The idea is to have 2 family of agents.
1. Built-in that we packaged directly with Codex
2. User defined that are defined using the `agents_config.toml` file. It
can reference config files that will override the agent config. This
looks like this:
```
version = 1
[agents.explorer]
description = """Use `explorer` for all codebase questions.
Explorers are fast and authoritative.
Always prefer them over manual search or file reading.
Rules:
- Ask explorers first and precisely.
- Do not re-read or re-search code they cover.
- Trust explorer results without verification.
- Run explorers in parallel when useful.
- Reuse existing explorers for related questions."""
config_file = "explorer.toml"
```
Summary
- rename the collab feature key to multi_agent while keeping the Feature
enum unchanged
- add legacy alias support so both "multi_agent" and "collab" map to the
same feature
- cover the alias behavior with a new unit test
## Summary
- make `rust_test` targets generated from `tests/*.rs` use Cargo-style
crate names (file stem) so snapshot names match Cargo (`all__...`
instead of Bazel-derived names)
- split lib vs `tests/*.rs` test env wiring in `codex_rust_crate` to
keep existing lib snapshot behavior while applying Bazel
runfiles-compatible workspace root for `tests/*.rs`
- compute the `tests/*.rs` snapshot workspace root from package depth so
`insta` resolves committed snapshots under Bazel `--noenable_runfiles`
## Validation
- `bazelisk test //codex-rs/core:core-all-test
--test_arg=suite::compact:: --cache_test_results=no`
- `bazelisk test //codex-rs/core:core-all-test
--test_arg=suite::compact_remote:: --cache_test_results=no`
###### Context
unknown model warning added in #11690 has
[issues](https://github.com/openai/codex/actions/runs/22047424710/job/63700733887)
on ubuntu runners because we potentially emit it on all new turns,
including ones with intentionally fake models (i.e., `mock-model` in a
test).
###### Fix
change the warning to only emit on user turns/review turns.
###### Tests
CI now passes on ubuntu, still passes locally
### What changed
1. Removed per-turn MCP selection reset in `core/src/tasks/mod.rs`.
2. Added `SessionState::set_mcp_tool_selection(Vec<String>)` in
`core/src/state/session.rs` for authoritative restore behavior (deduped,
order-preserving, empty clears).
3. Added rollout parsing in `core/src/codex.rs` to recover
`active_selected_tools` from prior `search_tool_bm25` outputs:
- tracks matching `call_id`s
- parses function output text JSON
- extracts `active_selected_tools`
- latest valid payload wins
- malformed/non-matching payloads are ignored
4. Applied restore logic to resumed and forked startup paths in
`core/src/codex.rs`.
5. Updated instruction text to session/thread scope in
`core/templates/search_tool/tool_description.md`.
6. Expanded tests in `core/tests/suite/search_tool.rs`, plus unit
coverage in:
- `core/src/codex.rs`
- `core/src/state/session.rs`
### Behavior after change
1. Search activates matched tools.
2. Additional searches union into active selection.
3. Selection survives new turns in the same thread.
4. Resume/fork restores selection from rollout history.
5. Separate threads do not inherit selection unless forked.
### What
It's currently unclear when the harness falls back to the default,
generic `ModelInfo`. This happens when the `remote_models` feature is
disabled or the model is truly unknown, and can lead to bad performance
and issues in the harness.
Add a user-facing warning when this happens so they are aware when their
setup is broken.
### Tests
Added tests, tested locally.
This PR keeps compaction context-layout test coverage separate from
runtime compaction behavior changes, so runtime logic review can stay
focused.
## Included
- Adds reusable context snapshot helpers in
`core/tests/common/context_snapshot.rs` for rendering model-visible
request/history shapes.
- Standardizes helper naming for readability:
- `format_request_input_snapshot`
- `format_response_items_snapshot`
- `format_labeled_requests_snapshot`
- `format_labeled_items_snapshot`
- Expands snapshot coverage for both local and remote compaction flows:
- pre-turn auto-compaction
- pre-turn failure/context-window-exceeded paths
- mid-turn continuation compaction
- manual `/compact` with and without prior user turns
- Captures both sides where relevant:
- compaction request shape
- post-compaction history layout shape
- Adds/uses shared request-inspection helpers so assertions target
structured request content instead of ad-hoc JSON string parsing.
- Aligns snapshots/assertions to current behavior and leaves explicit
`TODO(ccunningham)` notes where behavior is known and intentionally
deferred.
## Not Included
- No runtime compaction logic changes.
- No model-visible context/state behavior changes.
