## Summary
This PR keeps app-server RPC request trace context alive for the full
lifetime of the work that request kicks off (e.g. for `thread/start`,
this is `app-server rpc handler -> tokio background task -> core op
submissions`). Previously we lose trace lineage once the request handler
returns or hands work off to background tasks.
This approach is especially relevant for `thread/start` and other RPC
handlers that run in a non-blocking way. In the near future we'll most
likely want to make all app-server handlers run in a non-blocking way by
default, and only queue operations that must operate in order (e.g.
thread RPCs per thread?), so we want to make sure tracing in app-server
just generally works.
Depends on https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/14300
**Before**
<img width="155" height="207" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c9487459-36f1-436c-beb7-fafeb40737af"
/>
**After**
<img width="299" height="337" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/727392b2-d072-4427-9dc4-0502d8652dea"
/>
## What changed
- Keep request-scoped trace context around until we send the final
response or error, or the connection closes.
- Thread that trace context through detached `thread/start` work so
background startup stays attached to the originating request.
- Pass request trace context through to downstream core operations,
including:
- thread creation
- resume/fork flows
- turn submission
- review
- interrupt
- realtime conversation operations
- Add tracing tests that verify:
- remote W3C trace context is preserved for `thread/start`
- remote W3C trace context is preserved for `turn/start`
- downstream core spans stay under the originating request span
- request-scoped tracing state is cleaned up correctly
- Clean up shutdown behavior so detached background tasks and spawned
threads are drained before process exit.
- add model and reasoning effort to app-server collab spawn items and
notifications
- regenerate app-server protocol schemas for the new fields
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## Stack
fix: fail closed for unsupported split windows sandboxing #14172
fix: preserve split filesystem semantics in linux sandbox #14173
-> fix: align core approvals with split sandbox policies #14171
refactor: centralize filesystem permissions precedence #14174
## Why This PR Exists
This PR is intentionally narrower than the title may suggest.
Most of the original split-permissions migration already landed in the
earlier `#13434 -> #13453` stack. In particular:
- `#13439` already did the broad runtime plumbing for split filesystem
and network policies.
- `#13445` already moved `apply_patch` safety onto filesystem-policy
semantics.
- `#13448` already switched macOS Seatbelt generation to split policies.
- `#13449` and `#13453` already handled Linux helper and bubblewrap
enforcement.
- `#13440` already introduced the first protocol-side helpers for
deriving effective filesystem access.
The reason this PR still exists is that after the follow-on
`[permissions]` work and the new shared precedence helper in `#14174`, a
few core approval paths were still deciding behavior from the legacy
`SandboxPolicy` projection instead of the split filesystem policy that
actually carries the carveouts.
That means this PR is mostly a cleanup and alignment pass over the
remaining core consumers, not a fresh sandbox backend migration.
## What Is Actually New Here
- make unmatched-command fallback decisions consult
`FileSystemSandboxPolicy` instead of only legacy `DangerFullAccess` /
`ReadOnly` / `WorkspaceWrite` categories
- thread `file_system_sandbox_policy` into the shell, unified-exec, and
intercepted-exec approval paths so they all use the same split-policy
semantics
- keep `apply_patch` safety on the same effective-access rules as the
shared protocol helper, rather than letting it drift through
compatibility projections
- add loader-level regression coverage proving legacy `sandbox_mode`
config still builds split policies and round-trips back without semantic
drift
## What This PR Does Not Do
This PR does not introduce new platform backend enforcement on its own.
- Linux backend parity remains in `#14173`.
- Windows fail-closed handling remains in `#14172`.
- The shared precedence/model changes live in `#14174`.
## Files To Focus On
- `core/src/exec_policy.rs`: unmatched-command fallback and approval
rendering now read the split filesystem policy directly
- `core/src/tools/sandboxing.rs`: default exec-approval requirement keys
off `FileSystemSandboxPolicy.kind`
- `core/src/tools/handlers/shell.rs`: shell approval requests now carry
the split filesystem policy
- `core/src/unified_exec/process_manager.rs`: unified-exec approval
requests now carry the split filesystem policy
- `core/src/tools/runtimes/shell/unix_escalation.rs`: intercepted exec
fallback now uses the same split-policy approval semantics
- `core/src/safety.rs`: `apply_patch` safety keeps using effective
filesystem access rather than legacy sandbox categories
- `core/src/config/config_tests.rs`: new regression coverage for legacy
`sandbox_mode` no-drift behavior through the split-policy loader
## Notes
- `core/src/codex.rs` and `core/src/codex_tests.rs` are just small
fallout updates for `RequestPermissionsResponse.scope`; they are not the
point of the PR.
