## Why
Windows sandbox diagnostics are currently hard to recover from
`/feedback` even though they are often the most useful artifact when
debugging sandbox behavior. Now that sandbox logging uses daily rolling
files, feedback can safely include the current day's sandbox log without
uploading the old ever-growing legacy `sandbox.log`.
## What changed
- Add a `codex-windows-sandbox` helper that resolves the current daily
sandbox log from `codex_home`.
- When feedback is submitted with logs enabled on Windows, app-server
attaches today's sandbox log if it exists.
- Upload the attachment under the stable filename `windows-sandbox.log`,
independent of the dated on-disk filename.
- Keep existing raw `extra_log_files` behavior unchanged for rollout and
desktop log attachments.
## Verification
- `cargo fmt -p codex-app-server -p codex-windows-sandbox`
- `cargo test -p codex-windows-sandbox
current_log_file_path_for_codex_home_uses_sandbox_dir`
- `cargo test -p codex-app-server
windows_sandbox_log_attachment_uses_current_log`
- Manual CLI/TUI `/feedback` test confirmed Sentry received
`windows-sandbox.log`.
## Summary
Fix the TUI `$` app mention paths so App Directory rows that are not
accessible are not treated as usable apps.
This includes the core preservation fix from #24104, but expands it to
the other app mention paths:
- preserve app-server `is_accessible` flags when partial
`app/list/updated` snapshots reach the TUI
- require apps to be both accessible and enabled when resolving exact
`$slug` mentions
- require restored/stale `app://...` bindings to point at accessible,
enabled apps before emitting structured app mentions
- remove the now-unused `codex-chatgpt` dependency from `codex-tui`,
which addresses the `cargo shear` failure seen on #24104
## Root Cause
The app server already sends merged app snapshots with accessibility
computed. The TUI handled app-server app list updates as partial app
loads and re-ran the old accessible-app merge path. That path treated
every notification row as accessible, so App Directory entries with
`isAccessible=false` could appear in `$` suggestions.
Regression source: #22914 routed app-list updates through the app server
while reusing the old TUI partial-load handling. Related precursor:
#14717 introduced the partial-load path, but #22914 made it user-visible
for app-server updates.
## Issues
Fixes#24145Fixes#24205Fixes#24319
## Validation
- `just fmt`
- `git diff --check`
- `just bazel-lock-update`
- `just bazel-lock-check`
- `just argument-comment-lint -p codex-tui`
- `just test -p codex-tui
chatwidget::tests::popups_and_settings::apps_notification_update_excludes_inaccessible_apps_from_mentions
chatwidget::tests::composer_submission::submit_user_message_ignores_inaccessible_app_mentions_from_bindings
chatwidget::skills::tests::find_app_mentions_requires_accessible_enabled_apps_for_bound_paths
chatwidget::skills::tests::find_app_mentions_requires_accessible_enabled_apps_for_slugs`
## Summary
Add the extension-backed standalone `web.run` tool so Codex can call the
standalone search endpoint through the `codex-api` search client and
return its encrypted output to Responses.
- gate the new tool behind `standalone_web_search`
- install the extension in the app-server thread registry and hide
hosted `web_search` when standalone search is enabled for OpenAI
providers so the two paths stay mutually exclusive
- build search context from persisted history using a small tail
heuristic: previous user message, assistant text between the last two
user turns capped at about 1k tokens, and current user message
## Test Plan
- `cargo test -p codex-web-search-extension`
- `cargo test -p codex-api`
- `cargo test -p codex-core
hosted_tools_follow_provider_auth_model_and_config_gates`
## Why
`core/src/goals.rs` already emits OTEL metrics for goal creation,
resume, terminal transitions, token counts, and duration. As `/goal`
moves into `ext/goal`, the extension needs to preserve that telemetry
contract instead of only emitting app-visible `ThreadGoalUpdated`
events.
This keeps the existing `codex.goal.*` metric surface intact while goal
lifecycle ownership shifts toward the extension.
## What changed
- Added an extension-local `GoalMetrics` helper that records the
existing `codex.goal.*` counters and histograms through `codex-otel`.
- Threaded an optional `MetricsClient` through `install_with_backend`,
`GoalExtension`, `GoalRuntimeHandle`, and `GoalToolExecutor`.
- Emitted created, resumed, and terminal goal metrics from the extension
paths that create goals, restore active goals on thread resume, account
budget limits, complete or block goals, and handle external goal
mutations.
- Updated existing goal extension test setup callsites to pass `None`
for metrics when instrumentation is not under test.
## Verification
Not run locally.
## Why
The memories extension now owns the read-path developer instructions it
injects at thread start. Keeping that prompt builder and template in
`codex-memories-read` left the extension depending on a helper crate for
extension-specific prompt assembly, and kept async template/truncation
dependencies in the read crate after the remaining read surface no
longer needed them.
## What changed
- Moved `prompts.rs`, its tests, and `templates/memories/read_path.md`
from `memories/read` into `ext/memories`.
- Wired `MemoryExtension` to call the local prompt builder and added the
moved templates to `ext/memories/BUILD.bazel` compile data.
- Removed the now-unused prompt export and prompt-related dependencies
from `codex-memories-read`.
## Testing
- Not run locally.
## Why
The memory read-tool surface had two implementations: the app-server
extension path under `ext/memories`, and an unused `codex-memories-mcp`
workspace crate under `memories/mcp`. The MCP crate no longer has
reverse dependents, so keeping it around preserves duplicate backend,
schema, and tool code that is not part of the live app-server memory
path.
Dropping the orphaned crate makes the remaining memory crate split
clearer: `memories/read` owns read-path prompt/citation helpers,
`memories/write` owns the write pipeline, and `ext/memories` owns the
app-server extension integration.
## What changed
- Removed the `memories/mcp` crate and its Bazel/Cargo metadata.
- Removed `memories/mcp` from the Rust workspace and lockfile.
- Updated `memories/README.md` so it only lists the remaining reusable
memory crates.
## Verification
- `cargo metadata --format-version 1 --no-deps` succeeds.
## Why
Users have been reporting missing sessions in the app. The app server
thread listing is backed by the SQLite state DB, but the durable source
of truth for a thread still exists on disk as rollout JSONL. When the
state DB is incomplete, doctor should be able to show the mismatch
directly instead of leaving users with a generic state health result.
## What changed
This adds a `threads` doctor check that compares active and archived
rollout files under `CODEX_HOME` with rows in the SQLite `threads`
table. The check reports missing rollout rows, stale DB rows, archive
flag mismatches, duplicate rollout thread IDs, duplicate DB paths,
source/provider summaries, and bounded samples of affected rollout
paths.
It also adds a read-only state audit helper in `codex-rs/state` so
doctor can inspect thread rows without creating, migrating, or repairing
the database.
## Sample output
```text
⚠ threads rollout files are missing from the state DB
default model provider openai
rollout DB active files 3910
rollout DB archived files 2037
rollout DB scan errors 0
rollout DB malformed file names 0
rollout DB scan cap reached false
rollout DB rows 5499
rollout DB active rows 3462
rollout DB archived rows 2037
rollout DB missing active rows 448
rollout DB missing archived rows 0
rollout DB stale rows 0
rollout DB archive mismatches 0
rollout DB duplicate rollout thread ids 0
rollout DB duplicate DB paths 0
rollout DB model providers openai=5359, lmstudio=35, mock_provider=33, lite_llm=26, proxy=26, ollama=15, lms=4, local-usage-limit=1
rollout DB sources vscode=2587, cli=1494, subagent:thread_spawn=577, subagent:other=502, exec=281, subagent:memory_consolidation=46, subagent:review=9, unknown=3
rollout DB missing active sample ~/.codex/sessions/2026/0…857e-a923c712e066.jsonl
rollout DB missing active sample ~/.codex/sessions/2025/0…877a-766dff25c68d.jsonl
rollout DB missing active sample ~/.codex/sessions/2025/0…a8b1-7bbadc836f6e.jsonl
rollout DB missing active sample ~/.codex/sessions/2025/0…a218-e6197f3f62f8.jsonl
rollout DB missing active sample ~/.codex/sessions/2025/0…9011-7e30784f9932.jsonl
```
## Why
Issue #23031 was hard to diagnose from existing `codex doctor` output
because support could not see the OS language, resolved Git install, Git
repo metadata, Windows console mode/code page, or terminal-title inputs
that affect the TUI startup path. This adds those read-only signals to
`codex doctor` so Windows, Linux, and macOS reports carry the context
needed to investigate similar terminal rendering regressions.
Refs #23031
## What Changed
- Add a `system.environment` check for OS type/version, OS language, and
locale env vars.
- Add a `git.environment` check for the selected Git executable, PATH
Git candidates, version, exec path/build options, repository root,
branch, `.git` entry, and `core.fsmonitor`.
- Add Windows console code page and VT-processing mode details to
terminal diagnostics.
- Add a `terminal.title` check for configured/default title items and
resolved project-title source/value.
- Surface startup warning counts in config diagnostics and teach human
output to render the new categories.
## How to Test
1. On Windows, check out this branch and run `cargo run -p codex-cli --
doctor --summary`.
2. Confirm the Environment section includes `system`, `git`, `terminal`,
and `title` rows.
