73 Commits

• app-server: Return codex home in initialize response (#15689)

  This allows clients to get enough information to interact with the codex
  skills/configuration/etc.

  Ruslan Nigmatullin · 2026-03-24 16:13:34 -07:00
  24c4ecaaac
• app-server: add filesystem watch support (#14533)

  ### Summary
  Add the v2 app-server filesystem watch RPCs and notifications, wire them
  through the message processor, and implement connection-scoped watches
  with notify-backed change delivery. This also updates the schema
  fixtures, app-server documentation, and the v2 integration coverage for
  watch and unwatch behavior.
  
  This allows clients to efficiently watch for filesystem updates, e.g. to
  react on branch changes.
  
  ### Testing
  - exercise watch lifecycles for directory changes, atomic file
  replacement, missing-file targets, and unwatch cleanup

  Ruslan Nigmatullin · 2026-03-24 15:52:13 -07:00
  301b17c2a1
• tui_app_server: cancel active login before Ctrl+C exit (#15673)

  ## Summary
  
  Fixes slow `Ctrl+C` exit from the ChatGPT browser-login screen in
  `tui_app_server`.
  
  ## Root cause
  
  Onboarding-level `Ctrl+C` quit bypassed the auth widget's cancel path.
  That let the active ChatGPT login keep running, and in-process
  app-server shutdown then waited on the stale login attempt before
  finishing.
  
  ## Changes
  
  - Extract a shared `cancel_active_attempt()` path in the auth widget
  - Use that path from onboarding-level `Ctrl+C` before exiting the TUI
  - Add focused tests for canceling browser-login and device-code attempts
  - Add app-server shutdown cleanup that explicitly drops any active login
  before draining background work

  Eric Traut · 2026-03-24 15:11:43 -06:00
  c023e9d959
• Finish moving codex exec to app-server (#15424)

  This PR completes the conversion of non-interactive `codex exec` to use
  app server rather than directly using core events and methods.
  
  ### Summary
  - move `codex-exec` off exec-owned `AuthManager` and `ThreadManager`
  state
  - route exec bootstrap, resume, and auth refresh through existing
  app-server paths
  - replace legacy `codex/event/*` decoding in exec with typed app-server
  notification handling
  - update human and JSONL exec output adapters to translate existing
  app-server notifications only
  - clean up "app server client" layer by eliminating support for legacy
  notifications; this is no longer needed
  - remove exposure of `authManager` and `threadManager` from "app server
  client" layer
  
  ### Testing
  - `exec` has pretty extensive unit and integration tests already, and
  these all pass
  - In addition, I asked Codex to put together a comprehensive manual set
  of tests to cover all of the `codex exec` functionality (including
  command-line options), and it successfully generated and ran these tests

  Eric Traut · 2026-03-24 08:51:32 -06:00
  45f68843b8
• Add temporary app-server originator fallback for codex-tui (#15218)

  ## Summary
  - make app-server treat `clientInfo.name == "codex-tui"` as a legacy
  compatibility case
  - fall back to `DEFAULT_ORIGINATOR` instead of sending `codex-tui` as
  the originator header
  - add a TODO noting this is a temporary workaround that should be
  removed later
  
  ## Testing
  - Not run (not requested)

  Eric Traut · 2026-03-20 10:51:21 -06:00
  4f28b64abc
• feat: Add One-Time Startup Remote Plugin Sync (#15264)

  For early users who have already enabled apps, we should enable plugins
  as part of the initial setup.

  xl-openai · 2026-03-20 05:01:39 +00:00
  b1570d6c23
• 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
• Move auth code into login crate (#15150)

  - Move the auth implementation and token data into codex-login.
  - Keep codex-core re-exporting that surface from codex-login for
  existing callers.
  
  ---------
  
  Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>

  Ahmed Ibrahim · 2026-03-19 18:58:17 -07:00
  2aa4873802
• Support featured plugins (#15042)
  alexsong-oai · 2026-03-18 17:45:30 -07:00
  825d09373d
• Revert "fix: harden plugin feature gating" (#15102)

  Reverts openai/codex#15020
  
  I messed up the commit in my PR and accidentally merged changes that
  were still under review.

  xl-openai · 2026-03-18 15:19:29 -07:00
  86982ca1f9
• fix: harden plugin feature gating (#15020)

  1. Use requirement-resolved config.features as the plugin gate.
  2. Guard plugin/list, plugin/read, and related flows behind that gate.
  3. Skip bad marketplace.json files instead of failing the whole list.
  4. Simplify plugin state and caching.

  xl-openai · 2026-03-18 10:11:43 -07:00
  580f32ad2a
• Add FS abstraction and use in view_image (#14960)

  Adds an environment crate and environment + file system abstraction.
  
  Environment is a combination of attributes and services specific to
  environment the agent is connected to:
  File system, process management, OS, default shell.
  
