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This PR makes it possible to disable live web search via an enterprise
config even if the user is running in `--yolo` mode (though cached web
search will still be available). To do this, create
`/etc/codex/requirements.toml` as follows:
```toml
# "live" is not allowed; "disabled" is allowed even though not listed explicitly.
allowed_web_search_modes = ["cached"]
```
Or set `requirements_toml_base64` MDM as explained on
https://developers.openai.com/codex/security/#locations.
### Why
- Enforce admin/MDM/`requirements.toml` constraints on web-search
behavior, independent of user config and per-turn sandbox defaults.
- Ensure per-turn config resolution and review-mode overrides never
crash when constraints are present.
### What
- Add `allowed_web_search_modes` to requirements parsing and surface it
in app-server v2 `ConfigRequirements` (`allowedWebSearchModes`), with
fixtures updated.
- Define a requirements allowlist type (`WebSearchModeRequirement`) and
normalize semantics:
- `disabled` is always implicitly allowed (even if not listed).
- An empty list is treated as `["disabled"]`.
- Make `Config.web_search_mode` a `Constrained<WebSearchMode>` and apply
requirements via `ConstrainedWithSource<WebSearchMode>`.
- Update per-turn resolution (`resolve_web_search_mode_for_turn`) to:
- Prefer `Live → Cached → Disabled` when
`SandboxPolicy::DangerFullAccess` is active (subject to requirements),
unless the user preference is explicitly `Disabled`.
- Otherwise, honor the user’s preferred mode, falling back to an allowed
mode when necessary.
- Update TUI `/debug-config` and app-server mapping to display
normalized `allowed_web_search_modes` (including implicit `disabled`).
- Fix web-search integration tests to assert cached behavior under
`SandboxPolicy::ReadOnly` (since `DangerFullAccess` legitimately prefers
`live` when allowed).
Summary:
- replace the `sse_completed` fixture and related JSON template with
direct `responses::ev_completed` payload builders
- cascade the new SSE helpers through all affected core tests for
consistency and clarity
- remove legacy fixtures that were no longer needed once the helpers are
in place
Testing:
- Not run (not requested)
web_search can now be updated per-turn, for things like changes to
sandbox policy.
`SandboxPolicy::DangerFullAccess` now sets web_search to `live`, and the
default is still `cached`.
Added integration tests.
moving `web_search` rollout serverside, so need a way to explicitly
disable search + signal eligibility from the client.
- Add `x‑oai‑web‑search‑eligible` header that signifies whether the
request can have web search.
- Only attach the `web_search` tool when the resolved `WebSearchMode` is
`Live` or `Cached`.
### What
Add `WebSearchMode` enum (disabled, cached live, defaults to cached) to
config + V2 protocol. This enum takes precedence over legacy flags:
`web_search_cached`, `web_search_request`, and `tools.web_search`.
Keep `--search` as live.
### Tests
Added tests
Instead of returning structured out and then re-formatting it into
freeform, return the freeform output from shell_command tool.
Keep `shell` as the default tool for GPT-5.
## Summary
Enables shell_command for windows users, and starts adding some basic
command parsing here, to at least remove powershell prefixes. We'll
follow this up with command parsing but I wanted to land this change
separately with some basic UX.
**NOTE**: This implementation parses bash and powershell on both
platforms. In theory this is possible, since you can use git bash on
windows or powershell on linux. In practice, this may not be worth the
complexity of supporting, so I don't feel strongly about the current
approach vs. platform-specific branching.
## Testing
- [x] Added a bunch of tests
- [x] Ran on both windows and os x
## Summary
- make the plan tool available by default by removing the feature flag
and always registering the handler
- drop plan-tool CLI and API toggles across the exec, TUI, MCP server,
and app server code paths
- update tests and configs to reflect the always-on plan tool and guard
workspace restriction tests against env leakage
## Testing
Manually tested the extension.
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https://chatgpt.com/codex/tasks/task_i_68f67a3ff2d083209562a773f814c1f9
Adds a new ItemStarted event and delivers UserMessage as the first item
type (more to come).
Renames `InputItem` to `UserInput` considering we're using the `Item`
suffix for actual items.
Add proper feature flag instead of having custom flags for everything.
This is just for experimental/wip part of the code
It can be used through CLI:
```bash
codex --enable unified_exec --disable view_image_tool
```
Or in the `config.toml`
```toml
# Global toggles applied to every profile unless overridden.
[features]
apply_patch_freeform = true
view_image_tool = false
```
Follow-up:
In a following PR, the goal is to have a default have `bundles` of
features that we can associate to a model
## Summary
This PR is an alternative approach to #4711, but instead of changing our
storage, parses out shell calls in the client and reserializes them on
the fly before we send them out as part of the request.
What this changes:
1. Adds additional serialization logic when the
ApplyPatchToolType::Freeform is in use.
2. Adds a --custom-apply-patch flag to enable this setting on a
session-by-session basis.
This change is delicate, but is not meant to be permanent. It is meant
to be the first step in a migration:
1. (This PR) Add in-flight serialization with config
2. Update model_family default
3. Update serialization logic to store turn outputs in a structured
format, with logic to serialize based on model_family setting.
4. Remove this rewrite in-flight logic.
## Test Plan
- [x] Additional unit tests added
- [x] Integration tests added
- [x] Tested locally
# Tool System Refactor
- Centralizes tool definitions and execution in `core/src/tools/*`:
specs (`spec.rs`), handlers (`handlers/*`), router (`router.rs`),
registry/dispatch (`registry.rs`), and shared context (`context.rs`).
One registry now builds the model-visible tool list and binds handlers.
- Router converts model responses to tool calls; Registry dispatches
with consistent telemetry via `codex-rs/otel` and unified error
handling. Function, Local Shell, MCP, and experimental `unified_exec`
all flow through this path; legacy shell aliases still work.
- Rationale: reduce per‑tool boilerplate, keep spec/handler in sync, and
make adding tools predictable and testable.
Example: `read_file`
- Spec: `core/src/tools/spec.rs` (see `create_read_file_tool`,
registered by `build_specs`).
- Handler: `core/src/tools/handlers/read_file.rs` (absolute `file_path`,
1‑indexed `offset`, `limit`, `L#: ` prefixes, safe truncation).
- E2E test: `core/tests/suite/read_file.rs` validates the tool returns
the requested lines.
## Next steps:
- Decompose `handle_container_exec_with_params`
- Add parallel tool calls
