feat: add a built-in model provider named "oss"

Rescue chat completion changes (#1846 )
https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/1835 has some messed up history. This adds support for streaming chat completions, which is useful for ollama. We should probably take a very skeptical eye to the code introduced in this PR. --------- Co-authored-by: Ahmed Ibrahim <aibrahim@openai.com>
2026-02-03 15:33:41 +00:00 · 2025-08-05 02:34:12 -07:00 · 2025-08-05 08:56:13 +00:00 · 2025-08-05 00:43:23 -07:00 · 2025-08-04 23:50:03 -07:00 · 2025-08-04 21:57:55 -07:00
94 changed files with 8880 additions and 1332 deletions
--- a/.github/actions/codex/bun.lock
+++ b/.github/actions/codex/bun.lock
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
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        "@types/node": "^24.1.0",
        "prettier": "^3.6.2",
-        "typescript": "^5.8.3",
+        "typescript": "^5.9.2",
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--- a/.github/actions/codex/package.json
+++ b/.github/actions/codex/package.json
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@
        "@types/bun": "^1.2.19",
        "@types/node": "^24.1.0",
        "prettier": "^3.6.2",
-        "typescript": "^5.8.3"
+        "typescript": "^5.9.2"
    }
 }
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
        "editor.defaultFormatter": "tamasfe.even-better-toml",
        "editor.formatOnSave": true,
    },
-    "evenBetterToml.formatter.reorderArrays": true,
+    // Array order for options in ~/.codex/config.toml such as `notify` and the
+    // `args` for an MCP server is significant, so we disable reordering.
+    "evenBetterToml.formatter.reorderArrays": false,
    "evenBetterToml.formatter.reorderKeys": true,
 }
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@

 In the codex-rs folder where the rust code lives:

- Never add or modify any code related to `CODEX_SANDBOX_NETWORK_DISABLED_ENV_VAR`. You operate in a sandbox where `CODEX_SANDBOX_NETWORK_DISABLED=1` will be set whenever you use the `shell` tool. Any existing code that uses `CODEX_SANDBOX_NETWORK_DISABLED_ENV_VAR` was authored with this fact in mind. It is often used to early exit out of tests that the author knew you would not be able to run given your sandbox limitations.
+- Never add or modify any code related to `CODEX_SANDBOX_NETWORK_DISABLED_ENV_VAR` or `CODEX_SANDBOX_ENV_VAR`.
+  - You operate in a sandbox where `CODEX_SANDBOX_NETWORK_DISABLED=1` will be set whenever you use the `shell` tool. Any existing code that uses `CODEX_SANDBOX_NETWORK_DISABLED_ENV_VAR` was authored with this fact in mind. It is often used to early exit out of tests that the author knew you would not be able to run given your sandbox limitations.
+  - Similarly, when you spawn a process using Seatbelt (`/usr/bin/sandbox-exec`), `CODEX_SANDBOX=seatbelt` will be set on the child process. Integration tests that want to run Seatbelt themselves cannot be run under Seatbelt, so checks for `CODEX_SANDBOX=seatbelt` are also often used to early exit out of tests, as appropriate.

 Before creating a pull request with changes to `codex-rs`, run `just fmt` (in `codex-rs` directory) to format the code and `just fix` (in `codex-rs` directory) to fix any linter issues in the code, ensure the test suite passes by running `cargo test --all-features` in the `codex-rs` directory.

--- a/SUMMARY.md
+++ b/SUMMARY.md
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+You are a summarization assistant. A conversation follows between a user and a coding-focused AI (Codex). Your task is to generate a clear summary capturing:
+
+• High-level objective or problem being solved  
+• Key instructions or design decisions given by the user  
+• Main code actions or behaviors from the AI  
+• Important variables, functions, modules, or outputs discussed  
+• Any unresolved questions or next steps
+
+Produce the summary in a structured format like:
+
+**Objective:** …
+
+**User instructions:** … (bulleted)
+
+**AI actions / code behavior:** … (bulleted)
+
+**Important entities:** … (e.g. function names, variables, files)
+
+**Open issues / next steps:** … (if any)
+
+**Summary (concise):** (one or two sentences)
--- a/codex-cli/bin/codex.js
+++ b/codex-cli/bin/codex.js
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ if (wantsNative && process.platform !== 'win32') {

  const child = spawn(binaryPath, process.argv.slice(2), {
    stdio: "inherit",
+    env: { ...process.env, CODEX_MANAGED_BY_NPM: "1" },
  });

  child.on("error", (err) => {
--- a/codex-cli/src/utils/agent/sandbox/macos-seatbelt.ts
+++ b/codex-cli/src/utils/agent/sandbox/macos-seatbelt.ts
@@ -147,4 +147,8 @@ const READ_ONLY_SEATBELT_POLICY = `
  (sysctl-name "kern.version")
  (sysctl-name "sysctl.proc_cputype")
  (sysctl-name-prefix "hw.perflevel")
-)`.trim();
+)
+
+; Added on top of Chrome profile
+; Needed for python multiprocessing on MacOS for the SemLock
+(allow ipc-posix-sem)`.trim();
--- a/codex-rs/Cargo.lock
+++ b/codex-rs/Cargo.lock
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "clap",
 "codex-core",
 "serde",
- "toml 0.9.2",
+ "toml 0.9.4",
 ]

 [[package]]
@@ -695,9 +695,11 @@ dependencies = [
 "reqwest",
 "seccompiler",
 "serde",
+ "serde_bytes",
 "serde_json",
 "sha1",
 "shlex",
+ "similar",
 "strum_macros 0.27.2",
 "tempfile",
 "thiserror 2.0.12",
@@ -705,7 +707,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "tokio",
 "tokio-test",
 "tokio-util",
- "toml 0.9.2",
+ "toml 0.9.4",
 "tracing",
 "tree-sitter",
 "tree-sitter-bash",
@@ -829,19 +831,37 @@ dependencies = [
 "tempfile",
 "tokio",
 "tokio-test",
- "toml 0.9.2",
+ "toml 0.9.4",
 "tracing",
 "tracing-subscriber",
 "uuid",
 "wiremock",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "codex-ollama"
+version = "0.0.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-stream",
+ "bytes",
+ "codex-core",
+ "futures",
+ "reqwest",
+ "serde_json",
+ "tempfile",
+ "tokio",
+ "toml 0.9.4",
+ "tracing",
+ "wiremock",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "codex-tui"
 version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
 "anyhow",
 "base64 0.22.1",
+ "chrono",
 "clap",
 "codex-ansi-escape",
 "codex-arg0",
@@ -849,6 +869,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "codex-core",
 "codex-file-search",
 "codex-login",
+ "codex-ollama",
 "color-eyre",
 "crossterm",
 "image",
@@ -857,23 +878,28 @@ dependencies = [
 "mcp-types",
 "path-clean",
 "pretty_assertions",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
 "ratatui",
 "ratatui-image",
 "regex-lite",
+ "reqwest",
+ "serde",
 "serde_json",
 "shlex",
 "strum 0.27.2",
 "strum_macros 0.27.2",
+ "supports-color",
+ "textwrap 0.16.2",
 "tokio",
 "tracing",
 "tracing-appender",
 "tracing-subscriber",
 "tui-input",
 "tui-markdown",
- "tui-textarea",
 "unicode-segmentation",
 "unicode-width 0.1.14",
 "uuid",
+ "vt100",
 ]

 [[package]]
@@ -1466,7 +1492,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "778e2ac28f6c47af28e4907f13ffd1e1ddbd400980a9abd7c8df189bf578a5ad"
 dependencies = [
 "libc",
- "windows-sys 0.60.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]

 [[package]]
@@ -1546,7 +1572,7 @@ checksum = "0ce92ff622d6dadf7349484f42c93271a0d49b7cc4d466a936405bacbe10aa78"
 dependencies = [
 "cfg-if",
 "rustix 1.0.8",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]

 [[package]]
@@ -1749,7 +1775,7 @@ version = "0.2.23"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cba6ae63eb948698e300f645f87c70f76630d505f23b8907cf1e193ee85048c1"
 dependencies = [
- "unicode-width 0.2.0",
+ "unicode-width 0.2.1",
 ]

 [[package]]
@@ -2010,7 +2036,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "libc",
 "percent-encoding",
 "pin-project-lite",
- "socket2 0.6.0",
+ "socket2",
 "system-configuration",
 "tokio",
 "tower-service",
@@ -2329,9 +2355,15 @@ checksum = "e04d7f318608d35d4b61ddd75cbdaee86b023ebe2bd5a66ee0915f0bf93095a9"
 dependencies = [
 "hermit-abi",
 "libc",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "is_ci"
+version = "1.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7655c9839580ee829dfacba1d1278c2b7883e50a277ff7541299489d6bdfdc45"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "is_terminal_polyfill"
 version = "1.70.1"
@@ -2643,6 +2675,7 @@ version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
 "anyhow",
 "assert_cmd",
+ "codex-core",
 "codex-mcp-server",
 "mcp-types",
 "pretty_assertions",
@@ -2650,6 +2683,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "shlex",
 "tempfile",
 "tokio",
+ "uuid",
 "wiremock",
 ]

@@ -3377,7 +3411,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "ratatui"
 version = "0.29.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/nornagon/ratatui?branch=nornagon-v0.29.0-patch#bca287ddc5d38fe088c79e2eda22422b96226f2e"
+source = "git+https://github.com/nornagon/ratatui?branch=nornagon-v0.29.0-patch#9b2ad1298408c45918ee9f8241a6f95498cdbed2"
 dependencies = [
 "bitflags 2.9.1",
 "cassowary",
@@ -3391,7 +3425,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "strum 0.26.3",
 "unicode-segmentation",
 "unicode-truncate",
- "unicode-width 0.2.0",
+ "unicode-width 0.2.1",
 ]