## Summary
- add a distinct `linux_bubblewrap` sandbox tag when the Linux
bubblewrap pipeline feature is enabled
- thread the bubblewrap feature flag into sandbox tag generation for:
- turn metadata header emission
- tool telemetry metric tags and after-tool-use hooks
- add focused unit tests for `sandbox_tag` precedence and Linux
bubblewrap behavior
## Validation
- `just fmt`
- `cargo clippy -p codex-core --all-targets`
- `cargo test -p codex-core sandbox_tags::tests`
- started `cargo test -p codex-core` and stopped it per request
Co-authored-by: Codex <199175422+chatgpt-codex-connector[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
### Description
#### Summary
Introduces the core plumbing required for structured network approvals
#### What changed
- Added structured network policy decision modeling in core.
- Added approval payload/context types needed for network approval
semantics.
- Wired shell/unified-exec runtime plumbing to consume structured
decisions.
- Updated related core error/event surfaces for structured handling.
- Updated protocol plumbing used by core approval flow.
- Included small CLI debug sandbox compatibility updates needed by this
layer.
#### Why
establishes the minimal backend foundation for network approvals without
yet changing high-level orchestration or TUI behavior.
#### Notes
- Behavior remains constrained by existing requirements/config gating.
- Follow-up PRs in the stack handle orchestration, UX, and app-server
integration.
---------
Co-authored-by: Codex <199175422+chatgpt-codex-connector[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
## Summary
This PR fixes a race in `js_repl` tool-call draining that could leave an
exec waiting indefinitely for in-flight tool calls to finish.
The fix is in:
-
`/Users/fjord/code/codex-jsrepl-seq/codex-rs/core/src/tools/js_repl/mod.rs`
## Problem
`js_repl` tracks in-flight tool calls per exec and waits for them to
drain on completion/timeout/cancel paths.
The previous wait logic used a check-then-wait pattern with `Notify`
that could miss a wakeup:
1. Observe `in_flight > 0`
2. Drop lock
3. Register wait (`notified().await`)
If `notify_waiters()` happened between (2) and (3), the waiter could
sleep until another notification that never comes.
## What changed
- Updated all exec-tool-call wait loops to create an owned notification
future while holding the lock:
- use `Arc<Notify>::notified_owned()` instead of cloning notify and
awaiting later.
- Applied this consistently to:
- `wait_for_exec_tool_calls`
- `wait_for_all_exec_tool_calls`
- `wait_for_exec_tool_calls_map`
This preserves existing behavior while eliminating the lost-wakeup
window.
## Test coverage
Added a regression test:
- `wait_for_exec_tool_calls_map_drains_inflight_calls_without_hanging`
The test repeatedly races waiter/finisher tasks and asserts bounded
completion to catch hangs.
## Impact
- No API changes.
- No user-facing behavior changes intended.
- Improves reliability of exec lifecycle boundaries when tool calls are
still in flight.
#### [git stack](https://github.com/magus/git-stack-cli)
- ✅ `1` https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/11796
- 👉 `2` https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/11800
- ⏳ `3` https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/10673
- ⏳ `4` https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/10670
## Summary
Fixes a flaky/panicking `js_repl` image-path test by running it on a
multi-thread Tokio runtime and tightening assertions to focus on real
behavior.
## Problem
`js_repl_can_attach_image_via_view_image_tool` in
`/Users/fjord/code/codex-jsrepl-seq/codex-rs/core/src/tools/js_repl/mod.rs`
can panic under single-thread test runtime with:
`can call blocking only when running on the multi-threaded runtime`
It also asserted a brittle user-facing text string.
## Changes
1. Updated the test runtime to:
`#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]`
2. Removed the brittle `"attached local image path"` string assertion.
3. Kept the concrete side-effect assertions:
- tool call succeeds
- image is actually injected into pending input (`InputImage` with
`data:image/png;base64,...`)
## Why this is safe
This is test-only behavior. No production runtime code paths are
changed.
## Validation
- Ran:
`cargo test -p codex-core
tools::js_repl::tests::js_repl_can_attach_image_via_view_image_tool --
--nocapture`
- Result: pass
#### [git stack](https://github.com/magus/git-stack-cli)
- 👉 `1` https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/11796
- ⏳ `2` https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/11800
- ⏳ `3` https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/10673
- ⏳ `4` https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/10670
## Summary
- Created branch zuxin/read-path-update from main.
- Copied codex-rs/core/templates/memories/read_path.md from the current
branch.
- Committed the content change.
## Testing
Not run (content copy + commit only).