3. Run `cargo run -p codex-cli -- doctor --json`.
4. Confirm the JSON contains `system.environment`, `git.environment`,
and `terminal.title`; on Windows, confirm `terminal.env` details include
console code pages and `VT processing` for stdout/stderr.
5. From a non-git directory, run the same `doctor --json` command and
confirm the Git check reports `repo detected: false` rather than
warning.
Targeted tests:
- `cargo test -p codex-cli doctor`
- `cargo test -p codex-cli`
## Why
The package layout gives Codex a stable place for runtime helpers that
should travel with the entrypoint. `shell_zsh_fork` still required users
to configure `zsh_path` manually, even though we already publish
prebuilt zsh fork artifacts.
This PR builds on #24129 and uses the shared DotSlash artifact fetcher
to include the zsh fork in Codex packages when a matching target
artifact exists. Packaged Codex builds can then discover the bundled
fork automatically; the user/profile `zsh_path` override is removed so
the feature uses the package-managed artifact instead of a legacy path
knob.
## What Changed
- Added `scripts/codex_package/codex-zsh`, a checked-in DotSlash
manifest for the current macOS arm64 and Linux zsh fork artifacts.
- Taught `scripts/build_codex_package.py` to fetch the matching zsh fork
artifact and install it at `codex-resources/zsh/bin/zsh` when available
for the selected target.
- Added package layout validation for the optional bundled zsh resource.
- Added `InstallContext::bundled_zsh_path()` and
`InstallContext::bundled_zsh_bin_dir()` for package-layout resource
discovery.
- Threaded the packaged zsh path through config loading as the runtime
`zsh_path` for packaged installs, and removed the config/profile/CLI
override path.
- Kept the packaged default zsh override typed as `AbsolutePathBuf`
until the existing runtime `Config::zsh_path` boundary.
- Updated app-server zsh-fork integration tests to spawn
`codex-app-server` from a temporary package layout with
`codex-resources/zsh/bin/zsh`, matching the new packaged discovery path
instead of setting `zsh_path` in config.
- Switched package executable copying from metadata-preserving `copy2()`
to `copyfile()` plus explicit executable bits, which avoids macOS
file-flag failures when local smoke tests use system binaries as inputs.
## Testing
To verify that the `zsh` executable from the Codex package is picked up
correctly, first I ran:
```shell
./scripts/build_codex_package.py
```
which created:
```
/private/var/folders/vw/x2knqmks50sfhfpy27nftl900000gp/T/codex-package-pms94kdp/
```
so then I ran:
```
/private/var/folders/vw/x2knqmks50sfhfpy27nftl900000gp/T/codex-package-pms94kdp/bin/codex exec --enable shell_zsh_fork 'run `echo $0`'
```
which reported the following, as expected:
```
/private/var/folders/vw/x2knqmks50sfhfpy27nftl900000gp/T/codex-package-pms94kdp/codex-resources/zsh/bin/zsh
```
---
[//]: # (BEGIN SAPLING FOOTER)
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with [ReviewStack](https://reviewstack.dev/openai/codex/pull/23756).
* #23768
* __->__ #23756
## Why
Before changing the Codex Bridge JSON schema policy, add integration
coverage around real connector-like MCP tool schemas. The existing unit
tests cover individual sanitizer behaviors, but they do not make it easy
to see whether full fixture schemas keep model-visible guidance, prune
only unreachable definitions, drop unsupported JSON Schema fields, and
stay within the Responses API schema budget.
## What Changed
- Added `tools/tests/json_schema_policy_fixtures.rs`, which converts MCP
tool fixtures through `mcp_tool_to_responses_api_tool` and validates the
resulting Responses tool parameters.
- Added connector-style fixtures for Slack, Google Calendar, Google
Drive, Notion, and Microsoft Outlook Email under
`tools/tests/fixtures/json_schema_policy/`.
- Added fixture assertions for preserved guidance, pruned definitions,
expected field drops after `JsonSchema` conversion, marker count
baselines, and dangling local `$ref` prevention.
- Added a real oversized golden Notion `create_page` input schema
fixture to exercise the compaction path that strips descriptions, drops
root `$defs`, rewrites local refs, and fits the compacted schema under
the budget.
## Summary
- add Divan benchmarks for prompt image re-encoding paths
- wire the image benchmark smoke test into Rust CI workflows
## Why
Image prompt handling includes re-encoding work that benefits from
repeatable benchmark coverage so changes can be measured in CI and
locally.
This already helped identify a potential regression from changing compiler flags.
## Impact
Developers can run and compare the new image re-encoding benchmarks, and
CI exercises the benchmark target via the Rust benchmark smoke test.
## Why
Windows sandbox diagnostics currently append to a single `sandbox.log`
under `CODEX_HOME/.sandbox`. That file never rolls over, which makes it
hard to safely include sandbox diagnostics in future feedback reports
without risking unbounded growth.
## What changed
- Replaced direct append-open sandbox logging with
`tracing_appender::rolling::RollingFileAppender`.
- Configured sandbox logs to rotate daily using names like
`sandbox.YYYY-MM-DD.log`.
- Added a conservative `MAX_LOG_FILES` cap of 90 retained matching log
files.
- Routed the Windows sandbox setup helper through the same rolling
writer.
- Added helpers for resolving the current daily sandbox log path so
future feedback upload work can use the same filename logic.
- Updated tests and test diagnostics to read the dated daily log file.
This intentionally does not include sandbox logs in `/feedback` yet;
scrubbing and attachment behavior can happen in a follow-up.
## Testing
- `cargo fmt -p codex-windows-sandbox`
- `cargo check -p codex-windows-sandbox`
- `cargo test -p codex-windows-sandbox`
- `cargo test -p codex-windows-sandbox logging::tests`
- `cargo clippy -p codex-windows-sandbox --all-targets -- -D warnings`
# Why
Some connector tool input schemas use local JSON Schema references and
definition tables to avoid duplicating large nested shapes. Codex
previously lowered these schemas into the supported subset in a way that
could discard `$ref`-only schema objects and lose the corresponding
definitions, which made non-strict tool registration less faithful than
the original connector schema.
This keeps the existing minimal-lowering policy: Codex still does not
raw-pass through arbitrary JSON Schema, but it now preserves local
reference structure that fits the Responses-compatible subset and prunes
definition entries that cannot be reached by following `$ref`s from the
root schema after sanitization, including refs found transitively inside
other reachable definitions. The pruning matters because Responses
parses definition tables even when entries are unused, so keeping dead
definitions wastes prompt tokens.
# What changed
- Added `$ref`, `$defs`, and legacy `definitions` fields to the tool
`JsonSchema` representation.
- Updated `parse_tool_input_schema` lowering so `$ref`-only schema
objects survive sanitization instead of becoming `{}`.
- Sanitized definition tables recursively and dropped malformed
definition tables so non-strict registration degrades gracefully.
- Added reachability pruning for root definition tables by starting from
refs outside definition tables, then following refs inside reachable
definitions.
- Added JSON Pointer decoding for local definition refs such as
`#/$defs/Foo~1Bar`.
# Verification
ran local golden-schema probes against representative connector schemas
to validate behavior on real generated schemas:
| Golden schema | Before bytes | After bytes | `$defs` before -> after |
`$ref` before -> after | Result |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---|
| `google_calendar/create_space` | 7111 | 4526 | 7 -> 7 | 7 -> 7 | all
definitions preserved because all are reachable |
| `figma/apply_file_variable_changes` | 4609 | 999 | 8 -> 5 | 8 -> 5 |
unused defs pruned after unsupported `oneOf` shapes lower away |
| `snowflake/list_catalog_integrations` | 1380 | 404 | 3 -> 0 | 0 -> 0 |
all defs pruned because none are referenced |
| `dropbox/create_shared_link` | 8894 | 1836 | 14 -> 4 | 9 -> 4 | only
defs reachable from the root schema after sanitization are retained,
including transitively through other retained defs |
Token increase across golden schema due to this change:
<img width="817" height="366" alt="Screenshot 2026-05-19 at 1 47 04 PM"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/d5c80fe9-da85-41e6-8ac7-a01d1e0b0f71"
/>
## Summary
- make rollout content search prefilter rollout files case-insensitively
- keep the no-ripgrep fallback scan and visible snippet matcher aligned
with that behavior
- cover a lowercase `thread/search` query matching mixed-case
conversation content
## Why
The rollout-backed `thread/search` path used exact string matching in
both its `rg` prefilter and semantic snippet generation. A content
result could be missed solely because the query casing did not match the
stored conversation text.
## Validation
- `just fmt`
- `cargo test -p codex-app-server thread_search_returns_content_matches`
- `cargo test -p codex-rollout`
- `just bazel-lock-update`
- `just bazel-lock-check`
- `cargo build -p codex-cli`
- launched a local Electron dev instance with the rebuilt CLI binary
## Summary
- add experimental `thread/search` for local rollout-backed thread
search using `rg` over JSONL rollouts
- return search-specific result rows with optional previews instead of
storing preview data on `StoredThread` or ordinary `Thread` responses
- keep `thread/list` separate from full-content search and document the
new app-server surface
## Testing
- `cargo test -p codex-app-server-protocol`
- `cargo test -p codex-app-server
thread_search_returns_content_and_title_matches -- --nocapture`
## Stack
1. Parent PR: #18868 adds MITM hook config and model only.
2. Parent PR: #20659 wires hook enforcement into the proxy request path.
3. This PR changes the user facing PermissionProfile TOML shape.
## Why
1. The broader goal is to make MITM clamping usable from the same
permission profile that already controls network behavior.
