codex

[codex] Allow empty turn/start requests (#23409 )

## Why

`turn/start` already accepts an input array on the wire, including an
empty array, but core treated empty input as a no-op before the turn
could reach the model. App-server clients need to be able to start a
real turn even when there is no new user message, for example to let the
model proceed from existing thread context.

## What changed

- Removed the `run_turn` early return that skipped empty-input turns
when there was no pending input.
- Kept empty active-turn steering rejected by moving the `steer_input`
empty-input check until after core has determined whether there is an
active regular turn.
- Empty regular turns now refresh `previous_turn_settings` like other
regular turns, so follow-up context injection state advances
consistently.
- Added an app-server v2 integration test proving `turn/start` with
`input: []` emits started/completed notifications, sends one Responses
request, and does not synthesize an empty user message.

## Validation

- `cargo test -p codex-app-server --test all
turn_start_with_empty_input_runs_model_request`

pakrym-oai · 2026-05-19 08:39:45 -07:00

ef24ef127f

Defer v1 multi-agent tools behind tool search (#23144 )

Summary: defer v1 multi-agent tools when tool_search and namespace tools
are available; keep concise searchable descriptions and move the v1
usage guidance into developer instructions; add targeted coverage.
Testing: not run per request; ran just fmt.

jif-oai · 2026-05-19 15:04:35 +02:00

b3ae3de405

Add body_after_prefix auto-compact token limit scope (#22870 )

## Why

`model_auto_compact_token_limit` has only been able to budget the full
active context. That makes it hard to set a small "growth since
compaction" budget for sessions that preserve a large carried window
prefix: the preserved prefix can consume the whole budget and force
immediate repeated compaction.

This PR adds an opt-in `body_after_prefix` scope so callers can apply
`model_auto_compact_token_limit` to sampled output and later growth
after the current carried prefix, while still forcing compaction before
the full model context window is exhausted.

## What changed

- Adds `AutoCompactTokenLimitScope` with the existing `total` behavior
as the default and a new `body_after_prefix` mode:
[`config_types.rs`](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/973806b1cb35792555bead994cb3ed94656eb171/codex-rs/protocol/src/config_types.rs#L24-L37).
- Threads `model_auto_compact_token_limit_scope` through config loading,
`Config`, `core-api`, and app-server v2 schema/TypeScript generation.
- Records the first observed input-token count for a `body_after_prefix`
compaction window and uses it as the baseline when deciding whether the
scoped auto-compaction budget is exhausted:
[`turn.rs`](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/973806b1cb35792555bead994cb3ed94656eb171/codex-rs/core/src/session/turn.rs#L743-L781).
- Keeps a hard context-window cap in `body_after_prefix`, so scoped
budgeting cannot let the active context overrun the usable window.

## Verification

Added compact-suite coverage for the two key behaviors:
`body_after_prefix` does not re-compact just because the carried prefix
is larger than the scoped budget, and it still compacts when the total
active context reaches the configured context window:
[`compact.rs`](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/973806b1cb35792555bead994cb3ed94656eb171/codex-rs/core/tests/suite/compact.rs#L3003-L3128).

jif-oai · 2026-05-19 10:19:46 +00:00

80fdd4688f

Remove ToolsConfig from tool planning (#22835 )

## Why

`codex-tools` is meant to hold reusable tool primitives, but
`ToolsConfig` had become a second copy of core runtime decisions instead
of a small shared contract. It carried provider capabilities, auth/model
gates, permission and environment state, web/search/image feature gates,
multi-agent settings, and goal availability from core into `codex-tools`
([definition](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/22dd9ad3929253ed24d7ee4f10f238e95ab25f37/codex-rs/tools/src/tool_config.rs#L97),
[stored on each
`TurnContext`](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/22dd9ad3929253ed24d7ee4f10f238e95ab25f37/codex-rs/core/src/session/turn_context.rs#L87)).
Every session/context variant then had to build and mutate that snapshot
before assembling tools.

This PR removes that master object instead of renaming it. Tool planning
now reads the live `TurnContext`, where `codex-core` already owns those
decisions, while `codex-tools` keeps only reusable primitives and a
generic `ToolSetBuilder`/`ToolSet` accumulator.

## What Changed

- Removed `ToolsConfig` / `ToolsConfigParams` from `codex-tools`; the
crate keeps the shared helpers that still belong there, including
request-user-input mode selection, shell backend/type resolution,
`UnifiedExecShellMode`, and `ToolEnvironmentMode`.
- Replaced config-snapshot planning with `ToolRouter::from_turn_context`
and a `spec_plan` pipeline over `CoreToolPlanContext`, deriving provider
capabilities, auth gates, model support, feature gates, environment
count, goal support, multi-agent options, web search, and image
generation from the authoritative turn state.
- Added generic `codex_tools::ToolSetBuilder` / `ToolSet`, plus the
small core adapter needed to accumulate `CoreToolRuntime` values and
hosted model specs.
- Added the `tool_family::shell` registration module and moved
shell/unified-exec/memory accounting call sites to read the narrow
per-turn fields directly.
- Narrowed `TurnContext` to the remaining explicit per-turn fields
needed by planning: `available_models`, `unified_exec_shell_mode`, and
`goal_tools_supported`.
- Reworked MCP exposure and tool-search setup so deferred/direct MCP
behavior is driven by the current turn rather than a precomputed config
snapshot.
- Replaced the large expected-spec fixture tests with focused
behavior-level coverage for shell tools, environments, goal and
agent-job gates, MCP direct/deferred exposure, tool search,
request-plugin-install, code mode, multi-agent mode, hosted tools, and
extension executor dispatch.

## Verification

- `cargo check -p codex-tools`
- `cargo check -p codex-core --lib`
- `cargo test -p codex-tools`
- `cargo test -p codex-core spec_plan --lib`
- `cargo test -p codex-core router --lib`

jif-oai · 2026-05-19 11:24:09 +02:00

05e171094d

feat: dedicated goal DB (#23300 )

## Why

Thread goals are moving toward extension-owned runtime behavior, but
their persisted state was still stored in the shared state database.
This makes the goal store harder to isolate and keeps future storage
splits tied to ad hoc runtime plumbing.

This PR gives goals their own SQLite database while keeping the existing
`StateRuntime` entry point. The goal is to make this the pattern for
adding more dedicated runtime databases later.

This also reduce load on existing DB and reduce contention

## Limitation
Thread preview from goal is not supported anymore. I'm looking into this
[EDIT]: solved

## What changed

- Added a dedicated `goals_1.sqlite` database with its own
`goals_migrations` directory.
- Moved `thread_goals` creation into the goals DB migration set.
- Dropped the old `thread_goals` table from the main state DB with a
normal state migration. There is intentionally no backfill for existing
goal rows.
- Changed `GoalStore` to be backed only by the goals DB pool.
- Removed the old goal-write side effect that filled empty
`threads.preview` values from the goal objective.
- Added shared runtime DB path metadata so startup, telemetry, `codex
doctor`, and repair handling can include future DBs without bespoke path
lists.
- Updated Bazel compile data so the new goals migration directory is
available to `sqlx::migrate!`.

## Verification

- `cargo check --tests -p codex-state -p codex-cli -p codex-core -p
codex-app-server`
- `just fix -p codex-state`
- `just fix -p codex-cli`
- `just fix -p codex-app-server`

jif-oai · 2026-05-19 11:11:41 +02:00

ba57aab13a

Preserve context baselines for full-history agent forks (#23352 )

## Why

Full-history agent forks should continue from the same prompt prefix as
the parent. Dropping the stored `TurnContext` baseline forced the child
to rebuild startup context on its first turn, which can duplicate
developer instructions and also loses the cache continuity that a
full-history fork is supposed to preserve.

