server regression test covering a broken symlink beside
  valid entries
  
  ## Testing
  - `just fmt`
  - `cargo test -p codex-exec-server` (started, but dependency/network
  updates stalled before completion in this environment)

  willwang-openai · 2026-04-15 10:50:22 -07:00
  a3d475d33f
• Remove exec-server fs sandbox request preflight (#17883)

  ## Summary
  - Remove the exec-server-side manual filesystem request path preflight
  before invoking the sandbox helper.
  - Keep sandbox helper policy construction and platform sandbox
  enforcement as the access boundary.
  - Add a portable local+remote regression for writing through an
  explicitly configured alias root.
  - Remove the metadata symlink-escape assertion that depended on the
  deleted manual preflight; no replacement metadata-specific access probe
  is added.
  
  ## Tests
  - `cargo test -p codex-exec-server --lib`
  - `cargo test -p codex-exec-server --test file_system`
  - `git diff --check`

  pakrym-oai · 2026-04-15 09:28:30 -07:00
  1dead46c90
• [codex] Add symlink flag to fs metadata (#17719)

  Add `is_symlink` to FsMetadata struct.

  pakrym-oai · 2026-04-13 17:46:56 -07:00
  f3cbe3d385
• Stabilize exec-server filesystem tests in CI (#17671)

  ## Summary\n- add an exec-server package-local test helper binary that
  can run exec-server and fs-helper flows\n- route exec-server filesystem
  tests through that helper instead of cross-crate codex helper
  binaries\n- stop relying on Bazel-only extra binary wiring for these
  tests\n\n## Testing\n- not run (per repo guidance for codex changes)
  
  ---------
  
  Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>

  starr-openai · 2026-04-13 16:53:42 -07:00
  280a4a6d42
• Build remote exec env from exec-server policy (#17216)

  ## Summary
  - add an exec-server `envPolicy` field; when present, the server starts
  from its own process env and applies the shell environment policy there
  - keep `env` as the exact environment for local/embedded starts, but
  make it an overlay for remote unified-exec starts
  - move the shell-environment-policy builder into `codex-config` so Core
  and exec-server share the inherit/filter/set/include behavior
  - overlay only runtime/sandbox/network deltas from Core onto the
  exec-server-derived env
  
  ## Why
  Remote unified exec was materializing the shell env inside Core and
  forwarding the whole map to exec-server, so remote processes could
  inherit the orchestrator machine's `HOME`, `PATH`, etc. This keeps the
  base env on the executor while preserving Core-owned runtime additions
  like `CODEX_THREAD_ID`, unified-exec defaults, network proxy env, and
  sandbox marker env.
  
  ## Validation
  - `just fmt`
  - `git diff --check`
  - `cargo test -p codex-exec-server --lib`
  - `cargo test -p codex-core --lib unified_exec::process_manager::tests`
  - `cargo test -p codex-core --lib exec_env::tests`
  - `cargo test -p codex-core --lib exec_env_tests` (compile-only; filter
  matched 0 tests)
  - `cargo test -p codex-config --lib shell_environment` (compile-only;
  filter matched 0 tests)
  - `just bazel-lock-update`
  
  ## Known local validation issue
  - `just bazel-lock-check` is not runnable in this checkout: it invokes
  `./scripts/check-module-bazel-lock.sh`, which is missing.
  
  ---------
  
  Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>
  Co-authored-by: pakrym-oai <pakrym@openai.com>

  jif-oai · 2026-04-13 09:59:08 +01:00
  bacb92b1d7
• Run exec-server fs operations through sandbox helper (#17294)

  ## Summary
  - run exec-server filesystem RPCs requiring sandboxing through a
  `codex-fs` arg0 helper over stdin/stdout
  - keep direct local filesystem execution for `DangerFullAccess` and
  external sandbox policies
  - remove the standalone exec-server binary path in favor of top-level
  arg0 dispatch/runtime paths
  - add sandbox escape regression coverage for local and remote filesystem
  paths
  
  ## Validation
  - `just fmt`
  - `git diff --check`
  - remote devbox: `cd codex-rs && bazel test --bes_backend=
  --bes_results_url= //codex-rs/exec-server:all` (6/6 passed)
  
  ---------
  
  Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>

  starr-openai · 2026-04-12 18:36:03 -07:00
  d626dc3895
• Add use_agent_identity feature flag (#17385)
  Adrian · 2026-04-11 09:52:06 -07:00
  39cc85310f
• Fix Windows exec-server output test flake (#17409)

  Problem: The Windows exec-server test command could let separator
  whitespace become part of `echo` output, making the exact
  retained-output assertion flaky.
  
