## Summary
- reserve an explicit opaque `desktop` namespace in `ConfigToml`
- expose `desktop` directly in the app-server v2 `config/read` response
- keep `config/value/write` and `config/batchWrite` as the only mutation
seam for paths like `desktop.someKey`
- regenerate the config/app-server schema outputs and document the new
contract
## Why
The desktop settings work wants one durable, user-editable home for
app-owned preferences in `~/.codex/config.toml`, without forcing Rust to
model every individual desktop setting key.
This PR is only the enabling Rust/app-server layer. It gives the
Electron app a first-class config namespace it can read and write
through the existing config APIs, while leaving the actual desktop
migration to the app PR.
## Behavior and design notes
- **Opaque but explicit:** `desktop` is first-class at the typed config
root, while its children remain app-owned and open-ended.
- **Strict validation still works:** arbitrary nested `desktop.*` keys
are accepted instead of being rejected as unknown config.
- **Existing config APIs stay the seam:** `config/read` returns the bag,
and dotted writes such as `desktop.someKey` continue to flow through
`config/value/write` / `config/batchWrite` rather than a bespoke RPC.
- **No new consumer behavior:** Core/TUI do not start depending on
desktop preferences. This only preserves and exposes the namespace for
callers that intentionally use it.
- **Same persistence machinery:** hand-edited `config.toml` keeps using
the existing TOML edit/write path; this PR does not introduce a second
serializer or side channel.
- **TOML-friendly values:** the namespace is intended for ordinary
JSON-shaped setting values that map cleanly into TOML: strings, numbers,
booleans, arrays, and nested object/table values. This PR does not add
special handling for TOML-only edge cases such as datetimes.
## Layering semantics
Reads keep using the ordinary effective config pipeline, so `desktop`
participates in the same layered `config/read` behavior as the rest of
`ConfigToml`. Writes still target user config through the existing
config service.
## Why this is the shape
The alternative would be teaching Rust about each desktop setting as it
is added. That would make ordinary app preferences into a cross-repo
change, which is exactly the coupling we want to avoid.
This keeps the contract small:
1. Rust owns one opaque `desktop` namespace in `config.toml`.
2. The desktop app owns the schema and meaning of individual keys inside
it.
3. The existing config APIs remain the transport and mutation surface.
That is the piece the desktop settings PR needs in order to move forward
cleanly.
## Verification
- `cargo test -p codex-config strict_config_accepts_opaque_desktop_keys`
- `cargo test -p codex-core
desktop_toml_round_trips_opaque_nested_values`
- `cargo test -p codex-core config_schema_matches_fixture`
- `cargo test -p codex-app-server-protocol`
- `cargo test -p codex-app-server --test all desktop_settings`
## Summary
This change lets `forced_chatgpt_workspace_id` accept multiple workspace
IDs instead of a single value.
It keeps the existing config key name, adds backward-compatible parsing
for a single string in `config.toml`, and normalizes the setting into an
allowed workspace list across login enforcement, app-server config
surfaces, and local ChatGPT auth helpers.
## Why
Workspace-restricted deployments may need to allow more than one ChatGPT
workspace without dropping the guardrail entirely.
## Server-side impact
Codex's local server and app-server protocol needed changes because they
previously assumed a single workspace ID. The local login flow now
matches the auth backend interface by sending the allowed workspace list
as a single comma-separated `allowed_workspace_id` query parameter.
## Validation
This was tested with:
- A single workspace config
- With multi-workspace configs
- With multiple workspaces in the config
- The user only being a part of a subset of them
All were successful.
Automated coverage:
- `cargo test -p codex-login`
- `cargo test -p codex-app-server-protocol`
- `cargo test -p codex-tui local_chatgpt_auth`
- `cargo test --locked -p codex-app-server
login_account_chatgpt_includes_forced_workspace_allowlist_query_param`
## Why
`--profile-v2 <name>` gives launchers and runtime entry points a named
profile config without making each profile duplicate the base user
config. The base `$CODEX_HOME/config.toml` still loads first, then
`$CODEX_HOME/<name>.config.toml` layers above it and becomes the active
writable user config for that session.
That keeps shared defaults, plugin/MCP setup, and managed/user
constraints in one place while letting a named profile override only the
pieces that need to differ.
## What Changed
- Added the shared `--profile-v2 <name>` runtime option with validated
plain names, now represented by `ProfileV2Name`.
- Extended config layer state so the base user config and selected
profile config are both `User` layers; APIs expose the active user layer
and merged effective user config.
- Threaded profile selection through runtime entry points: `codex`,
`codex exec`, `codex review`, `codex resume`, `codex fork`, and `codex
debug prompt-input`.
- Made user-facing config writes go to the selected profile file when
active, including TUI/settings persistence, app-server config writes,
and MCP/app tool approval persistence.
- Made plugin, marketplace, MCP, hooks, and config reload paths read
from the merged user config so base and profile layers both participate.