2. This PR is the config UX layer for the stack. It moves MITM policy
into `[permissions.<profile>.network.mitm]` instead of exposing the flat
runtime shape to users.
3. The named hook and action tables belong here because users need
reusable policy blocks that are easy to review, while the proxy runtime
only needs a flat hook list.
4. This PR validates action refs during config parsing so mistakes in
the user facing policy fail before a proxy session starts.
5. Keeping the lowering here lets the proxy keep its simpler runtime
model and lets PermissionProfile remain the single source of network
permission policy.
## Summary
1. Keep MITM policy inside `[permissions.<profile>.network.mitm]` so the
selected PermissionProfile owns network proxy policy.
2. Use named MITM hooks under
`[permissions.<profile>.network.mitm.hooks.<name>]`.
3. Put host, methods, path prefixes, query, headers, body, and action
refs on the hook table.
4. Define reusable action blocks under
`[permissions.<profile>.network.mitm.actions.<name>]`.
5. Represent action blocks with `NetworkMitmActionToml`, then lower them
into the proxy runtime action config.
6. Reject unknown refs, empty refs, and empty action blocks during
config parsing.
7. Keep the runtime hook model unchanged by lowering config into the
existing proxy hook list.
8. Preserve the #20659 activation fix for nested MITM policy.
## Example
```toml
[permissions.workspace.network.mitm]
enabled = true
[permissions.workspace.network.mitm.hooks.github_write]
host = "api.github.com"
methods = ["POST", "PUT"]
path_prefixes = ["/repos/openai/"]
action = ["strip_auth"]
[permissions.workspace.network.mitm.actions.strip_auth]
strip_request_headers = ["authorization"]
```
## Validation
1. Regenerated the config schema.
2. Ran the core MITM config parsing and validation tests.
3. Ran the core PermissionProfile MITM proxy activation tests.
4. Ran the core config schema fixture test.
5. Ran the network proxy MITM policy tests.
6. Ran the scoped Clippy fixer for the network proxy crate.
7. Ran the scoped Clippy fixer for the core crate.
---------
Co-authored-by: Winston Howes <winston@openai.com>
## Why
The `codex-windows-sandbox` crate was embedding Windows resource
metadata through a package-level `build.rs`. Because that package also
exposes the `codex_windows_sandbox` library, downstream binaries that
link the library could inherit `FileDescription` / `ProductName` values
of `codex-windows-sandbox`.
That made ordinary Codex binaries, including the long-lived `codex.exe`
app-server sidecar, appear as `codex-windows-sandbox` in Windows UI
surfaces such as Task Manager / file properties.
We do not rely on this metadata enough to justify a larger bin-only
resource split, so this removes the resource stamping entirely.
## What changed
- Removed the `windows-sandbox-rs` build script that invoked `winres`.
- Removed the setup manifest that was only consumed by that build
script.
- Removed the `winres` build dependency and corresponding `Cargo.lock` /
`MODULE.bazel.lock` entries.
- Removed the now-unused Bazel build-script data.
## Verification
- `cargo build -p codex-windows-sandbox --bins`
- `cargo build -p codex-cli --bin codex`
- `bazel mod deps --lockfile_mode=update` via Bazelisk, with local
remote-cache-disabling flags because `bazel` is not installed on PATH
here
- `bazel mod deps --lockfile_mode=error` via Bazelisk, with the same
local flags
- Verified rebuilt `codex.exe`, `codex-command-runner.exe`, and
`codex-windows-sandbox-setup.exe` now have blank `FileDescription` /
`ProductName` fields.
- `cargo test -p codex-windows-sandbox` still fails on two legacy
Windows sandbox tests with `CreateRestrictedToken failed: 87` and the
follow-on poisoned test lock; 85 passed, 2 ignored.
## Why
Cloud-managed `requirements.toml` contents were deserialized without an
`AbsolutePathBuf` base directory. Relative managed
`permissions.filesystem.deny_read` glob entries therefore failed while
the equivalent local system requirements path succeeded under its
`AbsolutePathBufGuard`. This follows the `codex_home` base path
convention clarified in https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/15707.
## What changed
- Resolve cloud requirements TOML under an `AbsolutePathBufGuard` rooted
at `codex_home`.
- Reuse the same base for cloud requirements loaded from the signed
cache.
- Add a regression test for a relative cloud-managed `deny_read` glob.
## Validation
- `just fmt`
- `cargo test -p codex-cloud-requirements`
- `cargo clippy -p codex-cloud-requirements --all-targets --no-deps`
- `just bazel-lock-update`
- `just bazel-lock-check`
- `git diff --check`
## Why
Extension-owned tools currently receive a stripped `ToolCall` with only
`call_id`, `tool_name`, and `payload`.
That makes extension work that needs turn-local execution context
awkward, especially web-search extension work that needs the active
`truncation_policy` at tool invocation time.
Reconstructing that value from config or `ExtensionData` would be
indirect and could drift from the actual turn context, so the cleaner
fix is to pass the needed turn metadata directly on the extension-facing
invocation type.
## What changed
- added `turn_id` and `truncation_policy` to `codex_tools::ToolCall`
- populated those fields when core adapts `ToolInvocation` into an
extension tool call
- added a focused adapter test that verifies extension executors receive
the forwarded turn metadata
- updated the memories extension tests to construct the richer
`ToolCall`
- added the `codex-utils-output-truncation` dependency to `codex-tools`
and refreshed lockfiles
## Testing
- `cargo test -p codex-tools`
- `cargo test -p codex-memories-extension`
- `cargo test -p codex-core passes_turn_fields_to_extension_call`
- `just bazel-lock-update`
- `just bazel-lock-check`
## Summary
The Linux sandbox should find bundled `bwrap` through the same
package-layout abstraction as the rest of the runtime, instead of
maintaining a separate standalone-specific lookup path.
This adds an `InstallContext` helper for bundled resources and updates
`codex-linux-sandbox` to ask the current install context for
`codex-resources/bwrap` before falling back to the old
executable-relative probes. The tests cover npm-style, standalone, and
canonical package layouts so `bwrap` lookup follows the package
structure introduced earlier in the stack.
## Test plan
- `cargo test -p codex-install-context`
- `cargo test -p codex-linux-sandbox --lib`
- `just fix -p codex-install-context -p codex-linux-sandbox`
- `just bazel-lock-check`
---
[//]: # (BEGIN SAPLING FOOTER)
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with [ReviewStack](https://reviewstack.dev/openai/codex/pull/23634).
* #23638
* #23637
* #23636
* #23635
* __->__ #23634
## Why
`ext/goal` already had the tool specs and contributor wiring for
`/goal`, but the installed tools still depended on a placeholder backend
that always errored. That meant the extension could not actually own
goal persistence even though the dedicated `thread_goals` store already
exists.
This change wires the extension tools directly to the dedicated goal
store so the extension can create, read, and complete goals against real
state instead of falling back to host-side placeholders.
## What changed
- make `install_with_backend(...)` require
`Arc<codex_state::StateRuntime>` so goal storage is always available
when the extension is installed
- remove the unused no-backend/public backend abstraction from
`ext/goal` and have the tool executors talk directly to `StateRuntime`
- map `thread_goals` rows into the existing protocol response shape for
`get_goal`, `create_goal`, and `update_goal`
- preserve current thread-list behavior by filling an empty thread
preview from the goal objective when a goal is created through the
extension path
- add integration coverage for the installed tool surface, including
successful goal creation and duplicate-create rejection
## Testing
- `cargo test -p codex-goal-extension`
## Why
The package-builder stack now creates a canonical Codex package
directory where the entrypoint lives under `bin/`, bundled helper
resources live under `codex-resources/`, and bundled PATH-style tools
live under `codex-path/`. That layout is not specific to the standalone
installer: npm, brew, install scripts, and manually unpacked artifacts
should all be able to use the same package shape.
The Rust runtime still only knew about the legacy standalone release
layout, where resources sit next to the executable. A packaged binary
therefore would not identify its package root or prefer the bundled `rg`
from `codex-path/`.
## What changed
- Adds `CodexPackageLayout` to `codex-install-context` and detects it
from an executable path shaped like `<package>/bin/<entrypoint>` when
`<package>/codex-package.json` is present.
- Splits `InstallContext` into an install `method` plus an optional
package layout so the layout is shared across npm, bun, brew,
standalone, and other launch contexts.
- Stores package-layout paths as `AbsolutePathBuf` values.
- Keeps `codex-resources/` and `codex-path/` optional so Codex can still
run with degraded behavior if sidecar directories are missing.
- Updates `InstallContext::rg_command()` to prefer bundled
`codex-path/rg` or `rg.exe`, then fall back to the legacy standalone
resources location, then system `rg`.