  Solution: Tighten the Windows `cmd.exe` command by placing command
  separators directly after the echoed tokens so stdout remains
  deterministic while preserving the exact assertion.

  Eric Traut · 2026-04-10 19:24:40 -07:00
  824ec94eab
• feat: move exec-server ownership (#16344)

  This introduces session-scoped ownership for exec-server so ws
  disconnects no longer immediately kill running remote exec processes,
  and it prepares the protocol for reconnect-based resume.
  - add session_id / resume_session_id to the exec-server initialize
  handshake
    - move process ownership under a shared session registry
  - detach sessions on websocket disconnect and expire them after a TTL
  instead of killing processes immediately (we will resume based on this)
  - allow a new connection to resume an existing session and take over
  notifications/ownership
  - I use UUID to make them not predictable as we don't have auth for now
  - make detached-session expiry authoritative at resume time so teardown
  wins at the TTL boundary
  - reject long-poll process/read calls that get resumed out from under an
  older attachment
  
  ---------
  
  Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>

  jif-oai · 2026-04-10 14:11:47 +01:00
  085ffb4456
• [codex] Support remote exec cwd in TUI startup (#17142)

  When running with remote executor the cwd is the remote path. Today we
  check for existence of a local directory on startup and attempt to load
  config from it.
  
  For remote executors don't do that.

  pakrym-oai · 2026-04-08 13:09:28 -07:00
  e4d6702b87
• Add sandbox support to filesystem APIs (#16751)

  ## Summary
  - add optional `sandboxPolicy` support to the app-server filesystem
  request surface
  - thread sandbox-aware filesystem options through app-server and
  exec-server adapters
  - enforce sandboxed read/write access in the filesystem abstraction with
  focused local and remote coverage
  
  ## Validation
  - `cargo test -p codex-app-server-protocol`
  - `cargo test -p codex-exec-server file_system`
  - `cargo test -p codex-app-server suite::v2::fs`
  
  ---------
  
  Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>

  starr-openai · 2026-04-08 12:10:48 -07:00
  f383cc980d
• [codex] Migrate apply_patch to executor filesystem (#17027)

  - Migrate apply-patch verification and application internals to use the
  async `ExecutorFileSystem` abstraction from `exec-server`.
  - Convert apply-patch `cwd` handling to `AbsolutePathBuf` through the
  verifier/parser/handler boundary.
  
  Doesn't change how the tool itself works.

  pakrym-oai · 2026-04-07 21:20:22 +00:00
  e9702411ab
• Make AGENTS.md discovery FS-aware (#15826)

  ## Summary
  - make AGENTS.md discovery and loading fully FS-aware and remove the
  non-FS discover helper
  - migrate remote-aware codex-core tests to use TestEnv workspace setup
  instead of syncing a local workspace copy
  - add AGENTS.md corner-case coverage, including directory fallbacks and
  remote-aware integration coverage
  
  ## Testing
  - cargo test -p codex-core project_doc -- --nocapture
  - cargo test -p codex-core hierarchical_agents -- --nocapture
  - cargo test -p codex-core agents_md -- --nocapture
  - cargo test -p codex-tui status -- --nocapture
  - cargo test -p codex-tui-app-server status -- --nocapture
  - just fix
  - just fmt
  - just bazel-lock-update
  - just bazel-lock-check
  - just argument-comment-lint
  - remote Linux executor tests in progress via scripts/test-remote-env.sh

  pakrym-oai · 2026-04-06 20:26:21 -07:00
  4bb507d2c4
• Disable env-bound tools when exec server is none (#16349)

  ## Summary
  - make `CODEX_EXEC_SERVER_URL=none` map to an explicit disabled
  environment mode instead of inferring from a missing URL
  - expose environment capabilities (`exec_enabled`, `filesystem_enabled`)
  so tool building can gate behavior explicitly and future
  multi-environment work has a clearer seam
  - suppress env-backed tools when the relevant capability is unavailable,
  including exec tools, `js_repl`, `apply_patch`, `list_dir`, and
  `view_image`
  - keep handler/runtime backstops so disabled environments still reject
  execution if a tool path somehow bypasses registration
  
