diff --git a/codex-rs/Cargo.lock b/codex-rs/Cargo.lock
index 51667c6013..aafcbdd1b9 100644
--- a/codex-rs/Cargo.lock
+++ b/codex-rs/Cargo.lock
@@ -2126,6 +2126,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "codex-rmcp-client",
  "codex-rollout-trace",
  "codex-sandboxing",
+ "codex-shell-command",
  "codex-state",
  "codex-stdio-to-uds",
  "codex-terminal-detection",
diff --git a/codex-rs/cli/Cargo.toml b/codex-rs/cli/Cargo.toml
index cdee241b42..8601de5851 100644
--- a/codex-rs/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/codex-rs/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ codex-responses-api-proxy = { workspace = true }
 codex-rmcp-client = { workspace = true }
 codex-rollout-trace = { workspace = true }
 codex-sandboxing = { workspace = true }
+codex-shell-command = { workspace = true }
 codex-state = { workspace = true }
 codex-stdio-to-uds = { workspace = true }
 codex-terminal-detection = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/codex-rs/cli/src/debug_sandbox.rs b/codex-rs/cli/src/debug_sandbox.rs
index c85da0f5f2..73ca85502c 100644
--- a/codex-rs/cli/src/debug_sandbox.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/cli/src/debug_sandbox.rs
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ use crate::exit_status::handle_exit_status;
 #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
 use seatbelt::DenialLogger;
 
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+const LINUX_SANDBOX_FORWARDED_SIGNALS: &[libc::c_int] =
+    &[libc::SIGHUP, libc::SIGINT, libc::SIGQUIT, libc::SIGTERM];
+
 #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
 pub async fn run_command_under_seatbelt(
     command: SeatbeltCommand,
@@ -142,6 +146,13 @@ async fn run_command_under_sandbox(
     // sandbox policy. In the future, we could add a CLI option to set them
     // separately.
     let sandbox_policy_cwd = cwd.clone();
+    if let Some(reason) = codex_shell_command::metadata_write_forbidden_reason(
+        &command,
+        cwd.as_path(),
+        &config.permissions.file_system_sandbox_policy(),
+    ) {
+        anyhow::bail!("{reason}");
+    }
 
     let env = create_env(
         &config.permissions.shell_environment_policy,
@@ -261,6 +272,9 @@ async fn run_command_under_sandbox(
         denial_logger.on_child_spawn(&child);
     }
 
+    #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+    let status = wait_for_debug_sandbox_child(&mut child).await?;
+    #[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
     let status = child.wait().await?;
 
     #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
@@ -438,6 +452,27 @@ async fn spawn_debug_sandbox_child(
         cmd.env(CODEX_SANDBOX_NETWORK_DISABLED_ENV_VAR, "1");
     }
 
+    #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+    {
+        let parent_pid = unsafe { libc::getpid() };
+        // SAFETY: `pre_exec` runs in the child immediately before exec. The
+        // closure only adjusts the child signal mask, installs a parent-death
+        // signal, and checks the inherited parent pid to close the fork/exec
+        // race.
+        unsafe {
+            cmd.pre_exec(move || {
+                block_linux_sandbox_forwarded_signals()?;
+                if libc::prctl(libc::PR_SET_PDEATHSIG, libc::SIGTERM) == -1 {
+                    return Err(std::io::Error::last_os_error());
+                }
+                if libc::getppid() != parent_pid {
+                    libc::raise(libc::SIGTERM);
+                }
+                Ok(())
+            });
+        }
+    }
+
     cmd.stdin(Stdio::inherit())
         .stdout(Stdio::inherit())
         .stderr(Stdio::inherit())
@@ -445,6 +480,68 @@ async fn spawn_debug_sandbox_child(
         .spawn()
 }
 