- Updates `codex doctor` reporting so package installs show package,
bin, resources, and path directories, and so bundled search detection
recognizes `codex-path/` for any install method.
## Test plan
- `cargo test -p codex-install-context`
- `cargo test -p codex-cli`
- `cargo test -p codex-tui
update_action::tests::maps_install_context_to_update_action`
- `just bazel-lock-check`
## Summary
Move the rusty_v8 artifact production into hermetic Bazel path and bump
the `v8` crate to `147.4.0`
The new flow builds V8 release artifacts from source for Darwin and
Linux targets, publishes both the current release-compatible artifacts
and sandbox-enabled variants, and keeps Cargo consumers on prebuilt
binaries by continuing to feed the `v8` crate the archive and generated
binding files it already expects.
## Why
We need control over V8 build-time features without giving up prebuilt
artifacts for downstream Cargo builds.
Upstream `rusty_v8` already supports source-only features such as
`v8_enable_sandbox`, but its normal prebuilt release assets do not cover
every feature combination we need. Building the artifacts ourselves lets
us enable settings such as the V8 sandbox and pointer compression at
artifact build time, then publish those outputs so ordinary Cargo builds
can still consume prebuilts instead of compiling V8 locally.
This keeps the fast consumer experience of prebuilt `rusty_v8` archives
while giving us a reproducible path to ship featureful variants that
upstream does not currently publish for us.
## Implementation Notes
The Bazel graph in this PR is not copied wholesale from `rusty_v8`;
`rusty_v8`'s normal source build is still GN/Ninja-based.
Instead, this change starts from upstream V8's Bazel rules and adapts
them to Codex's hermetic toolchains and dependency layout. Where we
intentionally follow `rusty_v8`, we mirror its existing artifact
contract:
- the same `v8` crate version and generated binding expectations
- the same sandbox feature relationship, where sandboxing requires
pointer compression
- the same custom libc++ model expected by Cargo's default
`use_custom_libcxx` feature
- the same release-style archive plus `src_binding` outputs consumed by
the `v8` crate
To preserve that contract, the Bazel release path pins the libc++,
libc++abi, and llvm-libc revisions used by `rusty_v8 v147.4.0`, builds
release artifacts with `--config=rusty-v8-upstream-libcxx`, and folds
the matching runtime objects into the final static archive.
## Windows
Windows is annoyingly handled differently.
Codex's current hermetic Bazel Windows C++ platform is `windows-gnullvm`
/ `x86_64-w64-windows-gnu`, while upstream `rusty_v8` publishes Windows
prebuilts for `*-pc-windows-msvc`. Those are different ABIs, so the
Bazel graph cannot truthfully reproduce the upstream MSVC artifacts
until we add a real MSVC-targeting C++ toolchain.
For now:
- Windows MSVC consumers continue to use upstream `rusty_v8` release
archives.
- Windows GNU targets are built in-tree so they link against a matching
GNU ABI.
- The canary workflow separately exercises upstream `rusty_v8` source
builds for MSVC sandbox artifacts, but MSVC is not yet part of the
Bazel-produced release matrix.
## Validation
This PR is technically self validating through CI. I have already
published it as a release tag so the artifacts from this branch are
published to
https://github.com/openai/codex/releases/tag/rusty-v8-v147.4.0 CI for
this PR should therefore consume our own release targets. I have also
locally tested for linux and darwin.
---------
Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>
## Why
Windows can reject plugin cache upgrades when a running MCP server still
has its working directory inside the currently active plugin version.
The existing cache refresh path replaces
`plugins/cache/<marketplace>/<plugin>` as a whole, so a live handle
under the old version can make an otherwise ordinary version bump fail.
This PR keeps the existing plugin-selection model intact while making
version bumps less disruptive.
## What changed
- When installing a new version beside an existing plugin cache root,
move only the staged version directory into place instead of replacing
the whole plugin root.
- Best-effort prune older sibling version directories after the new
version is activated.
- Preserve the existing whole-root replacement path for first installs
and same-version refreshes.
- Add regression coverage for upgrading from `1.0.0` to `2.0.0` without
replacing the plugin root.
## Verification
- `cargo test -p codex-core-plugins install_with_new_version`
- `cargo fmt --package codex-core-plugins --check`
## Why
Extension lifecycle hooks sit on the host/extension boundary, but the
current trait surface only allows synchronous callbacks. That forces
extensions that need to seed, rehydrate, observe, or flush
extension-owned state during thread and turn transitions to either block
inside the callback or move async work into separate host plumbing.
This PR makes those lifecycle callbacks awaitable so extension
implementations can perform async work directly at the lifecycle point
where the host already has the relevant session, thread, or turn stores
available.
## What changed
- Makes `ThreadLifecycleContributor` and `TurnLifecycleContributor`
async in `codex-extension-api`.
- Awaits thread start/resume/stop and turn start/stop/abort lifecycle
callbacks from `codex-core`.
- Updates the guardian and memories extensions to implement the async
lifecycle trait surface.
- Updates the existing lifecycle tests to use async contributor
implementations.
- Adds `async-trait` to the crates that now expose or implement these
async object-safe lifecycle traits.
## Testing
- Existing `codex-core` lifecycle tests were updated to cover async
implementations for thread stop and turn abort ordering.
This updates remote `exec-server` registration to use normal Codex auth
instead of a registry-issued credential. The registry request is built
from the existing auth-provider path, which preserves the biscuit-only
registry contract introduced in
[openai/openai#924101](https://github.com/openai/openai/pull/924101)
while removing the old remote registry bearer env var and its direct
transport assumptions.
The default remote flow uses persisted ChatGPT auth from the normal
Codex config/storage path. This PR also includes the containerized Agent
Identity path needed by
[openai/openai#924260](https://github.com/openai/openai/pull/924260):
remote `exec-server` accepts `--allow-agent-identity-auth`, permits
Agent Identity auth loaded from `CODEX_ACCESS_TOKEN` only when that flag
is present, and reuses the existing Agent task registration plus derived
`AgentAssertion` header generation. API-key auth remains unsupported,
and Agent Identity stays opt-in.
Validation performed beyond normal presubmit coverage:
- `cargo fmt --all --check`
- `cargo check -p codex-cli`
- `cargo test -p codex-exec-server`
- `cargo test -p codex-cli exec_server_agent_identity_auth_flag_`
- `cargo test -p codex-cli remote_exec_server_auth_mode_`
I also attempted `cargo test -p codex-cli`. The new CLI tests passed
inside that run, but the suite ended on an unrelated local
marketplace-state failure in
`plugin_list_excludes_unconfigured_repo_local_marketplaces`.
## Why
Memory prompt injection should be owned by the extension path that
app-server composes at runtime, not by an inlined special case inside
`codex-core`. This keeps `codex-core` focused on session orchestration
while allowing the memories extension to own its app-server prompt
behavior.
## What Changed
- Registers `codex-memories-extension` in the app-server extension
registry.
- Moves the memory developer-instruction injection out of
`core/src/session/mod.rs` and into the memories extension prompt
contributor.
- Adds config-change handling so the extension keeps its per-thread
memory settings in sync after startup.
- Leaves memories read/retrieval tools unregistered for now so this PR
only changes prompt injection.
- Removes the stale `cargo-shear` ignore now that app-server depends on
the extension crate.
## Validation
Not run locally; validation is left to CI.
## Why
This is the configuration/model half of the alternative permissions
migration we discussed as a comparison point for
[#22401](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/22401) and
[#22402](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/22402).
The old `workspace-write` model mixes three concerns that we want to
keep separate:
- reusable profile rules that should stay immutable once selected
- user/runtime workspace roots from `cwd`, `--add-dir`, and legacy
workspace-write config
- internal Codex writable roots such as memories, which should not be
shown as user workspace roots
This PR gives permission profiles first-class `workspace_roots` so users
can opt multiple repositories into the same `:workspace_roots` rules
without using broad absolute-path write grants. It also starts
separating the raw selected profile from the effective runtime profile
by making `Permissions` expose explicit accessors instead of public
mutable fields.
A representative `config.toml` looks like this:
```toml
default_permissions = "dev"
[permissions.dev.workspace_roots]
"~/code/openai" = true
"~/code/developers-website" = true
[permissions.dev.filesystem.":workspace_roots"]
"." = "write"
".codex" = "read"
".git" = "read"
".vscode" = "read"
```
If Codex starts in `~/code/codex` with that profile selected, the
effective workspace-root set becomes:
- `~/code/codex` from the runtime `cwd`
- `~/code/openai` from the profile
- `~/code/developers-website` from the profile
The `:workspace_roots` rules are materialized across each root, so
`.git`, `.codex`, and `.vscode` stay scoped the same way everywhere.
Runtime additions such as `--add-dir` can still layer on later stack
entries without mutating the selected profile.
## Stack Shape
This PR intentionally stops before the profile-identity cleanup in
[#22683](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/22683) so the base review
stays focused on config loading, workspace-root materialization, and
compatibility with legacy `workspace-write`.