  ## Testing
  - `just fmt`
  - `cargo test -p codex-exec-server`
  - `cargo test -p codex-tools
  disabled_environment_omits_environment_backed_tools`
  - `cargo test -p codex-tools
  environment_capabilities_gate_exec_and_filesystem_tools_independently`
  - remote devbox Bazel build via `codex-applied-devbox`:
  `//codex-rs/cli:cli`

  starr-openai · 2026-04-06 17:22:06 -07:00
  a504d8f0fa
• extract models manager and related ownership from core (#16508)

  ## Summary
  - split `models-manager` out of `core` and add `ModelsManagerConfig`
  plus `Config::to_models_manager_config()` so model metadata paths stop
  depending on `core::Config`
  - move login-owned/auth-owned code out of `core` into `codex-login`,
  move model provider config into `codex-model-provider-info`, move API
  bridge mapping into `codex-api`, move protocol-owned types/impls into
  `codex-protocol`, and move response debug helpers into a dedicated
  `response-debug-context` crate
  - move feedback tag emission into `codex-feedback`, relocate tests to
  the crates that now own the code, and keep broad temporary re-exports so
  this PR avoids a giant import-only rewrite
  
  ## Major moves and decisions
  - created `codex-models-manager` as the owner for model
  cache/catalog/config/model info logic, including the new
  `ModelsManagerConfig` struct
  - created `codex-model-provider-info` as the owner for provider config
  parsing/defaults and kept temporary `codex-login`/`codex-core`
  re-exports for old import paths
  - moved `api_bridge` error mapping + `CoreAuthProvider` into
  `codex-api`, while `codex-login::api_bridge` temporarily re-exports
  those symbols and keeps the `auth_provider_from_auth` wrapper
  - moved `auth_env_telemetry` and `provider_auth` ownership to
  `codex-login`
  - moved `CodexErr` ownership to `codex-protocol::error`, plus
  `StreamOutput`, `bytes_to_string_smart`, and network policy helpers to
  protocol-owned modules
  - created `codex-response-debug-context` for
  `extract_response_debug_context`, `telemetry_transport_error_message`,
  and related response-debug plumbing instead of leaving that behavior in
  `core`
  - moved `FeedbackRequestTags`, `emit_feedback_request_tags`, and
  `emit_feedback_request_tags_with_auth_env` to `codex-feedback`
  - deferred removal of temporary re-exports and the mechanical import
  rewrites to a stacked follow-up PR so this PR stays reviewable
  
  ## Test moves
  - moved auth refresh coverage from `core/tests/suite/auth_refresh.rs` to
  `login/tests/suite/auth_refresh.rs`
  - moved text encoding coverage from
  `core/tests/suite/text_encoding_fix.rs` to
  `protocol/src/exec_output_tests.rs`
  - moved model info override coverage from
  `core/tests/suite/model_info_overrides.rs` to
  `models-manager/src/model_info_overrides_tests.rs`
  
  ---------
  
  Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>

  Ahmed Ibrahim · 2026-04-02 23:00:02 -07:00
  6fff9955f1
• feat: use ProcessId in exec-server (#15866)

  Use a full struct for the ProcessId to increase readability and make it
  easier in the future to make it evolve if needed

  jif-oai · 2026-03-26 16:45:36 +01:00
  6d2f4aaafc
• feat: exec-server prep for unified exec (#15691)

  This PR partially rebase `unified_exec` on the `exec-server` and adapt
  the `exec-server` accordingly.
  
  ## What changed in `exec-server`
  
  1. Replaced the old "broadcast-driven; process-global" event model with
  process-scoped session events. The goal is to be able to have dedicated
  handler for each process.
  2. Add to protocol contract to support explicit lifecycle status and
  stream ordering:
  - `WriteResponse` now returns `WriteStatus` (Accepted, UnknownProcess,
  StdinClosed, Starting) instead of a bool.
    - Added seq fields to output/exited notifications.
    - Added terminal process/closed notification.
  3. Demultiplexed remote notifications into per-process channels. Same as
  for the event sys
  4. Local and remote backends now both implement ExecBackend.
  5. Local backend wraps internal process ID/operations into per-process
  ExecProcess objects.
  6. Remote backend registers a session channel before launch and
  unregisters on failed launch.
  
  ## What changed in `unified_exec`
  
  1. Added unified process-state model and backend-neutral process
  wrapper. This will probably disappear in the future, but it makes it
  easier to keep the work flowing on both side.
  - `UnifiedExecProcess` now handles both local PTY sessions and remote
  exec-server processes through a shared `ProcessHandle`.
  - Added `ProcessState` to track has_exited, exit_code, and terminal
  failure message consistently across backends.
  2. Routed write and lifecycle handling through process-level methods.
  