  The goal is to move most of agent logic that assumes environment to work
  through the environment abstraction.

  pakrym-oai · 2026-03-17 17:36:23 -07:00
  83a60fdb94
• 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
• fix: tui freeze when sub-agents are present (#14816)

  The issue was due to a circular `Drop` schema where the embedded
  app-server wait for some listeners that wait for this app-server
  them-selves.
  
  The fix is an explicit cleaning
  
  **Repro:**
  * Start codex
  * Ask it to spawn a sub-agent
  * Close Codex
  * It takes 5s to exit

  jif-oai · 2026-03-16 16:42:43 +00:00
  c04a0a7454
• app-server: add v2 filesystem APIs (#14245)

  Add a protocol-level filesystem surface to the v2 app-server so Codex
  clients can read and write files, inspect directories, and subscribe to
  path changes without relying on host-specific helpers.
  
  High-level changes:
  - define the new v2 fs/readFile, fs/writeFile, fs/createDirectory,
  fs/getMetadata, fs/readDirectory, fs/remove, fs/copy RPCs
  - implement the app-server handlers, including absolute-path validation,
  base64 file payloads, recursive copy/remove semantics
  - document the API, regenerate protocol schemas/types, and add
  end-to-end tests for filesystem operations, copy edge cases
  
  Testing plan:
  - validate protocol serialization and generated schema output for the
  new fs request, response, and notification types
  - run app-server integration coverage for file and directory CRUD paths,
  metadata/readDirectory responses, copy failure modes, and absolute-path
  validation

  Ruslan Nigmatullin · 2026-03-13 14:42:20 -07:00
  f8f82bfc2b
• app-server: Add platform os and family to init response (#14527)

  This allows the client to pick os-specific behavior while interacting
  with the app server, e.g. to use proper path separators.

  Ruslan Nigmatullin · 2026-03-13 19:07:54 +00:00
  50558e6507
• Start TUI on embedded app server (#14512)

  This PR is part of the effort to move the TUI on top of the app server.
  In a previous PR, we introduced an in-process app server and moved
  `exec` on top of it.
  
  For the TUI, we want to do the migration in stages. The app server
  doesn't currently expose all of the functionality required by the TUI,
  so we're going to need to support a hybrid approach as we make the
  transition.
  
  This PR changes the TUI initialization to instantiate an in-process app
  server and access its `AuthManager` and `ThreadManager` rather than
  constructing its own copies. It also adds a placeholder TUI event
  handler that will eventually translate app server events into TUI
  events. App server notifications are accepted but ignored for now. It
  also adds proper shutdown of the app server when the TUI terminates.

  Eric Traut · 2026-03-13 12:04:41 -06:00
  9dba7337f2
• Add plugin usage telemetry (#14531)

  adding metrics including: 
  * plugin used
  * plugin installed/uninstalled
  * plugin enabled/disabled

  alexsong-oai · 2026-03-12 19:22:30 -07:00
  1a363d5fcf
• feat(app-server): propagate traces across tasks and core ops (#14387)

  ## Summary
  
  This PR keeps app-server RPC request trace context alive for the full
  lifetime of the work that request kicks off (e.g. for `thread/start`,
  this is `app-server rpc handler -> tokio background task -> core op
  submissions`). Previously we lose trace lineage once the request handler
  returns or hands work off to background tasks.
  
  This approach is especially relevant for `thread/start` and other RPC
  handlers that run in a non-blocking way. In the near future we'll most
  likely want to make all app-server handlers run in a non-blocking way by
  default, and only queue operations that must operate in order (e.g.
  thread RPCs per thread?), so we want to make sure tracing in app-server
  just generally works.
  
  Depends on https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/14300
  
  **Before**
  <img width="155" height="207" alt="image"
  src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c9487459-36f1-436c-beb7-fafeb40737af"
  />
  
  
  **After**
  <img width="299" height="337" alt="image"
  src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/727392b2-d072-4427-9dc4-0502d8652dea"
  />
  
  ## What changed
  
  - Keep request-scoped trace context around until we send the final
  response or error, or the connection closes.
  - Thread that trace context through detached `thread/start` work so
  background startup stays attached to the originating request.
  - Pass request trace context through to downstream core operations,
  including:
    - thread creation
    - resume/fork flows
    - turn submission
    - review
    - interrupt
    - realtime conversation operations
  - Add tracing tests that verify:
    - remote W3C trace context is preserved for `thread/start`
    - remote W3C trace context is preserved for `turn/start`
    - downstream core spans stay under the originating request span
    - request-scoped tracing state is cleaned up correctly
  - Clean up shutdown behavior so detached background tasks and spawned
  threads are drained before process exit.