Currently, if there are syntax errors detected in the starlark rules
file, the entire policy is silently ignored by the CLI. The app server
correctly emits a message that can be displayed in a GUI.
This PR changes the CLI (both the TUI and non-interactive exec) to fail
when the rules file can't be parsed. It then prints out an error message
and exits with a non-zero exit code. This is consistent with the
handling of errors in the config file.
This addresses #11603
## Summary
- add a shared `codex-core` sleep inhibitor that uses native macOS IOKit
assertions (`IOPMAssertionCreateWithName` / `IOPMAssertionRelease`)
instead of spawning `caffeinate`
- wire sleep inhibition to turn lifecycle in `tui` (`TurnStarted`
enables; `TurnComplete` and abort/error finalization disable)
- gate this behavior behind a `/experimental` feature toggle
(`[features].prevent_idle_sleep`) instead of a dedicated `[tui]` config
flag
- expose the toggle in `/experimental` on macOS; keep it under
development on other platforms
- keep behavior no-op on non-macOS targets
<img width="1326" height="577" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/73fac06b-97ae-46a2-800a-30f9516cf8a3"
/>
## Testing
- `cargo check -p codex-core -p codex-tui`
- `cargo test -p codex-core sleep_inhibitor::tests -- --nocapture`
- `cargo test -p codex-core
tui_config_missing_notifications_field_defaults_to_enabled --
--nocapture`
- `cargo test -p codex-core prevent_idle_sleep_is_ -- --nocapture`
## Semantics and API references
- This PR targets `caffeinate -i` semantics: prevent *idle system sleep*
while allowing display idle sleep.
- `caffeinate -i` mapping in Apple open source (`assertionMap`):
- `kIdleAssertionFlag -> kIOPMAssertionTypePreventUserIdleSystemSleep`
- Source:
https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions/PowerManagement/blob/PowerManagement-1846.60.12/caffeinate/caffeinate.c#L52-L54
- Apple IOKit docs for assertion types and API:
-
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/iokit/iopmlib_h/iopmassertiontypes
-
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/iokit/1557092-iopmassertioncreatewithname
- https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/qa/qa1340/_index.html
## Codex Electron vs this PR (full stack path)
- Codex Electron app requests sleep blocking with
`powerSaveBlocker.start("prevent-app-suspension")`:
-
https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex/codex-vscode/electron/src/electron-message-handler.ts
- Electron maps that string to Chromium wake lock type
`kPreventAppSuspension`:
-
https://github.com/electron/electron/blob/main/shell/browser/api/electron_api_power_save_blocker.cc
- Chromium macOS backend maps wake lock types to IOKit assertion
constants and calls IOKit:
- `kPreventAppSuspension -> kIOPMAssertionTypeNoIdleSleep`
- `kPreventDisplaySleep / kPreventDisplaySleepAllowDimming ->
kIOPMAssertionTypeNoDisplaySleep`
-
https://github.com/chromium/chromium/blob/main/services/device/wake_lock/power_save_blocker/power_save_blocker_mac.cc
## Why this PR uses a different macOS constant name
- This PR uses `"PreventUserIdleSystemSleep"` directly, via
`IOPMAssertionCreateWithName`, in
`codex-rs/core/src/sleep_inhibitor.rs`.
- Apple’s IOKit header documents `kIOPMAssertionTypeNoIdleSleep` as
deprecated and recommends `kIOPMAssertPreventUserIdleSystemSleep` /
`kIOPMAssertionTypePreventUserIdleSystemSleep`:
-
https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions/IOKitUser/blob/IOKitUser-100222.60.2/pwr_mgt.subproj/IOPMLib.h#L1000-L1030
- So Chromium and this PR are using different constant names, but
semantically equivalent idle-system-sleep prevention behavior.
## Future platform support
The architecture is intentionally set up for multi-platform extensions:
- UI code (`tui`) only calls `SleepInhibitor::set_turn_running(...)` on
turn lifecycle boundaries.
- Platform-specific behavior is isolated in
`codex-rs/core/src/sleep_inhibitor.rs` behind `cfg(...)` blocks.
- Feature exposure is centralized in `core/src/features.rs` and surfaced
via `/experimental`.
- Adding new OS backends should not require additional TUI wiring; only
the backend internals and feature stage metadata need to change.
Potential follow-up implementations:
- Windows:
- Add a backend using Win32 power APIs
(`SetThreadExecutionState(ES_CONTINUOUS | ES_SYSTEM_REQUIRED)` as
baseline).