  ## Some rationals
  
  1. The change centralizes execution transport in exec-server while
  preserving policy and orchestration ownership in core, avoiding
  duplicated launch approval logic. This comes from internal discussion.
  2. Session-scoped events remove coupling/cross-talk between processes
  and make stream ordering and terminal state explicit (seq, closed,
  failed).
  3. The failure-path surfacing (remote launch failures, write failures,
  transport disconnects) makes command tool output and cleanup behavior
  deterministic
  
  ## Follow-ups:
  * Unify the concept of thread ID behind an obfuscated struct
  * FD handling
  * Full zsh-fork compatibility
  * Full network sandboxing compatibility
  * Handle ws disconnection

  jif-oai · 2026-03-26 15:22:34 +01:00
  7dac332c93
• Add cached environment manager for exec server URL (#15785)

  Add environment manager that is a singleton and is created early in
  app-server (before skill manager, before config loading).
  
  Use an environment variable to point to a running exec server.

  pakrym-oai · 2026-03-25 16:14:36 -07:00
  8fa88fa8ca
• Split exec process into local and remote implementations (#15233)

  ## Summary
  - match the exec-process structure to filesystem PR #15232
  - expose `ExecProcess` on `Environment`
  - make `LocalProcess` the real implementation and `RemoteProcess` a thin
  network proxy over `ExecServerClient`
  - make `ProcessHandler` a thin RPC adapter delegating to `LocalProcess`
  - add a shared local/remote process test
  
  ## Validation
  - `just fmt`
  - `CARGO_TARGET_DIR=~/.cache/cargo-target/codex cargo test -p
  codex-exec-server`
  - `just fix -p codex-exec-server`
  
  ---------
  
  Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>

  starr-openai · 2026-03-20 03:13:08 +00:00
  96a86710c3
• Refactor ExecServer filesystem split between local and remote (#15232)

  For each feature we have:
  1. Trait exposed on environment
  2. **Local Implementation** of the trait
  3. Remote implementation that uses the client to proxy via network
  4. Handler implementation that handles PRC requests and calls into
  **Local Implementation**

  pakrym-oai · 2026-03-19 17:08:04 -07:00
  403b397e4e
• Move terminal module to terminal-detection crate (#15216)

  - Move core/src/terminal.rs and its tests into a standalone
  terminal-detection workspace crate.
  - Update direct consumers to depend on codex-terminal-detection and
  import terminal APIs directly.
  
  ---------
  
  Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>

  Ahmed Ibrahim · 2026-03-19 14:08:04 -07:00
  7eb19e5319
• Add exec-server exec RPC implementation (#15090)

  Stacked PR 2/3, based on the stub PR.
  
  Adds the exec RPC implementation and process/event flow in exec-server
  only.
  
  ---------
  
  Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>

  starr-openai · 2026-03-19 19:00:36 +00:00
  1d210f639e
• Add experimental exec server URL handling (#15196)

  Add a config and attempt to start the server.

  pakrym-oai · 2026-03-19 18:25:11 +00:00
  1837038f4e
• Move environment abstraction into exec server (#15125)

  The idea is that codex-exec exposes an Environment struct with services
  on it. Each of those is a trait.
  
  Depending on construction parameters passed to Environment they are
  either backed by local or remote server but core doesn't see these
  differences.

  pakrym-oai · 2026-03-19 08:31:14 -07:00
  dee03da508
• Remove stdio transport from exec server (#15119)

  Summary
  - delete the deprecated stdio transport plumbing from the exec server
  stack
  - add a basic `exec_server()` harness plus test utilities to start a
  server, send requests, and await events
  - refresh exec-server dependencies, configs, and documentation to
  reflect the new flow
  
  Testing
  - Not run (not requested)
  
  ---------
  
  Co-authored-by: starr-openai <starr@openai.com>
  Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>

  pakrym-oai · 2026-03-19 01:00:35 +00:00
  903660edba
• Add exec-server stub server and protocol docs (#15089)

  Stacked PR 1/3.
  
  This is the initialize-only exec-server stub slice: binary/client
  scaffolding and protocol docs, without exec/filesystem implementation.
  
  ---------
  
  Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>

  starr-openai · 2026-03-19 00:30:05 +00:00
  81996fcde6
• refactor: delete exec-server and move execve wrapper into shell-escalation (#12632)

  ## Why
  
  We already plan to remove the shell-tool MCP path, and doing that
  cleanup first makes the follow-on `shell-escalation` work much simpler.
  