Truncated forks are different: once we keep only the last N turns, the
original prompt prefix is no longer intact, so the child must establish
a fresh context baseline.

## What changed

- Preserve `RolloutItem::TurnContext` when forking with
`SpawnAgentForkMode::FullHistory`, and keep dropping it for truncated
forks:
https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/4090717d94c1fc7f33c9bd122be133a0c5752052/codex-rs/core/src/agent/control.rs#L98-L126
and
https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/4090717d94c1fc7f33c9bd122be133a0c5752052/codex-rs/core/src/agent/control.rs#L399-L401
- Remove the special-case MultiAgentV2 usage-hint filtering path.
Full-history fork now preserves the cached developer prefix instead of
trying to reconstruct part of it.
- Extend the fork coverage to assert both sides of the contract:
full-history forks keep the parent reference baseline, while last-N
forks rebuild context after truncation:
https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/4090717d94c1fc7f33c9bd122be133a0c5752052/codex-rs/core/src/agent/control_tests.rs#L603-L759
and
https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/4090717d94c1fc7f33c9bd122be133a0c5752052/codex-rs/core/src/agent/control_tests.rs#L854-L977

## Verification

- `cargo test -p codex-core
spawn_agent_can_fork_parent_thread_history_with_sanitized_items --
--nocapture`
- `RUST_MIN_STACK=16777216 cargo test -p codex-core
spawn_agent_fork_last_n_turns_keeps_only_recent_turns -- --nocapture`

jif-oai · 2026-05-19 10:34:24 +02:00

826b2182ed

core: expose permission profile picker metadata (#22928 )

## Why

The `/permissions` picker needs a config-level way to distinguish legacy
anonymous presets from named permission-profile mode. That signal cannot
be inferred reliably in the TUI, especially for the edge case where
`default_permissions = ":workspace"` is present without a
`[permissions]` table.

## What changed

- Expose whether the merged config is explicitly in permission-profile
mode.
- Expose the configured custom permission profile IDs alongside the
built-in profile semantics.
- Add regression coverage for profile mode detection and custom profile
metadata, including the `default_permissions = ":workspace"` case.
- Update the thread-manager sample config literal to match the expanded
config shape.

## Stack

1. **This PR**: config metadata needed by downstream permission-profile
consumers.
2. [#22931](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/22931): refresh active
permission profiles through runtime/session/network state.
3. [#21559](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/21559): switch
`/permissions` to the profile-aware TUI picker.

## Verification

- `cargo check -p codex-thread-manager-sample`
- `cargo test -p codex-core
default_permissions_can_select_builtin_profile_without_permissions_table`
- `cargo test -p codex-core
permissions_profiles_allow_direct_write_roots_outside_workspace_root`

viyatb-oai · 2026-05-18 23:26:17 -07:00

3009e23644

Remove explicit connector tool undeferral (#23390 )

## Summary
- remove the explicit-connector carveout that kept mentioned app tools
directly exposed instead of deferred
- keep the surviving explicit-mention reconstruction only for analytics,
preserving `codex_app_mentioned` and `codex_app_used.invoke_type`
- trim the now-unused prompt/tool-exposure plumbing and refresh coverage
around always-defer behavior

## Verification
- `just fmt`
- `cargo test -p codex-analytics`
- `cargo test -p codex-core` *(one transient timeout in
`shell_snapshot::tests::macos_zsh_snapshot_includes_sections`; isolated
rerun passed)*
- `cargo test -p codex-core --lib
shell_snapshot::tests::macos_zsh_snapshot_includes_sections`
- `cargo test -p codex-core --test all
explicit_app_mentions_respect_always_defer`
- `cargo test -p codex-core --lib
mcp_tool_exposure::tests::always_defer_feature_defers_apps_too`
- `just fix -p codex-analytics`
- `just fix -p codex-core`

sayan-oai · 2026-05-18 21:33:46 -07:00

1dd9bf9a74

[5 of 7] Replace OverrideTurnContext with ThreadSettings (#22508 )

**Stack position:** [5 of 7]

## Summary

This PR adds `Op::ThreadSettings`, a queued settings-only update
mechanism for changing stored thread settings without starting a new
turn. It also removes the legacy `Op::OverrideTurnContext` in the same
layer, so reviewers can see the replacement and deletion together.

## Changes

- Add `Op::ThreadSettings` for settings-only queued updates.
- Emit `ThreadSettingsApplied` with the effective thread settings
snapshot after core applies an update.
- Route settings-only updates through the same submission queue as user
input.
- Migrate remaining `OverrideTurnContext` tests and callers to the
queued `Op::ThreadSettings` path.
- Delete `Op::OverrideTurnContext` from the core protocol and submission
loop.

This stack addresses #20656 and #22090.

## Stack

1. [1 of 7] [Add thread settings to
UserInput](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/23080)
2. [2 of 7] [Remove
UserInputWithTurnContext](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/23081)
3. [3 of 7] [Remove
UserTurn](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/23075)
4. [4 of 7] [Placeholder for OverrideTurnContext
cleanup](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/23087)
5. [5 of 7] [Replace OverrideTurnContext with
ThreadSettings](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/22508) (this PR)
6. [6 of 7] [Add app-server thread settings
API](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/22509)
7. [7 of 7] [Sync TUI thread
settings](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/22510)

Eric Traut · 2026-05-18 21:03:51 -07:00

a668379abf

[codex] Extract turn skill and plugin injections (#23396 )

## Why

`run_turn` had accumulated the turn-scoped skill, plugin, app, MCP,
connector-selection, and analytics setup inline. That made the
orchestration path harder to scan even though the actual turn item
injection still needs to stay in `run_turn` so ordering is explicit.

## What changed

This extracts that setup into `build_skills_and_plugins`, which returns
the combined injection `ResponseItem`s and the explicitly enabled
connector IDs. `run_turn` now keeps the required orchestration pieces:
context update recording, user input handling, connector selection
merge, and the explicit per-item `record_conversation_items` calls for
injection items.

The refactor keeps the change LOC-neutral in `core/src/session/turn.rs`
and preserves the existing response-item based injection path.

## Validation

- `cargo test -p codex-core collect_explicit_app_ids_from_skill_items`
- `just fix -p codex-core`

pakrym-oai · 2026-05-18 20:33:27 -07:00

9e9a62dc28

[3 of 7] Remove UserTurn (#23075 )

**Stack position:** [3 of 7]

## Summary

This PR finishes the input-op consolidation by moving the remaining
`Op::UserTurn` callers onto `Op::UserInput` and deleting `Op::UserTurn`.
This touches a lot of files, but it is a low-risk mechanical migration.

## Stack

1. [1 of 7] [Add thread settings to
UserInput](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/23080)
2. [2 of 7] [Remove
UserInputWithTurnContext](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/23081)
3. [3 of 7] [Remove
UserTurn](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/23075) (this PR)
4. [4 of 7] [Placeholder for OverrideTurnContext
cleanup](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/23087)
5. [5 of 7] [Replace OverrideTurnContext with
ThreadSettings](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/22508)
6. [6 of 7] [Add app-server thread settings
API](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/22509)
7. [7 of 7] [Sync TUI thread
settings](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/22510)

Eric Traut · 2026-05-18 19:56:00 -07:00

1a25d8b6e5

[2 of 7] Remove UserInputWithTurnContext (#23081 )

**Stack position:** [2 of 7]

## Summary

This PR removes the overlapping `Op::UserInputWithTurnContext` variant
now that `Op::UserInput` can carry thread settings overrides directly.