 [[package]]
@@ -3705,7 +3739,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "errno",
 "libc",
 "linux-raw-sys 0.4.15",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]

 [[package]]
@@ -3718,7 +3752,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "errno",
 "libc",
 "linux-raw-sys 0.9.4",
- "windows-sys 0.60.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]

 [[package]]
@@ -3949,6 +3983,15 @@ dependencies = [
 "serde_derive",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "serde_bytes"
+version = "0.11.17"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8437fd221bde2d4ca316d61b90e337e9e702b3820b87d63caa9ba6c02bd06d96"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
 version = "1.0.219"
@@ -3973,9 +4016,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "serde_json"
-version = "1.0.141"
+version = "1.0.142"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "30b9eff21ebe718216c6ec64e1d9ac57087aad11efc64e32002bce4a0d4c03d3"
+checksum = "030fedb782600dcbd6f02d479bf0d817ac3bb40d644745b769d6a96bc3afc5a7"
 dependencies = [
 "indexmap 2.10.0",
 "itoa",
@@ -4159,14 +4202,10 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "67b1b7a3b5fe4f1376887184045fcf45c69e92af734b7aaddc05fb777b6fbd03"

 [[package]]
-name = "socket2"
-version = "0.5.10"
+name = "smawk"
+version = "0.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e22376abed350d73dd1cd119b57ffccad95b4e585a7cda43e286245ce23c0678"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
-]
+checksum = "b7c388c1b5e93756d0c740965c41e8822f866621d41acbdf6336a6a168f8840c"

 [[package]]
 name = "socket2"
@@ -4220,7 +4259,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "starlark_syntax",
 "static_assertions",
 "strsim 0.10.0",
- "textwrap",
+ "textwrap 0.11.0",
 "thiserror 1.0.69",
 ]

@@ -4356,6 +4395,15 @@ version = "2.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "13c2bddecc57b384dee18652358fb23172facb8a2c51ccc10d74c157bdea3292"

+[[package]]
+name = "supports-color"
+version = "3.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c64fc7232dd8d2e4ac5ce4ef302b1d81e0b80d055b9d77c7c4f51f6aa4c867d6"
+dependencies = [
+ "is_ci",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "1.0.109"
@@ -4470,7 +4518,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "getrandom 0.3.3",
 "once_cell",
 "rustix 1.0.8",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]

 [[package]]
@@ -4509,6 +4557,17 @@ dependencies = [
 "unicode-width 0.1.14",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "textwrap"
+version = "0.16.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c13547615a44dc9c452a8a534638acdf07120d4b6847c8178705da06306a3057"
+dependencies = [
+ "smawk",
+ "unicode-linebreak",
+ "unicode-width 0.2.1",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
 version = "1.0.69"
@@ -4623,9 +4682,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
-version = "1.46.1"
+version = "1.47.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0cc3a2344dafbe23a245241fe8b09735b521110d30fcefbbd5feb1797ca35d17"
+checksum = "89e49afdadebb872d3145a5638b59eb0691ea23e46ca484037cfab3b76b95038"
 dependencies = [
 "backtrace",
 "bytes",
@@ -4636,9 +4695,9 @@ dependencies = [
 "pin-project-lite",
 "signal-hook-registry",
 "slab",
- "socket2 0.5.10",
+ "socket2",
 "tokio-macros",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]

 [[package]]
@@ -4723,9 +4782,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "toml"
-version = "0.9.2"
+version = "0.9.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ed0aee96c12fa71097902e0bb061a5e1ebd766a6636bb605ba401c45c1650eac"
+checksum = "41ae868b5a0f67631c14589f7e250c1ea2c574ee5ba21c6c8dd4b1485705a5a1"
 dependencies = [
 "indexmap 2.10.0",
 "serde",
@@ -4954,7 +5013,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "911e93158bf80bbc94bad533b2b16e3d711e1132d69a6a6980c3920a63422c19"
 dependencies = [
 "ratatui",
- "unicode-width 0.2.0",
+ "unicode-width 0.2.1",
 ]

 [[package]]
@@ -4973,17 +5032,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "tracing",
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-[[package]]
-name = "tui-textarea"
-version = "0.7.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0a5318dd619ed73c52a9417ad19046724effc1287fb75cdcc4eca1d6ac1acbae"
-dependencies = [
- "crossterm",
- "ratatui",
- "unicode-width 0.2.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "typenum"
 version = "1.18.0"
@@ -5002,6 +5050,12 @@ version = "1.0.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5a5f39404a5da50712a4c1eecf25e90dd62b613502b7e925fd4e4d19b5c96512"

+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-linebreak"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3b09c83c3c29d37506a3e260c08c03743a6bb66a9cd432c6934ab501a190571f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-segmentation"
 version = "1.12.0"
@@ -5027,9 +5081,9 @@ checksum = "7dd6e30e90baa6f72411720665d41d89b9a3d039dc45b8faea1ddd07f617f6af"

 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-width"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1fc81956842c57dac11422a97c3b8195a1ff727f06e85c84ed2e8aa277c9a0fd"
+checksum = "4a1a07cc7db3810833284e8d372ccdc6da29741639ecc70c9ec107df0fa6154c"

 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-xid"
@@ -5114,6 +5168,27 @@ version = "0.9.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0b928f33d975fc6ad9f86c8f283853ad26bdd5b10b7f1542aa2fa15e2289105a"

+[[package]]
+name = "vt100"
+version = "0.16.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "054ff75fb8fa83e609e685106df4faeffdf3a735d3c74ebce97ec557d5d36fd9"
+dependencies = [
+ "itoa",
+ "unicode-width 0.2.1",
+ "vte",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "vte"
+version = "0.15.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a5924018406ce0063cd67f8e008104968b74b563ee1b85dde3ed1f7cb87d3dbd"
+dependencies = [
+ "arrayvec",
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wait-timeout"
 version = "0.2.1"
@@ -5302,7 +5377,7 @@ version = "0.1.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cf221c93e13a30d793f7645a0e7762c55d169dbb0a49671918a2319d289b10bb"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]

 [[package]]
--- a/codex-rs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/codex-rs/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ members = [
    "mcp-client",
    "mcp-server",
    "mcp-types",
+    "ollama",
    "tui",
 ]
 resolver = "2"
--- a/codex-rs/common/src/sandbox_summary.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/common/src/sandbox_summary.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ pub fn summarize_sandbox_policy(sandbox_policy: &SandboxPolicy) -> String {
        SandboxPolicy::WorkspaceWrite {
            writable_roots,
            network_access,
+            include_default_writable_roots,
        } => {
            let mut summary = "workspace-write".to_string();
            if !writable_roots.is_empty() {
@@ -19,6 +20,9 @@ pub fn summarize_sandbox_policy(sandbox_policy: &SandboxPolicy) -> String {
                        .join(", ")
                ));
            }
+            if !*include_default_writable_roots {
+                summary.push_str(" (exact writable roots)");
+            }
            if *network_access {
                summary.push_str(" (network access enabled)");
            }
--- a/codex-rs/config.md
+++ b/codex-rs/config.md
@@ -259,6 +259,8 @@ disk, but attempts to write a file or access the network will be blocked.

 A more relaxed policy is `workspace-write`. When specified, the current working directory for the Codex task will be writable (as well as `$TMPDIR` on macOS). Note that the CLI defaults to using the directory where it was spawned as `cwd`, though this can be overridden using `--cwd/-C`.

+On macOS (and soon Linux), all writable roots (including `cwd`) that contain a `.git/` folder _as an immediate child_ will configure the `.git/` folder to be read-only while the rest of the Git repository will be writable. This means that commands like `git commit` will fail, by default (as it entails writing to `.git/`), and will require Codex to ask for permission.
+
 ```toml
 # same as `--sandbox workspace-write`
 sandbox_mode = "workspace-write"
@@ -481,6 +483,19 @@ Setting `hide_agent_reasoning` to `true` suppresses these events in **both** the
 hide_agent_reasoning = true   # defaults to false
 ```

+## show_raw_agent_reasoning
+
+Surfaces the model’s raw chain-of-thought ("raw reasoning content") when available.
+
+Notes:
+- Only takes effect if the selected model/provider actually emits raw reasoning content. Many models do not. When unsupported, this option has no visible effect.
+- Raw reasoning may include intermediate thoughts or sensitive context. Enable only if acceptable for your workflow.
+
+Example:
+```toml
+show_raw_agent_reasoning = true  # defaults to false
+```
+
 ## model_context_window

 The size of the context window for the model, in tokens.
--- a/codex-rs/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/codex-rs/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ rand = "0.9"
 reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["json", "stream"] }
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1"
+serde_bytes = "0.11"
 sha1 = "0.10.6"
 shlex = "1.3.0"
+similar = "2.7.0"
 strum_macros = "0.27.2"
 thiserror = "2.0.12"
 time = { version = "0.3", features = ["formatting", "local-offset", "macros"] }
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ tokio = { version = "1", features = [
    "signal",
 ] }
 tokio-util = "0.7.14"
-toml = "0.9.2"
+toml = "0.9.4"
 tracing = { version = "0.1.41", features = ["log"] }
 tree-sitter = "0.25.8"
 tree-sitter-bash = "0.25.0"
--- a/codex-rs/core/prompt.md
+++ b/codex-rs/core/prompt.md
@@ -1,16 +1,31 @@
-Please resolve the user's task by editing and testing the code files in your current code execution session.
-You are a deployed coding agent.
-Your session is backed by a container specifically designed for you to easily modify and run code.
-The repo(s) are already cloned in your working directory, and you must fully solve the problem for your answer to be considered correct.
+You are operating as and within the Codex CLI, an open-source, terminal-based agentic coding assistant built by OpenAI. It wraps OpenAI models to enable natural language interaction with a local codebase. You are expected to be precise, safe, and helpful.