The representation in this PR is therefore transitional: `Permissions`
carries enough state to distinguish the raw constrained profile from the
effective runtime profile, and there are still call sites that must keep
the active profile identity and constrained profile value in sync. The
follow-up PR replaces that with a single resolved profile state
(`ResolvedPermissionProfile` / `PermissionProfileState`) that keeps the
profile id, immutable `PermissionProfile`, and profile-declared
workspace roots together. That follow-up removes APIs such as
`set_constrained_permission_profile_with_active_profile()` where
separate arguments could drift out of sync.
Downstream PRs then build on this base to switch app-server turn updates
to profile ids plus runtime workspace roots and to finish the
user-visible summary behavior. Reviewers should judge this PR as the
workspace-roots foundation, not as the final in-memory shape of selected
permission profiles.
## Review Guide
Suggested review order:
1. Start with `codex-rs/core/src/config/mod.rs`.
This is the main shape change in the base slice. `Permissions` now
stores a private raw `Constrained<PermissionProfile>` plus runtime
`workspace_roots`. Callers use `permission_profile()` when they need the
raw constrained value and `effective_permission_profile()` when they
need a materialized runtime profile. As noted above,
[#22683](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/22683) replaces this
transitional shape with a resolved profile state that keeps identity and
profile data together.
2. Review `codex-rs/config/src/permissions_toml.rs` and
`codex-rs/core/src/config/permissions.rs`.
These add `[permissions.<id>.workspace_roots]`, resolve enabled entries
relative to the policy cwd, and keep `:workspace_roots` deny-read glob
patterns symbolic until the actual roots are known.
3. Review `codex-rs/protocol/src/permissions.rs` and
`codex-rs/protocol/src/models.rs`.
These add the policy/profile materialization helpers that expand exact
`:workspace_roots` entries and scoped deny-read globs over every
workspace root. This is also where `ActivePermissionProfileModification`
is removed from the core model.
4. Review the legacy bridge in
`Config::load_from_base_config_with_overrides` and
`Config::set_legacy_sandbox_policy`.
This is where legacy `workspace-write` roots become runtime workspace
roots, while Codex internal writable roots stay internal and do not
appear as user-facing workspace roots.
5. Then skim downstream call sites.
The interesting pattern is raw-vs-effective access: state/proxy/bwrap
paths keep the raw constrained profile, while execution, summaries, and
user-visible status use the effective profile and workspace-root list.
## What Changed
- added `[permissions.<id>.workspace_roots]` to the config model and
schema
- added runtime `workspace_roots` state to `Config`/`Permissions` and
`ConfigOverrides`
- made `Permissions` profile fields private and replaced direct mutation
with accessors/setters
- added `PermissionProfile` and `FileSystemSandboxPolicy` helpers for
materializing `:workspace_roots` exact paths and deny-read globs across
all roots
- moved legacy additional writable roots into runtime workspace-root
state instead of active profile modifications
- removed `ActivePermissionProfileModification` and its app-server
protocol/schema export
- updated sandbox/status summary paths so internal writable roots are
not reported as user workspace roots
## Verification Strategy
The targeted tests cover the behavior at the layers where regressions
are most likely:
- `codex-rs/core/src/config/config_tests.rs` verifies config loading,
legacy workspace-root seeding, effective profile materialization, and
memory-root handling.
- `codex-rs/core/src/config/permissions_tests.rs` verifies profile
`workspace_roots` parsing and `:workspace_roots` scoped/glob
compilation.
- `codex-rs/protocol/src/permissions.rs` unit tests verify exact and
glob materialization over multiple workspace roots.
- `codex-rs/tui/src/status/tests.rs` and
`codex-rs/utils/sandbox-summary/src/sandbox_summary.rs` verify the
user-facing summaries show effective workspace roots and hide internal
writes.
I also ran `cargo check --tests` locally after the latest stack refresh
to catch cross-crate API breakage from the private-field/accessor
changes.
---
[//]: # (BEGIN SAPLING FOOTER)
Stack created with [Sapling](https://sapling-scm.com). Best reviewed
with [ReviewStack](https://reviewstack.dev/openai/codex/pull/22610).
* #22612
* #22611
* #22683
* __->__ #22610
## Why
The TUI still had a few low-risk dependencies flowing through the
transitional `legacy_core` namespace after the app-server migration.
These helpers either already have clearer non-core owners or are
presentation logic that does not belong in `codex-core`, so moving them
out reduces the compatibility surface without changing product behavior.
## What changed
This is a low-risk change, almost completely mechanical in nature.
- Route TUI Codex-home lookup through `codex-utils-home-dir`, use
`Config::log_dir` directly, and call
`codex-sandboxing::system_bwrap_warning` without going through
`legacy_core`.
- Move shared `codex resume` hint formatting from `codex-core` into
`codex-utils-cli`.
- Update CLI and TUI call sites to use the shared CLI utility, and keep
the resume-command behavior covered by tests in its new home.
## Verification
- `cargo test -p codex-utils-cli`
- `cargo test -p codex-utils-cli resume_command`
## Why
Plugin CLI installs should behave more like `apt-get install`:
configured marketplaces are the only install sources, the local
marketplace snapshot is the package index used at install time, and
`plugins/cache` is only a cache of already-downloaded plugin bytes.
That distinction matters once marketplaces and plugins have auth or
availability state. A repo-local marketplace manifest or leftover cached
plugin artifact should not silently become an install source unless the
marketplace was explicitly configured and its readable snapshot still
authorizes the plugin.
## What Changed
- add CLI commands to list configured marketplaces and add, list, or
remove marketplace plugins
- accept stable `plugin@marketplace` ids for add/remove while preserving
the explicit `--marketplace` form
- restrict `codex plugin add` and `codex plugin list` to configured
marketplaces instead of also discovering current-working-directory
marketplace roots
- fail `codex plugin add` and `codex plugin list` when a configured
marketplace snapshot is missing or malformed instead of treating it as
an empty source or a generic plugin miss
- preserve marketplace snapshot semantics: a configured local/Git
marketplace snapshot can authorize installs without consulting the
original upstream source
- allow `plugins/cache` reuse only after configured marketplace
resolution succeeds
- keep removal resilient after marketplace deletion or drift and ignore
malformed marketplace config entries in listing
## Commands Added
- `codex plugin add <plugin>@<marketplace>`
- `codex plugin add <plugin> --marketplace <marketplace>`
- `codex plugin list`
- `codex plugin list --marketplace <marketplace>`
- `codex plugin remove <plugin>@<marketplace>`
- `codex plugin remove <plugin> --marketplace <marketplace>`
- `codex plugin marketplace add <source>`
- `codex plugin marketplace add <source> --ref <ref>`
- `codex plugin marketplace add <source> --sparse <path>`
- `codex plugin marketplace list`
- `codex plugin marketplace upgrade`
- `codex plugin marketplace upgrade <marketplace>`
- `codex plugin marketplace remove <marketplace>`
## CLI Help Output
<details>
<summary><code>codex plugin --help</code></summary>
```text
Manage Codex plugins
Usage: codex plugin [OPTIONS] <COMMAND>
Commands:
add Install a plugin from a configured marketplace snapshot
list List plugins available from configured marketplace snapshots
marketplace Add, list, upgrade, or remove configured plugin marketplaces
remove Remove an installed plugin from local config and cache
help Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)
```
</details>
<details>
<summary><code>codex plugin add --help</code></summary>
```text
Install a plugin from a configured marketplace snapshot.
Pass either `PLUGIN@MARKETPLACE` or pass `PLUGIN` with `--marketplace MARKETPLACE`.
Usage: codex plugin add [OPTIONS] <PLUGIN[@MARKETPLACE]>
Arguments:
<PLUGIN[@MARKETPLACE]>
Plugin selector to install: either PLUGIN@MARKETPLACE or PLUGIN with --marketplace
Options:
-m, --marketplace <MARKETPLACE>
Configured marketplace name to use when PLUGIN does not include @MARKETPLACE
Examples:
codex plugin add sample@debug
codex plugin add sample --marketplace debug
```
</details>
<details>
<summary><code>codex plugin list --help</code></summary>
```text
List plugins available from configured marketplace snapshots
Usage: codex plugin list [OPTIONS]
Options:
-m, --marketplace <MARKETPLACE>
Only list plugins from this configured marketplace name
Examples:
codex plugin list
codex plugin list --marketplace debug
```
</details>
<details>
<summary><code>codex plugin remove --help</code></summary>
```text
Remove an installed plugin from local config and cache.
Pass either `PLUGIN@MARKETPLACE` or pass `PLUGIN` with `--marketplace MARKETPLACE`.
