Protect first-time project .codex creation across Linux and macOS sandboxes (#15067)

## Problem

Codex already treated an existing top-level project `./.codex` directory
as protected, but there was a gap on first creation.

If `./.codex` did not exist yet, a turn could create files under it,
such as `./.codex/config.toml`, without going through the same approval
path as later modifications. That meant the initial write could bypass
the intended protection for project-local Codex state.

## What this changes

This PR closes that first-creation gap in the Unix enforcement layers:

- `codex-protocol`
- treat the top-level project `./.codex` path as a protected carveout
even when it does not exist yet
- avoid injecting the default carveout when the user already has an
explicit rule for that exact path
- macOS Seatbelt
- deny writes to both the exact protected path and anything beneath it,
so creating `./.codex` itself is blocked in addition to writes inside it
- Linux bubblewrap
- preserve the same protected-path behavior for first-time creation
under `./.codex`
- tests
- add protocol regressions for missing `./.codex` and explicit-rule
collisions
- add Unix sandbox coverage for blocking first-time `./.codex` creation
  - tighten Seatbelt policy assertions around excluded subpaths

## Scope

This change is intentionally scoped to protecting the top-level project
`.codex` subtree from agent writes.

It does not make `.codex` unreadable, and it does not change the product
behavior around loading project skills from `.codex` when project config
is untrusted.

## Why this shape

The fix is pointed rather than broad:
- it preserves the current model of “project `.codex` is protected from
writes”
- it closes the security-relevant first-write hole
- it avoids folding a larger permissions-model redesign into this PR

## Validation

- `cargo test -p codex-protocol`
- `cargo test -p codex-sandboxing seatbelt`
- `cargo test -p codex-exec --test all
sandbox_blocks_first_time_dot_codex_creation -- --nocapture`

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Co-authored-by: Michael Bolin <mbolin@openai.com>
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@@ -1162,35 +1162,10 @@ async fn fork_startup_context_then_first_turn_diff_snapshot() -> anyhow::Result<
})
.await?;
wait_for_event(&initial.codex, |ev| matches!(ev, EventMsg::TurnComplete(_))).await;
// The parent rollout writer drains asynchronously after turn completion.
// Wait until the persisted JSONL includes the source user turn before forking from it.
let mut source_history_persisted = false;
for _ in 0..100 {
let history = RolloutRecorder::get_rollout_history(&rollout_path).await;
source_history_persisted = history.ok().is_some_and(|history| {
history.get_rollout_items().into_iter().any(|item| {
matches!(
item,
RolloutItem::ResponseItem(ResponseItem::Message { role, content, .. })
if role == "user"
&& content.iter().any(|content_item| {
matches!(
content_item,
ContentItem::InputText { text } if text == "fork seed"
)
})
)
})
});
if source_history_persisted {
break;
}
sleep(StdDuration::from_millis(10)).await;
}
assert!(
source_history_persisted,
"source rollout should contain the completed pre-fork user turn before forking"
);
// Forking reads the persisted rollout JSONL, so force the completed source turn to disk
// before snapshotting from it.
initial.codex.ensure_rollout_materialized().await;
initial.codex.flush_rollout().await;
let mut fork_config = initial.config.clone();
fork_config.permissions.approval_policy =