+Your capabilities:
+- Receive user prompts, project context, and files.
+- Stream responses and emit function calls (e.g., shell commands, code edits).
+- Run commands, like apply_patch, and manage user approvals based on policy.
+- Work inside a workspace with sandboxing instructions specified by the policy described in (## Sandbox environment and approval instructions)
+
+Within this context, Codex refers to the open-source agentic coding interface (not the old Codex language model built by OpenAI).
+
+## General guidelines
+As a deployed coding agent, please continue working on the user's task until their query is resolved, before ending your turn and yielding back to the user. Only terminate your turn when you are sure that the task is solved. If you are not sure about file content or codebase structure pertaining to the user's request, use your tools to read files and gather the relevant information. Do NOT guess or make up an answer.
+
+After a user sends their first message, you should immediately provide a brief message acknowledging their request to set the tone and expectation of future work to be done (no more than 8-10 words). This should be done before performing work like exploring the codebase, writing or reading files, or other tool calls needed to complete the task. Use a natural, collaborative tone similar to how a teammate would receive a task during a pair programming session.
+
+Please resolve the user's task by editing the code files in your current code execution session. Your session allows for you to modify and run code. The repo(s) are already cloned in your working directory, and you must fully solve the problem for your answer to be considered correct.
+
+### Task execution
 You MUST adhere to the following criteria when executing the task:

 - Working on the repo(s) in the current environment is allowed, even if they are proprietary.
 - Analyzing code for vulnerabilities is allowed.
 - Showing user code and tool call details is allowed.
 - User instructions may overwrite the _CODING GUIDELINES_ section in this developer message.
+- `user_instructions` are not part of the user's request, but guidance for how to complete the task.
+- Do not cite `user_instructions` back to the user unless a specific piece is relevant.
 - Do not use \`ls -R\`, \`find\`, or \`grep\` - these are slow in large repos. Use \`rg\` and \`rg --files\`.
- Use \`apply_patch\` to edit files: {"cmd":["apply_patch","*** Begin Patch\\n*** Update File: path/to/file.py\\n@@ def example():\\n- pass\\n+ return 123\\n*** End Patch"]}
+- Use the \`apply_patch\` shell command to edit files: {"command":["apply_patch","*** Begin Patch\\n*** Update File: path/to/file.py\\n@@ def example():\\n- pass\\n+ return 123\\n*** End Patch"]}
 - If completing the user's task requires writing or modifying files:
  - Your code and final answer should follow these _CODING GUIDELINES_:
    - Fix the problem at the root cause rather than applying surface-level patches, when possible.
@@ -33,23 +48,22 @@ You MUST adhere to the following criteria when executing the task:
 - If completing the user's task DOES NOT require writing or modifying files (e.g., the user asks a question about the code base):
  - Respond in a friendly tune as a remote teammate, who is knowledgeable, capable and eager to help with coding.
 - When your task involves writing or modifying files:
-  - Do NOT tell the user to "save the file" or "copy the code into a file" if you already created or modified the file using \`apply_patch\`. Instead, reference the file as already saved.
+  - Do NOT tell the user to "save the file" or "copy the code into a file" if you already created or modified the file using the `apply_patch` shell command. Instead, reference the file as already saved.
  - Do NOT show the full contents of large files you have already written, unless the user explicitly asks for them.

-§ `apply-patch` Specification
+## Using the shell command `apply_patch` to edit files
+`apply_patch` is a shell command for editing files. Your patch language is a stripped‑down, file‑oriented diff format designed to be easy to parse and safe to apply. You can think of it as a high‑level envelope:

-Your patch language is a stripped‑down, file‑oriented diff format designed to be easy to parse and safe to apply. You can think of it as a high‑level envelope:
-
-**_ Begin Patch
+*** Begin Patch
 [ one or more file sections ]
-_** End Patch
+*** End Patch

 Within that envelope, you get a sequence of file operations.
 You MUST include a header to specify the action you are taking.
 Each operation starts with one of three headers:

-**_ Add File: <path> - create a new file. Every following line is a + line (the initial contents).
-_** Delete File: <path> - remove an existing file. Nothing follows.
+*** Add File: <path> - create a new file. Every following line is a + line (the initial contents).
+*** Delete File: <path> - remove an existing file. Nothing follows.
 \*\*\* Update File: <path> - patch an existing file in place (optionally with a rename).

 May be immediately followed by \*\*\* Move to: <new path> if you want to rename the file.
@@ -63,45 +77,60 @@ Within a hunk each line starts with:
  At the end of a truncated hunk you can emit \*\*\* End of File.

 Patch := Begin { FileOp } End
-Begin := "**_ Begin Patch" NEWLINE
-End := "_** End Patch" NEWLINE
+Begin := "*** Begin Patch" NEWLINE
+End := "*** End Patch" NEWLINE
 FileOp := AddFile | DeleteFile | UpdateFile
-AddFile := "**_ Add File: " path NEWLINE { "+" line NEWLINE }
-DeleteFile := "_** Delete File: " path NEWLINE
-UpdateFile := "**_ Update File: " path NEWLINE [ MoveTo ] { Hunk }
-MoveTo := "_** Move to: " newPath NEWLINE
+AddFile := "*** Add File: " path NEWLINE { "+" line NEWLINE }
+DeleteFile := "*** Delete File: " path NEWLINE
+UpdateFile := "*** Update File: " path NEWLINE [ MoveTo ] { Hunk }
+MoveTo := "*** Move to: " newPath NEWLINE
 Hunk := "@@" [ header ] NEWLINE { HunkLine } [ "*** End of File" NEWLINE ]
 HunkLine := (" " | "-" | "+") text NEWLINE

 A full patch can combine several operations:

-**_ Begin Patch
-_** Add File: hello.txt
+*** Begin Patch
+*** Add File: hello.txt
 +Hello world
-**_ Update File: src/app.py
-_** Move to: src/main.py
+*** Update File: src/app.py
+*** Move to: src/main.py
@@ def greet():
 -print("Hi")
 +print("Hello, world!")
-**_ Delete File: obsolete.txt
-_** End Patch
+*** Delete File: obsolete.txt
+*** End Patch

 It is important to remember:

 - You must include a header with your intended action (Add/Delete/Update)
 - You must prefix new lines with `+` even when creating a new file
+- You must follow this schema exactly when providing a patch

-You can invoke apply_patch like:
+You can invoke apply_patch with the following shell command:

 ```
 shell {"command":["apply_patch","*** Begin Patch\n*** Add File: hello.txt\n+Hello, world!\n*** End Patch\n"]}
 ```

-Plan updates
+## Sandbox environment and approval instructions
+
+You are running in a sandboxed workspace backed by version control. The sandbox might be configured by the user to restrict certain behaviors, like accessing the internet or writing to files outside the current directory.
+
+Commands that are blocked by sandbox settings will be automatically sent to the user for approval. The result of the request will be returned (i.e. the command result, or the request denial).
+The user also has an opportunity to approve the same command for the rest of the session.
+
+Guidance on running within the sandbox:
+- When running commands that will likely require approval, attempt to use simple, precise commands, to reduce frequency of approval requests.
+- When approval is denied or a command fails due to a permission error, do not retry the exact command in a different way. Move on and continue trying to address the user's request.
+
+
+## Tools available
+### Plan updates

 A tool named `update_plan` is available. Use it to keep an up‑to‑date, step‑by‑step plan for the task so you can follow your progress. When making your plans, keep in mind that you are a deployed coding agent - `update_plan` calls should not involve doing anything that you aren't capable of doing. For example, `update_plan` calls should NEVER contain tasks to merge your own pull requests. Only stop to ask the user if you genuinely need their feedback on a change.

- At the start of the task, call `update_plan` with an initial plan: a short list of 1‑sentence steps with a `status` for each step (`pending`, `in_progress`, or `completed`). There should always be exactly one `in_progress` step until everything is done.
+- At the start of any nontrivial task, call `update_plan` with an initial plan: a short list of 1‑sentence steps with a `status` for each step (`pending`, `in_progress`, or `completed`). There should always be exactly one `in_progress` step until everything is done.
 - Whenever you finish a step, call `update_plan` again, marking the finished step as `completed` and the next step as `in_progress`.
 - If your plan needs to change, call `update_plan` with the revised steps and include an `explanation` describing the change.
 - When all steps are complete, make a final `update_plan` call with all steps marked `completed`.
+
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/chat_completions.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/chat_completions.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ use crate::client_common::ResponseEvent;
 use crate::client_common::ResponseStream;
 use crate::error::CodexErr;
 use crate::error::Result;
+use crate::model_family::ModelFamily;
 use crate::models::ContentItem;
+use crate::models::ReasoningItemContent;
 use crate::models::ResponseItem;
 use crate::openai_tools::create_tools_json_for_chat_completions_api;
 use crate::util::backoff;
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ use crate::util::backoff;
 /// Implementation for the classic Chat Completions API.
 pub(crate) async fn stream_chat_completions(
    prompt: &Prompt,
-    model: &str,
+    model_family: &ModelFamily,
    include_plan_tool: bool,
    client: &reqwest::Client,
    provider: &ModelProviderInfo,
@@ -37,10 +39,10 @@ pub(crate) async fn stream_chat_completions(
    // Build messages array
    let mut messages = Vec::<serde_json::Value>::new();