  This change removes the last remaining reason to keep
  `codex-rs/exec-server` around by moving the `codex-execve-wrapper`
  binary and shared shell test fixtures to the crates/tests that now own
  that functionality.
  
  ## What Changed
  
  ### Delete `codex-rs/exec-server`
  
  - Remove the `exec-server` crate, including the MCP server binary,
  MCP-specific modules, and its test support/test suite
  - Remove `exec-server` from the `codex-rs` workspace and update
  `Cargo.lock`
  
  ### Move `codex-execve-wrapper` into `codex-rs/shell-escalation`
  
  - Move the wrapper implementation into `shell-escalation`
  (`src/unix/execve_wrapper.rs`)
  - Add the `codex-execve-wrapper` binary entrypoint under
  `shell-escalation/src/bin/`
  - Update `shell-escalation` exports/module layout so the wrapper
  entrypoint is hosted there
  - Move the wrapper README content from `exec-server` to
  `shell-escalation/README.md`
  
  ### Move shared shell test fixtures to `app-server`
  
  - Move the DotSlash `bash`/`zsh` test fixtures from
  `exec-server/tests/suite/` to `app-server/tests/suite/`
  - Update `app-server` zsh-fork tests to reference the new fixture paths
  
  ### Keep `shell-tool-mcp` as a shell-assets package
  
  - Update `.github/workflows/shell-tool-mcp.yml` packaging so the npm
  artifact contains only patched Bash/Zsh payloads (no Rust binaries)
  - Update `shell-tool-mcp/package.json`, `shell-tool-mcp/src/index.ts`,
  and docs to reflect the shell-assets-only package shape
  - `shell-tool-mcp-ci.yml` does not need changes because it is already
  JS-only
  
  ## Verification
  
  - `cargo shear`
  - `cargo clippy -p codex-shell-escalation --tests`
  - `just clippy`

  Michael Bolin · 2026-02-23 20:10:22 -08:00
  38f84b6b29
• refactor: normalize unix module layout for exec-server and shell-escalation (#12556)

  ## Why
  Shell execution refactoring in `exec-server` had become split between
  duplicated code paths, which blocked a clean introduction of the new
  reusable shell escalation flow. This commit creates a dedicated
  foundation crate so later shell tooling changes can share one
  implementation.
  
  ## What changed
  - Added the `codex-shell-escalation` crate and moved the core escalation
  pieces (`mcp` protocol/socket/session flow, policy glue) that were
  previously in `exec-server` into it.
  - Normalized `exec-server` Unix structure under a dedicated `unix`
  module layout and kept non-Unix builds narrow.
  - Wired crate/build metadata so `shell-escalation` is a first-class
  workspace dependency for follow-on integration work.
  
  ## Verification
  - Built and linted the stack at this commit point with `just clippy`.
  
  [//]: # (BEGIN SAPLING FOOTER)
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  with [ReviewStack](https://reviewstack.dev/openai/codex/pull/12556).
  * #12584
  * #12583
  * __->__ #12556

  Michael Bolin · 2026-02-23 09:28:17 -08:00
  5221575f23
• refactor: decouple MCP policy construction from escalate server (#12555)

  ## Why
  The current escalate path in `codex-rs/exec-server` still had policy
  creation coupled to MCP details, which makes it hard to reuse the shell
  execution flow outside the MCP server. This change is part of a broader
  goal to split MCP-specific behavior from shared escalation execution so
  other handlers (for example a future `ShellCommandHandler`) can reuse it
  without depending on MCP request context types.
  
  ## What changed
  - Added a new `EscalationPolicyFactory` abstraction in `mcp.rs`:
    - `crate`-relative path: `codex-rs/exec-server/src/posix/mcp.rs`
  -
  https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/exec-server/src/posix/mcp.rs#L87-L107
  - Made `run_escalate_server` in `mcp.rs` accept a policy factory instead
  of constructing `McpEscalationPolicy` directly.
  -
  https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/exec-server/src/posix/mcp.rs#L178-L201
  - Introduced `McpEscalationPolicyFactory` that stores MCP-only state
  (`RequestContext`, `preserve_program_paths`) and implements the new
  trait.
  -
  https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/exec-server/src/posix/mcp.rs#L100-L117
  - Updated `shell()` to pass a `McpEscalationPolicyFactory` instance into
  `run_escalate_server`, so the server remains the MCP-specific wiring
  layer.
  -
  https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/exec-server/src/posix/mcp.rs#L163-L170
  
  ## Verification
  - Build and test execution was not re-run in this pass; changes are
  limited to `mcp.rs` and preserve the existing escalation flow semantics
  by only extracting policy construction behind a factory.
  