Usage: codex plugin remove [OPTIONS] <PLUGIN[@MARKETPLACE]>
Arguments:
<PLUGIN[@MARKETPLACE]>
Plugin selector to remove: either PLUGIN@MARKETPLACE or PLUGIN with --marketplace
Options:
-m, --marketplace <MARKETPLACE>
Marketplace name to use when PLUGIN does not include @MARKETPLACE
Examples:
codex plugin remove sample@debug
codex plugin remove sample --marketplace debug
```
</details>
<details>
<summary><code>codex plugin marketplace --help</code></summary>
```text
Add, list, upgrade, or remove configured plugin marketplaces
Usage: codex plugin marketplace [OPTIONS] <COMMAND>
Commands:
add Add a local or Git marketplace to the configured marketplace sources
list List configured marketplace names and their local snapshot roots
upgrade Refresh configured Git marketplace snapshots
remove Remove a configured marketplace source by name
```
</details>
<details>
<summary><code>codex plugin marketplace add --help</code></summary>
```text
Add a local or Git marketplace to the configured marketplace sources
Usage: codex plugin marketplace add [OPTIONS] <SOURCE>
Arguments:
<SOURCE>
Marketplace source: a local path, owner/repo[@ref], HTTPS Git URL, or SSH Git URL
Options:
--ref <REF>
Git ref to fetch for Git marketplace sources
--sparse <PATH>
Sparse checkout path for Git marketplace sources. Can be repeated
Examples:
codex plugin marketplace add ./path/to/marketplace
codex plugin marketplace add owner/repo --ref main
codex plugin marketplace add https://github.com/owner/repo --sparse plugins/foo
```
</details>
<details>
<summary><code>codex plugin marketplace list --help</code></summary>
```text
List configured marketplace names and their local snapshot roots
Usage: codex plugin marketplace list [OPTIONS]
```
</details>
<details>
<summary><code>codex plugin marketplace upgrade --help</code></summary>
```text
Refresh configured Git marketplace snapshots.
Omit MARKETPLACE_NAME to upgrade all configured Git marketplaces.
Usage: codex plugin marketplace upgrade [OPTIONS] [MARKETPLACE_NAME]
Arguments:
[MARKETPLACE_NAME]
Optional configured marketplace name to upgrade. Omit to upgrade all Git marketplaces
Examples:
codex plugin marketplace upgrade
codex plugin marketplace upgrade debug
```
</details>
<details>
<summary><code>codex plugin marketplace remove --help</code></summary>
```text
Remove a configured marketplace source by name
Usage: codex plugin marketplace remove [OPTIONS] <MARKETPLACE_NAME>
Arguments:
<MARKETPLACE_NAME>
Configured marketplace name to remove
Example:
codex plugin marketplace remove debug
```
</details>
## Public Semantics
- `codex plugin add <plugin>@<marketplace>` succeeds only when
`<marketplace>` is configured and its local marketplace snapshot
contains `<plugin>`
- repo-local marketplaces are not install sources until the user runs
`codex plugin marketplace add ...`
- configured marketplace snapshots must be readable; missing or
malformed snapshots fail the CLI operation rather than silently falling
through to cache or empty results
- cached plugin artifacts can satisfy reinstall only when the configured
marketplace snapshot still authorizes that plugin
- cached plugin artifacts alone never make a plugin installable
## Tests
- `cargo test -p codex-cli --test plugin_cli`
- `cargo clippy -p codex-cli --tests -- -D warnings`
- `cargo test -p codex-cli`
- `git diff --check`
- `just bazel-lock-update`
- `just bazel-lock-check`
## Why
`codex_tools::ToolExecutor` keeps a tool spec attached to its runtime
handler, but extension tools still carried a parallel
`ExtensionToolFuture` / `ExtensionToolExecutor` shape. That made
extension-owned tools look different from host tools even though
routing, registration, and execution need the same abstraction.
This PR makes the shared executor contract directly async and lets
extension tools implement it too, so host tools and extension tools can
move through the same registration path.
## What changed
- Changed `ToolExecutor::handle` to an `async fn` using `async-trait`,
and updated built-in tool handlers to implement the async trait
directly.
- Replaced the bespoke `ExtensionToolFuture` contract with a marker
`ExtensionToolExecutor` over `ToolExecutor<ToolCall, Output =
JsonToolOutput>`, re-exporting `ToolExecutor` from
`codex-extension-api`.
- Updated the memories extension tools to implement the shared executor
trait.
- Split tool-router construction into collected executors plus hosted
model specs, keeping hosted tools like web search and image generation
separate from executable handlers.
- Updated spec/router tests and extension-tool stubs for the new
executor shape.
## Verification
- Not run locally.
## Why
The TUI startup test surface had drifted into expensive, brittle
coverage:
- `tui/tests/suite/no_panic_on_startup.rs` was already ignored as flaky
while still spawning a PTY to exercise malformed exec-policy rules.
- `tui/tests/suite/model_availability_nux.rs` used a seeded session,
cursor-query spoofing, and repeated interrupts to verify a narrow
resume-path invariant.
- `app/tests.rs` had started accumulating unrelated startup and summary
coverage in one flat module even after the surrounding app code was
split into feature modules.
This keeps those behaviors covered while making the tests cheaper to
understand and less likely to rot. It also preserves the malformed-rules
regression from #8803 without requiring a terminal orchestration test.
## What changed
- Replaced the malformed `rules` startup PTY case with a direct
exec-policy loader regression:
[`rules_path_file_returns_read_dir_error`](21b6b5622f/codex-rs/core/src/exec_policy_tests.rs (L264-L284))
- Made the existing fresh-session-only startup tooltip behavior explicit
with
[`should_prepare_startup_tooltip_override`](21b6b5622f/codex-rs/tui/src/app/thread_routing.rs (L1272-L1279)),
then added focused coverage for the resume/fork gate and the persisted
NUX counter.
- Split startup and session-summary coverage out of
`tui/src/app/tests.rs` into dedicated modules so the test layout better
mirrors the current app architecture.
- Converted one single-message goal validation snapshot into semantic
assertions where layout was not the behavior under test.
- Removed the two PTY-heavy suite files that the narrower tests now
supersede.
## Verification
- `cargo test -p codex-core rules_path_file_returns_read_dir_error`
- `cargo test -p codex-tui startup_`
- `cargo test -p codex-tui session_summary_`
- `cargo test -p codex-tui
goal_slash_command_rejects_oversized_objective`
## Why
Users and support need a single command that captures the local Codex
runtime, configuration, auth, terminal, network, and state shape without
asking the user to know which diagnostic depth to choose first. `codex
doctor` now runs the useful checks by default and makes the detailed
human output the default because the command is usually run when someone
already needs context.
The command also targets concrete support failure modes we have seen
while iterating on the design:
- update-target mismatches like #21956, where the installed package
manager target can differ from the running executable
- terminal and multiplexer issues that depend on `TERM`, tmux/zellij
state, color handling, and TTY metadata
- provider-specific HTTP/WebSocket connectivity, including ChatGPT
WebSocket handshakes and API-key/provider endpoint reachability
- local state/log SQLite integrity problems and large rollout
directories
- feedback reports that need an attached, redacted diagnostic snapshot
without asking the user to run a second command
## What Changed
- Adds `codex doctor` as a grouped CLI diagnostic report with default
detailed output and `--summary` for the compact view.
- Adds stable report sections for Environment, Configuration, Updates,
Connectivity, and Background Server, plus a top Notes block that
promotes anomalies such as available updates, large rollout directories,
optional MCP issues, and mixed auth signals.
- Adds runtime provenance, install consistency, bundled/system search
readiness, terminal/multiplexer metadata, `config.toml` parse status,
auth mode details, sandbox details, feature flag summaries, update
cache/latest-version state, app-server daemon state, SQLite integrity
checks, rollout statistics, and provider-aware network diagnostics.
- Adds ChatGPT WebSocket diagnostics that report the negotiated HTTP
upgrade as `HTTP 101 Switching Protocols` and include timeout, DNS,
auth, and provider context in detailed output.
- Makes reachability provider-aware: API-key OpenAI setups check the API
endpoint, ChatGPT auth checks the ChatGPT path, and custom/AWS/local
providers check configured HTTP endpoints when available.
- Adds structured, redacted JSON output where `checks` is keyed by check
id and `details` is a key/value object for support tooling.
- Integrates doctor with feedback uploads by attaching a best-effort
`codex-doctor-report.json` report and adding derived Sentry tags for
overall status and failing/warning checks.
- Updates the TUI feedback consent copy so users can see that the doctor
report is included when logs/diagnostics are uploaded.
- Updates the CLI bug issue template to ask reporters for `codex doctor
--json` and render pasted reports as JSON.
## Example Output
The examples below are sanitized from local smoke runs with `--no-color`
so the structure is reviewable in plain text.