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+async fn wait_for_debug_sandbox_child(
+    child: &mut Child,
+) -> std::io::Result<std::process::ExitStatus> {
+    let child_pid = child.id().map(|pid| pid as libc::pid_t);
+    tokio::select! {
+        status = child.wait() => status,
+        signal = recv_linux_sandbox_forwarded_signal() => {
+            let signal = signal?;
+            if let Some(child_pid) = child_pid {
+                signal_debug_sandbox_child(child_pid, signal)?;
+            }
+            child.wait().await
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+async fn recv_linux_sandbox_forwarded_signal() -> std::io::Result<libc::c_int> {
+    use tokio::signal::unix::SignalKind;
+    use tokio::signal::unix::signal;
+
+    let mut sighup = signal(SignalKind::hangup())?;
+    let mut sigint = signal(SignalKind::interrupt())?;
+    let mut sigquit = signal(SignalKind::quit())?;
+    let mut sigterm = signal(SignalKind::terminate())?;
+
+    let signal = tokio::select! {
+        _ = sighup.recv() => libc::SIGHUP,
+        _ = sigint.recv() => libc::SIGINT,
+        _ = sigquit.recv() => libc::SIGQUIT,
+        _ = sigterm.recv() => libc::SIGTERM,
+    };
+    Ok(signal)
+}
+
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+fn signal_debug_sandbox_child(pid: libc::pid_t, signal: libc::c_int) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    if unsafe { libc::kill(pid, signal) } < 0 {
+        let err = std::io::Error::last_os_error();
+        if err.raw_os_error() != Some(libc::ESRCH) {
+            return Err(err);
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+fn block_linux_sandbox_forwarded_signals() -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    let mut blocked: libc::sigset_t = unsafe { std::mem::zeroed() };
+    unsafe {
+        libc::sigemptyset(&mut blocked);
+        for signal in LINUX_SANDBOX_FORWARDED_SIGNALS {
+            libc::sigaddset(&mut blocked, *signal);
+        }
+        if libc::sigprocmask(libc::SIG_BLOCK, &blocked, std::ptr::null_mut()) < 0 {
+            return Err(std::io::Error::last_os_error());
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
 mod windows_stdio_bridge {
     use std::io::Read;
diff --git a/codex-rs/core/src/tools/handlers/shell.rs b/codex-rs/core/src/tools/handlers/shell.rs
index b7512b7076..c3e101bf17 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/tools/handlers/shell.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/tools/handlers/shell.rs
@@ -531,6 +531,14 @@ impl ShellHandler {
                 prefix_rule,
             })
             .await;
+        let exec_approval_requirement = codex_shell_command::metadata_write_forbidden_reason(
+            &exec_params.command,
+            &exec_params.cwd,
+            &file_system_sandbox_policy,
+        )
+        .map_or(exec_approval_requirement, |reason| {
+            crate::tools::sandboxing::ExecApprovalRequirement::Forbidden { reason }
+        });
 
         let req = ShellRequest {
             command: exec_params.command.clone(),
diff --git a/codex-rs/shell-command/src/bash.rs b/codex-rs/shell-command/src/bash.rs
index 2fe299108c..9a10ba458b 100644
--- a/codex-rs/shell-command/src/bash.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/shell-command/src/bash.rs
@@ -119,6 +119,55 @@ pub fn parse_shell_lc_plain_commands(command: &[String]) -> Option<Vec<Vec<Strin
     try_parse_word_only_commands_sequence(&tree, script)
 }
 