  Owen Lin · 2026-03-11 20:18:31 -07:00
  5bc82c5b93
• feat: support disabling bundled system skills (#13792)

  Support disable bundled system skills with a config:
  
  [skills.bundled]
  enabled = false

  xl-openai · 2026-03-09 22:02:53 -07:00
  0c33af7746
• fix(plugin): Also load curated plugins for TUI. (#14050)

  Also run maybe_start_curated_repo_sync_for_config at TUI start time.

  xl-openai · 2026-03-09 11:05:02 -07:00
  c1f3ef16ec
• Order websocket initialize after handshake (#13943)

  ## What changed
  - `app-server` now sends initialize notifications to the specific
  websocket connection before that connection is marked outbound-ready.
  - `message_processor` now exposes the forwarding hook needed to target
  that initialize delivery path.
  
  ## Why this fixes the flake
  - This was a real websocket ordering bug.
  - The old code allowed “connection is ready for outbound broadcasts” to
  become true before the initialize notification had been routed to the
  intended client.
  - On CI this showed up as a race where tests would occasionally miss or
  misorder initialize delivery depending on scheduler timing.
  - Sending initialize to the exact connection first, then exposing it to
  the general outbound path, removes that race instead of hiding it with
  timing slack.
  
  ## Scope
  - Production logic change.

  Ahmed Ibrahim · 2026-03-09 10:27:19 -07:00
  0dc242a672
• Add in-process app server and wire up exec to use it (#14005)

  This is a subset of PR #13636. See that PR for a full overview of the
  architectural change.
  
  This PR implements the in-process app server and modifies the
  non-interactive "exec" entry point to use the app server.
  
  ---------
  
  Co-authored-by: Felipe Coury <felipe.coury@gmail.com>

  Eric Traut · 2026-03-08 18:43:55 -06:00
  da3689f0ef
• [app-server] Support hot-reload user config when batch writing config. (#13839)

  - [x] Support hot-reload user config when batch writing config.

  Matthew Zeng · 2026-03-08 17:38:01 -07:00
  a684a36091
• feat: Add curated plugin marketplace + Metadata Cleanup. (#13712)

  1. Add a synced curated plugin marketplace and include it in marketplace
  discovery.
  2. Expose optional plugin.json interface metadata in plugin/list
  3. Tighten plugin and marketplace path handling using validated absolute
  paths.
  4. Let manifests override skill, MCP, and app config paths.
  5. Restrict plugin enablement/config loading to the user config layer so
  plugin enablement is at global level

  xl-openai · 2026-03-06 19:39:35 -05:00
  0243734300
• app-server: source /feedback logs from sqlite at trace level (#12969)

  ## Summary
  - write app-server SQLite logs at TRACE level when SQLite is enabled
  - source app-server `/feedback` log attachments from SQLite for the
  requested thread when available
  - flush buffered SQLite log writes before `/feedback` queries them so
  newly emitted events are not lost behind the async inserter
  - include same-process threadless SQLite rows in those `/feedback` logs
  so the attachment matches the process-wide feedback buffer more closely
  - keep the existing in-memory ring buffer fallback unchanged, including
  when the SQLite query returns no rows
  
  ## Details
  - add a byte-bounded `query_feedback_logs` helper in `codex-state` so
  `/feedback` does not fetch all rows before truncating
  - scope SQLite feedback logs to the requested thread plus threadless
  rows from the same `process_uuid`
  - format exported SQLite feedback lines with the log level prefix to
  better match the in-memory feedback formatter
  - add an explicit `LogDbLayer::flush()` control path and await it in
  app-server before querying SQLite for feedback logs
  - pass optional SQLite log bytes through `codex-feedback` as the
  `codex-logs.log` attachment override
  - leave TUI behavior unchanged apart from the updated `upload_feedback`
  call signature
  - add regression coverage for:
    - newest-within-budget ordering
    - excluding oversized newest rows
    - including same-process threadless rows
    - keeping the newest suffix across mixed thread and threadless rows
    - matching the feedback formatter shape aside from span prefixes
    - falling back to the in-memory snapshot when SQLite returns no logs
    - flushing buffered SQLite rows before querying
  
  ## Follow-up
  - SQLite feedback exports still do not reproduce span prefixes like
  `feedback-thread{thread_id=...}:`; there is a `TODO(ccunningham)` in
  `codex-rs/state/src/log_db.rs` for that follow-up.
  
  ## Testing
  - `cd codex-rs && cargo test -p codex-state`
  - `cd codex-rs && cargo test -p codex-app-server`
  - `cd codex-rs && just fmt`

  Charley Cunningham · 2026-03-03 11:17:06 -08:00
  c4bd0aa3b9
• fix(app-server): emit turn/started only when turn actually starts (#13261)

  This is a follow-up for https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/13047
  
  ## Why
  We had a race where `turn/started` could be observed before the thread
  had actually transitioned to `Active`. This was because we eagerly
  emitted `turn/started` in the request handler for `turn/start` (and
  `review/start`).
  