## Stack

1. [1 of 7] [Add thread settings to
UserInput](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/23080)
2. [2 of 7] [Remove
UserInputWithTurnContext](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/23081)
(this PR)
3. [3 of 7] [Remove
UserTurn](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/23075)
4. [4 of 7] [Placeholder for OverrideTurnContext
cleanup](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/23087)
5. [5 of 7] [Replace OverrideTurnContext with
ThreadSettings](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/22508)
6. [6 of 7] [Add app-server thread settings
API](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/22509)
7. [7 of 7] [Sync TUI thread
settings](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/22510)

Eric Traut · 2026-05-18 19:41:33 -07:00

e811234484

[1 of 7] Add thread settings to UserInput (#23080 )

**Stack position:** [1 of 7]

## Summary

The first three PRs in this stack are a cleanup pass before the actual
thread settings API work.

Today, core has several overlapping "user input" ops: `UserInput`,
`UserInputWithTurnContext`, and `UserTurn`. They differ mostly in how
much next-turn state they carry, which makes the later queued thread
settings update harder to reason about and review.

This PR starts that cleanup by adding the shared
`ThreadSettingsOverrides` payload and allowing `Op::UserInput` to carry
it. Existing variants remain in place here, so this layer is mostly a
behavior-preserving API shape change plus mechanical constructor
updates.

## End State After PR3

By the end of PR3, `Op::UserInput` is the only "user input" core op. It
can carry optional thread settings overrides for callers that need to
update stored defaults with a turn, while callers without updates use
empty settings. `Op::UserInputWithTurnContext` and `Op::UserTurn` are
deleted.

## End State After PR5

By the end of PR5, core will have only two ops for this area:

- `Op::UserInput` for user-input-bearing submissions.
- `Op::ThreadSettings` for settings-only updates.

## Stack

1. [1 of 7] [Add thread settings to
UserInput](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/23080) (this PR)
2. [2 of 7] [Remove
UserInputWithTurnContext](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/23081)
3. [3 of 7] [Remove
UserTurn](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/23075)
4. [4 of 7] [Placeholder for OverrideTurnContext
cleanup](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/23087)
5. [5 of 7] [Replace OverrideTurnContext with
ThreadSettings](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/22508)
6. [6 of 7] [Add app-server thread settings
API](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/22509)
7. [7 of 7] [Sync TUI thread
settings](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/22510)

Eric Traut · 2026-05-18 18:48:35 -07:00

84d941d07f

Remove ToolSearch feature toggle (#23389 )

## Summary
- mark `ToolSearch` as removed and ignore stale config writes for its
legacy key
- make search tool exposure depend only on model capability, not a
feature toggle
- remove app-server enablement support and prune now-obsolete test
coverage/setup

## Verification
- `cargo test -p codex-features`
- `cargo test -p codex-tools`
- `cargo test -p codex-core search_tool_requires_model_capability`
- `cargo test -p codex-app-server experimental_feature_enablement_set_`

## Notes
- This keeps the legacy config key as a no-op for compatibility while
removing the ability to toggle the behavior off cleanly.
- No developer-facing docs update outside the touched app-server README
was needed.

sayan-oai · 2026-05-19 01:24:39 +00:00

daa11820b0

cleanup: Remove skill env var dependency prompting (#22721 )

Deletes the skill env var dependency prompt feature and its runtime
path. env_var entries in skill dependency metadata are now silently
ignored during skill loading.

xl-openai · 2026-05-19 01:24:19 +00:00

6b54ced108

[codex] Remove external websocket session resets (#23384 )

## Why

Compaction now installs replacement history inside the session, but the
turn and compaction callers were still reaching into
`ModelClientSession` to reset websocket transport state after that
install. That made a transport-level reset part of the compaction API
even though websocket incremental request selection already checks
whether the next request is a strict extension of the previous one and
falls back to a full `response.create` when it is not.

## What changed

- Removed the compaction-side calls to `reset_websocket_session` from
`compact.rs` and `session/turn.rs`.
- Simplified pre-sampling and mid-turn compaction helpers so they return
`CodexResult<()>` instead of carrying a reset flag.
- Made `ModelClientSession::reset_websocket_session` private to
`client.rs`, leaving only the websocket timeout recovery path inside the
client as a caller.

## Validation

- `cargo test -p codex-core --test all
responses_websocket_creates_on_non_prefix`
- `cargo test -p codex-core --test all
steered_user_input_waits_for_model_continuation_after_mid_turn_compact`
- `cargo test -p codex-core --test all
pre_sampling_compact_runs_on_switch_to_smaller_context_model`

pakrym-oai · 2026-05-19 01:13:38 +00:00

17d552fb4d

[codex] Move pending input into input queue (#22728 )

## Why

Pending model input was split across `Session`, `TurnState`, and the
agent mailbox. That made it easy for new paths to manage queued user
input or mailbox delivery outside the intended ownership boundary.

This PR consolidates the model-facing input lifecycle behind the session
input queue so turn-local pending input, next-turn queued items, and
mailbox delivery coordination are owned in one place.

## What Changed

- Added `session/input_queue.rs` to own pending input queues and mailbox
delivery coordination.
- Removed the standalone `agent/mailbox.rs` channel wrapper and store
mailbox items directly in the input queue.
- Moved pending-input mutations off `TurnState`; `TurnState` now exposes
the queue-owned storage directly for now.
- Routed abort cleanup, mailbox delivery phase changes, next-turn queued
items, and active-turn pending input through `InputQueue`.
- Boxed stack-heavy agent resume/fork startup futures that the refactor
pushed over the default test stack.
- Updated session, task, goal, stream-event, and multi-agent call sites
and tests to use the new queue ownership.

## Verification

- `cargo test -p codex-core --lib agent::control::tests`
- `cargo test -p codex-core --lib
agent::control::tests::resume_closed_child_reopens_open_descendants --
--exact`
- `cargo test -p codex-core --lib
agent::control::tests::spawn_agent_fork_last_n_turns_keeps_only_recent_turns
-- --exact`
- `cargo test -p codex-core --lib
agent::control::tests::resume_thread_subagent_restores_stored_nickname_and_role
-- --exact`
- `cargo test -p codex-core` was also run; it completed with 1814
passed, 4 ignored, and one timeout in
`agent::control::tests::resume_thread_subagent_restores_stored_nickname_and_role`,
which passed when rerun in isolation.

pakrym-oai · 2026-05-18 15:43:01 -07:00

afa0101ae2

Include plugin id in plugin MCP tool metadata (#23353 )

Adding the id of the plugin that contains the MCP (if any) so we can
apply filters at plugin level.

## Summary
- carry the plugin owner into MCP runtime provenance
- attach `plugin_id` to outbound plugin-backed MCP tool-call `_meta`
- avoid misattributing user-configured MCP servers that shadow plugin
server names

## Testing
- `just fmt`
- `just fix -p codex-mcp`
- `just fix -p codex-core`
- `cargo test -p codex-mcp`
- `cargo test -p codex-core
plugin_mcp_tool_call_request_meta_includes_plugin_id`
- `cargo test -p codex-core
to_mcp_config_omits_plugin_id_when_user_server_shadows_plugin_mcp`
- `cargo test -p codex-core
rebuild_preserving_session_layers_refreshes_plugin_derived_mcp_config`
- `git diff --check`

## Notes
- Attempted `cargo test -p codex-core`; it aborted in
`agent::control::tests::resume_agent_from_rollout_skips_descendants_when_parent_resume_fails`
with a stack overflow before the full suite completed.