-    let full_instructions = prompt.get_full_instructions(model);
+    let full_instructions = prompt.get_full_instructions(model_family);
    messages.push(json!({"role": "system", "content": full_instructions}));

-    if let Some(instr) = &prompt.user_instructions {
+    if let Some(instr) = &prompt.get_formatted_user_instructions() {
        messages.push(json!({"role": "user", "content": instr}));
    }

@@ -110,9 +112,10 @@ pub(crate) async fn stream_chat_completions(
        }
    }

-    let tools_json = create_tools_json_for_chat_completions_api(prompt, model, include_plan_tool)?;
+    let tools_json =
+        create_tools_json_for_chat_completions_api(prompt, model_family, include_plan_tool)?;
    let payload = json!({
-        "model": model,
+        "model": model_family.slug,
        "messages": messages,
        "stream": true,
        "tools": tools_json,
@@ -120,7 +123,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn stream_chat_completions(

    debug!(
        "POST to {}: {}",
-        provider.get_full_url(),
+        provider.get_full_url(&None),
        serde_json::to_string_pretty(&payload).unwrap_or_default()
    );

@@ -129,7 +132,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn stream_chat_completions(
    loop {
        attempt += 1;

-        let req_builder = provider.create_request_builder(client)?;
+        let req_builder = provider.create_request_builder(client, &None).await?;

        let res = req_builder
            .header(reqwest::header::ACCEPT, "text/event-stream")
@@ -207,6 +210,8 @@ async fn process_chat_sse<S>(
    }

    let mut fn_call_state = FunctionCallState::default();
+    let mut assistant_text = String::new();
+    let mut reasoning_text = String::new();

    loop {
        let sse = match timeout(idle_timeout, stream.next()).await {
@@ -235,6 +240,31 @@ async fn process_chat_sse<S>(

        // OpenAI Chat streaming sends a literal string "[DONE]" when finished.
        if sse.data.trim() == "[DONE]" {
+            // Emit any finalized items before closing so downstream consumers receive
+            // terminal events for both assistant content and raw reasoning.
+            if !assistant_text.is_empty() {
+                let item = ResponseItem::Message {
+                    role: "assistant".to_string(),
+                    content: vec![ContentItem::OutputText {
+                        text: std::mem::take(&mut assistant_text),
+                    }],
+                    id: None,
+                };
+                let _ = tx_event.send(Ok(ResponseEvent::OutputItemDone(item))).await;
+            }
+
+            if !reasoning_text.is_empty() {
+                let item = ResponseItem::Reasoning {
+                    id: String::new(),
+                    summary: Vec::new(),
+                    content: Some(vec![ReasoningItemContent::ReasoningText {
+                        text: std::mem::take(&mut reasoning_text),
+                    }]),
+                    encrypted_content: None,
+                };
+                let _ = tx_event.send(Ok(ResponseEvent::OutputItemDone(item))).await;
+            }
+
            let _ = tx_event
                .send(Ok(ResponseEvent::Completed {
                    response_id: String::new(),
@@ -254,21 +284,47 @@ async fn process_chat_sse<S>(
        let choice_opt = chunk.get("choices").and_then(|c| c.get(0));

        if let Some(choice) = choice_opt {
-            // Handle assistant content tokens.
+            // Handle assistant content tokens as streaming deltas.
            if let Some(content) = choice
                .get("delta")
                .and_then(|d| d.get("content"))
                .and_then(|c| c.as_str())
            {
-                let item = ResponseItem::Message {
-                    role: "assistant".to_string(),
-                    content: vec![ContentItem::OutputText {
-                        text: content.to_string(),
-                    }],
-                    id: None,
-                };
+                if !content.is_empty() {
+                    assistant_text.push_str(content);
+                    let _ = tx_event
+                        .send(Ok(ResponseEvent::OutputTextDelta(content.to_string())))
+                        .await;
+                }
+            }

-                let _ = tx_event.send(Ok(ResponseEvent::OutputItemDone(item))).await;
+            // Forward any reasoning/thinking deltas if present.
+            // Some providers stream `reasoning` as a plain string while others
+            // nest the text under an object (e.g. `{ "reasoning": { "text": "…" } }`).
+            if let Some(reasoning_val) = choice.get("delta").and_then(|d| d.get("reasoning")) {
+                let mut maybe_text = reasoning_val.as_str().map(|s| s.to_string());
+
+                if maybe_text.is_none() && reasoning_val.is_object() {
+                    if let Some(s) = reasoning_val
+                        .get("text")
+                        .and_then(|t| t.as_str())
+                        .filter(|s| !s.is_empty())
+                    {
+                        maybe_text = Some(s.to_string());
+                    } else if let Some(s) = reasoning_val
+                        .get("content")
+                        .and_then(|t| t.as_str())
+                        .filter(|s| !s.is_empty())
+                    {
+                        maybe_text = Some(s.to_string());
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if let Some(reasoning) = maybe_text {
+                    let _ = tx_event
+                        .send(Ok(ResponseEvent::ReasoningContentDelta(reasoning)))
+                        .await;
+                }
            }

            // Handle streaming function / tool calls.
@@ -305,7 +361,21 @@ async fn process_chat_sse<S>(
            if let Some(finish_reason) = choice.get("finish_reason").and_then(|v| v.as_str()) {
                match finish_reason {
                    "tool_calls" if fn_call_state.active => {
-                        // Build the FunctionCall response item.
+                        // First, flush the terminal raw reasoning so UIs can finalize
+                        // the reasoning stream before any exec/tool events begin.
+                        if !reasoning_text.is_empty() {
+                            let item = ResponseItem::Reasoning {
+                                id: String::new(),
+                                summary: Vec::new(),
+                                content: Some(vec![ReasoningItemContent::ReasoningText {
+                                    text: std::mem::take(&mut reasoning_text),
+                                }]),
+                                encrypted_content: None,
+                            };
+                            let _ = tx_event.send(Ok(ResponseEvent::OutputItemDone(item))).await;
+                        }
+
+                        // Then emit the FunctionCall response item.
                        let item = ResponseItem::FunctionCall {
                            id: None,
                            name: fn_call_state.name.clone().unwrap_or_else(|| "".to_string()),
@@ -313,11 +383,33 @@ async fn process_chat_sse<S>(
                            call_id: fn_call_state.call_id.clone().unwrap_or_else(String::new),
                        };

-                        // Emit it downstream.
                        let _ = tx_event.send(Ok(ResponseEvent::OutputItemDone(item))).await;
                    }
                    "stop" => {
-                        // Regular turn without tool-call.
+                        // Regular turn without tool-call. Emit the final assistant message
+                        // as a single OutputItemDone so non-delta consumers see the result.
+                        if !assistant_text.is_empty() {
+                            let item = ResponseItem::Message {
+                                role: "assistant".to_string(),
+                                content: vec![ContentItem::OutputText {
+                                    text: std::mem::take(&mut assistant_text),
+                                }],
+                                id: None,
+                            };
+                            let _ = tx_event.send(Ok(ResponseEvent::OutputItemDone(item))).await;
+                        }
+                        // Also emit a terminal Reasoning item so UIs can finalize raw reasoning.
+                        if !reasoning_text.is_empty() {
+                            let item = ResponseItem::Reasoning {
+                                id: String::new(),
+                                summary: Vec::new(),
+                                content: Some(vec![ReasoningItemContent::ReasoningText {
+                                    text: std::mem::take(&mut reasoning_text),
+                                }]),
+                                encrypted_content: None,
+                            };
+                            let _ = tx_event.send(Ok(ResponseEvent::OutputItemDone(item))).await;
+                        }
                    }
                    _ => {}
                }
@@ -355,10 +447,17 @@ async fn process_chat_sse<S>(
 /// The adapter is intentionally *lossless*: callers who do **not** opt in via
 /// [`AggregateStreamExt::aggregate()`] keep receiving the original unmodified
 /// events.
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, Eq, PartialEq)]
+enum AggregateMode {
+    AggregatedOnly,
+    Streaming,
+}
 pub(crate) struct AggregatedChatStream<S> {
    inner: S,
    cumulative: String,
-    pending_completed: Option<ResponseEvent>,
+    cumulative_reasoning: String,
+    pending: std::collections::VecDeque<ResponseEvent>,
+    mode: AggregateMode,
 }

 impl<S> Stream for AggregatedChatStream<S>
@@ -370,8 +469,8 @@ where
    fn poll_next(self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Option<Self::Item>> {
        let this = self.get_mut();

-        // First, flush any buffered Completed event from the previous call.
-        if let Some(ev) = this.pending_completed.take() {
+        // First, flush any buffered events from the previous call.
+        if let Some(ev) = this.pending.pop_front() {
            return Poll::Ready(Some(Ok(ev)));
        }

@@ -388,16 +487,21 @@ where
                    let is_assistant_delta = matches!(&item, crate::models::ResponseItem::Message { role, .. } if role == "assistant");

                    if is_assistant_delta {
-                        if let crate::models::ResponseItem::Message { content, .. } = &item {
-                            if let Some(text) = content.iter().find_map(|c| match c {
-                                crate::models::ContentItem::OutputText { text } => Some(text),
-                                _ => None,
-                            }) {
-                                this.cumulative.push_str(text);
+                        // Only use the final assistant message if we have not
+                        // seen any deltas; otherwise, deltas already built the
+                        // cumulative text and this would duplicate it.
+                        if this.cumulative.is_empty() {
+                            if let crate::models::ResponseItem::Message { content, .. } = &item {
+                                if let Some(text) = content.iter().find_map(|c| match c {
+                                    crate::models::ContentItem::OutputText { text } => Some(text),
+                                    _ => None,
+                                }) {
+                                    this.cumulative.push_str(text);
+                                }
                            }
                        }