  That was showing up as flaky `thread/resume` tests, but the real issue
  was broader: a client could see `turn/started` and still get back an
  idle thread immediately afterward.
  
  The first idea was to eagerly call
  `thread_watch_manager.note_turn_started(...)` from the `turn/start`
  request path. That turns out to be unsafe, because
  `submit(Op::UserInput)` only queues work. If a turn starts and completes
  quickly, request-path bookkeeping can race with the real lifecycle
  events and leave stale running state behind.
  
  **The real fix** is to move `turn/started` to emit only after the turn
  _actually_ starts, so we do that by waiting for the
  `EventMsg::TurnStarted` notification emitted by codex core. We do this
  for both `turn/start` and `review/start`.
  
  I also verified this change is safe for our first-party codex apps -
  they don't have any assumptions that `turn/started` is emitted before
  the RPC response to `turn/start` (which is correct anyway).
  
  I also removed `single_client_mode` since it isn't really necessary now.
  
  ## Testing
  - `cargo test -p codex-app-server thread_resume -- --nocapture`
  - `cargo test -p codex-app-server
  'suite::v2::turn_start::turn_start_emits_notifications_and_accepts_model_override'
  -- --exact --nocapture`
  - `cargo test -p codex-app-server`

  Owen Lin · 2026-03-02 16:43:31 -08:00
  146b798129
• feat(app-server): add tracing to all app-server APIs (#13285)

  ### Overview
  This PR adds the first piece of tracing for app-server JSON-RPC
  requests.
  
  There are two main changes:
  - JSON-RPC requests can now take an optional W3C trace context at the
  top level via a `trace` field (`traceparent` / `tracestate`).
  - app-server now creates a dedicated request span for every inbound
  JSON-RPC request in `MessageProcessor`, and uses the request-level trace
  context as the parent when present.
  
  For compatibility with existing flows, app-server still falls back to
  the TRACEPARENT env var when there is no request-level traceparent.
  
  This PR is intentionally scoped to the app-server boundary. In a
  followup, we'll actually propagate trace context through the async
  handoff into core execution spans like run_turn, which will make
  app-server traces much more useful.
  
  ### Spans
  A few details on the app-server span shape:
  - each inbound request gets its own server span
  - span/resource names are based on the JSON-RPC method (`initialize`,
  `thread/start`, `turn/start`, etc.)
  - spans record transport (stdio vs websocket), request id, connection
  id, and client name/version when available
  - `initialize` stores client metadata in session state so later requests
  on the same connection can reuse it

  Owen Lin · 2026-03-02 16:01:41 -08:00
  d473e8d56d
• fix(app-server): make thread/start non-blocking (#13033)

  Stop `thread/start` from blocking other app-server requests.
  
  Before this change, `thread/start ran` inline on the request loop, so
  slow startup paths like MCP auth checks could hold up unrelated requests
  on the same connection, including `thread/loaded/list`. This moves
  `thread/start` into a background task.
  
  While doing so, it revealed an issue where we were doing nested locking
  (and there were some race conditions possible that could introduce a
  "phantom listener"). This PR also refactors the listener/subscription
  bookkeeping - listener/subscription state is now centralized in
  `ThreadStateManager` instead of being split across multiple lock
  domains. That makes late auto-attach on `thread/start` race-safe and
  avoids reintroducing disconnected clients as phantom subscribers.

  Owen Lin · 2026-02-28 01:40:08 +00:00
  8fa792868c
• notify: include client in legacy hook payload (#12968)

  ## Why
  
  The `notify` hook payload did not identify which Codex client started
  the turn. That meant downstream notification hooks could not distinguish
  between completions coming from the TUI and completions coming from
  app-server clients such as VS Code or Xcode. Now that the Codex App
  provides its own desktop notifications, it would be nice to be able to
  filter those out.
  
  This change adds that context without changing the existing payload
  shape for callers that do not know the client name, and keeps the new
  end-to-end test cross-platform.
  
  ## What changed
  
  - added an optional top-level `client` field to the legacy `notify` JSON
  payload
  - threaded that value through `core` and `hooks`; the internal session
  and turn state now carries it as `app_server_client_name`
  - set the field to `codex-tui` for TUI turns
  - captured `initialize.clientInfo.name` in the app server and applied it
  to subsequent turns before dispatching hooks
  - replaced the notify integration test hook with a `python3` script so
  the test does not rely on Unix shell permissions or `bash`
  - documented the new field in `docs/config.md`
  
  ## Testing
  
  - `cargo test -p codex-hooks`
  - `cargo test -p codex-tui`
  - `cargo test -p codex-app-server
  suite::v2::initialize::turn_start_notify_payload_includes_initialize_client_name
  -- --exact --nocapture`
  - `cargo test -p codex-core` (`src/lib.rs` passed; `core/tests/all.rs`
  still has unrelated existing failures in this environment)
  
  ## Docs
  
  The public config reference on `developers.openai.com/codex` should
  mention that the legacy `notify` payload may include a top-level
  `client` field. The TUI reports `codex-tui`, and the app server reports
  `initialize.clientInfo.name` when it is available.

