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felixxia-oai db541f4553 [codex] Add managed MCP server matchers (#29648)
## Summary

This PR extends the existing managed `mcp_servers` identity requirement
so that one name-qualified rule can use either:

- the released exact command or URL identity;
- an exact stdio executable with an exact-length, ordered argument
matcher list; or
- a direct MCP URL matcher.

Matcher-based rules stay under the released `identity` key and use the
same `McpServerRequirement` abstraction and `mcp_servers.<server_name>`
namespace.

## Behavior

Policy activation and name qualification are unchanged:

- If `mcp_servers` is absent, ordinary configured MCP servers remain
unrestricted.
- If `mcp_servers` is present, a server needs a matching same-name
requirement.
- `mcp_servers = {}` continues to deny every configured MCP server.
- Existing exact identity requirements keep their released semantics.

Plugin-bundled MCP servers use the same requirement shapes under
`plugins.<plugin_name>.mcp_servers.<server_name>`. Top-level non-empty
rules continue to govern only ordinary configured servers; plugin rules
remain explicitly plugin-scoped. The existing globally empty
`mcp_servers = {}` plugin kill switch is preserved.

Requirements layers continue to use the existing regular TOML merge
behavior. Atomic replacement of named MCP requirements is intentionally
out of scope here and is tracked independently in #30118.

## Requirement contract

The released exact identity contract remains valid:

```toml
[mcp_servers.docs.identity]
command = "codex-mcp"

[mcp_servers.remote.identity]
url = "https://example.com/mcp"
```

Command identities continue to check only `command`; they do not inspect
arguments, `cwd`, `env`, or `env_vars`.

A command matcher uses an exact executable plus an exact-length, ordered
argument list. Each argument position supports `exact`, `prefix`, or
full-value `regex` matching:

```toml
[mcp_servers.internal_mcp_proxy.identity]
command = { executable = "company-cli", args = [
  { match = "exact", value = "mcp" },
  { match = "exact", value = "proxy" },
  { match = "exact", value = "--server" },
  { match = "regex", expression = '^https://[A-Za-z0-9-]+\.mcp\.internal\.example\.com(?::443)?(?:/.*)?$' },
] }
```

Direct streamable HTTP MCP definitions can use the same value matcher
types through `identity.url`:

```toml
[mcp_servers.internal_http.identity]
url = {
  match = "regex",
  expression = '^https://[A-Za-z0-9-]+\.mcp\.internal\.example\.com(?:/.*)?$',
}
```

Plugin-bundled MCP matchers use the same contract inside the
plugin-qualified allowlist:

```toml
[plugins."sample@test".mcp_servers.internal_mcp_proxy.identity]
command = { executable = "company-cli", args = [
  { match = "exact", value = "mcp" },
  { match = "exact", value = "proxy" },
] }
```

Regexes are validated while managed requirements are loaded, and regex
matching must cover the complete value. Command matchers constrain only
the executable and arguments.

## Why

Enterprise administrators need to allow MCP servers by executable and
positional-argument shape, including fixed arguments plus constrained
values such as internal MCP URLs passed to a proxy.

## Validation

- `just fmt`
- `git diff --check`
- `just test -p codex-config` (198 passed)
- `just test -p codex-core mcp_servers_by_matchers --lib` (2 passed)
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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.

Wine-exec integration tests

On x86-64 Linux, run the shared suite against the Windows exec server with bazel test //codex-rs/core:core-all-wine-exec-test.

Local execution targets the host OS, Docker targets Linux, and Wine exec targets Windows. Choose the skip macro by what the test depends on:

  • skip_if_target_windows!: Windows target behavior.
  • skip_if_host_windows!: Windows host constraints.
  • skip_if_remote!: Local-only test behavior.
  • skip_if_no_remote_env!: Remote-only test behavior.
  • skip_if_wine_exec!: Wine-specific runner debt.

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 keeps the legacy default preferences read access (user-preference-read) needed for cfprefs-backed macOS behavior.

Linux

Expects the binary containing codex-core to run the equivalent of codex sandbox 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 the first bwrap found on PATH outside the current working directory whenever it is available. If bwrap is present but too old to support --argv0, the helper keeps using system bubblewrap and switches to a no---argv0 compatibility path for the inner re-exec. If bwrap is missing, it falls back to the bundled codex-resources/bwrap binary shipped with Codex and Codex surfaces a startup warning through its normal notification path instead of printing directly from the sandbox helper. Codex also surfaces a startup warning when bubblewrap cannot create user namespaces. WSL2 uses the normal Linux bubblewrap path. WSL1 is not supported for bubblewrap sandboxing because it cannot create the required user namespaces, so Codex rejects sandboxed shell commands that would enter the bubblewrap path before invoking bwrap.

Windows

Legacy SandboxPolicy / sandbox_mode configs are still supported on Windows. Legacy read-only and workspace-write policies imply full filesystem read access; exact readable roots are represented by split filesystem policies instead.

The elevated Windows sandbox also supports:

  • legacy ReadOnly and WorkspaceWrite behavior
  • split filesystem policies that need exact readable roots, exact writable roots, or extra read-only carveouts under writable roots
  • backend-managed system read roots required for basic execution, such as C:\Windows, C:\Program Files, C:\Program Files (x86), and C:\ProgramData, when a split filesystem policy requests platform defaults

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 can be enforced directly by the selected Windows backend or round-trip through the legacy SandboxPolicy model without changing semantics. Policies that would require direct explicit unreadable carveouts (none) or reopened writable descendants under read-only carveouts 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.