Matthew Zeng · 2026-05-18 15:33:33 -07:00

a66e0e9c4b

[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

Add tool lifecycle extension contributor (#23309 )

## Why

Extensions that need to track runtime progress currently have no typed
host signal for tool execution. The goal extension in particular needs
to observe tool attempts without inspecting tool payloads, owning tool
implementations, or staying coupled to core-only runtime plumbing.

This adds a narrow lifecycle contributor API for host-owned tool
execution: extensions can observe when an accepted tool call starts and
how it finishes, while policy hooks and tool handlers continue to own
payload rewriting, blocking, and execution.

Relevant code:

-
[`ToolLifecycleContributor`](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/3ad2850ffc7d8a1da19c65a92425637a59098f1b/codex-rs/ext/extension-api/src/contributors.rs#L119)
defines the extension-facing observer contract.
-
[`tool_lifecycle.rs`](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/3ad2850ffc7d8a1da19c65a92425637a59098f1b/codex-rs/ext/extension-api/src/contributors/tool_lifecycle.rs)
defines the typed start/finish inputs, source, and outcome enums.
- [`notify_tool_start` /
`notify_tool_finish`](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/3ad2850ffc7d8a1da19c65a92425637a59098f1b/codex-rs/core/src/tools/lifecycle.rs)
bridges core tool dispatch into the extension registry.

## What Changed

- Added `ToolLifecycleContributor` to `codex-extension-api`, including:
  - `ToolStartInput`
  - `ToolFinishInput`
  - `ToolCallSource`
  - `ToolCallOutcome`
- Added registration and lookup support on `ExtensionRegistryBuilder` /
`ExtensionRegistry`.
- Wired core tool dispatch to notify lifecycle contributors for:
  - accepted tool starts
  - completed tool calls, including the tool output success marker
  - pre-tool-use blocks
  - failures before or after the handler runs
  - cancellation/abort in the parallel tool path
- Registered the goal extension as a lifecycle contributor and added the
outcome filter it will use for goal progress accounting.

## Test Coverage

- Added `dispatch_notifies_tool_lifecycle_contributors` to cover
lifecycle notification ordering and outcomes for successful and
handler-failed tool calls.

jif-oai · 2026-05-18 21:55:57 +02:00

c69cde3547

fix: default unknown tool schemas to empty schemas (#22380 )

## Why

Some tool providers, especially MCP servers and dynamic tool sources,
can supply schema nodes that omit `type` and have no recognized JSON
Schema shape hints. Previously, `sanitize_json_schema` filled those
unknown nodes in as `string`, which made the schema parseable but
invented a scalar constraint that the provider did not specify. For
description-only fields, that could incorrectly steer tool arguments
away from the provider's actual accepted shape.

The Responses API accepts permissive empty schemas such as `{}` at
nested property positions, so Codex should preserve that permissive
meaning instead of coercing unknown schema nodes into a misleading
scalar type.

## What Changed

- Changed the no-hints fallback in `codex-rs/tools/src/json_schema.rs`
to clear unrecognized object schema nodes to `{}`.
- Empty schemas now remain `{}` rather than becoming `type: "string"`.
- Description-only or otherwise metadata-only nested property schemas
now become `{}` while surrounding object/array/string/number inference
still applies when recognized hints are present.
- Updated `codex-tools` and `codex-core` tests to cover top-level empty
schemas, nested empty schemas, metadata-only malformed schemas, dynamic
tools, and MCP tool specs.

## Verification

- `cargo test -p codex-tools`
- `cargo test -p codex-core
test_mcp_tool_property_missing_type_defaults_to_empty_schema`
- Manually verified the real Responses API behavior for both
empty-schema positions:
- Top-level function `parameters: {}` is accepted and echoed back as
`{"type":"object","properties":{}}`; when forced to call the tool,
Responses emitted empty object arguments: `"arguments": "{}"`.
- Nested property schema `{}` is accepted and preserved as `{}`; when
forced to call a tool with `metadata.extra`, Responses emitted
`"arguments": "{\"metadata\":{\"extra\":\"codex schema sanitizer
behavior\"}}"`.

Celia Chen · 2026-05-18 12:41:10 -07:00

4dbca61e20

codex: route global AGENTS reads through LOCAL_FS (#23343 )

## Summary
- make `load_global_instructions` read through an `ExecutorFileSystem`
- call global AGENTS reads with explicit `LOCAL_FS` so they stay tied to
local codex-home state

## Validation
- `bazel test --bes_backend= --bes_results_url=
--test_filter=instruction_sources_include_global_before_agents_md_docs
//codex-rs/core:core-unit-tests` on `dev`

starr-openai · 2026-05-18 19:26:10 +00:00

10f7dc6eb5

goals: keep pause transitions explicit (#23088 )

## Problem

This addresses several user-reported cases where active goals were
paused even though the user had not explicitly asked for that
transition:

- the guardian approval-review circuit breaker interrupted a turn and
implicitly paused the goal
- a shutdown in one app-server instance could pause a goal while a
second instance was still actively running the same thread
- steering-style interrupts could also pause the goal even though they
are meant to redirect work, not stop the goal lifecycle

The common problem was that core treated `TurnAbortReason::Interrupted`
as an implicit request to transition the persisted goal to `paused`.
That made unrelated interrupt paths mutate goal state as a side effect,
and in the multi-app-server case it allowed stale process teardown to
pause a live goal owned by another running client.

After this change, transitioning a goal to `paused` is always an
explicit action performed by a client or another intentional goal-state
mutation. It is never an implicit transition triggered by generic
interrupt handling.

Refs #22884.

## What changed

- Remove the goal runtime path that paused active goals after
interrupted task aborts.
- Drop the now-unused abort reason from `GoalRuntimeEvent::TaskAborted`.
- Update the focused regression coverage so an interrupted active goal
still accounts usage but remains `active`.

Eric Traut · 2026-05-18 11:58:40 -07:00

55f6bbc667

goal: pause continuation loops on usage limits and blockers (#23094 )

Addresses #22833, #22245, #23067

## Why
`/goal` can keep synthesizing turns even when the next turn cannot make
meaningful progress. Hard usage exhaustion can replay failing turns, and
repeated permission or external-resource blockers can keep burning
tokens while waiting for user or system intervention.

## What changed
- Add resumable `blocked` and `usageLimited` goal states. As with
`paused`, goal continuation stops with these states.
- Move to `usageLimited` after usage-limit failures.
- Allow the built-in `update_goal` tool to set `blocked` only under
explicit repeated-impasse guidance. Updated goal continuation prompt to
specify that agent should use `blocked` only when it has made at least
three attempts to get past an impasse.

Most of the files touched by this PR are because of the small app server
protocol update.

## Validation

I manually reproduced a number of situations where an agent can run into
a true impasse and verified that it properly enters `blocked` state. I
then resumed and verified that it once again entered `blocked` state
several turns later if the impasse still exists.

I also manually reproduced the usage-limit condition by creating a
simulated responses API endpoint that returns 429 errors with the
appropriate error message. Verified that the goal runtime properly moves
the goal into `usageLimited` state and TUI UI updates appropriately.
Verified that `/goal resume` resumes (and immediately goes back into
`ussageLImited` state if appropriate).


## Follow-up PRs

Small changes will be needed to the GUI clients to properly handle the
two new states.

Eric Traut · 2026-05-18 11:28:53 -07:00

0d344aca9b

Fix remote turn diff display roots (#23261 )

## Why

`TurnDiffTracker` computes a display root so turn diffs can be rendered
repo-relative. For remote exec-server turns, the selected turn `cwd` may
exist only inside the selected environment, but `run_turn` was
discovering the git root through the local host filesystem. When that
lookup failed, nested remote-session diffs fell back to the nested `cwd`
and showed `/tmp/...`-prefixed paths instead of repo-relative paths.