  Michael Bolin · 2026-02-26 22:27:34 -08:00
  e6cd75a684
• Enable request_user_input in Default mode (#12735)

  ## Summary
  - allow `request_user_input` in Default collaboration mode as well as
  Plan
  - update the Default-mode instructions to prefer assumptions first and
  use `request_user_input` only when a question is unavoidable
  - update request_user_input and app-server tests to match the new
  Default-mode behavior
  - refactor collaboration-mode availability plumbing into
  `CollaborationModesConfig` for future mode-related flags
  
  ## Codex author
  `codex resume 019c9124-ed28-7c13-96c6-b916b1c97d49`

  Charley Cunningham · 2026-02-25 15:20:46 -08:00
  2f4d6ded1d
• feat(app-server): thread/unsubscribe API (#10954)

  Adds a new v2 app-server API for a client to be able to unsubscribe to a
  thread:
  - New RPC method: `thread/unsubscribe`
  - New server notification: `thread/closed`
  
  Today clients can start/resume/archive threads, but there wasn’t a way
  to explicitly unload a live thread from memory without archiving it.
  With `thread/unsubscribe`, a client can indicate it is no longer
  actively working with a live Thread. If this is the only client
  subscribed to that given thread, the thread will be automatically closed
  by app-server, at which point the server will send `thread/closed` and
  `thread/status/changed` with `status: notLoaded` notifications.
  
  This gives clients a way to prevent long-running app-server processes
  from accumulating too many thread (and related) objects in memory.
  
  Closed threads will also be removed from `thread/loaded/list`.

  Owen Lin · 2026-02-25 13:14:30 -08:00
  21f7032dbb
• Support external agent config detect and import (#12660)

  Migration Behavior
  
  * Config
    *  Migrates settings.json into config.toml
  * Only adds fields when config.toml is missing, or when those fields are
  missing from the existing file
    *  Supported mappings:
      env -> shell_environment_policy
       sandbox.enabled = true -> sandbox_mode = "workspace-write"
  
  * Skills
    *  Copies home and repo .claude/skills into .agents/skills
    *  Existing skill directories are not overwritten
    *  SKILL.md content is rewritten from Claude-related terms to Codex
  
  * AgentsMd
    *  Repo only
    *  Migrates CLAUDE.md into AGENTS.md
  * Detect/import only proceed when AGENTS.md is missing or present but
  empty
    *  Content is rewritten from Claude-related terms to Codex

  alexsong-oai · 2026-02-25 02:11:51 -08:00
  6d6570d89d
• feat: add experimental additionalPermissions to v2 command execution approval requests (#12737)

  This adds additionalPermissions to the app-server v2
  item/commandExecution/requestApproval payload as an experimental field.
  
  The field is now exposed on CommandExecutionRequestApprovalParams and is
  populated from the existing core approval event when a command requests
  additional sandbox permissions.
  
  This PR also contains changes to make server requests to support
  experiment API.
  
  A real app server test client test:
  
  sample payload with experimental flag off:
  ```
   {
  <   "id": 0,
  <   "method": "item/commandExecution/requestApproval",
  <   "params": {
  <     "command": "/bin/zsh -lc 'mkdir -p ~/some/test && touch ~/some/test/file'",
  <     "commandActions": [
  <       {
  <         "command": "mkdir -p '~/some/test'",
  <         "type": "unknown"
  <       },
  <       {
  <         "command": "touch '~/some/test/file'",
  <         "type": "unknown"
  <       }
  <     ],
  <     "cwd": "/Users/celia/code/codex/codex-rs",
  <     "itemId": "call_QLp0LWkQ1XkU6VW9T2vUZFWB",
  <     "proposedExecpolicyAmendment": [
  <       "mkdir",
  <       "-p",
  <       "~/some/test"
  <     ],
  <     "reason": "Do you want to allow creating ~/some/test/file outside the workspace?",
  <     "threadId": "019c9309-e209-7d82-a01b-dcf9556a354d",
  <     "turnId": "019c9309-e27a-7f33-834f-6011e795c2d6"
  <   }
  < }
  ```
  with experimental flag on: 
  ```
  < {
  <   "id": 0,
  <   "method": "item/commandExecution/requestApproval",
  <   "params": {
  <     "additionalPermissions": {
  <       "fileSystem": null,
  <       "macos": null,
  <       "network": true
  <     },
  <     "command": "/bin/zsh -lc 'install -D /dev/null ~/some/test/file'",
  <     "commandActions": [
  <       {
  <         "command": "install -D /dev/null '~/some/test/file'",
  <         "type": "unknown"
  <       }
  <     ],
  <     "cwd": "/Users/celia/code/codex/codex-rs",
  <     "itemId": "call_K3U4b3dRbj3eMCqslmncbGsq",
  <     "proposedExecpolicyAmendment": [
  <       "install",
  <       "-D"
  <     ],
  <     "reason": "Do you want to allow creating the file at ~/some/test/file outside the workspace sandbox?",
  <     "threadId": "019c9303-3a8e-76e1-81bf-d67ac446d892",
  <     "turnId": "019c9303-3af1-7143-88a1-73132f771234"
  <   }
  < }
  ```