- Optionally move to `PowerCreateRequest` / `PowerSetRequest` /
`PowerClearRequest` for richer assertion semantics.
- Linux:
- Add a backend using logind inhibitors over D-Bus
(`org.freedesktop.login1.Manager.Inhibit` with `what="sleep"`).
- Keep a no-op fallback where logind/D-Bus is unavailable.
This PR keeps the cross-platform API surface minimal so future PRs can
add Windows/Linux support incrementally with low churn.
---------
Co-authored-by: jif-oai <jif@openai.com>
## Why
`compact_resume_after_second_compaction_preserves_history` has been
intermittently flaky in Windows CI.
The test had two one-shot request matchers in the second compact/resume
phase that could overlap, and it waited for the first `Warning` event
after compaction. In practice, that made the test sensitive to
platform/config-specific prompt shape and unrelated warning timing.
## What Changed
- Hardened the second compaction matcher in
`codex-rs/core/tests/suite/compact_resume_fork.rs` so it accepts
expected compact-request variants while explicitly excluding the
`AFTER_SECOND_RESUME` payload.
- Updated `compact_conversation()` to wait for the specific compaction
warning (`COMPACT_WARNING_MESSAGE`) rather than any `Warning` event.
- Added an inline comment explaining why the matcher is intentionally
broad but disjoint from the follow-up resume matcher.
## Test Plan
- `cargo test -p codex-core --test all
suite::compact_resume_fork::compact_resume_after_second_compaction_preserves_history
-- --exact`
- Repeated the same test in a loop (40 runs) to check for local
nondeterminism.
## Summary
- Limit `search_tool_bm25` indexing to `codex_apps` tools only, so
non-Apps MCP servers are no longer discoverable through this search
path.
- Move search-tool discovery guidance into the `search_tool_bm25` tool
description (via template include) instead of injecting it as a separate
developer message.
- Update Apps discovery guidance wording to clarify when to use
`search_tool_bm25` for Apps-backed systems (for example Slack, Google
Drive, Jira, Notion) and when to call tools directly.
- Remove dead `core` helper code (`filter_codex_apps_mcp_tools` and
`codex_apps_connector_id`) that is no longer used after the
tool-selection refactor.
- Update `core` search-tool tests to assert codex-apps-only behavior and
to validate guidance from the tool description.
## Validation
- ✅ `just fmt`
- ✅ `cargo test -p codex-core search_tool`
- ⚠️ `cargo test -p codex-core` was attempted, but the run repeatedly
stalled on
`tools::js_repl::tests::js_repl_can_attach_image_via_view_image_tool`.
## Tickets
- None
Summary
- make the phase1 memories schema require `rollout_slug` while still
allowing it to be `null`
- update the corresponding test to check the required fields and
nullable type list
Testing
- Not run (not requested)
## Summary
If the model suggests a bad rule, don't show it to the user. This does
not impact the parsing of existing rules, just the ones we show.
## Testing
- [x] Added unit tests
- [x] Ran locally
When `app/list` is called with `force_refetch=True`, we should seed the
results with what is already cached instead of starting from an empty
list. Otherwise when we send app/list/updated events, the client will
first see an empty list of accessible apps and then get the updated one.
We've had a few cases recently where someone enabled a feature flag for
a feature that's still under development or experimental. This test
should prevent this.
### Motivation
- Git subcommand matching was being classified as "dangerous" and caused
benign developer workflows (for example `git push --force-with-lease`)
to be blocked by the preflight policy.
- The change aligns behavior with the intent to reserve the dangerous
checklist for truly destructive shell ops (e.g. `rm -rf`) and avoid
surprising developer-facing blocks.
### Description
- Remove git-specific subcommand checks from
`is_dangerous_to_call_with_exec` in
`codex-rs/shell-command/src/command_safety/is_dangerous_command.rs`,
leaving only explicit `rm` and `sudo` passthrough checks.
- Deleted the git-specific helper logic that classified `reset`,
`branch`-delete, `push` (force/delete/refspec) and `clean --force` as
dangerous.
- Updated unit tests in the same file to assert that various `git
reset`/`git branch`/`git push`/`git clean` variants are no longer
classified as dangerous.
- Kept `find_git_subcommand` (used by safe-command classification)
intact so safe/unsafe parsing elsewhere remains functional.
### Testing
- Ran formatter with `just fmt` successfully.
- Ran unit tests with `cargo test -p codex-shell-command` and all tests
passed (`144 passed; 0 failed`).