## What changed

- Resolve the diff display root from the primary selected turn
environment when one exists, using that environment's filesystem and
`cwd`.
- Add `codex_git_utils::get_git_repo_root_with_fs(...)` so git-root
discovery can run against an `ExecutorFileSystem`, including remote
environments.
- Reuse that helper from `resolve_root_git_project_for_trust(...)` and
add coverage for `.git` gitdir-pointer detection.

## Validation

- Devbox Bazel: `//codex-rs/core:core-unit-tests
--test_filter=get_git_repo_root_with_fs_detects_gitdir_pointer`
- Devbox Docker-backed remote-env repro: `//codex-rs/core:core-all-test
--test_filter=apply_patch_turn_diff_paths_stay_repo_relative_when_session_cwd_is_nested`

starr-openai · 2026-05-18 10:53:49 -07:00

9286ff2805

[codex] Remove legacy shell output formatting paths (#22706 )

## Why

The client and tool pipeline still carried compatibility code for legacy
structured shell output. Current shell and apply_patch responses are
already plain text for model consumption, so keeping a
JSON-serialization path plus shell-item rewrite logic makes the request
formatter and tests preserve a format we do not need anymore.

## What Changed

- Removed the client-side shell output rewrite from
`core/src/client_common.rs`.
- Removed the structured exec-output formatter and the shell `freeform`
switch so tool emitters use one model-facing formatter.
- Collapsed apply_patch/shell serialization tests around the remaining
plain-text output expectations and removed duplicate one-variant
parameterized cases.
- Kept the `ApplyPatchModelOutput::ShellCommandViaHeredoc` compatibility
input shape, but no longer treats it as a separate output-format mode.

## Validation

- `cargo test -p codex-core client_common`
- `cargo test -p codex-core shell_serialization`
- `cargo test -p codex-core apply_patch_cli`
- `just fix -p codex-core`

## Documentation

No external Codex documentation update is needed.

pakrym-oai · 2026-05-18 09:57:54 -07:00

82061660ae

chore: make token usage async (#23305 )

Make the `TokenUsageContributor` async. This will be required for future
extension and it's basically free

jif-oai · 2026-05-18 15:59:06 +02:00

b631d92170

chore: goal resumed metrics (#23301 )

Add metrics for goal resume

jif-oai · 2026-05-18 15:19:23 +02:00

500ef67ed1

chore: isolate thread goal storage behind GoalStore (#23295 )

## Why

Thread goal persistence is being prepared for a dedicated storage
boundary. Before that split, goal-specific reads, writes, accounting,
and cleanup were exposed directly on `StateRuntime`, so core and
app-server callsites stayed coupled to the full runtime instead of a
goal-specific store.

This PR introduces that boundary without changing the goal wire API or
current persistence behavior. Callers now go through
`StateRuntime::thread_goals()` and the new `GoalStore`, while
`GoalStore` still uses the existing state DB pool underneath.

## What changed

- Added `GoalStore` in `state/src/runtime/goals.rs` and exposed it from
`StateRuntime` via `thread_goals()`.
- Moved thread-goal reads, writes, status updates, pause, delete, and
usage accounting onto `GoalStore`.
- Updated core session goal handling, app-server goal RPCs, resume
snapshots, and goal tests to use the store boundary.
- Kept thread deletion responsible for cascading goal cleanup by
deleting the goal through the store only after a thread row is removed.

## Testing

- Existing goal persistence, resume, and accounting tests were updated
to exercise the new `GoalStore` access path.

jif-oai · 2026-05-18 14:47:05 +02:00

7ee7fe239f

Make extension lifecycle hooks async (#23291 )

## Why

Extension lifecycle hooks sit on the host/extension boundary, but the
current trait surface only allows synchronous callbacks. That forces
extensions that need to seed, rehydrate, observe, or flush
extension-owned state during thread and turn transitions to either block
inside the callback or move async work into separate host plumbing.

This PR makes those lifecycle callbacks awaitable so extension
implementations can perform async work directly at the lifecycle point
where the host already has the relevant session, thread, or turn stores
available.

## What changed

- Makes `ThreadLifecycleContributor` and `TurnLifecycleContributor`
async in `codex-extension-api`.
- Awaits thread start/resume/stop and turn start/stop/abort lifecycle
callbacks from `codex-core`.
- Updates the guardian and memories extensions to implement the async
lifecycle trait surface.
- Updates the existing lifecycle tests to use async contributor
implementations.
- Adds `async-trait` to the crates that now expose or implement these
async object-safe lifecycle traits.

## Testing

- Existing `codex-core` lifecycle tests were updated to cover async
implementations for thread stop and turn abort ordering.

jif-oai · 2026-05-18 13:53:58 +02:00

9531e932ef

test: reduce core sandbox policy test setup (#23036 )

## Why

`SandboxPolicy` is a legacy compatibility shape, but several core tests
still used it for ordinary turn setup even when the runtime path now
carries `PermissionProfile`. With the first cleanup PR merged, this
follow-up trims more core test scaffolding so remaining `SandboxPolicy`
matches are easier to classify as production compatibility,
legacy-boundary coverage, or explicit conversion tests.

## What Changed

- Updated apply-patch handler and runtime tests to pass
`PermissionProfile` directly.
- Changed sandboxing test helpers to build permission profiles without
first creating `SandboxPolicy` values.
- Converted request-permissions integration turns to pass
`PermissionProfile` through the test helper, leaving legacy sandbox
projection at the `Op::UserTurn` boundary.
- Converted unified exec integration helpers and direct turn submissions
to use `PermissionProfile` values instead of `SandboxPolicy` setup.
- Removed now-unused `SandboxPolicy` imports from the touched core
tests.

## Test Plan

- `just fmt`
- `cargo test -p codex-core --lib tools::sandboxing::tests`
- `cargo test -p codex-core --lib tools::runtimes::apply_patch::tests`
- `cargo test -p codex-core --lib tools::handlers::apply_patch::tests`
- `cargo test -p codex-core --lib unified_exec::process_manager::tests`
- `cargo test -p codex-core --test all request_permissions::`
- `cargo test -p codex-core --test all unified_exec::`
- `just fix -p codex-core`

Michael Bolin · 2026-05-17 08:39:41 -07:00

0a83353ca3

Make multi-agent v2 tool namespace configurable (#23147 )

## Summary
- Add `features.multi_agent_v2.tool_namespace` with config/schema
validation for Responses-compatible namespace values.
- Thread the resolved namespace into `ToolsConfig` for normal turns and
review turns.
- Wrap MultiAgentV2 tool specs and registry names in the configured
namespace when namespace tools are supported, while falling back to the
plain tool names when they are not.

## Validation
- `just fmt`
- `just write-config-schema`
- `cargo test -p codex-features multi_agent_v2_feature_config --
--nocapture`
- `cargo test -p codex-core test_build_specs_multi_agent_v2 --
--nocapture`
- `cargo test -p codex-core multi_agent_v2_config -- --nocapture`
- `cargo test -p codex-core
multi_agent_v2_rejects_invalid_tool_namespace -- --nocapture`
- `cargo test -p codex-tools`
- `git diff --check`

jif-oai · 2026-05-17 15:27:43 +02:00

545ede569c

multiagent: trim model-visible description, cap to 5 models (#23069 )

## Why

The `spawn_agent` model override guidance is uncapped and bloating
context. We need to trim down each entry and cap total entries.

picked 5 as cap, we can change

## What changed

- Cap the model override summaries shown in `spawn_agent` to the first 5
picker-visible models, preserving the existing priority ordering from
the models manager.
- Condense each rendered entry to the actionable pieces the model needs:
  - use the model slug as the label
  - render compact reasoning effort lists with the default marked inline
- render only service tier IDs, and omit the clause when no tiers are
available
- Update coverage so the compact formatter shape and the top-5 cap are
exercised, and keep the end-to-end request assertion aligned with real
model metadata.