  Celia Chen · 2026-02-25 05:16:35 +00:00
  1151972fb2
• feat: pass helper executable paths via Arg0DispatchPaths (#12719)

  ## Why
  
  `codex-rs/core/src/tools/runtimes/shell/unix_escalation.rs` previously
  located `codex-execve-wrapper` by scanning `PATH` and sibling
  directories. That lookup is brittle and can select the wrong binary when
  the runtime environment differs from startup assumptions.
  
  We already pass `codex-linux-sandbox` from `codex-arg0`;
  `codex-execve-wrapper` should use the same startup-driven path plumbing.
  
  ## What changed
  
  - Introduced `Arg0DispatchPaths` in `codex-arg0` to carry both helper
  executable paths:
    - `codex_linux_sandbox_exe`
    - `main_execve_wrapper_exe`
  - Updated `arg0_dispatch_or_else()` to pass `Arg0DispatchPaths` to
  top-level binaries and preserve helper paths created in
  `prepend_path_entry_for_codex_aliases()`.
  - Threaded `Arg0DispatchPaths` through entrypoints in `cli`, `exec`,
  `tui`, `app-server`, and `mcp-server`.
  - Added `main_execve_wrapper_exe` to core configuration plumbing
  (`Config`, `ConfigOverrides`, and `SessionServices`).
  - Updated zsh-fork shell escalation to consume the configured
  `main_execve_wrapper_exe` and removed path-sniffing fallback logic.
  - Updated app-server config reload paths so reloaded configs keep the
  same startup-provided helper executable paths.
  
  ## References
  
  - [`Arg0DispatchPaths`
  definition](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/e355b43d5c2a771f045296a6deae10d7c9c36ec6/codex-rs/arg0/src/lib.rs#L20-L24)
  - [`arg0_dispatch_or_else()` forwarding both
  paths](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/e355b43d5c2a771f045296a6deae10d7c9c36ec6/codex-rs/arg0/src/lib.rs#L145-L176)
  - [zsh-fork escalation using configured wrapper
  path](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/e355b43d5c2a771f045296a6deae10d7c9c36ec6/codex-rs/core/src/tools/runtimes/shell/unix_escalation.rs#L109-L150)
  
  ## Testing
  
  - `cargo check -p codex-arg0 -p codex-core -p codex-exec -p codex-tui -p
  codex-mcp-server -p codex-app-server`
  - `cargo test -p codex-arg0`
  - `cargo test -p codex-core tools::runtimes::shell::unix_escalation:: --
  --nocapture`

  Michael Bolin · 2026-02-24 17:44:38 -08:00
  e88f74d140
• codex-rs/app-server: graceful websocket restart on Ctrl-C (#12517)

  ## Summary
  - add graceful websocket app-server restart on Ctrl-C by draining until
  no assistant turns are running
  - stop the websocket acceptor and disconnect existing connections once
  the drain condition is met
  - add a websocket integration test that verifies Ctrl-C waits for an
  in-flight turn before exit
  
  ## Verification
  - `cargo check -p codex-app-server --quiet`
  - `cargo test -p codex-app-server --test all
  suite::v2::connection_handling_websocket`
  - I (maxj) tested remote and local Codex.app
  
  ---------
  
  Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>

  Max Johnson · 2026-02-24 16:27:59 -08:00
  5163850025
• Add app-server event tracing (#12695)

  To help with debugging

  pakrym-oai · 2026-02-24 14:45:50 -08:00
  5571a022eb
• app-server: box request dispatch future to reduce stack pressure (#12421)
  Charley Cunningham · 2026-02-23 10:05:41 -08:00
  3cea3e665e
• app-server: improve thread resume rejoin flow (#11776)

  thread/resume response includes latest turn with all items, in band so
  no events are stale or lost
  
  Testing
  - e2e tested using app-server-test-client using flow described in
  "Testing Thread Rejoin Behavior" in
  codex-rs/app-server-test-client/README.md
  - e2e tested in codex desktop by reconnecting to a running turn

  Max Johnson · 2026-02-20 05:29:05 +00:00
  b06f91c4fe
• client side modelinfo overrides (#12101)

  TL;DR
  Add top-level `model_catalog_json` config support so users can supply a
  local model catalog override from a JSON file path (including adding new
  models) without backend changes.
  