-                        // Swallow partial assistant chunk; keep polling.
+                        // Swallow assistant message here; emit on Completed.
                        continue;
                    }

@@ -408,24 +512,50 @@ where
                    response_id,
                    token_usage,
                }))) => {
+                    // Build any aggregated items in the correct order: Reasoning first, then Message.
+                    let mut emitted_any = false;
+
+                    if !this.cumulative_reasoning.is_empty()
+                        && matches!(this.mode, AggregateMode::AggregatedOnly)
+                    {
+                        let aggregated_reasoning = crate::models::ResponseItem::Reasoning {
+                            id: String::new(),
+                            summary: Vec::new(),
+                            content: Some(vec![
+                                crate::models::ReasoningItemContent::ReasoningText {
+                                    text: std::mem::take(&mut this.cumulative_reasoning),
+                                },
+                            ]),
+                            encrypted_content: None,
+                        };
+                        this.pending
+                            .push_back(ResponseEvent::OutputItemDone(aggregated_reasoning));
+                        emitted_any = true;
+                    }
+
                    if !this.cumulative.is_empty() {
-                        let aggregated_item = crate::models::ResponseItem::Message {
+                        let aggregated_message = crate::models::ResponseItem::Message {
                            id: None,
                            role: "assistant".to_string(),
                            content: vec![crate::models::ContentItem::OutputText {
                                text: std::mem::take(&mut this.cumulative),
                            }],
                        };
+                        this.pending
+                            .push_back(ResponseEvent::OutputItemDone(aggregated_message));
+                        emitted_any = true;
+                    }

-                        // Buffer Completed so it is returned *after* the aggregated message.
-                        this.pending_completed = Some(ResponseEvent::Completed {
-                            response_id,
-                            token_usage,
+                    // Always emit Completed last when anything was aggregated.
+                    if emitted_any {
+                        this.pending.push_back(ResponseEvent::Completed {
+                            response_id: response_id.clone(),
+                            token_usage: token_usage.clone(),
                        });
-
-                        return Poll::Ready(Some(Ok(ResponseEvent::OutputItemDone(
-                            aggregated_item,
-                        ))));
+                        // Return the first pending event now.
+                        if let Some(ev) = this.pending.pop_front() {
+                            return Poll::Ready(Some(Ok(ev)));
+                        }
                    }

                    // Nothing aggregated – forward Completed directly.
@@ -439,10 +569,27 @@ where
                    // will never appear in a Chat Completions stream.
                    continue;
                }
-                Poll::Ready(Some(Ok(ResponseEvent::OutputTextDelta(_))))
-                | Poll::Ready(Some(Ok(ResponseEvent::ReasoningSummaryDelta(_)))) => {
-                    // Deltas are ignored here since aggregation waits for the
-                    // final OutputItemDone.
+                Poll::Ready(Some(Ok(ResponseEvent::OutputTextDelta(delta)))) => {
+                    // Always accumulate deltas so we can emit a final OutputItemDone at Completed.
+                    this.cumulative.push_str(&delta);
+                    if matches!(this.mode, AggregateMode::Streaming) {
+                        // In streaming mode, also forward the delta immediately.
+                        return Poll::Ready(Some(Ok(ResponseEvent::OutputTextDelta(delta))));
+                    } else {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                }
+                Poll::Ready(Some(Ok(ResponseEvent::ReasoningContentDelta(delta)))) => {
+                    // Always accumulate reasoning deltas so we can emit a final Reasoning item at Completed.
+                    this.cumulative_reasoning.push_str(&delta);
+                    if matches!(this.mode, AggregateMode::Streaming) {
+                        // In streaming mode, also forward the delta immediately.
+                        return Poll::Ready(Some(Ok(ResponseEvent::ReasoningContentDelta(delta))));
+                    } else {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                }
+                Poll::Ready(Some(Ok(ResponseEvent::ReasoningSummaryDelta(_)))) => {
                    continue;
                }
            }
@@ -472,12 +619,24 @@ pub(crate) trait AggregateStreamExt: Stream<Item = Result<ResponseEvent>> + Size
    /// }
    /// ```
    fn aggregate(self) -> AggregatedChatStream<Self> {
-        AggregatedChatStream {
-            inner: self,
-            cumulative: String::new(),
-            pending_completed: None,
-        }
+        AggregatedChatStream::new(self, AggregateMode::AggregatedOnly)
    }
 }

 impl<T> AggregateStreamExt for T where T: Stream<Item = Result<ResponseEvent>> + Sized {}
+
+impl<S> AggregatedChatStream<S> {
+    fn new(inner: S, mode: AggregateMode) -> Self {
+        AggregatedChatStream {
+            inner,
+            cumulative: String::new(),
+            cumulative_reasoning: String::new(),
+            pending: std::collections::VecDeque::new(),
+            mode,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn streaming_mode(inner: S) -> Self {
+        Self::new(inner, AggregateMode::Streaming)
+    }
+}
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/client.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/client.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ use crate::config::Config;
 use crate::config_types::ReasoningEffort as ReasoningEffortConfig;
 use crate::config_types::ReasoningSummary as ReasoningSummaryConfig;
 use crate::error::CodexErr;
-use crate::error::EnvVarError;
 use crate::error::Result;
 use crate::flags::CODEX_RS_SSE_FIXTURE;
 use crate::model_provider_info::ModelProviderInfo;
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ impl ModelClient {
                // Create the raw streaming connection first.
                let response_stream = stream_chat_completions(
                    prompt,
-                    &self.config.model,
+                    &self.config.model_family,
                    self.config.include_plan_tool,
                    &self.client,
                    &self.provider,
@@ -93,7 +92,11 @@ impl ModelClient {
                // Wrap it with the aggregation adapter so callers see *only*
                // the final assistant message per turn (matching the
                // behaviour of the Responses API).
-                let mut aggregated = response_stream.aggregate();
+                let mut aggregated = if self.config.show_raw_agent_reasoning {
+                    crate::chat_completions::AggregatedChatStream::streaming_mode(response_stream)
+                } else {
+                    response_stream.aggregate()
+                };

                // Bridge the aggregated stream back into a standard
                // `ResponseStream` by forwarding events through a channel.
@@ -122,32 +125,23 @@ impl ModelClient {
            return stream_from_fixture(path, self.provider.clone()).await;
        }

-        let auth = self.auth.as_ref().ok_or_else(|| {
-            CodexErr::EnvVar(EnvVarError {
-                var: "OPENAI_API_KEY".to_string(),
-                instructions: Some("Create an API key (https://platform.openai.com) and export it as an environment variable.".to_string()),
-            })
-        })?;
+        let auth = self.auth.clone();

-        let store = prompt.store && auth.mode != AuthMode::ChatGPT;
+        let auth_mode = auth.as_ref().map(|a| a.mode);

-        let base_url = match self.provider.base_url.clone() {
-            Some(url) => url,
-            None => match auth.mode {
-                AuthMode::ChatGPT => "https://chatgpt.com/backend-api/codex".to_string(),
-                AuthMode::ApiKey => "https://api.openai.com/v1".to_string(),
-            },
-        };
+        let store = prompt.store && auth_mode != Some(AuthMode::ChatGPT);

-        let token = auth.get_token().await?;
-
-        let full_instructions = prompt.get_full_instructions(&self.config.model);
+        let full_instructions = prompt.get_full_instructions(&self.config.model_family);
        let tools_json = create_tools_json_for_responses_api(
            prompt,
-            &self.config.model,
+            &self.config.model_family,
            self.config.include_plan_tool,
        )?;
-        let reasoning = create_reasoning_param_for_request(&self.config, self.effort, self.summary);
+        let reasoning = create_reasoning_param_for_request(
+            &self.config.model_family,
+            self.effort,
+            self.summary,
+        );

        // Request encrypted COT if we are not storing responses,
        // otherwise reasoning items will be referenced by ID
@@ -158,11 +152,11 @@ impl ModelClient {
        };

        let mut input_with_instructions = Vec::with_capacity(prompt.input.len() + 1);
-        if let Some(ui) = &prompt.user_instructions {
+        if let Some(ui) = prompt.get_formatted_user_instructions() {
            input_with_instructions.push(ResponseItem::Message {
                id: None,
                role: "user".to_string(),
-                content: vec![ContentItem::InputText { text: ui.clone() }],
+                content: vec![ContentItem::InputText { text: ui }],
            });
        }
        input_with_instructions.extend(prompt.input.clone());
@@ -180,34 +174,42 @@ impl ModelClient {
            include,
        };

-        trace!(
-            "POST to {}: {}",
-            self.provider.get_full_url(),
-            serde_json::to_string(&payload)?
-        );
-
        let mut attempt = 0;
        let max_retries = self.provider.request_max_retries();

+        trace!(
+            "POST to {}: {}",
+            self.provider.get_full_url(&auth),
+            serde_json::to_string(&payload)?
+        );
+
        loop {
            attempt += 1;

            let mut req_builder = self
-                .client
-                .post(format!("{base_url}/responses"))
+                .provider
+                .create_request_builder(&self.client, &auth)
+                .await?;
+
+            req_builder = req_builder
                .header("OpenAI-Beta", "responses=experimental")
                .header("session_id", self.session_id.to_string())
-                .bearer_auth(&token)
                .header(reqwest::header::ACCEPT, "text/event-stream")
                .json(&payload);

-            if auth.mode == AuthMode::ChatGPT {
-                if let Some(account_id) = auth.get_account_id().await {
-                    req_builder = req_builder.header("chatgpt-account-id", account_id);
-                }
+            if let Some(auth) = auth.as_ref()
+                && auth.mode == AuthMode::ChatGPT
+                && let Some(account_id) = auth.get_account_id().await
+            {
+                req_builder = req_builder.header("chatgpt-account-id", account_id);
            }