### `codex doctor`
```text
Codex Doctor v0.0.0 · macos-aarch64
Notes
↑ updates 0.130.0 available (current 0.0.0, dismissed 0.128.0)
⚠ rollouts 1,526 active files · 2.53 GB on disk
⚠ mcp MCP configuration has optional issues
⚠ auth mixed auth signals: ChatGPT login plus API key env var; HTTP reachability uses API-key mode
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Environment
✓ runtime local debug build
version 0.0.0
install method other
commit unknown
executable ~/code/codex.fcoury-doct…x-rs/target/debug/codex
✓ install consistent
context other
managed by npm: no · bun: no · package root —
PATH entries (2) ~/.local/share/mise/installs/node/24/bin/codex
~/.local/share/mise/shims/codex
✓ search ripgrep 15.1.0 (system, `rg`)
✓ terminal Ghostty 1.3.2-main-+b0f827665 · tmux 3.6a · TERM=xterm-256color
terminal Ghostty
TERM_PROGRAM ghostty
terminal version 1.3.2-main-+b0f827665
TERM xterm-256color
multiplexer tmux 3.6a
tmux extended-keys on
tmux allow-passthrough on
tmux set-clipboard on
✓ state databases healthy
CODEX_HOME ~/.codex (dir)
state DB ~/.codex/state_5.sqlite (file) · integrity ok
log DB ~/.codex/logs_2.sqlite (file) · integrity ok
active rollouts 1,526 files · 2.53 GB (avg 1.70 MB)
archived rollouts 8 files · 3.84 MB (avg 491.11 KB)
Configuration
✓ config loaded
model gpt-5.5 · openai
cwd ~/code/codex.fcoury-doctor/codex-rs
config.toml ~/.codex/config.toml
config.toml parse ok
MCP servers 1
feature flags 36 enabled · 7 overridden (full list with --all)
overrides code_mode, code_mode_only, memories, chronicle, goals, remote_control, prevent_idle_sleep
✓ auth auth is configured
auth storage mode File
auth file ~/.codex/auth.json
auth env vars present OPENAI_API_KEY
stored auth mode chatgpt
stored API key false
stored ChatGPT tokens true
stored agent identity false
⚠ mcp MCP configuration has optional issues — Set the missing MCP env vars or disable the affected server.
configured servers 1
disabled servers 0
streamable_http servers 1
optional reachability openaiDeveloperDocs: https://developers.openai.com/mcp (HEAD connect failed; GET connect failed)
✓ sandbox restricted fs + restricted network · approval OnRequest
approval policy OnRequest
filesystem sandbox restricted
network sandbox restricted
Connectivity
✓ network network-related environment looks readable
✓ websocket connected (HTTP 101 Switching Protocols) · 15s timeout
model provider openai
provider name OpenAI
wire API responses
supports websockets true
connect timeout 15000 ms
auth mode chatgpt
endpoint wss://chatgpt.com/backend-api/<redacted>
DNS 2 IPv4, 2 IPv6, first IPv6
handshake result HTTP 101 Switching Protocols
✗ reachability one or more required provider endpoints are unreachable over HTTP — Check proxy, VPN, firewall, DNS, and custom CA configuration.
reachability mode API key auth
openai API https://api.openai.com/v1 connect failed (required)
Background Server
○ app-server not running (ephemeral mode)
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
11 ok · 1 idle · 4 notes · 1 warn · 1 fail failed
--summary compact output --all expand truncated lists
--json redacted report
```
### `codex doctor --summary`
```text
Codex Doctor v0.0.0 · macos-aarch64
Notes
↑ updates 0.130.0 available (current 0.0.0, dismissed 0.128.0)
⚠ rollouts 1,526 active files · 2.53 GB on disk
⚠ mcp MCP configuration has optional issues
⚠ auth mixed auth signals: ChatGPT login plus API key env var; HTTP reachability uses API-key mode
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Environment
✓ runtime local debug build
✓ install consistent
✓ search ripgrep 15.1.0 (system, `rg`)
✓ terminal Ghostty 1.3.2-main-+b0f827665 · tmux 3.6a · TERM=xterm-256color
✓ state databases healthy
Configuration
✓ config loaded
✓ auth auth is configured
⚠ mcp MCP configuration has optional issues — Set the missing MCP env vars or disable the affected server.
✓ sandbox restricted fs + restricted network · approval OnRequest
Updates
✓ updates update configuration is locally consistent
Connectivity
✓ network network-related environment looks readable
✓ websocket connected (HTTP 101 Switching Protocols) · 15s timeout
✗ reachability one or more required provider endpoints are unreachable over HTTP — Check proxy, VPN, firewall, DNS, and custom CA configuration.
Background Server
○ app-server not running (ephemeral mode)
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
11 ok · 1 idle · 4 notes · 1 warn · 1 fail failed
Run codex doctor without --summary for detailed diagnostics.
--all expand truncated lists --json redacted report
```
### `codex doctor --json` shape
```json
{
"schema_version": 1,
"overall_status": "fail",
"checks": {
"runtime.provenance": {
"id": "runtime.provenance",
"category": "Environment",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "local debug build",
"details": {
"version": "0.0.0",
"install method": "other",
"commit": "unknown"
}
},
"sandbox.helpers": {
"id": "sandbox.helpers",
"category": "Configuration",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "restricted fs + restricted network · approval OnRequest",
"details": {
"approval policy": "OnRequest",
"filesystem sandbox": "restricted",
"network sandbox": "restricted"
}
}
}
}
```
### `/feedback` new sentry attachment
<img width="938" height="798" alt="CleanShot 2026-05-13 at 15 36 14"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/715e62e0-d7b4-4fea-a35a-fd5d5d33c4c0"
/>
### New section in CLI issue template
<img width="1164" height="435" alt="CleanShot 2026-05-13 at 15 47 24"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/9081dc25-a28c-4afa-8ba1-e299c2b4031d"
/>
## How to Test
1. Run `cargo run --bin codex -- doctor --no-color`.
2. Confirm the detailed report is the default and includes promoted
Notes, grouped sections, terminal details, state DB integrity, rollout
stats, provider reachability, WebSocket diagnostics, and app-server
status.
3. Run `cargo run --bin codex -- doctor --summary --no-color`.
4. Confirm the compact view keeps the same sections and summary counts
but omits detailed key/value rows.
5. Run `cargo run --bin codex -- doctor --json`.
6. Confirm the output is redacted JSON, `checks` is an object keyed by
check id, and each check's `details` is a key/value object.
7. Preview the CLI bug issue template and confirm the `Codex doctor
report` field appears after the terminal field, asks for `codex doctor
--json`, and renders pasted output as JSON.
8. Start a feedback flow that includes logs.
9. Confirm the upload consent copy lists `codex-doctor-report.json`
alongside the log attachments.
Targeted tests:
- `cargo test -p codex-cli doctor`
- `cargo test -p codex-app-server
doctor_report_tags_summarize_status_counts`
- `cargo test -p codex-feedback`
- `cargo test -p codex-tui feedback_view`
- `just argument-comment-lint`
- `git diff --check`
## Summary
- Add a deterministic callback-id path segment to local MCP OAuth
redirect URIs before starting authorization.
- Derive the callback id from the normalized MCP server URL and encode
it as a 12-character URL-safe hash.
- Reuse the existing exact callback-path validation so OAuth completion
only succeeds on the callback path that was sent in the redirect URI.
## Context
Slack thread:
https://openai.slack.com/archives/C087WB3AGCR/p1777480566571699
That thread calls out the OAuth mix-up class of issue for MCP servers.
The connector/App Connect flow already has a callback_id concept that
binds the OAuth callback URL to the MCP app/server identity. Codex
desktop's local MCP OAuth flow was still using a generic local callback
path like `/callback`, so this PR adds the same shape to the shared
local MCP OAuth helper.
## Behavior
Before this change, local MCP OAuth used:
- default local callback URL: `http://127.0.0.1:<port>/callback`
- configured callback URL: `<configured callback URL>` unchanged
After this change, Codex appends a deterministic callback-id segment:
- default local callback URL:
`http://127.0.0.1:<port>/callback/<callback_id>`
- configured callback URL: `<configured callback path>/<callback_id>`
The local callback server already compares the incoming request path
against the path from the redirect URI. By appending the callback id
before both authorization and callback validation, callbacks that arrive
on the old generic path or a mismatched callback-id path are rejected.
The callback id is bound to the MCP endpoint URL, including path and
query, so path-based multi-tenant MCP deployments on the same origin do
not share a callback path. URL fragments are ignored because they are
not sent to the server.
The change lives in `codex-rmcp-client`, so it covers both the normal
desktop MCP OAuth login path and silent/plugin-triggered MCP OAuth login
paths that use the same `perform_oauth_login_*` helpers.
## Scope and non-goals
- This does not change the app-server protocol or desktop webview
request shape.
- This does not implement RFC 9207 `iss` validation; issuer validation
is still useful when providers return `iss`.
- This does not make arbitrary untrusted MCP servers safe to use. It
specifically adds callback URL binding for the local MCP OAuth flow.
## Validation
- `cargo fmt --all`
- `cargo test -p codex-rmcp-client perform_oauth_login`
## Why
Codex intentionally ignores unknown `config.toml` fields by default so
older and newer config files keep working across versions. That leniency
also makes typo detection hard because misspelled or misplaced keys
disappear silently.
This change adds an opt-in strict config mode so users and tooling can
fail fast on unrecognized config fields without changing the default
permissive behavior.
This feature is possible because `serde_ignored` exposes the exact
signal Codex needs: it lets Codex run ordinary Serde deserialization
while recording fields Serde would otherwise ignore. That avoids
requiring `#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]` across every config type and
keeps strict validation opt-in around the existing config model.
## What Changed
### Added strict config validation
- Added `serde_ignored`-based validation for `ConfigToml` in
`codex-rs/config/src/strict_config.rs`.
- Combined `serde_ignored` with `serde_path_to_error` so strict mode
preserves typed config error paths while also collecting fields Serde
would otherwise ignore.
- Added strict-mode validation for unknown `[features]` keys, including
keys that would otherwise be accepted by `FeaturesToml`'s flattened
boolean map.
- Kept typed config errors ahead of ignored-field reporting, so
malformed known fields are reported before unknown-field diagnostics.
- Added source-range diagnostics for top-level and nested unknown config
fields, including non-file managed preference source names.