  ### Problem
  Codex previously had no clean client-side way to replace/overlay model
  catalog data for local testing of model metadata and new model entries.
  
  ### Fix
  - Add top-level `model_catalog_json` config field (JSON file path).
  - Apply catalog entries when resolving `ModelInfo`:
    1. Base resolved model metadata (remote/fallback)
    2. Catalog overlay from `model_catalog_json`
  3. Existing global top-level overrides (`model_context_window`,
  `model_supports_reasoning_summaries`, etc.)
  
  ### Note
  Will revisit per-field overrides in a follow-up
  
  ### Tests
  Added tests

  sayan-oai · 2026-02-19 10:38:57 -08:00
  d54999d006
• fix(app-server): surface more helpful errors for json-rpc (#11638)

  Propagate client JSON-RPC errors for app-server request callbacks.
  Previously a number of possible errors were collapsed to `channel
  closed`. Now we should be able to see the underlying client error.
  
  ### Summary
  This change stops masking client JSON-RPC error responses as generic
  callback cancellation in app-server server->client request flows.
  
  Previously, when the client responded with a JSON-RPC error, we removed
  the callback entry but did not send anything to the waiting oneshot
  receiver. Waiters then observed channel closure (for example, auth
  refresh request canceled: channel closed), which hid the actual client
  error.
  
  Now, client JSON-RPC errors are forwarded through the callback channel
  and handled explicitly by request consumers.
  
  ### User-visible behavior
  - External auth refresh now surfaces real client JSON-RPC errors when
  provided.
  - True transport/callback-drop cases still report
  canceled/channel-closed semantics.
  
  ### Example: client JSON-RPC error is now propagated (not masked as
  "canceled")
  
  When app-server asks the client to refresh ChatGPT auth tokens, it sends
  a server->client JSON-RPC request like:
  
  ```json
  {
    "id": 42,
    "method": "account/chatgptAuthTokens/refresh",
    "params": {
      "reason": "unauthorized",
      "previousAccountId": "org-abc"
    }
  }
  ```
  
  If the client cannot refresh and responds with a JSON-RPC error:
  ```
  {
    "id": 42,
    "error": {
      "code": -32000,
      "message": "refresh failed",
      "data": null
    }
  }
  ```
  
  app-server now forwards that error through the callback path and
  surfaces:
  `auth refresh request failed: code=-32000 message=refresh failed`
  
  Previously, this same case could be reported as:
  `auth refresh request canceled: channel closed`

  Owen Lin · 2026-02-13 00:14:55 +00:00
  8d97b5c246
• app-server: thread resume subscriptions (#11474)

  This stack layer makes app-server thread event delivery connection-aware
  so resumed/attached threads only emit notifications and approval prompts
  to subscribed connections.
  
  - Added per-thread subscription tracking in `ThreadState`
  (`subscribed_connections`) and mapped subscription ids to `(thread_id,
  connection_id)`.
  - Updated listener lifecycle so removing a subscription or closing a
  connection only removes that connection from the thread’s subscriber
  set; listener shutdown now happens when the last subscriber is gone.
  - Added `connection_closed(connection_id)` plumbing (`lib.rs` ->
  `message_processor.rs` -> `codex_message_processor.rs`) so disconnect
  cleanup happens immediately.
  - Scoped bespoke event handling outputs through `TargetedOutgoing` to
  send requests/notifications only to subscribed connections.
  - Kept existing threadresume behavior while aligning with the latest
  split-loop transport structure.

  Max Johnson · 2026-02-11 16:21:13 -08:00
  c0ecc2e1e1
• Reapply "Add app-server transport layer with websocket support" (#11370)

  Reapply "Add app-server transport layer with websocket support" with
  additional fixes from https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/11313/changes
  to avoid deadlocking.
  
  This reverts commit 47356ff83c.
  
  ## Summary
  
  To avoid deadlocking when queues are full, we maintain separate tokio
  tasks dedicated to incoming vs outgoing event handling
  - split the app-server main loop into two tasks in
  `run_main_with_transport`
     - inbound handling (`transport_event_rx`)
     - outbound handling (`outgoing_rx` + `thread_created_rx`)
  - separate incoming and outgoing websocket tasks
  
  ## Validation
  
  Integration tests, testing thoroughly e2e in codex app w/ >10 concurrent
  requests
  
  <img width="1365" height="979" alt="Screenshot 2026-02-10 at 2 54 22 PM"
  src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/47ca2c13-f322-4e5c-bedd-25859cbdc45f"
  />
  
  ---------
  
  Co-authored-by: jif-oai <jif@openai.com>

  Max Johnson · 2026-02-11 18:13:39 +00:00
  7053aa5457
• feat: opt-out of events in the app-server (#11319)