  
  
  
  ---
  [//]: # (BEGIN SAPLING FOOTER)
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  with [ReviewStack](https://reviewstack.dev/openai/codex/pull/12555).
  * #12556
  * __->__ #12555

  Michael Bolin · 2026-02-23 00:31:29 -08:00
  956f2f439e
• chore: remove codex-core public protocol/shell re-exports (#12432)

  ## Why
  
  `codex-rs/core/src/lib.rs` re-exported a broad set of types and modules
  from `codex-protocol` and `codex-shell-command`. That made it easy for
  workspace crates to import those APIs through `codex-core`, which in
  turn hides dependency edges and makes it harder to reduce compile-time
  coupling over time.
  
  This change removes those public re-exports so call sites must import
  from the source crates directly. Even when a crate still depends on
  `codex-core` today, this makes dependency boundaries explicit and
  unblocks future work to drop `codex-core` dependencies where possible.
  
  ## What Changed
  
  - Removed public re-exports from `codex-rs/core/src/lib.rs` for:
  - `codex_protocol::protocol` and related protocol/model types (including
  `InitialHistory`)
    - `codex_protocol::config_types` (`protocol_config_types`)
  - `codex_shell_command::{bash, is_dangerous_command, is_safe_command,
  parse_command, powershell}`
  - Migrated workspace Rust call sites to import directly from:
    - `codex_protocol::protocol`
    - `codex_protocol::config_types`
    - `codex_protocol::models`
    - `codex_shell_command`
  - Added explicit `Cargo.toml` dependencies (`codex-protocol` /
  `codex-shell-command`) in crates that now import those crates directly.
  - Kept `codex-core` internal modules compiling by using `pub(crate)`
  aliases in `core/src/lib.rs` (internal-only, not part of the public
  API).
  - Updated the two utility crates that can already drop a `codex-core`
  dependency edge entirely:
    - `codex-utils-approval-presets`
    - `codex-utils-cli`
  
  ## Verification
  
  - `cargo test -p codex-utils-approval-presets`
  - `cargo test -p codex-utils-cli`
  - `cargo check --workspace --all-targets`
  - `just clippy`

  Michael Bolin · 2026-02-20 23:45:35 -08:00
  1af2a37ada
• Refactor network approvals to host/protocol/port scope (#12140)

  ## Summary
  Simplify network approvals by removing per-attempt proxy correlation and
  moving to session-level approval dedupe keyed by (host, protocol, port).
  Instead of encoding attempt IDs into proxy credentials/URLs, we now
  treat approvals as a destination policy decision.
  
  - Concurrent calls to the same destination share one approval prompt.
  - Different destinations (or same host on different ports) get separate
  prompts.
  - Allow once approves the current queued request group only.
  - Allow for session caches that (host, protocol, port) and auto-allows
  future matching requests.
  - Never policy continues to deny without prompting.
  
  Example:
  - 3 calls: 
    - a.com (line 443)
    - b.com (line 443)
    - a.com (line 443)
  => 2 prompts total (a, b), second a waits on the first decision.
  - a.com:80 is treated separately from a.com line 443
  
  ## Testing
  - `just fmt` (in `codex-rs`)
  - `cargo test -p codex-core tools::network_approval::tests`
  - `cargo test -p codex-core` (unit tests pass; existing
  integration-suite failures remain in this environment)

  viyatb-oai · 2026-02-20 10:39:55 -08:00
  e8afaed502
• feat(core): add structured network approval plumbing and policy decision model (#11672)

  ### Description
  #### Summary
  Introduces the core plumbing required for structured network approvals
  
  #### What changed
  - Added structured network policy decision modeling in core.
  - Added approval payload/context types needed for network approval
  semantics.
  - Wired shell/unified-exec runtime plumbing to consume structured
  decisions.
  - Updated related core error/event surfaces for structured handling.
  - Updated protocol plumbing used by core approval flow.
  - Included small CLI debug sandbox compatibility updates needed by this
  layer.
  
  #### Why
  establishes the minimal backend foundation for network approvals without
  yet changing high-level orchestration or TUI behavior.
  
  #### Notes
  - Behavior remains constrained by existing requirements/config gating.
  - Follow-up PRs in the stack handle orchestration, UX, and app-server
  integration.
  
