## Why A Mac Bazel run hit a flake in `server::handler::tests::output_and_exit_are_retained_after_notification_receiver_closes` where the read path observed process exit but lost the expected buffered stdout (`first\nsecond\n`). See the [GitHub Actions job](https://github.com/openai/codex/actions/runs/24758468552/job/72436716505) and [BuildBuddy invocation](https://app.buildbuddy.io/invocation/37475a12-4ef2-45fb-ab8a-e49a2aba1d59). The underlying race is that process exit is not the same thing as stdout/stderr closure. If a child or grandchild inherits the pipe write end, or a process duplicates it with `dup2`, the watched process can exit while the stream is still open and more output can still arrive. The exec-server was starting exited-process retention cleanup from the exit event, so the process entry could be removed before the output streams had actually closed. While stress-testing the exec-server unit suite, `server::handler::tests::long_poll_read_fails_after_session_resume` exposed a separate test race: it started a short-lived command that could exit and wake the pending long-poll read before the session-resume assertion observed the resumed-session error. That test is intended to cover resume eviction, not process-exit delivery, so this change keeps the process alive and quiet while the second connection resumes the session. ## What changed - Keep exec-server process entries retained until stdout/stderr streams close, then start the post-exit retention timer from the closed event. - Wake long-poll readers when the closed event is emitted. - Add focused `local_process` unit coverage that proves late output is still retained after the short test retention interval has elapsed, and that closed process entries are eventually evicted. - Add a local and remote regression test where a parent exits while a child keeps inherited stdout open. The child waits on an explicit release file, so the test deterministically observes exit first, releases the child, then requires a nonzero-wait read from the exit sequence to receive the late output. - In `codex-rs/exec-server/src/server/handler/tests.rs`, make `long_poll_read_fails_after_session_resume` run a long-lived silent command instead of a short command that prints and exits. This isolates the test to session-resume behavior and prevents a normal process exit from satisfying the pending long-poll read first. ## Testing - `cargo test -p codex-exec-server exec_process_retains_output_after_exit_until_streams_close` - `cargo test -p codex-exec-server local_process::tests` - `cargo test -p codex-exec-server` - `just fix -p codex-exec-server` - `bazel test //codex-rs/exec-server:exec-server-unit-tests //codex-rs/exec-server:exec-server-exec_process-test //codex-rs/exec-server:exec-server-file_system-test //codex-rs/exec-server:exec-server-http_client-test //codex-rs/exec-server:exec-server-initialize-test //codex-rs/exec-server:exec-server-process-test //codex-rs/exec-server:exec-server-websocket-test` - `bazel test --runs_per_test=25 //codex-rs/exec-server:exec-server-unit-tests` ## Documentation No docs update needed; this is an internal exec-server correctness fix.
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