-            let req_builder = self.provider.apply_http_headers(req_builder);
+            let originator = self
+                .config
+                .internal_originator
+                .as_deref()
+                .unwrap_or("codex_cli_rs");
+            req_builder = req_builder.header("originator", originator);

            let res = req_builder.send().await;
            if let Ok(resp) = &res {
@@ -439,6 +441,14 @@ async fn process_sse<S>(
                    }
                }
            }
+            "response.reasoning_text.delta" => {
+                if let Some(delta) = event.delta {
+                    let event = ResponseEvent::ReasoningContentDelta(delta);
+                    if tx_event.send(Ok(event)).await.is_err() {
+                        return;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
            "response.created" => {
                if event.response.is_some() {
                    let _ = tx_event.send(Ok(ResponseEvent::Created {})).await;
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/client_common.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/client_common.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use crate::config_types::ReasoningEffort as ReasoningEffortConfig;
 use crate::config_types::ReasoningSummary as ReasoningSummaryConfig;
 use crate::error::Result;
+use crate::model_family::ModelFamily;
 use crate::models::ResponseItem;
 use crate::protocol::TokenUsage;
 use codex_apply_patch::APPLY_PATCH_TOOL_INSTRUCTIONS;
@@ -17,6 +18,10 @@ use tokio::sync::mpsc;
 /// with this content.
 const BASE_INSTRUCTIONS: &str = include_str!("../prompt.md");

+/// wraps user instructions message in a tag for the model to parse more easily.
+const USER_INSTRUCTIONS_START: &str = "<user_instructions>\n\n";
+const USER_INSTRUCTIONS_END: &str = "\n\n</user_instructions>";
+
 /// API request payload for a single model turn.
 #[derive(Default, Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct Prompt {
@@ -38,17 +43,23 @@ pub struct Prompt {
 }

 impl Prompt {
-    pub(crate) fn get_full_instructions(&self, model: &str) -> Cow<'_, str> {
+    pub(crate) fn get_full_instructions(&self, model: &ModelFamily) -> Cow<'_, str> {
        let base = self
            .base_instructions_override
            .as_deref()
            .unwrap_or(BASE_INSTRUCTIONS);
        let mut sections: Vec<&str> = vec![base];
-        if model.starts_with("gpt-4.1") {
+        if model.needs_special_apply_patch_instructions {
            sections.push(APPLY_PATCH_TOOL_INSTRUCTIONS);
        }
        Cow::Owned(sections.join("\n"))
    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn get_formatted_user_instructions(&self) -> Option<String> {
+        self.user_instructions
+            .as_ref()
+            .map(|ui| format!("{USER_INSTRUCTIONS_START}{ui}{USER_INSTRUCTIONS_END}"))
+    }
 }

 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -61,6 +72,7 @@ pub enum ResponseEvent {
    },
    OutputTextDelta(String),
    ReasoningSummaryDelta(String),
+    ReasoningContentDelta(String),
 }

 #[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
@@ -134,14 +146,12 @@ pub(crate) struct ResponsesApiRequest<'a> {
    pub(crate) include: Vec<String>,
 }

-use crate::config::Config;
-
 pub(crate) fn create_reasoning_param_for_request(
-    config: &Config,
+    model_family: &ModelFamily,
    effort: ReasoningEffortConfig,
    summary: ReasoningSummaryConfig,
 ) -> Option<Reasoning> {
-    if model_supports_reasoning_summaries(config) {
+    if model_family.supports_reasoning_summaries {
        let effort: Option<OpenAiReasoningEffort> = effort.into();
        let effort = effort?;
        Some(Reasoning {
@@ -153,27 +163,6 @@ pub(crate) fn create_reasoning_param_for_request(
    }
 }

-pub fn model_supports_reasoning_summaries(config: &Config) -> bool {
-    // Currently, we hardcode this rule to decide whether to enable reasoning.
-    // We expect reasoning to apply only to OpenAI models, but we do not want
-    // users to have to mess with their config to disable reasoning for models
-    // that do not support it, such as `gpt-4.1`.
-    //
-    // Though if a user is using Codex with non-OpenAI models that, say, happen
-    // to start with "o", then they can set `model_reasoning_effort = "none"` in
-    // config.toml to disable reasoning.
-    //
-    // Converseley, if a user has a non-OpenAI provider that supports reasoning,
-    // they can set the top-level `model_supports_reasoning_summaries = true`
-    // config option to enable reasoning.
-    if config.model_supports_reasoning_summaries {
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    let model = &config.model;
-    model.starts_with("o") || model.starts_with("codex")
-}
-
 pub(crate) struct ResponseStream {
    pub(crate) rx_event: mpsc::Receiver<Result<ResponseEvent>>,
 }
@@ -188,6 +177,9 @@ impl Stream for ResponseStream {

 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
+    #![allow(clippy::expect_used)]
+    use crate::model_family::find_family_for_model;
+
    use super::*;

    #[test]
@@ -197,7 +189,8 @@ mod tests {
            ..Default::default()
        };
        let expected = format!("{BASE_INSTRUCTIONS}\n{APPLY_PATCH_TOOL_INSTRUCTIONS}");
-        let full = prompt.get_full_instructions("gpt-4.1");
+        let model_family = find_family_for_model("gpt-4.1").expect("known model slug");
+        let full = prompt.get_full_instructions(&model_family);
        assert_eq!(full, expected);
    }
 }
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/codex.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/codex.rs
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ use crate::error::SandboxErr;
 use crate::exec::ExecParams;
 use crate::exec::ExecToolCallOutput;
 use crate::exec::SandboxType;
+use crate::exec::StdoutStream;
 use crate::exec::process_exec_tool_call;
 use crate::exec_env::create_env;
 use crate::mcp_connection_manager::McpConnectionManager;
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ use crate::mcp_tool_call::handle_mcp_tool_call;
 use crate::models::ContentItem;
 use crate::models::FunctionCallOutputPayload;
 use crate::models::LocalShellAction;
+use crate::models::ReasoningItemContent;
 use crate::models::ReasoningItemReasoningSummary;
 use crate::models::ResponseInputItem;
 use crate::models::ResponseItem;
@@ -65,6 +67,8 @@ use crate::protocol::AgentMessageDeltaEvent;
 use crate::protocol::AgentMessageEvent;
 use crate::protocol::AgentReasoningDeltaEvent;
 use crate::protocol::AgentReasoningEvent;
+use crate::protocol::AgentReasoningRawContentDeltaEvent;
+use crate::protocol::AgentReasoningRawContentEvent;
 use crate::protocol::ApplyPatchApprovalRequestEvent;
 use crate::protocol::AskForApproval;
 use crate::protocol::BackgroundEventEvent;
@@ -84,11 +88,13 @@ use crate::protocol::SandboxPolicy;
 use crate::protocol::SessionConfiguredEvent;
 use crate::protocol::Submission;
 use crate::protocol::TaskCompleteEvent;
+use crate::protocol::TurnDiffEvent;
 use crate::rollout::RolloutRecorder;
 use crate::safety::SafetyCheck;
 use crate::safety::assess_command_safety;
 use crate::safety::assess_safety_for_untrusted_command;
 use crate::shell;
+use crate::turn_diff_tracker::TurnDiffTracker;
 use crate::user_notification::UserNotification;
 use crate::util::backoff;

@@ -120,7 +126,7 @@ impl Codex {
        let resume_path = config.experimental_resume.clone();
        info!("resume_path: {resume_path:?}");
        let (tx_sub, rx_sub) = async_channel::bounded(64);
-        let (tx_event, rx_event) = async_channel::bounded(1600);
+        let (tx_event, rx_event) = async_channel::unbounded();

        let user_instructions = get_user_instructions(&config).await;

@@ -224,6 +230,7 @@ pub(crate) struct Session {
    state: Mutex<State>,
    codex_linux_sandbox_exe: Option<PathBuf>,
    user_shell: shell::Shell,
+    show_raw_agent_reasoning: bool,
 }

 impl Session {
@@ -361,7 +368,11 @@ impl Session {
        }
    }

-    async fn notify_exec_command_begin(&self, exec_command_context: ExecCommandContext) {
+    async fn on_exec_command_begin(
+        &self,
+        turn_diff_tracker: &mut TurnDiffTracker,
+        exec_command_context: ExecCommandContext,
+    ) {
        let ExecCommandContext {
            sub_id,
            call_id,
@@ -373,11 +384,15 @@ impl Session {
            Some(ApplyPatchCommandContext {
                user_explicitly_approved_this_action,
                changes,
-            }) => EventMsg::PatchApplyBegin(PatchApplyBeginEvent {
-                call_id,
-                auto_approved: !user_explicitly_approved_this_action,
-                changes,
-            }),
+            }) => {
+                turn_diff_tracker.on_patch_begin(&changes);
+
+                EventMsg::PatchApplyBegin(PatchApplyBeginEvent {
+                    call_id,
+                    auto_approved: !user_explicitly_approved_this_action,
+                    changes,
+                })
+            }
            None => EventMsg::ExecCommandBegin(ExecCommandBeginEvent {
                call_id,
                command: command_for_display.clone(),
@@ -391,15 +406,21 @@ impl Session {
        let _ = self.tx_event.send(event).await;
    }