------
[Codex
Task](https://chatgpt.com/codex/tasks/task_i_698d19dedb4883299c3ceb5bbc6a0dcf)
## Summary
This PR delivers the first small, shippable step toward model-visible
state diffing by making
`TurnContextItem` more complete and standardizing how it is built.
Specifically, it:
- Adds persisted network context to `TurnContextItem`.
- Introduces a single canonical `TurnContext -> TurnContextItem`
conversion path.
- Routes existing rollout write sites through that canonical conversion
helper.
No context injection/diff behavior changes are included in this PR.
## Why this change
The design goal is to make `TurnContextItem` the canonical source of
truth for context-diff
decisions.
Before this PR:
- `TurnContextItem` did not include all TurnContext-derived environment
inputs needed for v1
completeness.
- Construction was duplicated at multiple write sites.
This PR addresses both with a minimal, reviewable change.
## Changes
### 1) Extend `TurnContextItem` with network state
- Added `TurnContextNetworkItem { allowed_domains, denied_domains }`.
- Added `network: Option<TurnContextNetworkItem>` to `TurnContextItem`.
- Kept backward compatibility by making the new field optional and
skipped when absent.
Files:
- `codex-rs/protocol/src/protocol.rs`
### 2) Canonical conversion helper
- Added `TurnContext::to_turn_context_item(collaboration_mode)` in core.
- Added internal helper to derive network fields from
`config_layer_stack.requirements().network`.
Files:
- `codex-rs/core/src/codex.rs`
### 3) Use canonical conversion at rollout write sites
- Replaced ad hoc `TurnContextItem { ... }` construction with
`to_turn_context_item(...)` in:
- sampling request path
- compaction path
Files:
- `codex-rs/core/src/codex.rs`
- `codex-rs/core/src/compact.rs`
### 4) Update fixtures/tests for new optional field
- Updated existing `TurnContextItem` literals in tests to include
`network: None`.
- Added protocol tests for:
- deserializing old payloads with no `network`
- serializing when `network` is present
Files:
- `codex-rs/core/tests/suite/resume_warning.rs`
- No replay/diff logic changes.
- Persisted rollout `TurnContextItem` now carries additional network
context when available.
- Older rollout lines without `network` remain readable.
Adds a new apps_mcp_gateway flag to route Apps MCP calls through
https://api.openai.com/v1/connectors/mcp/ when enabled, while keeping
legacy MCP routing as default.
## Why
We currently carry multiple permission-related concepts directly on
`Config` for shell/unified-exec behavior (`approval_policy`,
`sandbox_policy`, `network`, `shell_environment_policy`,
`windows_sandbox_mode`).
Consolidating these into one in-memory struct makes permission handling
easier to reason about and sets up the next step: supporting named
permission profiles (`[permissions.PROFILE_NAME]`) without changing
behavior now.
This change is mostly mechanical: it updates existing callsites to go
through `config.permissions`, but it does not yet refactor those
callsites to take a single `Permissions` value in places where multiple
permission fields are still threaded separately.
This PR intentionally **does not** change the on-disk `config.toml`
format yet and keeps compatibility with legacy config keys.
## What Changed
- Introduced `Permissions` in `core/src/config/mod.rs`.
- Added `Config::permissions` and moved effective runtime permission
fields under it:
- `approval_policy`
- `sandbox_policy`
- `network`
- `shell_environment_policy`
- `windows_sandbox_mode`
- Updated config loading/building so these effective values are still
derived from the same existing config inputs and constraints.
- Updated Windows sandbox helpers/resolution to read/write via
`permissions`.
- Threaded the new field through all permission consumers across core
runtime, app-server, CLI/exec, TUI, and sandbox summary code.
- Updated affected tests to reference `config.permissions.*`.
- Renamed the struct/field from
`EffectivePermissions`/`effective_permissions` to
`Permissions`/`permissions` and aligned variable naming accordingly.
## Verification
- `just fix -p codex-core -p codex-tui -p codex-cli -p codex-app-server
-p codex-exec -p codex-utils-sandbox-summary`
- `cargo build -p codex-core -p codex-tui -p codex-cli -p
codex-app-server -p codex-exec -p codex-utils-sandbox-summary`
## Summary
In an effort to start simplifying our sandbox setup, we're announcing
this approval_policy as deprecated. In general, it performs worse than
`on-request`, and we're focusing on making fewer sandbox configurations
perform much better.
## Testing
- [x] Tested locally
- [x] Existing tests pass
There is an edge case where a directory is not readable by the sandbox.
In practice, we've seen very little of it, but it can happen so this
slash command unlocks users when it does.
Future idea is to make this a tool that the agent knows about so it can
be more integrated.