- If you reviewed the earlier `#13439` / `#13445` stack, the main review
question here is simply: “are there any remaining approval or
patch-safety paths that still reconstruct semantics from legacy
`SandboxPolicy` instead of consuming the split filesystem policy
directly?”
## Testing
- cargo test -p codex-core
legacy_sandbox_mode_config_builds_split_policies_without_drift
- cargo test -p codex-core request_permissions
- cargo test -p codex-core intercepted_exec_policy
- cargo test -p codex-core
restricted_sandbox_requires_exec_approval_on_request
- cargo test -p codex-core
unmatched_on_request_uses_split_filesystem_policy_for_escalation_prompts
- cargo test -p codex-core explicit_
- cargo clippy -p codex-core --tests -- -D warnings
## Why
to support a new bring your own search tool in Responses
API(https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/tools-tool-search#client-executed-tool-search)
we migrating our bm25 search tool to use official way to execute search
on client and communicate additional tools to the model.
## What
- replace the legacy `search_tool_bm25` flow with client-executed
`tool_search`
- add protocol, SSE, history, and normalization support for
`tool_search_call` and `tool_search_output`
- return namespaced Codex Apps search results and wire namespaced
follow-up tool calls back into MCP dispatch
## Summary
This PR narrows original image detail handling to a single opt-in
feature:
- `image_detail_original` lets the model request `detail: "original"` on
supported models
- Omitting `detail` preserves the default resized behavior
The model only sees `detail: "original"` guidance when the active model
supports it:
- JS REPL instructions include the guidance and examples only on
supported models
- `view_image` only exposes a `detail` parameter when the feature and
model can use it
The image detail API is intentionally narrow and consistent across both
paths:
- `view_image.detail` supports only `"original"`; otherwise omit the
field
- `codex.emitImage(..., detail)` supports only `"original"`; otherwise
omit the field
- Unsupported explicit values fail clearly at the API boundary instead
of being silently reinterpreted
- Unsupported explicit `detail: "original"` requests fall back to normal
behavior when the feature is disabled or the model does not support
original detail
## Summary
This PR adds two read-only path helpers to `js_repl`:
- `codex.cwd`
- `codex.homeDir`
They are exposed alongside the existing `codex.tmpDir` helper so the
REPL can reference basic host path context without reopening direct
`process` access.
## Implementation
- expose `codex.cwd` and `codex.homeDir` from the js_repl kernel
- make `codex.homeDir` come from the kernel process environment
- pass session dependency env through js_repl kernel startup so
`codex.homeDir` matches the env a shell-launched process would see
- keep existing shell `HOME` population behavior unchanged
- update js_repl prompt/docs and add runtime/integration coverage for
the new helpers
## Summary
- defer fresh-session `build_initial_context()` until the first real
turn instead of seeding model-visible context during startup
- rely on the existing `reference_context_item == None` turn-start path
to inject full initial context on that first real turn (and again after
baseline resets such as compaction)
- add a regression test for `InitialHistory::New` and update affected
deterministic tests / snapshots around developer-message layout,
collaboration instructions, personality updates, and compact request
shapes
## Notes
- this PR does not add any special empty-thread `/compact` behavior
- most of the snapshot churn is the direct result of moving the initial
model-visible context from startup to the first real turn, so first-turn
request layouts no longer contain a pre-user startup copy of permissions
/ environment / other developer-visible context
- remote manual `/compact` with no prior user still skips the remote
compact request; local first-turn `/compact` still issues a compact
request, but that request now reflects the lack of startup-seeded
context
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- tell agents when a role pins model or reasoning effort so they know
those settings are not changeable
- add prompt-builder coverage for the locked-setting notes
## Summary
- add a per-turn `codex.turn.network_proxy` metric constant
- emit the metric from turn completion using the live managed proxy
enabled state
- add focused tests for active and inactive tag emission
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wire plugin marketplace metadata through app-server endpoints:
- `plugin/list` has `installPolicy` and `authPolicy`
- `plugin/install` has plugin-level `authPolicy`
`plugin/install` also now enforces `NOT_AVAILABLE` `installPolicy` when
installing.
added tests.
## Summary
This PR fixes OTLP HTTP trace export in runtimes where the previous
exporter setup was unreliable, especially around app-server usage. It
also removes the old `codex_otel::otel_provider` compatibility shim and
switches remaining call sites over to the crate-root
`codex_otel::OtelProvider` export.
## What changed
- Use a runtime-safe OTLP HTTP trace exporter path for Tokio runtimes.
- Add an async HTTP client path for trace export when we are already
inside a multi-thread Tokio runtime.
- Make provider shutdown flush traces before tearing down the tracer
provider.