+/// Returns command word prefixes within a `bash -lc "..."` or `zsh -lc "..."`
+/// invocation, including commands nested in control-flow or substitutions.
+///
+/// This is intentionally more permissive than
+/// [`parse_shell_lc_plain_commands`]: it extracts the argv-shaped prefix from
+/// each command node and ignores shell attachments. Callers
+/// should use it only for conservative deny checks, not for allow-listing.
+pub fn parse_shell_lc_command_word_prefixes(command: &[String]) -> Option<Vec<Vec<String>>> {
+    let (_, script) = extract_bash_command(command)?;
+    let tree = try_parse_shell(script)?;
+    let root = tree.root_node();
+    if root.has_error() {
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    let mut commands = Vec::new();
+    for command_node in find_command_nodes(root) {
+        if let Some(words) = parse_command_word_prefix_from_node(command_node, script)
+            && !words.is_empty()
+        {
+            commands.push(words);
+        }
+    }
+
+    (!commands.is_empty()).then_some(commands)
+}
+
+/// Returns literal write redirection targets within a `bash -lc "..."` or
+/// `zsh -lc "..."` invocation.
+pub fn parse_shell_lc_write_redirection_targets(command: &[String]) -> Option<Vec<String>> {
+    let (_, script) = extract_bash_command(command)?;
+    let tree = try_parse_shell(script)?;
+    let root = tree.root_node();
+    if root.has_error() {
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    let mut targets = Vec::new();
+    for redirect_node in find_nodes_by_kind(root, "file_redirect") {
+        if file_redirect_uses_write_operator(redirect_node)
+            && let Some(target) = parse_redirection_target(redirect_node, script)
+        {
+            targets.push(target);
+        }
+    }
+
+    (!targets.is_empty()).then_some(targets)
+}
+
 /// Returns the parsed argv for a single shell command in a here-doc style
 /// script (`<<`), as long as the script contains exactly one command node.
 pub fn parse_shell_lc_single_command_prefix(command: &[String]) -> Option<Vec<String>> {
@@ -194,6 +243,100 @@ fn parse_plain_command_from_node(cmd: tree_sitter::Node, src: &str) -> Option<Ve
     Some(words)
 }
 
+fn parse_command_word_prefix_from_node(cmd: Node<'_>, src: &str) -> Option<Vec<String>> {
+    if cmd.kind() != "command" {
+        return None;
+    }
+    let mut words = Vec::new();
+    let mut cursor = cmd.walk();
+    for child in cmd.named_children(&mut cursor) {
+        match child.kind() {
+            "command_name" => {
+                let word_node = child.named_child(0)?;
+                if !matches!(word_node.kind(), "word" | "number") {
+                    return None;
+                }
+                words.push(word_node.utf8_text(src.as_bytes()).ok()?.to_owned());
+            }
+            "word" | "number" => {
+                words.push(child.utf8_text(src.as_bytes()).ok()?.to_owned());
+            }
+            "string" => {
+                let parsed = parse_double_quoted_string(child, src)?;
+                words.push(parsed);
+            }
+            "raw_string" => {
+                let parsed = parse_raw_string(child, src)?;
+                words.push(parsed);
+            }
+            "concatenation" => {
+                let parsed = parse_concatenation(child, src)?;
+                words.push(parsed);
+            }
+            "variable_assignment" | "comment" => {}
+            kind if is_allowed_heredoc_attachment_kind(kind) => {}
+            _ => {}
+        }
+    }
+    Some(words)
+}
+
+fn file_redirect_uses_write_operator(node: Node<'_>) -> bool {
+    let mut cursor = node.walk();
+    for child in node.children(&mut cursor) {
+        if !child.is_named() && child.kind().contains('>') {
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+    false
+}
+
+fn parse_redirection_target(node: Node<'_>, src: &str) -> Option<String> {
+    let mut target = None;
+    let mut cursor = node.walk();
+    for child in node.named_children(&mut cursor) {
+        if let Some(parsed) = parse_literal_shell_word(child, src) {
+            target = Some(parsed);
+        }
+    }
+    target
+}
+
+fn parse_literal_shell_word(node: Node<'_>, src: &str) -> Option<String> {
+    match node.kind() {
+        "word" | "number" => Some(node.utf8_text(src.as_bytes()).ok()?.to_owned()),
+        "string" => parse_double_quoted_string(node, src),
+        "raw_string" => parse_raw_string(node, src),
+        "concatenation" => parse_concatenation(node, src),
+        _ => None,
+    }
+}
+
+fn parse_concatenation(node: Node<'_>, src: &str) -> Option<String> {
+    let mut concatenated = String::new();
+    let mut cursor = node.walk();
+    for part in node.named_children(&mut cursor) {
+        match part.kind() {
+            "word" | "number" => {
+                concatenated.push_str(part.utf8_text(src.as_bytes()).ok()?.to_owned().as_str());
+            }
+            "string" => {
+                let parsed = parse_double_quoted_string(part, src)?;
+                concatenated.push_str(&parsed);
+            }
+            "raw_string" => {
+                let parsed = parse_raw_string(part, src)?;
+                concatenated.push_str(&parsed);
+            }
+            _ => return None,
+        }
+    }
+    if concatenated.is_empty() {
+        return None;
+    }
+    Some(concatenated)
+}
+
 fn parse_heredoc_command_words(cmd: Node<'_>, src: &str) -> Option<Vec<String>> {
     if cmd.kind() != "command" {
         return None;
@@ -268,6 +411,29 @@ fn find_single_command_node(root: Node<'_>) -> Option<Node<'_>> {
     single_command
 }
 