  ---------
  
  Co-authored-by: Codex <199175422+chatgpt-codex-connector[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

  viyatb-oai · 2026-02-14 04:18:12 +00:00
  b527ee2890
• feat(shell-tool-mcp): add patched zsh build pipeline (#11668)

  ## Summary
  - add `shell-tool-mcp/patches/zsh-exec-wrapper.patch` against upstream
  zsh `77045ef899e53b9598bebc5a41db93a548a40ca6`
  - add `zsh-linux` and `zsh-darwin` jobs to
  `.github/workflows/shell-tool-mcp.yml`
  - stage zsh binaries under `artifacts/vendor/<target>/zsh/<variant>/zsh`
  - include zsh artifact jobs in `package.needs`
  - mark staged zsh binaries executable during packaging
  
  ## Notes
  - zsh source is cloned from `https://git.code.sf.net/p/zsh/code`
  - workflow pins zsh commit `77045ef899e53b9598bebc5a41db93a548a40ca6`
  - zsh build runs `./Util/preconfig` before `./configure`
  
  ## Validation
  - parsed workflow YAML locally (`yaml-ok`)
  - validated zsh patch applies cleanly with `git apply --check` on a
  fresh zsh clone

  Jeremy Rose · 2026-02-13 01:34:48 +00:00
  9cf7a07281
• Bump rmcp to 0.15 (#11539)

  https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/rust-sdk/pull/598 in 0.14 broke
  some MCP oauth (like Linear) and
  https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/rust-sdk/pull/641 fixed it in
  0.15

  Gabriel Peal · 2026-02-11 22:04:17 -08:00
  bd3ce98190
• feat: make sandbox read access configurable with ReadOnlyAccess (#11387)

  `SandboxPolicy::ReadOnly` previously implied broad read access and could
  not express a narrower read surface.
  This change introduces an explicit read-access model so we can support
  user-configurable read restrictions in follow-up work, while preserving
  current behavior today.
  
  It also ensures unsupported backends fail closed for restricted-read
  policies instead of silently granting broader access than intended.
  
  ## What
  
  - Added `ReadOnlyAccess` in protocol with:
    - `Restricted { include_platform_defaults, readable_roots }`
    - `FullAccess`
  - Updated `SandboxPolicy` to carry read-access configuration:
    - `ReadOnly { access: ReadOnlyAccess }`
    - `WorkspaceWrite { ..., read_only_access: ReadOnlyAccess }`
  - Preserved existing behavior by defaulting current construction paths
  to `ReadOnlyAccess::FullAccess`.
  - Threaded the new fields through sandbox policy consumers and call
  sites across `core`, `tui`, `linux-sandbox`, `windows-sandbox`, and
  related tests.
  - Updated Seatbelt policy generation to honor restricted read roots by
  emitting scoped read rules when full read access is not granted.
  - Added fail-closed behavior on Linux and Windows backends when
  restricted read access is requested but not yet implemented there
  (`UnsupportedOperation`).
  - Regenerated app-server protocol schema and TypeScript artifacts,
  including `ReadOnlyAccess`.
  
  ## Compatibility / rollout
  
  - Runtime behavior remains unchanged by default (`FullAccess`).
  - API/schema changes are in place so future config wiring can enable
  restricted read access without another policy-shape migration.

  Michael Bolin · 2026-02-11 18:31:14 -08:00
  abbd74e2be
• feat: include NetworkConfig through ExecParams (#11105)

  This PR adds the following field to `Config`:
  
  ```rust
  pub network: Option<NetworkProxy>,
  ```
  
  Though for the moment, it will always be initialized as `None` (this
  will be addressed in a subsequent PR).
  
  This PR does the work to thread `network` through to `execute_exec_env()`, `process_exec_tool_call()`, and `UnifiedExecRuntime.run()` to ensure it is available whenever we span a process.

  Michael Bolin · 2026-02-09 03:32:17 +00:00
  383b45279e
• Upgrade rmcp to 0.14 (#10718)

  - [x] Upgrade rmcp to 0.14

  Matthew Zeng · 2026-02-08 15:07:53 -08:00
  9f1009540b
• feat(linux-sandbox): add bwrap support (#9938)

  ## Summary
  This PR introduces a gated Bubblewrap (bwrap) Linux sandbox path. The
  curent Linux sandbox path relies on in-process restrictions (including
  Landlock). Bubblewrap gives us a more uniform filesystem isolation
  model, especially explicit writable roots with the option to make some
  directories read-only and granular network controls.
  
  This is behind a feature flag so we can validate behavior safely before
  making it the default.
  