- Updated app-server config layer schemas to mark profile-backed user
layers.
## Limits
`--profile-v2` is still rejected for config-management subcommands such
as feature, MCP, and marketplace edits. Those paths remain tied to the
base `config.toml` until they have explicit profile-selection semantics.
Some adjacent background writes may still update base or global state
rather than the selected profile:
- marketplace auto-upgrade metadata
- automatic MCP dependency installs from skills
- remote plugin sync or uninstall config edits
- personality migration marker/default writes
## Verification
Added targeted coverage for profile name validation, layer
ordering/merging, selected-profile writes, app-server config writes,
session hot reload, plugin config merging, hooks/config fixture updates,
and MCP/app approval persistence.
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## Summary
It appears this config flag has been broken/a noop for quite some time:
since https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/8850. Let's simplify and get
rid of this.
## Testing
- [x] Updated unit tests
### Why
Auto-review is the user-facing name for the approvals reviewer, but the
config/API value still exposed the old `guardian_subagent` name. That
made new configs and generated schemas point users at Guardian
terminology even though the intended product surface is Auto-review.
This PR updates the external `approvals_reviewer` value while preserving
compatibility for existing configs and clients.
### What changed
- Makes `auto_review` the canonical serialized value for
`approvals_reviewer`.
- Keeps `guardian_subagent` accepted as a legacy alias.
- Keeps `user` accepted and serialized as `user`.
- Updates generated config and app-server schemas so
`approvals_reviewer` includes:
- `user`
- `auto_review`
- `guardian_subagent`
- Updates app-server README docs for the reviewer value.
- Updates analytics and config requirements tests for the canonical
auto_review value.
### Compatibility
Existing configs and API payloads using:
```toml
approvals_reviewer = "guardian_subagent"
```
continue to load and map to the Auto-review reviewer behavior.
New serialization emits:
```toml
approvals_reviewer = "auto_review"
```
This PR intentionally does not rename the [features].guardian_approval
key or broad internal Guardian symbols. Those are split out for a
follow-up PR to keep this migration small and avoid touching large
TUI/internal surfaces.
**Verification**
cargo test -p codex-protocol
approvals_reviewer_serializes_auto_review_and_accepts_legacy_guardian_subagent
cargo test -p codex-app-server-protocol
approvals_reviewer_serializes_auto_review_and_accepts_legacy_guardian_subagent
## Summary
- add `approvals_reviewer = "user" | "guardian_subagent"` as the runtime
control for who reviews approval requests
- route Smart Approvals guardian review through core for command
execution, file changes, managed-network approvals, MCP approvals, and
delegated/subagent approval flows
- expose guardian review in app-server with temporary unstable
`item/autoApprovalReview/{started,completed}` notifications carrying
`targetItemId`, `review`, and `action`
- update the TUI so Smart Approvals can be enabled from `/experimental`,
aligned with the matching `/approvals` mode, and surfaced clearly while
reviews are pending or resolved
## Runtime model
This PR does not introduce a new `approval_policy`.
Instead:
- `approval_policy` still controls when approval is needed
- `approvals_reviewer` controls who reviewable approval requests are
routed to:
- `user`
- `guardian_subagent`
`guardian_subagent` is a carefully prompted reviewer subagent that
gathers relevant context and applies a risk-based decision framework
before approving or denying the request.
The `smart_approvals` feature flag is a rollout/UI gate. Core runtime
behavior keys off `approvals_reviewer`.
When Smart Approvals is enabled from the TUI, it also switches the
current `/approvals` settings to the matching Smart Approvals mode so
users immediately see guardian review in the active thread:
- `approval_policy = on-request`
- `approvals_reviewer = guardian_subagent`
- `sandbox_mode = workspace-write`
Users can still change `/approvals` afterward.
Config-load behavior stays intentionally narrow:
- plain `smart_approvals = true` in `config.toml` remains just the
rollout/UI gate and does not auto-set `approvals_reviewer`
- the deprecated `guardian_approval = true` alias migration does
backfill `approvals_reviewer = "guardian_subagent"` in the same scope
when that reviewer is not already configured there, so old configs
preserve their original guardian-enabled behavior
ARC remains a separate safety check. For MCP tool approvals, ARC
escalations now flow into the configured reviewer instead of always
bypassing guardian and forcing manual review.
## Config stability
The runtime reviewer override is stable, but the config-backed
app-server protocol shape is still settling.
- `thread/start`, `thread/resume`, and `turn/start` keep stable
`approvalsReviewer` overrides
- the config-backed `approvals_reviewer` exposure returned via
`config/read` (including profile-level config) is now marked
`[UNSTABLE]` / experimental in the app-server protocol until we are more
confident in that config surface
## App-server surface
This PR intentionally keeps the guardian app-server shape narrow and
temporary.
