respect workspace option for disabling plugins (#18907)

Respects the workspace setting for plugins in Codex

Plugins menu disappears
Plugins do not load
Plugins do not load in composer

no plugins loaded
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no plugins in menu
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codex-rs/app-server/tests/suite/v2/skills_list.rs

@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 
 use anyhow::Context;
 use anyhow::Result;
+use app_test_support::ChatGptAuthFixture;
 use app_test_support::McpProcess;
 use app_test_support::to_response;
+use app_test_support::write_chatgpt_auth;
 use codex_app_server_protocol::JSONRPCResponse;
 use codex_app_server_protocol::RequestId;
 use codex_app_server_protocol::SkillsChangedNotification;
@@ -11,12 +13,19 @@ use codex_app_server_protocol::SkillsListExtraRootsForCwd;
 use codex_app_server_protocol::SkillsListParams;
 use codex_app_server_protocol::SkillsListResponse;
 use codex_app_server_protocol::ThreadStartParams;
+use codex_config::types::AuthCredentialsStoreMode;
 use codex_exec_server::CODEX_EXEC_SERVER_URL_ENV_VAR;
 use pretty_assertions::assert_eq;
 use tempfile::TempDir;
 use tokio::time::timeout;
+use wiremock::Mock;
+use wiremock::MockServer;
+use wiremock::ResponseTemplate;
+use wiremock::matchers::header;
+use wiremock::matchers::method;
+use wiremock::matchers::path;
 
-const DEFAULT_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(10);
+const DEFAULT_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(30);
 const WATCHER_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(20);
 
 fn write_skill(root: &TempDir, name: &str) -> Result<()> {
@@ -27,6 +36,63 @@ fn write_skill(root: &TempDir, name: &str) -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+fn write_plugins_enabled_config_with_base_url(
+    codex_home: &std::path::Path,
+    base_url: &str,
+) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    std::fs::write(
+        codex_home.join("config.toml"),
+        format!(
+            r#"chatgpt_base_url = "{base_url}"
+
+[features]
+plugins = true
+"#,
+        ),
+    )
+}
+
+fn write_plugin_with_skill(
+    repo_root: &std::path::Path,
+    plugin_name: &str,
+    skill_name: &str,
+) -> Result<()> {
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(repo_root.join(".git"))?;
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(repo_root.join(".agents/plugins"))?;
+    std::fs::write(
+        repo_root.join(".agents/plugins/marketplace.json"),
+        format!(
+            r#"{{
+  "name": "local-marketplace",
+  "plugins": [
+    {{
+      "name": "{plugin_name}",
+      "source": {{
+        "source": "local",
+        "path": "./{plugin_name}"
+      }}
+    }}
+  ]
+}}"#
+        ),
+    )?;
+
+    let plugin_root = repo_root.join(plugin_name);
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(plugin_root.join(".codex-plugin"))?;
+    std::fs::write(
+        plugin_root.join(".codex-plugin/plugin.json"),
+        format!(r#"{{"name":"{plugin_name}"}}"#),
+    )?;
+
+    let skill_dir = plugin_root.join("skills").join(skill_name);
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(&skill_dir)?;
+    std::fs::write(
+        skill_dir.join("SKILL.md"),
+        format!("---\nname: {skill_name}\ndescription: {skill_name} description\n---\n\n# Body\n"),
+    )?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn skills_list_includes_skills_from_per_cwd_extra_user_roots() -> Result<()> {
     let codex_home = TempDir::new()?;
@@ -65,6 +131,71 @@ async fn skills_list_includes_skills_from_per_cwd_extra_user_roots() -> Result<(
     Ok(())
 }
 
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn skills_list_excludes_plugin_skills_when_workspace_codex_plugins_disabled() -> Result<()> {
+    let codex_home = TempDir::new()?;
+    let repo_root = TempDir::new()?;
+    let server = MockServer::start().await;
+    write_skill(&codex_home, "home-skill")?;
+    write_plugin_with_skill(repo_root.path(), "demo-plugin", "plugin-skill")?;
+    write_plugins_enabled_config_with_base_url(
+        codex_home.path(),
+        &format!("{}/backend-api/", server.uri()),
+    )?;
+    write_chatgpt_auth(
+        codex_home.path(),
+        ChatGptAuthFixture::new("chatgpt-token")
+            .account_id("account-123")
+            .chatgpt_user_id("user-123")
+            .chatgpt_account_id("account-123")
+            .plan_type("team"),
+        AuthCredentialsStoreMode::File,
+    )?;
+    Mock::given(method("GET"))
+        .and(path("/backend-api/accounts/account-123/settings"))
+        .and(header("authorization", "Bearer chatgpt-token"))
+        .and(header("chatgpt-account-id", "account-123"))
+        .respond_with(
+            ResponseTemplate::new(200).set_body_string(r#"{"beta_settings":{"plugins":false}}"#),
+        )
+        .mount(&server)
+        .await;
+
+    let mut mcp = McpProcess::new_without_managed_config(codex_home.path()).await?;
+    timeout(DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, mcp.initialize()).await??;
+
+    let request_id = mcp
+        .send_skills_list_request(SkillsListParams {
+            cwds: vec![repo_root.path().to_path_buf()],
+            force_reload: true,
+            per_cwd_extra_user_roots: None,
+        })
+        .await?;
+
+    let response: JSONRPCResponse = timeout(
+        DEFAULT_TIMEOUT,
+        mcp.read_stream_until_response_message(RequestId::Integer(request_id)),
+    )
+    .await??;
+    let SkillsListResponse { data } = to_response(response)?;
+    assert_eq!(data.len(), 1);
+    assert!(
+        data[0]
+            .skills
+            .iter()
+            .any(|skill| skill.name == "home-skill"),
+        "non-plugin skills should remain available"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        data[0]
+            .skills
+            .iter()
+            .all(|skill| skill.name != "demo-plugin:plugin-skill"),
+        "plugin skills should be hidden when workspace Codex plugins are disabled"
+    );
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn skills_list_skips_cwd_roots_when_environment_disabled() -> Result<()> {
     let codex_home = TempDir::new()?;