  - Added temporary rollout flag:
    - `features.use_linux_sandbox_bwrap`
  - Preserved existing default path when the flag is off.
  - In Bubblewrap mode:
  - Added internal retry without /proc when /proc mount is not permitted
  by the host/container.

  viyatb-oai · 2026-02-04 11:13:17 -08:00
  ae4de43ccc
• Wire up cloud reqs in exec, app-server (#10241)

  We're fetching cloud requirements in TUI in
  https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/10167.
  
  This adds the same fetching in exec and app-server binaries also.

  gt-oai · 2026-01-30 23:53:41 +00:00
  a046481ad9
• Fetch Requirements from cloud (#10167)

  Load requirements from Codex Backend. It only does this for enterprise
  customers signed in with ChatGPT.
  
  Todo in follow-up PRs:
  * Add to app-server and exec too
  * Switch from fail-open to fail-closed on failure

  gt-oai · 2026-01-30 12:03:29 +00:00
  e85d019daa
• remove sandbox globals. (#9797)

  Threads sandbox updates through OverrideTurnContext for active turn
  Passes computed sandbox type into safety/exec

  iceweasel-oai · 2026-01-27 11:04:23 -08:00
  c40ad65bd8
• feat: load ExecPolicyManager from ConfigLayerStack (#8453)

  https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/8354 added support for in-repo
  `.config/` files, so this PR updates the logic for loading `*.rules`
  files to load `*.rules` files from all relevant layers. The main change
  to the business logic is `load_exec_policy()` in
  `codex-rs/core/src/exec_policy.rs`.
  
  Note this adds a `config_folder()` method to `ConfigLayerSource` that
  returns `Option<AbsolutePathBuf>` so that it is straightforward to
  iterate over the sources and get the associated config folder, if any.

  Michael Bolin · 2025-12-22 17:24:17 -08:00
  277babba79
• fix: change codex/sandbox-state/update from a notification to a request (#8142)

  Historically, `accept_elicitation_for_prompt_rule()` was flaky because
  we were using a notification to update the sandbox followed by a `shell`
  tool request that we expected to be subject to the new sandbox config,
  but because [rmcp](https://crates.io/crates/rmcp) MCP servers delegate
  each incoming message to a new Tokio task, messages are not guaranteed
  to be processed in order, so sometimes the `shell` tool call would run
  before the notification was processed.
  
  Prior to this PR, we relied on a generous `sleep()` between the
  notification and the request to reduce the change of the test flaking
  out.
  
  This PR implements a proper fix, which is to use a _request_ instead of
  a notification for the sandbox update so that we can wait for the
  response to the sandbox request before sending the request to the
  `shell` tool call. Previously, `rmcp` did not support custom requests,
  but I fixed that in
  https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/rust-sdk/pull/590, which made it
  into the `0.12.0` release (see #8288).
  
  This PR updates `shell-tool-mcp` to expect
  `"codex/sandbox-state/update"` as a _request_ instead of a notification
  and sends the appropriate ack. Note this behavior is tied to our custom
  `codex/sandbox-state` capability, which Codex honors as an MCP client,
  which is why `core/src/mcp_connection_manager.rs` had to be updated as
  part of this PR, as well.
  
  This PR also updates the docs at `shell-tool-mcp/README.md`.

  Michael Bolin · 2025-12-18 15:32:01 -08:00
  46baedd7cb
• chore: upgrade rmcp crate from 0.10.0 to 0.12.0 (#8288)

  Version `0.12.0` includes
  https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/rust-sdk/pull/590, which I will
  use in https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/8142.
  
  Changes:
  
  - `rmcp::model::CustomClientNotification` was renamed to
  `rmcp::model::CustomNotification`
  - a bunch of types have a `meta` field now, but it is `Option`, so I
  added `meta: None` to a bunch of things

  Michael Bolin · 2025-12-18 14:28:46 -08:00
  53f53173a8
• exec-server: additional context for errors (#7935)

  Add a .context() on some exec-server errors for debugging CI flakes.
  
  Also, "login": false in the test to make the test not affected by user
  profile.

  Jeremy Rose · 2025-12-15 11:40:40 -08:00
  2c6995ca4d
• refactoring with_escalated_permissions to use SandboxPermissions instead (#7750)

  helpful in the future if we want more granularity for requesting
  escalated permissions:
  e.g when running in readonly sandbox, model can request to escalate to a
  sandbox that allows writes

  zhao-oai · 2025-12-10 17:18:48 +00:00
  e0fb3ca1db