It adds generic unstable lifecycle notifications:
- `item/autoApprovalReview/started`
- `item/autoApprovalReview/completed`
with payloads of the form:
- `{ threadId, turnId, targetItemId, review, action? }`
`review` is currently:
- `{ status, riskScore?, riskLevel?, rationale? }`
- where `status` is one of `inProgress`, `approved`, `denied`, or
`aborted`
`action` carries the guardian action summary payload from core when
available. This lets clients render temporary standalone pending-review
UI, including parallel reviews, even when the underlying tool item has
not been emitted yet.
These notifications are explicitly documented as `[UNSTABLE]` and
expected to change soon.
This PR does **not** persist guardian review state onto `thread/read`
tool items. The intended follow-up is to attach guardian review state to
the reviewed tool item lifecycle instead, which would improve
consistency with manual approvals and allow thread history / reconnect
flows to replay guardian review state directly.
## TUI behavior
- `/experimental` exposes the rollout gate as `Smart Approvals`
- enabling it in the TUI enables the feature and switches the current
session to the matching Smart Approvals `/approvals` mode
- disabling it in the TUI clears the persisted `approvals_reviewer`
override when appropriate and returns the session to default manual
review when the effective reviewer changes
- `/approvals` still exposes the reviewer choice directly
- the TUI renders:
- pending guardian review state in the live status footer, including
parallel review aggregation
- resolved approval/denial state in history
## Scope notes
This PR includes the supporting core/runtime work needed to make Smart
Approvals usable end-to-end:
- shell / unified-exec / apply_patch / managed-network / MCP guardian
review
- delegated/subagent approval routing into guardian review
- guardian review risk metadata and action summaries for app-server/TUI
- config/profile/TUI handling for `smart_approvals`, `guardian_approval`
alias migration, and `approvals_reviewer`
- a small internal cleanup of delegated approval forwarding to dedupe
fallback paths and simplify guardian-vs-parent approval waiting (no
intended behavior change)
Out of scope for this PR:
- redesigning the existing manual approval protocol shapes
- persisting guardian review state onto app-server `ThreadItem`s
- delegated MCP elicitation auto-review (the current delegated MCP
guardian shim only covers the legacy `RequestUserInput` path)
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## Summary
- add `skill_approval` to `RejectConfig` and the app-server v2
`AskForApproval::Reject` payload so skill-script prompts can be
configured independently from sandbox and rule-based prompts
- update Unix shell escalation to reject prompts based on the actual
decision source, keeping prefix rules tied to `rules`, unmatched command
fallbacks tied to `sandbox_approval`, and skill scripts tied to
`skill_approval`
- regenerate the affected protocol/config schemas and expand
unit/integration coverage for the new flag and skill approval behavior
## Summary
We need to support allowing request_permissions calls when using
`Reject` policy
<img width="1133" height="588" alt="Screenshot 2026-03-09 at 12 06
40 PM"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a8df987f-c225-4866-b8ab-5590960daec5"
/>
Note that this is a backwards-incompatible change for Reject policy. I'm
not sure if we need to add a default based on our current use/setup
## Testing
- [x] Added tests
- [x] Tested locally
Previously, we could only configure whether web search was on/off.
This PR enables sending along a web search config, which includes all
the stuff responsesapi supports: filters, location, etc.
followup to https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/13212 to expose fast
tier controls to app server
(majority of this PR is generated schema jsons - actual code is +69 /
-35 and +24 tests )
- add service tier fields to the app-server protocol surfaces used by
thread lifecycle, turn start, config, and session configured events
- thread service tier through the app-server message processor and core
thread config snapshots
- allow runtime config overrides to carry service tier for app-server
callers
cleanup:
- Removing useless "legacy" code supporting "standard" - we moved to
None | "fast", so "standard" is not needed.
This PR makes `Config.apps `experimental-only and fixes a TS schema
post-processing bug that removed needed imports. The bug happened
because import pruning only checked the inner type body after filtering,
not the full alias, so `JsonValue` got dropped from `Config.ts`. We now
prune against the full alias body and added a regression test for this
scenario.
Similar to what @sayan-oai did in openai/codex#8956 for
`config.schema.json`, this PR updates the repo so that it includes the
output of `codex app-server generate-json-schema` and `codex app-server
generate-ts` and adds a test to verify it is in sync with the current
code.
Motivation:
- This makes any schema changes introduced by a PR transparent during
code review.
- In particular, this should help us catch PRs that would introduce a
non-backwards-compatible change to the app schema (eventually, this
should also be enforced by tooling).
- Once https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/10231 is in to formalize the
notion of "experimental" fields, we can work on ensuring the
non-experimental bits are backwards-compatible.
`codex-rs/app-server-protocol/tests/schema_fixtures.rs` was added as the
test and `just write-app-server-schema` can be use to generate the
vendored schema files.
Incidentally, when I run:
```
rg _ codex-rs/app-server-protocol/schema/typescript/v2
```
I see a number of `snake_case` names that should be `camelCase`.