+fn find_command_nodes(root: Node<'_>) -> Vec<Node<'_>> {
+    let mut command_nodes = find_nodes_by_kind(root, "command");
+    command_nodes.sort_by_key(Node::start_byte);
+    command_nodes
+}
+
+fn find_nodes_by_kind<'a>(root: Node<'a>, kind: &str) -> Vec<Node<'a>> {
+    let mut stack = vec![root];
+    let mut matches = Vec::new();
+    while let Some(node) = stack.pop() {
+        if node.kind() == kind {
+            matches.push(node);
+        }
+
+        let mut cursor = node.walk();
+        for child in node.named_children(&mut cursor) {
+            stack.push(child);
+        }
+    }
+    matches.sort_by_key(Node::start_byte);
+    matches
+}
+
 fn has_named_descendant_kind(node: Node<'_>, kind: &str) -> bool {
     let mut stack = vec![node];
     while let Some(current) = stack.pop() {
@@ -453,6 +619,64 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(parsed, vec![vec!["ls".to_string()]]);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn parse_shell_lc_command_word_prefixes_extracts_complex_script_commands() {
+        let command = vec![
+            "bash".to_string(),
+            "-lc".to_string(),
+            r#"set -e
+top=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+if git init -q; then
+  exit 22
+fi
+if mkdir .codex; then
+  exit 23
+fi
+printf pwned > .git/config
+"#
+            .to_string(),
+        ];
+
+        let parsed = parse_shell_lc_command_word_prefixes(&command).expect("parse script");
+
+        assert!(parsed.contains(&vec![
+            "git".to_string(),
+            "rev-parse".to_string(),
+            "--show-toplevel".to_string()
+        ]));
+        assert!(parsed.contains(&vec![
+            "git".to_string(),
+            "init".to_string(),
+            "-q".to_string()
+        ]));
+        assert!(parsed.contains(&vec!["mkdir".to_string(), ".codex".to_string()]));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn parse_shell_lc_write_redirection_targets_extracts_literal_writes() {
+        let command = vec![
+            "bash".to_string(),
+            "-lc".to_string(),
+            r#"printf pwned > .git
+cat < .git/config
+printf ok >> .codex/log
+printf ok > ".agents/config"
+"#
+            .to_string(),
+        ];
+
+        let parsed = parse_shell_lc_write_redirection_targets(&command).expect("parse redirects");
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            parsed,
+            vec![
+                ".git".to_string(),
+                ".codex/log".to_string(),
+                ".agents/config".to_string()
+            ]
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn accepts_concatenated_flag_and_value() {
         // Test case: -g"*.py" (flag directly concatenated with quoted value)
diff --git a/codex-rs/shell-command/src/lib.rs b/codex-rs/shell-command/src/lib.rs
index 1d9e302a4e..7311f22c28 100644
--- a/codex-rs/shell-command/src/lib.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/shell-command/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ mod shell_detect;
 
 pub mod bash;
 pub(crate) mod command_safety;
+mod metadata_write;
 pub mod parse_command;
 pub mod powershell;
 