  Add `optOutNotificationMethods` in the app-server to opt-out events
  based on exact method matching

  jif-oai · 2026-02-10 18:04:52 +00:00
  a364dd8b56
• Revert "Add app-server transport layer with websocket support (#10693)" (#11323)

  Suspected cause of deadlocking bug

  Max Johnson · 2026-02-10 17:37:49 +00:00
  47356ff83c
• fix(app-server): for external auth, replace id_token with chatgpt_acc… (#11240)

  …ount_id and chatgpt_plan_type
  
  ### Summary
  Following up on external auth mode which was introduced here:
  https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/10012
  
  Turns out some clients have a differently shaped ID token and don't have
  a chosen workspace (aka chatgpt_account_id) encoded in their ID token.
  So, let's replace `id_token` param with `chatgpt_account_id` and
  `chatgpt_plan_type` (optional) when initializing the external ChatGPT
  auth mode (`account/login/start` with `chatgptAuthTokens`).
  
  The client was able to test end-to-end with a Codex build from this
  branch and verified it worked!

  Owen Lin · 2026-02-09 20:48:58 -08:00
  53741013ab
• Sync app-server requirements API with refreshed cloud loader (#10815)

  configRequirements/read now returns updated cloud requirements after
  login.

  xl-openai · 2026-02-05 14:43:31 -08:00
  43a7290f11
• Add app-server transport layer with websocket support (#10693)

  - Adds --listen <URL> to codex app-server with two listen modes:
        - stdio:// (default, existing behavior)
        - ws://IP:PORT (new websocket transport)
    - Refactors message routing to be connection-aware:
  - Tracks per-connection session state (initialize/experimental
  capability)
        - Routes responses/errors to the originating connection
  - Broadcasts server notifications/requests to initialized connections
  - Updates initialization semantics to be per connection (not
  process-global), and updates app-server docs accordingly.
  - Adds websocket accept/read/write handling (JSON-RPC per text frame,
  ping/pong handling, connection lifecycle events).
  
  Testing
  
  - Unit tests for transport URL parsing and targeted response/error
  routing.
    - New websocket integration test validating:
        - per-connection initialization requirements
        - no cross-connection response leakage
        - same request IDs on different connections route independently.

  Max Johnson · 2026-02-05 20:56:34 +00:00
  8473096efb
• feat: experimental flags (#10231)

  ## Problem being solved
  - We need a single, reliable way to mark app-server API surface as
  experimental so that:
    1. the runtime can reject experimental usage unless the client opts in
  2. generated TS/JSON schemas can exclude experimental methods/fields for
  stable clients.
  
  Right now that’s easy to drift or miss when done ad-hoc.
  
  ## How to declare experimental methods and fields
  - **Experimental method**: add `#[experimental("method/name")]` to the
  `ClientRequest` variant in `client_request_definitions!`.
  - **Experimental field**: on the params struct, derive `ExperimentalApi`
  and annotate the field with `#[experimental("method/name.field")]` + set
  `inspect_params: true` for the method variant so
  `ClientRequest::experimental_reason()` inspects params for experimental
  fields.
  
  ## How the macro solves it
  - The new derive macro lives in
  `codex-rs/codex-experimental-api-macros/src/lib.rs` and is used via
  `#[derive(ExperimentalApi)]` plus `#[experimental("reason")]`
  attributes.
  - **Structs**:
  - Generates `ExperimentalApi::experimental_reason(&self)` that checks
  only annotated fields.
    - The “presence” check is type-aware:
      - `Option<T>`: `is_some_and(...)` recursively checks inner.
      - `Vec`/`HashMap`/`BTreeMap`: must be non-empty.
      - `bool`: must be `true`.
      - Other types: considered present (returns `true`).
  - Registers each experimental field in an `inventory` with `(type_name,
  serialized field name, reason)` and exposes `EXPERIMENTAL_FIELDS` for
  that type. Field names are converted from `snake_case` to `camelCase`
  for schema/TS filtering.
  - **Enums**:
  - Generates an exhaustive `match` returning `Some(reason)` for annotated
  variants and `None` otherwise (no wildcard arm).
  - **Wiring**:
  - Runtime gating uses `ExperimentalApi::experimental_reason()` in
  `codex-rs/app-server/src/message_processor.rs` to reject requests unless
  `InitializeParams.capabilities.experimental_api == true`.
  - Schema/TS export filters use the inventory list and
  `EXPERIMENTAL_CLIENT_METHODS` from `client_request_definitions!` to
  strip experimental methods/fields when `experimental_api` is false.

  jif-oai · 2026-02-02 11:06:50 +00:00
  3cc9122ee2
• Add enforce_residency to requirements (#10263)

  Add `enforce_residency` to requirements.toml and thread it through to a
  header on `default_client`.

  gt-oai · 2026-01-31 00:26:25 +00:00
  149f3aa27a