-    async fn notify_exec_command_end(
+    #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+    async fn on_exec_command_end(
        &self,
+        turn_diff_tracker: &mut TurnDiffTracker,
        sub_id: &str,
        call_id: &str,
-        stdout: &str,
-        stderr: &str,
-        exit_code: i32,
+        output: &ExecToolCallOutput,
        is_apply_patch: bool,
    ) {
+        let ExecToolCallOutput {
+            stdout,
+            stderr,
+            duration,
+            exit_code,
+        } = output;
        // Because stdout and stderr could each be up to 100 KiB, we send
        // truncated versions.
        const MAX_STREAM_OUTPUT: usize = 5 * 1024; // 5KiB
@@ -411,14 +432,15 @@ impl Session {
                call_id: call_id.to_string(),
                stdout,
                stderr,
-                success: exit_code == 0,
+                success: *exit_code == 0,
            })
        } else {
            EventMsg::ExecCommandEnd(ExecCommandEndEvent {
                call_id: call_id.to_string(),
                stdout,
                stderr,
-                exit_code,
+                duration: *duration,
+                exit_code: *exit_code,
            })
        };

@@ -427,6 +449,20 @@ impl Session {
            msg,
        };
        let _ = self.tx_event.send(event).await;
+
+        // If this is an apply_patch, after we emit the end patch, emit a second event
+        // with the full turn diff if there is one.
+        if is_apply_patch {
+            let unified_diff = turn_diff_tracker.get_unified_diff();
+            if let Ok(Some(unified_diff)) = unified_diff {
+                let msg = EventMsg::TurnDiff(TurnDiffEvent { unified_diff });
+                let event = Event {
+                    id: sub_id.into(),
+                    msg,
+                };
+                let _ = self.tx_event.send(event).await;
+            }
+        }
    }

    /// Helper that emits a BackgroundEvent with the given message. This keeps
@@ -442,6 +478,12 @@ impl Session {
        let _ = self.tx_event.send(event).await;
    }

+    /// Build the full turn input by concatenating the current conversation
+    /// history with additional items for this turn.
+    pub fn turn_input_with_history(&self, extra: Vec<ResponseItem>) -> Vec<ResponseItem> {
+        [self.state.lock().unwrap().history.contents(), extra].concat()
+    }
+
    /// Returns the input if there was no task running to inject into
    pub fn inject_input(&self, input: Vec<InputItem>) -> Result<(), Vec<InputItem>> {
        let mut state = self.state.lock().unwrap();
@@ -564,6 +606,25 @@ impl AgentTask {
            handle,
        }
    }
+    fn compact(
+        sess: Arc<Session>,
+        sub_id: String,
+        input: Vec<InputItem>,
+        compact_instructions: String,
+    ) -> Self {
+        let handle = tokio::spawn(run_compact_task(
+            Arc::clone(&sess),
+            sub_id.clone(),
+            input,
+            compact_instructions,
+        ))
+        .abort_handle();
+        Self {
+            sess,
+            sub_id,
+            handle,
+        }
+    }

    fn abort(self) {
        if !self.handle.is_finished() {
@@ -644,7 +705,7 @@ async fn submission_loop(
                cwd,
                resume_path,
            } => {
-                info!(
+                debug!(
                    "Configuring session: model={model}; provider={provider:?}; resume={resume_path:?}"
                );
                if !cwd.is_absolute() {
@@ -765,6 +826,7 @@ async fn submission_loop(
                    codex_linux_sandbox_exe: config.codex_linux_sandbox_exe.clone(),
                    disable_response_storage,
                    user_shell: default_shell,
+                    show_raw_agent_reasoning: config.show_raw_agent_reasoning,
                }));

                // Patch restored state into the newly created session.
@@ -884,6 +946,31 @@ async fn submission_loop(
                    }
                });
            }
+            Op::Compact => {
+                let sess = match sess.as_ref() {
+                    Some(sess) => sess,
+                    None => {
+                        send_no_session_event(sub.id).await;
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                };
+
+                // Create a summarization request as user input
+                const SUMMARIZATION_PROMPT: &str = include_str!("../../../SUMMARY.md");
+
+                // Attempt to inject input into current task
+                if let Err(items) = sess.inject_input(vec![InputItem::Text {
+                    text: "Start Summarization".to_string(),
+                }]) {
+                    let task = AgentTask::compact(
+                        sess.clone(),
+                        sub.id,
+                        items,
+                        SUMMARIZATION_PROMPT.to_string(),
+                    );
+                    sess.set_task(task);
+                }
+            }
            Op::Shutdown => {
                info!("Shutting down Codex instance");

@@ -945,11 +1032,15 @@ async fn run_task(sess: Arc<Session>, sub_id: String, input: Vec<InputItem>) {
        return;
    }

-    let initial_input_for_turn = ResponseInputItem::from(input);
+    let initial_input_for_turn: ResponseInputItem = ResponseInputItem::from(input);
    sess.record_conversation_items(&[initial_input_for_turn.clone().into()])
        .await;

    let last_agent_message: Option<String>;
+    // Although from the perspective of codex.rs, TurnDiffTracker has the lifecycle of a Task which contains
+    // many turns, from the perspective of the user, it is a single turn.
+    let mut turn_diff_tracker = TurnDiffTracker::new();
+
    loop {
        // Note that pending_input would be something like a message the user
        // submitted through the UI while the model was running. Though the UI
@@ -966,8 +1057,7 @@ async fn run_task(sess: Arc<Session>, sub_id: String, input: Vec<InputItem>) {
        // conversation history on each turn. The rollout file, however, should
        // only record the new items that originated in this turn so that it
        // represents an append-only log without duplicates.
-        let turn_input: Vec<ResponseItem> =
-            [sess.state.lock().unwrap().history.contents(), pending_input].concat();
+        let turn_input: Vec<ResponseItem> = sess.turn_input_with_history(pending_input);

        let turn_input_messages: Vec<String> = turn_input
            .iter()
@@ -982,7 +1072,7 @@ async fn run_task(sess: Arc<Session>, sub_id: String, input: Vec<InputItem>) {
                })
            })
            .collect();
-        match run_turn(&sess, sub_id.clone(), turn_input).await {
+        match run_turn(&sess, &mut turn_diff_tracker, sub_id.clone(), turn_input).await {
            Ok(turn_output) => {
                let mut items_to_record_in_conversation_history = Vec::<ResponseItem>::new();
                let mut responses = Vec::<ResponseInputItem>::new();
@@ -1047,6 +1137,7 @@ async fn run_task(sess: Arc<Session>, sub_id: String, input: Vec<InputItem>) {
                            ResponseItem::Reasoning {
                                id,
                                summary,
+                                content,
                                encrypted_content,
                            },
                            None,
@@ -1054,6 +1145,7 @@ async fn run_task(sess: Arc<Session>, sub_id: String, input: Vec<InputItem>) {
                            items_to_record_in_conversation_history.push(ResponseItem::Reasoning {
                                id: id.clone(),
                                summary: summary.clone(),
+                                content: content.clone(),
                                encrypted_content: encrypted_content.clone(),
                            });
                        }
@@ -1108,6 +1200,7 @@ async fn run_task(sess: Arc<Session>, sub_id: String, input: Vec<InputItem>) {

 async fn run_turn(
    sess: &Session,
+    turn_diff_tracker: &mut TurnDiffTracker,
    sub_id: String,
    input: Vec<ResponseItem>,
 ) -> CodexResult<Vec<ProcessedResponseItem>> {
@@ -1122,7 +1215,7 @@ async fn run_turn(

    let mut retries = 0;
    loop {
-        match try_run_turn(sess, &sub_id, &prompt).await {
+        match try_run_turn(sess, turn_diff_tracker, &sub_id, &prompt).await {
            Ok(output) => return Ok(output),
            Err(CodexErr::Interrupted) => return Err(CodexErr::Interrupted),
            Err(CodexErr::EnvVar(var)) => return Err(CodexErr::EnvVar(var)),
@@ -1168,6 +1261,7 @@ struct ProcessedResponseItem {

 async fn try_run_turn(
    sess: &Session,
+    turn_diff_tracker: &mut TurnDiffTracker,
    sub_id: &str,
    prompt: &Prompt,
 ) -> CodexResult<Vec<ProcessedResponseItem>> {
@@ -1255,7 +1349,8 @@ async fn try_run_turn(
        match event {
            ResponseEvent::Created => {}
            ResponseEvent::OutputItemDone(item) => {
-                let response = handle_response_item(sess, sub_id, item.clone()).await?;
+                let response =
+                    handle_response_item(sess, turn_diff_tracker, sub_id, item.clone()).await?;

                output.push(ProcessedResponseItem { item, response });
            }
@@ -1273,9 +1368,24 @@ async fn try_run_turn(
                        .ok();
                }

+                let unified_diff = turn_diff_tracker.get_unified_diff();
+                if let Ok(Some(unified_diff)) = unified_diff {
+                    let msg = EventMsg::TurnDiff(TurnDiffEvent { unified_diff });
+                    let event = Event {
+                        id: sub_id.to_string(),
+                        msg,
+                    };
+                    let _ = sess.tx_event.send(event).await;
+                }
+
                return Ok(output);
            }
            ResponseEvent::OutputTextDelta(delta) => {
+                {
+                    let mut st = sess.state.lock().unwrap();
+                    st.history.append_assistant_text(&delta);
+                }
+
                let event = Event {
                    id: sub_id.to_string(),
                    msg: EventMsg::AgentMessageDelta(AgentMessageDeltaEvent { delta }),
@@ -1289,12 +1399,106 @@ async fn try_run_turn(
                };
                sess.tx_event.send(event).await.ok();
            }
+            ResponseEvent::ReasoningContentDelta(delta) => {
+                if sess.show_raw_agent_reasoning {
+                    let event = Event {
+                        id: sub_id.to_string(),
+                        msg: EventMsg::AgentReasoningRawContentDelta(
+                            AgentReasoningRawContentDeltaEvent { delta },
+                        ),
+                    };
+                    sess.tx_event.send(event).await.ok();
+                }
+            }
        }
    }
 }