 pub use command_safety::is_dangerous_command;
 pub use command_safety::is_safe_command;
+pub use metadata_write::metadata_write_forbidden_reason;
diff --git a/codex-rs/shell-command/src/metadata_write.rs b/codex-rs/shell-command/src/metadata_write.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ee15786feb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codex-rs/shell-command/src/metadata_write.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+use std::path::Path;
+
+use codex_protocol::permissions::FileSystemSandboxPolicy;
+use codex_protocol::permissions::forbidden_agent_metadata_write;
+
+pub fn metadata_write_forbidden_reason(
+    command: &[String],
+    cwd: &Path,
+    file_system_sandbox_policy: &FileSystemSandboxPolicy,
+) -> Option<String> {
+    if let Some(targets) = crate::bash::parse_shell_lc_write_redirection_targets(command) {
+        for target in targets {
+            if let Some(name) =
+                forbidden_agent_metadata_write(Path::new(&target), cwd, file_system_sandbox_policy)
+            {
+                return Some(metadata_write_reason(name));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    None
+}
+
+fn metadata_write_reason(name: &str) -> String {
+    format!("command targets protected workspace metadata path `{name}`")
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use std::path::Path;
+    use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+    use codex_protocol::permissions::FileSystemSandboxPolicy;
+    use codex_protocol::protocol::SandboxPolicy;
+    use pretty_assertions::assert_eq;
+
+    use super::metadata_write_forbidden_reason;
+
+    struct TestDir {
+        path: PathBuf,
+    }
+
+    impl TestDir {
+        fn new(name: &str) -> Self {
+            let path = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!(
+                "codex-metadata-write-{name}-{}",
+                std::process::id()
+            ));
+            let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&path);
+            std::fs::create_dir(&path).expect("create tempdir");
+            Self { path }
+        }
+
+        fn path(&self) -> &Path {
+            &self.path
+        }
+    }
+
+    impl Drop for TestDir {
+        fn drop(&mut self) {
+            let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&self.path);
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn legacy_workspace_write_policy(cwd: &Path) -> FileSystemSandboxPolicy {
+        let policy = SandboxPolicy::WorkspaceWrite {
+            writable_roots: vec![],
+            network_access: false,
+            exclude_tmpdir_env_var: true,
+            exclude_slash_tmp: true,
+        };
+        FileSystemSandboxPolicy::from_legacy_sandbox_policy_for_cwd(&policy, cwd)
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn metadata_write_detector_allows_normal_git_under_parent_repo() {
+        let repo = TestDir::new("normal-git-under-parent-repo");
+        std::fs::create_dir(repo.path().join(".git")).expect("create parent .git");
+        let cwd = repo.path().join("sub");
+        std::fs::create_dir(&cwd).expect("create cwd");
+        let policy = legacy_workspace_write_policy(&cwd);
+
+        let reason = metadata_write_forbidden_reason(
+            &[
+                "/bin/bash".to_string(),
+                "-lc".to_string(),
+                "git status --short".to_string(),
+            ],
+            &cwd,
+            &policy,
+        );
+
+        assert_eq!(reason, None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn metadata_write_detector_leaves_direct_writes_to_sandbox_policy() {
+        let cwd = TestDir::new("direct-metadata-writes");
+        let policy = legacy_workspace_write_policy(cwd.path());
+
+        let reason = metadata_write_forbidden_reason(
+            &[
+                "/bin/bash".to_string(),
+                "-lc".to_string(),
+                "touch .git && mkdir -p .codex".to_string(),
+            ],
+            cwd.path(),
+            &policy,
+        );
+
+        assert_eq!(reason, None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn metadata_write_detector_blocks_metadata_redirections() {
+        let repo = TestDir::new("metadata-write-redirections");
+        std::fs::create_dir(repo.path().join(".git")).expect("create parent .git");
+        let cwd = repo.path().join("sub");
+        std::fs::create_dir(&cwd).expect("create cwd");
+        let policy = legacy_workspace_write_policy(&cwd);
+
+        let reason = metadata_write_forbidden_reason(
+            &[
+                "/bin/bash".to_string(),
+                "-lc".to_string(),
+                "printf pwned > .git".to_string(),
+            ],
+            &cwd,
+            &policy,
+        );
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            reason,
+            Some("command targets protected workspace metadata path `.git`".to_string())
+        );
+    }
+}