## Example

Before:

`- gpt-5.4 ('gpt-5.4\'): Strong model for everyday coding. Default
reasoning effort: medium. Supported reasoning efforts: low (Fast
responses with lighter reasoning), medium (Balances speed and reasoning
depth for everyday tasks), high (Greater reasoning depth for complex
problems), xhigh (Extra high reasoning depth for complex problems).
Supported service tiers: priority (Fast: 1.5x speed, increased usage).`

After:

`- 'gpt-5.4': Strong model for everyday coding. Reasoning efforts: low,
medium (default), high, xhigh. Service tiers: priority.`

sayan-oai · 2026-05-16 13:43:30 -07:00

061a614d85

test: construct permission profiles directly (#23030 )

## Why

`SandboxPolicy` is now a legacy compatibility shape, but several tests
still built a `SandboxPolicy` only to immediately convert it into
`PermissionProfile` for APIs that already accept canonical runtime
permissions. Those detours make it harder to audit where legacy sandbox
policy is still required, because boundary-only usages are mixed
together with ordinary test setup.

## What Changed

- Updated tests in `codex-core`, `codex-exec`, `codex-analytics`, and
`codex-config` to construct `PermissionProfile` values directly when the
code under test takes a permission profile.
- Changed exec-policy, request-permissions, session, and sandbox test
helpers to pass `PermissionProfile` through instead of converting from
`SandboxPolicy` internally.
- Left `SandboxPolicy` in place where tests are explicitly exercising
legacy compatibility or request/response boundaries.

## Test Plan

- `cargo test -p codex-analytics -p codex-config`
- `cargo test -p codex-core --lib safety::tests`
- `cargo test -p codex-core --lib exec_policy::tests::`
- `cargo test -p codex-core --lib exec::tests`
- `cargo test -p codex-core --lib guardian_review_session_config`
- `cargo test -p codex-core --lib tools::network_approval::tests`
- `cargo test -p codex-core --lib
tools::runtimes::shell::unix_escalation::tests`
- `cargo test -p codex-core --lib managed_network`
- `cargo test -p codex-core --test all request_permissions::`
- `cargo test -p codex-exec sandbox`


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Michael Bolin · 2026-05-16 12:12:37 -07:00

d91bc15618

Improve goal completion usage reporting (#22907 )

## Why

Goal completion follow-up turns currently receive a preformatted English
usage sentence such as `time used: 2586 seconds`. That nudges the model
to echo an awkward raw seconds count in the final reply, even though the
tool result already exposes structured usage fields like
`goal.timeUsedSeconds`, `goal.tokensUsed`, and `goal.tokenBudget`.

## What changed

- Replace the preformatted completion usage sentence with guidance to
read the structured goal fields from the tool result.
- Preserve token-budget reporting while allowing the model to phrase
elapsed time in a concise, human-friendly way that fits the response
language.
- Update core coverage for both the generated completion guidance and
the session flow that forwards it back to the model.

## Verification

Previously, it would have output a final message indicating that it
"worked for 303 seconds". Now it shows the following:

<img width="286" height="35" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/d7011880-9449-46a7-856f-4e50ae00eb45"
/>

Eric Traut · 2026-05-16 11:49:40 -07:00

941e7f825e

core: set permission profiles from snapshots (#22920 )

## Why

#22891 moved the TUI turn-command path to pass `ActivePermissionProfile`
instead of the full `PermissionProfile`, but the remaining
config/session bridge still accepted the concrete `PermissionProfile`
and active profile id as separate arguments. That shape made it too easy
for future callers to update the concrete profile and active profile id
out of sync.

This PR makes the trusted session snapshot path pass one coherent value
into `Permissions`, while keeping `requirements.toml` enforcement owned
by the existing constrained permission state.

## What Changed

- Added `PermissionProfileSnapshot` as the public snapshot value for
trusted session/config synchronization.
- Changed `Permissions::set_permission_profile_from_session_snapshot()`
and `replace_permission_profile_from_session_snapshot()` to take a
`PermissionProfileSnapshot`.
- Updated the replacement path to derive its constrained
`PermissionProfile` from the snapshot, so callers cannot pass a separate
profile that disagrees with the snapshot.
- Removed the internal tuple-style
`PermissionProfileState::set_active_permission_profile()` mutation path.
- Updated core session projection and TUI call sites to construct
explicit legacy or active snapshots.
- Documented the snapshot constructors so legacy use and id/profile
mismatch hazards are called out at the API boundary.
- Added a focused config test that verifies snapshot updates still
respect existing permission constraints.

## How To Review

1. Start with `codex-rs/core/src/config/resolved_permission_profile.rs`;
`PermissionProfileSnapshot` is the public wrapper, while
`ResolvedPermissionProfile` stays internal.
2. Check `codex-rs/core/src/config/mod.rs` to confirm both
session-snapshot setters validate through `PermissionProfileState` and
no longer accept loose profile/id pairs.
3. Skim `codex-rs/core/src/session/session.rs` for the session
projection path; it now builds the snapshot before installing it.
4. Skim the TUI changes as call-site migration from loose argument pairs
to explicit snapshot construction.

## Verification

- `cargo test -p codex-core
permission_snapshot_setter_preserves_permission_constraints`
- `cargo test -p codex-tui status_permissions_`
- `cargo test -p codex-tui
session_configured_preserves_profile_workspace_roots`
- `just fix -p codex-core -p codex-tui`

Michael Bolin · 2026-05-16 07:26:18 -07:00

108234b5eb

Preserve image detail in app-server inputs (#20693 )

## Summary

- Add optional image detail to user image inputs across core, app-server
v2, thread history/event mapping, and the generated app-server
schemas/types.
- Preserve requested detail when serializing Responses image inputs:
omitted detail stays on the existing `high` default, while explicit
`original` keeps local images on the original-resolution path.
- Support `high`/`original` consistently for tool image outputs,
including MCP `codex/imageDetail`, code-mode image helpers, and
`view_image`.

Curtis 'Fjord' Hawthorne · 2026-05-15 15:04:04 -07:00

8543e39885

core: construct test permission profiles directly (#22795 )

## Why

The core migration is trying to make `PermissionProfile` the shape tests
and runtime code reason about, leaving `SandboxPolicy` only where legacy
behavior is explicitly under test. The local
`permission_profile_for_sandbox_policy()` test helpers kept new
permission-profile tests mentally tied to the old sandbox model even
when the equivalent profile is straightforward.

## What Changed

- Removed the `permission_profile_for_sandbox_policy()` helper from the
network proxy spec tests and session tests.
- Replaced legacy conversions for read-only, workspace-write, and
full-access cases with `PermissionProfile::read_only()`,
`PermissionProfile::workspace_write()`, and
`PermissionProfile::Disabled`.
- Constructed the external-sandbox session test's
`PermissionProfile::External` directly, while preserving the legacy
`SandboxPolicy` only where the test still exercises legacy config update
behavior.