- Add loopback coverage that verifies traces are actually sent to
`/v1/traces`:
- outside Tokio
- inside a multi-thread Tokio runtime
- inside a current-thread Tokio runtime
- Remove the `codex_otel::otel_provider` shim and update remaining
imports.
## Why
I hit cases where spans were being created correctly but never made it
to the collector. The issue turned out to be in exporter/runtime
behavior rather than the span plumbing itself. This PR narrows that gap
and gives us regression coverage for the actual export path.
Summary
- add a custom deserializer so `[tools].web_search` can be a bool
(treated as disabled) or a config object
- extend core and app-server tests to cover bool handling in TOML config
Testing
- Not run (not requested)
## What changed
- Drop failed websocket connections immediately after a terminal stream
error instead of awaiting a graceful close handshake before forwarding
the error to the caller.
- Keep the success path and the closed-connection guard behavior
unchanged.
## Why this fixes the flake
- The failing integration test waits for the second websocket stream to
surface the model error before issuing a follow-up request.
- On slower runners, the old error path awaited
`ws_stream.close().await` before sending the error downstream. If that
close handshake stalled, the test kept waiting for an error that had
already happened server-side and nextest timed it out.
- Dropping the failed websocket immediately makes the terminal error
observable right away and marks the session closed so the next request
reconnects cleanly instead of depending on a best-effort close
handshake.
## Code or test?
- This is a production logic fix in `codex-api`. The existing websocket
integration test already exercises the regression path.
- include the requested sub-agent model and reasoning effort in the
spawn begin event\n- render that metadata next to the spawned agent name
and role in the TUI transcript
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Summary
- update the code-mode handler, runner, instructions, and error text to
refer to the `exec` tool name everywhere that used to say `code_mode`
- ensure generated documentation strings and tool specs describe `exec`
and rely on the shared `PUBLIC_TOOL_NAME`
- refresh the suite tests so they invoke `exec` instead of the old name
Testing
- Not run (not requested)
## Summary
- update the guardian prompting
- clarify the guardian rejection message so an action may still proceed
if the user explicitly approves it after being informed of the risk
## Testing
- cargo run on selected examples
## Summary
- add `skill_approval` to `RejectConfig` and the app-server v2
`AskForApproval::Reject` payload so skill-script prompts can be
configured independently from sandbox and rule-based prompts
- update Unix shell escalation to reject prompts based on the actual
decision source, keeping prefix rules tied to `rules`, unmatched command
fallbacks tied to `sandbox_approval`, and skill scripts tied to
`skill_approval`
- regenerate the affected protocol/config schemas and expand
unit/integration coverage for the new flag and skill approval behavior
Pass more params to /compact. This should give us parity with the
/responses endpoint to improve caching.
I'm torn about the MCP await. Blocking will give us parity but it seems
like we explicitly don't block on MCPs. Happy either way
Summary
- document how code-mode can import `output_text`/`output_image` and
ensure `add_content` stays compatible
- add a synthetic `@openai/code_mode` module that appends content items
and validates inputs
- cover the new behavior with integration tests for structured text and
image outputs
Testing
- Not run (not requested)
- clarify the `close_agent` tool description so it nudges models to
close agents they no longer need
- keep the change scoped to the tool spec text only
Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>
Summary
- document that `@openai/code_mode` exposes
`set_max_output_tokens_per_exec_call` and that `code_mode` truncates the
final Rust-side output when the budget is exceeded
- enforce the configured budget in the Rust tool runner, reusing
truncation helpers so text-only outputs follow the unified-exec wrapper
and mixed outputs still fit within the limit
- ensure the new behavior is covered by a code-mode integration test and
string spec update
Testing
- Not run (not requested)
Summary
- drop `McpToolOutput` in favor of `CallToolResult`, moving its helpers
to keep MCP tooling focused on the final result shape
- wire the new schema definitions through code mode, context, handlers,
and spec modules so MCP tools serialize the exact output shape expected
by the model
- extend code mode tests to cover multiple MCP call scenarios and ensure
the serialized data matches the new schema
- refresh JS runner helpers and protocol models alongside the schema
changes
Testing
- Not run (not requested)
- add `model` and `reasoning_effort` to the `spawn_agent` schema so the
values pass through
- validate requested models against `model.model` and only check that
the selected model supports the requested reasoning effort
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## Summary
- add ARC monitor support for MCP tool calls by serializing MCP approval
requests into the ARC action shape and sending the relevant
conversation/policy context to the `/api/codex/safety/arc` endpoint
- route ARC outcomes back into MCP approval flow so `ask-user` falls
back to a user prompt and `steer-model` blocks the tool call, with
guardian/ARC tests covering the new request shape
- update the TUI approval copy from “Approve Once” to “Allow” / “Allow
for this session” and refresh the related
snapshots
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Co-authored-by: Fouad Matin <169186268+fouad-openai@users.noreply.github.com>
Summary
- document output types for the various tool handlers and registry so
the API exposes richer descriptions
- update unified execution helpers and client tests to align with the
new output metadata
- clean up unused helpers across tool dispatch paths
Testing
- Not run (not requested)
There are some bug investigations that currently require us to ask users
for their user ID even though they've already uploaded logs and session
details via `/feedback`. This frustrates users and increases the time
for diagnosis.