### Kept parsing single-pass per source
- Reworked file and managed-config loading so strict validation reuses
the already parsed `TomlValue` for that source.
- For actual config files and managed config strings, the loader now
reads once, parses once, and validates that same parsed value instead of
deserializing multiple times.
- Validated `-c` / `--config` override layers with the same
base-directory context used for normal relative-path resolution, so
unknown override keys are still reported when another override contains
a relative path.
### Scoped `--strict-config` to config-heavy entry points
- Added support for `--strict-config` on the main config-loading entry
points where it is most useful:
- `codex`
- `codex resume`
- `codex fork`
- `codex exec`
- `codex review`
- `codex mcp-server`
- `codex app-server` when running the server itself
- the standalone `codex-app-server` binary
- the standalone `codex-exec` binary
- Commands outside that set now reject `--strict-config` early with
targeted errors instead of accepting it everywhere through shared CLI
plumbing.
- `codex app-server` subcommands such as `proxy`, `daemon`, and
`generate-*` are intentionally excluded from the first rollout.
- When app-server strict mode sees invalid config, app-server exits with
the config error instead of logging a warning and continuing with
defaults.
- Introduced a dedicated `ReviewCommand` wrapper in `codex-rs/cli`
instead of extending shared `ReviewArgs`, so `--strict-config` stays on
the outer config-loading command surface and does not become part of the
reusable review payload used by `codex exec review`.
### Coverage
- Added tests for top-level and nested unknown config fields, unknown
`[features]` keys, typed-error precedence, source-location reporting,
and non-file managed preference source names.
- Added CLI coverage showing invalid `--enable`, invalid `--disable`,
and unknown `-c` overrides still error when `--strict-config` is
present, including compound-looking feature names such as
`multi_agent_v2.subagent_usage_hint_text`.
- Added integration coverage showing both `codex app-server
--strict-config` and standalone `codex-app-server --strict-config` exit
with an error for unknown config fields instead of starting with
fallback defaults.
- Added coverage showing unsupported command surfaces reject
`--strict-config` with explicit errors.
## Example Usage
Run Codex with strict config validation enabled:
```shell
codex --strict-config
```
Strict config mode is also available on the supported config-heavy
subcommands:
```shell
codex --strict-config exec "explain this repository"
codex review --strict-config --uncommitted
codex mcp-server --strict-config
codex app-server --strict-config --listen off
codex-app-server --strict-config --listen off
```
For example, if `~/.codex/config.toml` contains a typo in a key name:
```toml
model = "gpt-5"
approval_polic = "on-request"
```
then `codex --strict-config` reports the misspelled key instead of
silently ignoring it. The path is shortened to `~` here for readability:
```text
$ codex --strict-config
Error loading config.toml:
~/.codex/config.toml:2:1: unknown configuration field `approval_polic`
|
2 | approval_polic = "on-request"
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
```
Without `--strict-config`, Codex keeps the existing permissive behavior
and ignores the unknown key.
Strict config mode also validates ad-hoc `-c` / `--config` overrides:
```text
$ codex --strict-config -c foo=bar
Error: unknown configuration field `foo` in -c/--config override
$ codex --strict-config -c features.foo=true
Error: unknown configuration field `features.foo` in -c/--config override
```
Invalid feature toggles are rejected too, including values that look
like nested config paths:
```text
$ codex --strict-config --enable does_not_exist
Error: Unknown feature flag: does_not_exist
$ codex --strict-config --disable does_not_exist
Error: Unknown feature flag: does_not_exist
$ codex --strict-config --enable multi_agent_v2.subagent_usage_hint_text
Error: Unknown feature flag: multi_agent_v2.subagent_usage_hint_text
```
Unsupported commands reject the flag explicitly:
```text
$ codex --strict-config cloud list
Error: `--strict-config` is not supported for `codex cloud`
```
## Verification
The `codex-cli` `strict_config` tests cover invalid `--enable`, invalid
`--disable`, the compound `multi_agent_v2.subagent_usage_hint_text`
case, unknown `-c` overrides, app-server strict startup failure through
`codex app-server`, and rejection for unsupported commands such as
`codex cloud`, `codex mcp`, `codex remote-control`, and `codex
app-server proxy`.
The config and config-loader tests cover unknown top-level fields,
unknown nested fields, unknown `[features]` keys, source-location
reporting, non-file managed config sources, and `-c` validation for keys
such as `features.foo`.
The app-server test suite covers standalone `codex-app-server
--strict-config` startup failure for an unknown config field.
## Documentation
The Codex CLI docs on developers.openai.com/codex should mention
`--strict-config` as an opt-in validation mode for supported
config-heavy entry points once this ships.
## Why
Extensions that need thread-scoped state currently only get a start-time
callback. That is enough for seeding stores, but it leaves the host
without a shared extension seam for later thread rehydrate and flush
work as thread ownership evolves. This PR turns that start-only seam
into a host-owned thread lifecycle contributor contract so
extension-private state can stay behind the extension API instead of
leaking extra orchestration through core.
## What changed
- Replaced `ThreadStartContributor` with `ThreadLifecycleContributor`
and added typed lifecycle inputs for thread start, resume, and stop. The
contract lives in
[`contributors/thread_lifecycle.rs`](d0e9211f70/codex-rs/ext/extension-api/src/contributors/thread_lifecycle.rs (L1-L64)).
- Kept the existing start-time behavior intact by routing session
construction through `on_thread_start`.
- Invoked `on_thread_stop` during session shutdown before thread-scoped
extension state is dropped, while isolating contributor failures behind
warning logs.
- Migrated `git-attribution` and `guardian` onto the lifecycle
registration path.
- Renamed the extension registry plumbing from start-specific
contributors to lifecycle-specific contributors.
## Notes
`on_thread_resume` is introduced at the API boundary here so extensions
can target the final lifecycle shape; host resume dispatch can be wired
where that runtime path is finalized.
## Why
Extension tools were split across two public runtime contracts:
`codex-tool-api` exposed `ToolBundle` plus its own call/spec/error
types, while core native tools used `codex_tools::ToolExecutor`. That
made contributed tool specs and execution behavior easy to drift apart
and added another crate boundary for what should be one executable-tool
seam.
This PR makes `ToolExecutor` the single runtime contract and keeps
extension-specific pinning in `codex-extension-api`.
## Remaining todo
https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/22369/changes#diff-b935ea8245c3ce568a30cff660175fa6390b66b872ae409e1e2e965738250741R5
Either generic `Invocation` or sub-extract the `ToolCall` and clean
`ToolInvocation`
## What changed
- Removed the `codex-tool-api` workspace crate and its dependencies from
core and `codex-extension-api`.
- Made `codex_tools::ToolExecutor` object-safe with `async_trait` so
extension contributors can return a dyn executor.
- Added the extension-facing aliases under
`ext/extension-api/src/contributors/tools.rs`, including
`ExtensionToolExecutor = dyn ToolExecutor<ToolCall, Output =
ExtensionToolOutput>`.
- Changed `ToolContributor::tools` to return extension executors
directly instead of `ToolBundle`s.
- Updated core’s extension tool handler/registry/router path to adapt
those extension executors into the existing native `ToolInvocation`
runtime path.
- Added focused coverage for extension tools being registered,
model-visible, dispatchable, and not replacing built-in tools.
## Verification
- `cargo test -p codex-tools`
- `cargo test -p codex-extension-api`
## Why
Codex still models model-visible tools and executable behavior largely
inside `codex-core`, which makes it harder to evolve the tool system
toward a single reusable abstraction for built-ins, MCP-backed tools,
dynamic tools, and later tools injected from outside core.
This PR takes the next incremental step in that direction by moving the
common execution-facing pieces out of core and separating them from
core-only orchestration. The intent is to let shared tool abstractions
improve in one place, while `codex-core` keeps the parts that are still
inherently host-specific today, such as `ToolInvocation`, dispatch
wiring, and hook integration.
This PR is mostly moving things around. The only interesting piece is
this abstraction:
https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/22359/changes#diff-81af519002548ba51ed102bdaaf77e081d40a1e73a6e5f9b104bbbc96a6f1b3dR13
## What changed
- Added `codex_tools::ToolExecutor<Invocation>` as the shared execution
trait for model-visible tools.
- Moved the reusable execution support types from `codex-core` into
`codex-tools`:
- `FunctionCallError`
- `ToolPayload`
- `ToolOutput`
- Refactored core tool implementations so that execution behavior lives
on `ToolExecutor<ToolInvocation>`, while `ToolHandler` remains the
core-local extension point for hook payloads, telemetry tags, diff
consumers, and other orchestration concerns.
- Kept the registry and dispatch flow behaviorally unchanged while
making the shared/extracted boundary explicit across built-in, MCP,
dynamic, extension-backed, shell, and multi-agent tool handlers.
## Verification
- `cargo test -p codex-tools`
- `just fix -p codex-tools`
- `just fix -p codex-core`
- `cargo test -p codex-core` progressed through the updated tool
surfaces and then hit the existing unrelated multi-agent stack overflow
in
`tools::handlers::multi_agents::tests::tool_handlers_cascade_close_and_resume_and_keep_explicitly_closed_subtrees_closed`.