## How To Review

This PR is intentionally test-only. Review the two touched files and
check that each replacement preserves the old legacy mapping:

- `SandboxPolicy::new_read_only_policy()` ->
`PermissionProfile::read_only()`
- `SandboxPolicy::new_workspace_write_policy()` ->
`PermissionProfile::workspace_write()`
- `SandboxPolicy::DangerFullAccess` -> `PermissionProfile::Disabled`
- `SandboxPolicy::ExternalSandbox { network_access: Restricted }` ->
`PermissionProfile::External { network: Restricted }`

## Verification

- `cargo test -p codex-core
requirements_allowed_domains_are_a_baseline_for_user_allowlist`
- `cargo test -p codex-core
start_managed_network_proxy_applies_execpolicy_network_rules`
- `cargo test -p codex-core
session_configured_reports_permission_profile_for_external_sandbox`
- `cargo test -p codex-core
managed_network_proxy_decider_survives_full_access_start`
- `just fix -p codex-core`








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Michael Bolin · 2026-05-15 13:09:25 -07:00

8df2d96860

Forward apps MCP product SKU from Codex config (#22872 )

This adds `apps_mcp_product_sku` as a toplevel config.toml key. We pass
the given value as a header when listing MCPs for the client, allowing
connectors to be filtered per product entry point.

---------

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

Boyang Niu · 2026-05-15 11:52:14 -07:00

c15613f2b6

telemetry: tag sandboxes from permission profiles (#22791 )

## Why

Sandbox telemetry tags should be derived from the active permission
profile, not from a legacy `SandboxPolicy`, so the tagging code stays
aligned with the permissions migration and does not preserve a
policy-shaped production helper only for tests.

## What Changed

- Removed the production `sandbox_tag(&SandboxPolicy, ...)` helper.
- Updated sandbox tag tests to construct the relevant
`PermissionProfile` values directly.
- Kept the platform-specific sandbox tag behavior under the existing
`permission_profile_sandbox_tag` path.

## How To Review

The production change is in `codex-rs/core/src/sandbox_tags.rs`. Most of
the diff is test cleanup that replaces legacy policy setup with
permission profiles, so review the expected tag assertions rather than
the old helper mechanics.

## Verification

- `cargo test -p codex-core sandbox_tag`









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* #22792
* __->__ #22791

Michael Bolin · 2026-05-15 10:58:50 -07:00

4c80435eba

context: remove legacy permissions instructions helper (#22790 )

## Why

The permissions instruction builder should consume the new permissions
model directly. Keeping a `SandboxPolicy` conversion helper in this path
encourages new code to route through legacy sandbox policy values even
when the caller already has a `PermissionProfile`.

## What Changed

- Removed `PermissionsInstructions::from_policy`.
- Removed the test that exercised that legacy helper.
- Left the existing profile-based instruction coverage in place.

## How To Review

Review `codex-rs/core/src/context/permissions_instructions.rs` first.
This PR is intentionally narrow: the production behavior should be
unchanged for profile callers, and the deleted surface was only a
convenience adapter from `SandboxPolicy`.

## Verification

- `cargo test -p codex-core builds_permissions_from_profile`








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Michael Bolin · 2026-05-15 10:11:16 -07:00

aeca1cba6f

Ignore configured hooks in git helpers (#22843 )

## What
- Internal Git helper commands now ignore configured hook directories
during repository bookkeeping.

## Why
- These helper flows should stay consistent even when a repository has
hook-directory configuration of its own.

## How
- Pass a command-local `core.hooksPath` override in the shared helper
path and the Git-info helper path.
- Add regressions for the baseline index rewrite flow and the metadata
status flow.

## Validation
- `cargo fmt --manifest-path
/Users/bookholt/code/codex/codex-rs/Cargo.toml --all --check`
- `cargo test --manifest-path
/Users/bookholt/code/codex/codex-rs/Cargo.toml -p codex-git-utils`
- `cargo test --manifest-path
/Users/bookholt/code/codex/codex-rs/Cargo.toml -p codex-core
test_get_has_changes_`

Chris Bookholt · 2026-05-15 10:07:54 -07:00

9facdccb37

guardian: use permission profile for review sandbox (#22789 )

## Why

`SandboxPolicy` is being pushed back toward legacy config loading and
compatibility boundaries. Guardian review sessions already want the
built-in read-only permission behavior; carrying that as an active
`PermissionProfile` makes the review sandbox follow the new permissions
path instead of configuring the child session through the legacy policy
API.

## What Changed

- Configure the guardian review session with
`PermissionProfile::read_only()`.
- Send the read-only profile through the guardian child `Op::UserTurn`.
- Keep the legacy `sandbox_policy` field populated with
`SandboxPolicy::new_read_only_policy()` declared next to the profile so
the two remain visibly in sync until the compatibility field goes away.

## How To Review

Start in `codex-rs/core/src/guardian/review_session.rs`. The important
check is that both the guardian config and the child turn now use the
read-only permission profile, while the remaining
`SandboxPolicy::ReadOnly` assignment is only the compatibility field
required by the current turn protocol.

## Verification

- `cargo test -p codex-core
guardian_review_session_config_clears_parent_developer_instructions`





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* #22792
* #22791
* #22790
* __->__ #22789

Michael Bolin · 2026-05-15 08:59:31 -07:00

68ccfdc905

Move memory prompt injection to app-server extension (#22841 )

## Why

Memory prompt injection should be owned by the extension path that
app-server composes at runtime, not by an inlined special case inside
`codex-core`. This keeps `codex-core` focused on session orchestration
while allowing the memories extension to own its app-server prompt
behavior.

## What Changed

- Registers `codex-memories-extension` in the app-server extension
registry.
- Moves the memory developer-instruction injection out of
`core/src/session/mod.rs` and into the memories extension prompt
contributor.
- Adds config-change handling so the extension keeps its per-thread
memory settings in sync after startup.
- Leaves memories read/retrieval tools unregistered for now so this PR
only changes prompt injection.
- Removes the stale `cargo-shear` ignore now that app-server depends on
the extension crate.

## Validation

Not run locally; validation is left to CI.

jif-oai · 2026-05-15 16:19:34 +02:00

cccde930ce

Run compact hooks for remote compaction v2 (#22828 )

## Why

Remote compaction v2 is the `/responses` implementation of
session-history compaction, but it still needs to preserve the
observable contract of the legacy `/responses/compact` path. In
particular, users and integrations that rely on `PreCompact` and
`PostCompact` hooks should not see different behavior when
`remote_compaction_v2` is enabled.

## What Changed

- Runs `PreCompact` before issuing the remote compaction v2 request,
including `Interrupted` analytics when a pre-hook stops execution.
- Runs `PostCompact` after a successful v2 compaction and aborts the
turn if the post-hook stops execution.
- Adds `compact_remote_parity` coverage that compares legacy and v2
compaction across manual transcript shapes, automatic pre-turn
compaction, automatic mid-turn compaction, hook payloads, replacement
history, follow-up request payloads, and API-key `service_tier=fast`
behavior.
- Registers the new parity suite under `core/tests/suite`.