This PR includes the ChatGPT user ID in the metadata uploaded for
`/feedback` (both the TUI and app-server).
Replace the Unix shell lookup path in `codex-rs/core/src/shell.rs` to
use
`libc::getpwuid_r()` instead of `libc::getpwuid()` when resolving the
current
user's shell.
Why:
- `getpwuid()` can return pointers into libc-managed shared storage
- on the musl static Linux build, concurrent callers can race on that
storage
- this matches the crash pattern reported in tmux/Linux sessions with
parallel
shell activity
Refs:
- Fixes#13842
Addresses #13586
This doesn't affect our CI scripts. It was user-reported.
Summary
- add `wiremock::ResponseTemplate` and `body_string_contains` imports
behind `#[cfg(not(debug_assertions))]` in
`codex-rs/core/tests/suite/view_image.rs` so release builds only pull
the helpers they actually use
## Summary
- update the unified exec test to use truncated_output() instead of the
removed output field
- fix the compile failure on latest main after ExecCommandToolOutput
changed shape
## What changed
- The retry test now uses the same streaming SSE test server used by
production-style tests instead of a wiremock sequence.
- The fixture is resolved via `find_resource!`, and the test asserts
that exactly two outbound requests were sent.
## Why this fixes the flake
- The old wiremock sequence approximated early-close behavior, but it
did not reproduce the same streaming semantics the real client sees.
- That meant the retry path depended on mock implementation details
instead of on the actual transport behavior we care about.
- Switching to the streaming SSE helper makes the test exercise the real
early-close/retry contract, and counting requests directly verifies that
we retried exactly once rather than merely hoping the sequence aligned.
## Scope
- Test-only change.
- collect input/output transcript deltas into active handoff transcript
state
- attach and clear that transcript on each handoff, and regenerate
schema/tests
### Purpose
While trying to build out CLI-Tools for the agent to use under skills we
have found that those tools sometimes need to invoke a user elicitation.
These elicitations are handled out of band of the codex app-server but
need to indicate to the exec manager that the command running is not
going to progress on the usual timeout horizon.
### Example
Model calls universal exec:
`$ download-credit-card-history --start-date 2026-01-19 --end-date
2026-02-19 > credit_history.jsonl`
download-cred-card-history might hit a hosted/preauthenticated service
to fetch data. That service might decide that the request requires an
end user approval the access to the personal data. It should be able to
signal to the running thread that the command in question is blocked on
user elicitation. In that case we want the exec to continue, but the
timeout to not expire on the tool call, essentially freezing time until
the user approves or rejects the command at which point the tool would
signal the app-server to decrement the outstanding elicitation count.
Now timeouts would proceed as normal.
### What's Added
- New v2 RPC methods:
- thread/increment_elicitation
- thread/decrement_elicitation
- Protocol updates in:
- codex-rs/app-server-protocol/src/protocol/common.rs
- codex-rs/app-server-protocol/src/protocol/v2.rs
- App-server handlers wired in:
- codex-rs/app-server/src/codex_message_processor.rs
### Behavior
- Counter starts at 0 per thread.
- increment atomically increases the counter.
- decrement atomically decreases the counter; decrement at 0 returns
invalid request.
- Transition rules:
- 0 -> 1: broadcast pause state, pausing all active stopwatches
immediately.
- \>0 -> >0: remain paused.
- 1 -> 0: broadcast unpause state, resuming stopwatches.
- Core thread/session logic:
- codex-rs/core/src/codex_thread.rs
- codex-rs/core/src/codex.rs
- codex-rs/core/src/mcp_connection_manager.rs
### Exec-server stopwatch integration
- Added centralized stopwatch tracking/controller:
- codex-rs/exec-server/src/posix/stopwatch_controller.rs
- Hooked pause/unpause broadcast handling + stopwatch registration:
- codex-rs/exec-server/src/posix/mcp.rs
- codex-rs/exec-server/src/posix/stopwatch.rs
- codex-rs/exec-server/src/posix.rs
