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Andrei Eternal c4d9887f9a [hooks] add non-streaming (non-stdin style) shell-only PostToolUse support (#15531)
CHAINED PR - note that base is eternal/hooks-pretooluse-bash, not main
-- so the following PR should be first

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

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

example run:

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


⚠ MCP startup incomplete (failed: notion, linear)

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

• Running PreToolUse hook: checking the observatory runes

• Running PreToolUse hook: checking the observatory runes

• Running PreToolUse hook: checking the observatory runes

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

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

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

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

• Ran echo 'one'
  └ one

• Running PostToolUse hook: reading the observatory aftermath

• Running PostToolUse hook: reading the observatory aftermath

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

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

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

• Ran them in parallel. Little wave report:

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

  The hook messages were:

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


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


• Yeah, from this run:

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

  So the blocked notifications landed in context, but the blocked command payloads themselves did not.
  Nice clean guardrail, aloha.
```
c4d9887f9a · 2026-03-25 19:18:03 -07:00
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codex-core

This crate implements the business logic for Codex. It is designed to be used by the various Codex UIs written in Rust.

Dependencies

Note that codex-core makes some assumptions about certain helper utilities being available in the environment. Currently, this support matrix is:

macOS

Expects /usr/bin/sandbox-exec to be present.

When using the workspace-write sandbox policy, the Seatbelt profile allows writes under the configured writable roots while keeping .git (directory or pointer file), the resolved gitdir: target, and .codex read-only.

Network access and filesystem read/write roots are controlled by SandboxPolicy. Seatbelt consumes the resolved policy and enforces it.

Seatbelt also supports macOS permission-profile extensions layered on top of SandboxPolicy:

  • no extension profile provided: keeps legacy default preferences read access (user-preference-read).
  • extension profile provided with no macos_preferences grant: does not add preferences access clauses.
  • macos_preferences = "readonly": enables cfprefs read clauses and user-preference-read.
  • macos_preferences = "readwrite": includes readonly clauses plus user-preference-write and cfprefs shm write clauses.
  • macos_automation = true: enables broad Apple Events send permissions.
  • macos_automation = ["com.apple.Notes", ...]: enables Apple Events send only to listed bundle IDs.
  • macos_launch_services = true: enables LaunchServices lookups and open/launch operations.
  • macos_accessibility = true: enables com.apple.axserver mach lookup.
  • macos_calendar = true: enables com.apple.CalendarAgent mach lookup.
  • macos_contacts = "read_only": enables Address Book read access and Contacts read services.
  • macos_contacts = "read_write": includes the readonly Contacts clauses plus Address Book writes and keychain/temp helpers required for writes.

Linux

Expects the binary containing codex-core to run the equivalent of codex sandbox linux (legacy alias: codex debug landlock) when arg0 is codex-linux-sandbox. See the codex-arg0 crate for details.

Legacy SandboxPolicy / sandbox_mode configs are still supported on Linux. They can continue to use the legacy Landlock path when the split filesystem policy is sandbox-equivalent to the legacy model after cwd resolution. Split filesystem policies that need direct FileSystemSandboxPolicy enforcement, such as read-only or denied carveouts under a broader writable root, automatically route through bubblewrap. The legacy Landlock path is used only when the split filesystem policy round-trips through the legacy SandboxPolicy model without changing semantics. That includes overlapping cases like /repo = write, /repo/a = none, /repo/a/b = write, where the more specific writable child must reopen under a denied parent.

The Linux sandbox helper prefers /usr/bin/bwrap whenever it is available and supports the required argv-rewrite flags, and falls back to the vendored bubblewrap path compiled into the binary otherwise. When /usr/bin/bwrap is missing or too old to support the required flags, Codex also surfaces a startup warning through its normal notification path instead of printing directly from the sandbox helper.

Windows

Legacy SandboxPolicy / sandbox_mode configs are still supported on Windows.

The elevated setup/runner backend supports legacy ReadOnlyAccess::Restricted for read-only and workspace-write policies. Restricted read access honors explicit readable roots plus the command cwd, and keeps writable roots readable when workspace-write is used.

When include_platform_defaults = true, the elevated Windows backend adds backend-managed system read roots required for basic execution, such as C:\Windows, C:\Program Files, C:\Program Files (x86), and C:\ProgramData. When it is false, those extra system roots are omitted.

The unelevated restricted-token backend still supports the legacy full-read Windows model for legacy ReadOnly and WorkspaceWrite behavior. It also supports a narrow split-filesystem subset: full-read split policies whose writable roots still match the legacy WorkspaceWrite root set, but add extra read-only carveouts under those writable roots.

New [permissions] / split filesystem policies remain supported on Windows only when they round-trip through the legacy SandboxPolicy model without changing semantics. Policies that would require direct read restriction, explicit unreadable carveouts, reopened writable descendants under read-only carveouts, different writable root sets, or split carveout support in the elevated setup/runner backend still fail closed instead of running with weaker enforcement.

All Platforms

Expects the binary containing codex-core to simulate the virtual apply_patch CLI when arg1 is --codex-run-as-apply-patch. See the codex-arg0 crate for details.