Relevant code:

-
[`compact_remote_v2.rs`](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/af63745cb502183a6fc447d0240f8150934d70b7/codex-rs/core/src/compact_remote_v2.rs)
-
[`compact_remote_parity.rs`](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/af63745cb502183a6fc447d0240f8150934d70b7/codex-rs/core/tests/suite/compact_remote_parity.rs)

## Verification

- Added `core/tests/suite/compact_remote_parity.rs` to assert parity
between legacy remote compaction and remote compaction v2 for the
affected request, hook, rollout-history, and follow-up paths.
- Existing `compact_remote_v2` unit coverage still exercises v2
replacement-history retention and compaction-output collection.

jif-oai · 2026-05-15 15:26:21 +02:00

5d30764fe9

Remove zombie tools spec module (#22820 )

## Summary

- move tool_user_shell_type out of the old tools::spec module and call
it from tools directly
- attach the remaining spec planning model tests under spec_plan
- delete core/src/tools/spec.rs

## Tests

- just fmt
- cargo test -p codex-core tools::spec_plan

Note: a broader cargo test -p codex-core run on the earlier PR-head
worktree still hit the pre-existing stack overflow in
agent::control::tests::spawn_agent_fork_last_n_turns_keeps_only_recent_turns.

jif-oai · 2026-05-15 13:44:58 +02:00

c03cea4ca2

Simplify tool executor and registry plumbing (#22636 )

## Why

The tool runtime path still had a typed output associated type on
`ToolExecutor`, plus a core-only `RegisteredTool` adapter and
extension-only executor aliases. That made every new shared tool runtime
carry extra adapter plumbing before it could participate in core
dispatch, extension tools, hook payloads, telemetry, and model-visible
spec generation.

This PR moves output erasure to the shared executor boundary so core and
extension tools can use the same execution contract directly.

## What Changed

- Changed `codex_tools::ToolExecutor` to return `Box<dyn ToolOutput>`
instead of an associated `Output` type.
- Removed the extension-specific `ExtensionToolExecutor` /
`ExtensionToolOutput` aliases and exposed `ToolExecutor<ToolCall>` plus
`ToolOutput` through `codex-extension-api`.
- Reworked core tool registration around `CoreToolRuntime` and
`ToolRegistry::from_tools`, removing the extra `RegisteredTool` /
`ToolRegistryBuilder` layer.
- Consolidated model-visible spec planning and registry construction in
`core/src/tools/spec_plan.rs`, including deferred tool search and
code-mode-only filtering.
- Added `ToolOutput` helpers for post-tool-use hook ids and inputs so
MCP, unified exec, extension, and other boxed outputs preserve the same
hook payload behavior.
- Updated core handlers, memories tools, and the related
registry/spec/router tests to use the simplified contract.

## Test Coverage

- Updated coverage for tool spec planning, registry lookup, deferred
tool search registration, extension tool routing, post-tool-use hook
payloads, dispatch tracing, guardian output extraction, and memories
extension tool execution.

jif-oai · 2026-05-15 11:47:54 +02:00

6f1a01fbdd

[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

app-server: use permission ids and runtime workspace roots (#22611 )

## Why

This PR builds on [#22610](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/22610)
and is the app-server side of the migration from mutable per-turn
`SandboxPolicy` replacement toward selecting immutable permission
profiles by id plus mutable runtime workspace roots.

Once permission profiles can carry their own immutable
`workspace_roots`, app-server no longer needs to mutate the selected
`PermissionProfile` just to represent thread-specific filesystem
context. The mutable part now lives on the thread as explicit
`runtimeWorkspaceRoots`, while `:workspace_roots` remains symbolic until
the sandbox is realized for a turn.

## What Changed

- Replaced the v2 permission-selection wrapper surface with plain
profile ids for `thread/start`, `thread/resume`, `thread/fork`, and
`turn/start`.
- Removed the API surface for profile modifications
(`PermissionProfileSelectionParams`,
`PermissionProfileModificationParams`,
`ActivePermissionProfileModification`).
- Added experimental `runtimeWorkspaceRoots` fields to the thread
lifecycle and turn-start APIs.
- Threaded runtime workspace roots through core session/thread
snapshots, turn overrides, app-server request handling, and command
execution permission resolution.
- Kept session permission state symbolic so later runtime root updates
and cwd-only implicit-root retargeting rebind `:workspace_roots`
correctly.
- Updated the embedded clients just enough to send and restore the new
thread state.
- Refreshed the generated schema/TypeScript artifacts and the app-server
README to match the new contract.

## Verification

Targeted coverage for this layer lives in:

- `codex-rs/app-server-protocol/src/protocol/v2/tests.rs`
- `codex-rs/app-server/tests/suite/v2/thread_start.rs`
- `codex-rs/app-server/tests/suite/v2/thread_resume.rs`
- `codex-rs/app-server/tests/suite/v2/turn_start.rs`
- `codex-rs/core/src/session/tests.rs`

The key regression checks exercise that:

- `runtimeWorkspaceRoots` resolve against the effective cwd on thread
start.
- Profile-declared workspace roots are excluded from the runtime
workspace roots returned by app-server.
- A turn-level runtime workspace-root update persists onto the thread
and is returned by `thread/resume`.
- A named permission profile selected on one turn remains symbolic so a
later runtime-root-only turn update changes the actual sandbox writes.
- A cwd-only turn update retargets the implicit runtime cwd root while
preserving additional runtime roots.
- The protocol fixtures and generated client artifacts stay in sync with
the string-based permission selection contract.











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Michael Bolin · 2026-05-14 23:00:05 -07:00

8a5306ff88

[codex] Add opaque desktop config namespace (#22584 )

## Summary
- reserve an explicit opaque `desktop` namespace in `ConfigToml`
- expose `desktop` directly in the app-server v2 `config/read` response
- keep `config/value/write` and `config/batchWrite` as the only mutation
seam for paths like `desktop.someKey`
- regenerate the config/app-server schema outputs and document the new
contract

## Why
The desktop settings work wants one durable, user-editable home for
app-owned preferences in `~/.codex/config.toml`, without forcing Rust to
model every individual desktop setting key.

This PR is only the enabling Rust/app-server layer. It gives the
Electron app a first-class config namespace it can read and write
through the existing config APIs, while leaving the actual desktop
migration to the app PR.

## Behavior and design notes
- **Opaque but explicit:** `desktop` is first-class at the typed config
root, while its children remain app-owned and open-ended.
- **Strict validation still works:** arbitrary nested `desktop.*` keys
are accepted instead of being rejected as unknown config.
- **Existing config APIs stay the seam:** `config/read` returns the bag,
and dotted writes such as `desktop.someKey` continue to flow through
`config/value/write` / `config/batchWrite` rather than a bespoke RPC.
- **No new consumer behavior:** Core/TUI do not start depending on
desktop preferences. This only preserves and exposes the namespace for
callers that intentionally use it.
- **Same persistence machinery:** hand-edited `config.toml` keeps using
the existing TOML edit/write path; this PR does not introduce a second
serializer or side channel.
- **TOML-friendly values:** the namespace is intended for ordinary
JSON-shaped setting values that map cleanly into TOML: strings, numbers,
booleans, arrays, and nested object/table values. This PR does not add
special handling for TOML-only edge cases such as datetimes.

## Layering semantics
Reads keep using the ordinary effective config pipeline, so `desktop`
participates in the same layered `config/read` behavior as the rest of
`ConfigToml`. Writes still target user config through the existing
config service.

## Why this is the shape
The alternative would be teaching Rust about each desktop setting as it
is added. That would make ordinary app preferences into a cross-repo
change, which is exactly the coupling we want to avoid.

This keeps the contract small:
1. Rust owns one opaque `desktop` namespace in `config.toml`.
2. The desktop app owns the schema and meaning of individual keys inside
it.
3. The existing config APIs remain the transport and mutation surface.

That is the piece the desktop settings PR needs in order to move forward
cleanly.

## Verification
- `cargo test -p codex-config strict_config_accepts_opaque_desktop_keys`
- `cargo test -p codex-core
desktop_toml_round_trips_opaque_nested_values`
- `cargo test -p codex-core config_schema_matches_fixture`
- `cargo test -p codex-app-server-protocol`
- `cargo test -p codex-app-server --test all desktop_settings`

guinness-oai · 2026-05-15 02:34:21 +00:00

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