+async fn run_compact_task(
+    sess: Arc<Session>,
+    sub_id: String,
+    input: Vec<InputItem>,
+    compact_instructions: String,
+) {
+    let start_event = Event {
+        id: sub_id.clone(),
+        msg: EventMsg::TaskStarted,
+    };
+    if sess.tx_event.send(start_event).await.is_err() {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    let initial_input_for_turn: ResponseInputItem = ResponseInputItem::from(input);
+    let turn_input: Vec<ResponseItem> =
+        sess.turn_input_with_history(vec![initial_input_for_turn.clone().into()]);
+
+    let prompt = Prompt {
+        input: turn_input,
+        user_instructions: None,
+        store: !sess.disable_response_storage,
+        extra_tools: HashMap::new(),
+        base_instructions_override: Some(compact_instructions.clone()),
+    };
+
+    let max_retries = sess.client.get_provider().stream_max_retries();
+    let mut retries = 0;
+
+    loop {
+        let attempt_result = drain_to_completed(&sess, &sub_id, &prompt).await;
+
+        match attempt_result {
+            Ok(()) => break,
+            Err(CodexErr::Interrupted) => return,
+            Err(e) => {
+                if retries < max_retries {
+                    retries += 1;
+                    let delay = backoff(retries);
+                    sess.notify_background_event(
+                        &sub_id,
+                        format!(
+                            "stream error: {e}; retrying {retries}/{max_retries} in {delay:?}…"
+                        ),
+                    )
+                    .await;
+                    tokio::time::sleep(delay).await;
+                    continue;
+                } else {
+                    let event = Event {
+                        id: sub_id.clone(),
+                        msg: EventMsg::Error(ErrorEvent {
+                            message: e.to_string(),
+                        }),
+                    };
+                    sess.send_event(event).await;
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    sess.remove_task(&sub_id);
+    let event = Event {
+        id: sub_id.clone(),
+        msg: EventMsg::AgentMessage(AgentMessageEvent {
+            message: "Compact task completed".to_string(),
+        }),
+    };
+    sess.send_event(event).await;
+    let event = Event {
+        id: sub_id.clone(),
+        msg: EventMsg::TaskComplete(TaskCompleteEvent {
+            last_agent_message: None,
+        }),
+    };
+    sess.send_event(event).await;
+
+    let mut state = sess.state.lock().unwrap();
+    state.history.keep_last_messages(1);
+}
+
 async fn handle_response_item(
    sess: &Session,
+    turn_diff_tracker: &mut TurnDiffTracker,
    sub_id: &str,
    item: ResponseItem,
 ) -> CodexResult<Option<ResponseInputItem>> {
@@ -1312,7 +1516,12 @@ async fn handle_response_item(
            }
            None
        }
-        ResponseItem::Reasoning { summary, .. } => {
+        ResponseItem::Reasoning {
+            id: _,
+            summary,
+            content,
+            encrypted_content: _,
+        } => {
            for item in summary {
                let text = match item {
                    ReasoningItemReasoningSummary::SummaryText { text } => text,
@@ -1323,6 +1532,21 @@ async fn handle_response_item(
                };
                sess.tx_event.send(event).await.ok();
            }
+            if sess.show_raw_agent_reasoning && content.is_some() {
+                let content = content.unwrap();
+                for item in content {
+                    let text = match item {
+                        ReasoningItemContent::ReasoningText { text } => text,
+                    };
+                    let event = Event {
+                        id: sub_id.to_string(),
+                        msg: EventMsg::AgentReasoningRawContent(AgentReasoningRawContentEvent {
+                            text,
+                        }),
+                    };
+                    sess.tx_event.send(event).await.ok();
+                }
+            }
            None
        }
        ResponseItem::FunctionCall {
@@ -1332,7 +1556,17 @@ async fn handle_response_item(
            ..
        } => {
            info!("FunctionCall: {arguments}");
-            Some(handle_function_call(sess, sub_id.to_string(), name, arguments, call_id).await)
+            Some(
+                handle_function_call(
+                    sess,
+                    turn_diff_tracker,
+                    sub_id.to_string(),
+                    name,
+                    arguments,
+                    call_id,
+                )
+                .await,
+            )
        }
        ResponseItem::LocalShellCall {
            id,
@@ -1367,6 +1601,7 @@ async fn handle_response_item(
                handle_container_exec_with_params(
                    exec_params,
                    sess,
+                    turn_diff_tracker,
                    sub_id.to_string(),
                    effective_call_id,
                )
@@ -1384,6 +1619,7 @@ async fn handle_response_item(

 async fn handle_function_call(
    sess: &Session,
+    turn_diff_tracker: &mut TurnDiffTracker,
    sub_id: String,
    name: String,
    arguments: String,
@@ -1397,7 +1633,8 @@ async fn handle_function_call(
                    return *output;
                }
            };
-            handle_container_exec_with_params(params, sess, sub_id, call_id).await
+            handle_container_exec_with_params(params, sess, turn_diff_tracker, sub_id, call_id)
+                .await
        }
        "update_plan" => handle_update_plan(sess, arguments, sub_id, call_id).await,
        _ => {
@@ -1471,6 +1708,7 @@ fn maybe_run_with_user_profile(params: ExecParams, sess: &Session) -> ExecParams
 async fn handle_container_exec_with_params(
    params: ExecParams,
    sess: &Session,
+    turn_diff_tracker: &mut TurnDiffTracker,
    sub_id: String,
    call_id: String,
 ) -> ResponseInputItem {
@@ -1618,7 +1856,7 @@ async fn handle_container_exec_with_params(
            },
        ),
    };
-    sess.notify_exec_command_begin(exec_command_context.clone())
+    sess.on_exec_command_begin(turn_diff_tracker, exec_command_context.clone())
        .await;

    let params = maybe_run_with_user_profile(params, sess);
@@ -1628,6 +1866,11 @@ async fn handle_container_exec_with_params(
        sess.ctrl_c.clone(),
        &sess.sandbox_policy,
        &sess.codex_linux_sandbox_exe,
+        Some(StdoutStream {
+            sub_id: sub_id.clone(),
+            call_id: call_id.clone(),
+            tx_event: sess.tx_event.clone(),
+        }),
    )
    .await;

@@ -1638,23 +1881,22 @@ async fn handle_container_exec_with_params(
                stdout,
                stderr,
                duration,
-            } = output;
+            } = &output;

-            sess.notify_exec_command_end(
+            sess.on_exec_command_end(
+                turn_diff_tracker,
                &sub_id,
                &call_id,
-                &stdout,
-                &stderr,
-                exit_code,
+                &output,
                exec_command_context.apply_patch.is_some(),
            )
            .await;

-            let is_success = exit_code == 0;
+            let is_success = *exit_code == 0;
            let content = format_exec_output(
-                if is_success { &stdout } else { &stderr },
-                exit_code,
-                duration,
+                if is_success { stdout } else { stderr },
+                *exit_code,
+                *duration,
            );

            ResponseInputItem::FunctionCallOutput {
@@ -1666,7 +1908,15 @@ async fn handle_container_exec_with_params(
            }
        }
        Err(CodexErr::Sandbox(error)) => {
-            handle_sandbox_error(params, exec_command_context, error, sandbox_type, sess).await
+            handle_sandbox_error(
+                turn_diff_tracker,
+                params,
+                exec_command_context,
+                error,
+                sandbox_type,
+                sess,
+            )
+            .await
        }
        Err(e) => {
            // Handle non-sandbox errors
@@ -1682,6 +1932,7 @@ async fn handle_container_exec_with_params(
 }

 async fn handle_sandbox_error(
+    turn_diff_tracker: &mut TurnDiffTracker,
    params: ExecParams,
    exec_command_context: ExecCommandContext,
    error: SandboxErr,
@@ -1713,7 +1964,8 @@ async fn handle_sandbox_error(
    // include additional metadata on the command to indicate whether non-zero
    // exit codes merit a retry.

-    // For now, we categorically ask the user to retry without sandbox.
+    // For now, we categorically ask the user to retry without sandbox and
+    // emit the raw error as a background event.
    sess.notify_background_event(&sub_id, format!("Execution failed: {error}"))
        .await;

@@ -1738,7 +1990,8 @@ async fn handle_sandbox_error(
            sess.notify_background_event(&sub_id, "retrying command without sandbox")
                .await;

-            sess.notify_exec_command_begin(exec_command_context).await;
+            sess.on_exec_command_begin(turn_diff_tracker, exec_command_context)
+                .await;

            // This is an escalated retry; the policy will not be
            // examined and the sandbox has been set to `None`.
@@ -1748,6 +2001,11 @@ async fn handle_sandbox_error(
                sess.ctrl_c.clone(),
                &sess.sandbox_policy,
                &sess.codex_linux_sandbox_exe,
+                Some(StdoutStream {
+                    sub_id: sub_id.clone(),
+                    call_id: call_id.clone(),
+                    tx_event: sess.tx_event.clone(),
+                }),
            )
            .await;

@@ -1758,23 +2016,22 @@ async fn handle_sandbox_error(
                        stdout,
                        stderr,
                        duration,
-                    } = retry_output;
+                    } = &retry_output;

-                    sess.notify_exec_command_end(
+                    sess.on_exec_command_end(
+                        turn_diff_tracker,
                        &sub_id,
                        &call_id,
-                        &stdout,
-                        &stderr,
-                        exit_code,
+                        &retry_output,
                        is_apply_patch,
                    )
                    .await;

-                    let is_success = exit_code == 0;
+                    let is_success = *exit_code == 0;
                    let content = format_exec_output(
-                        if is_success { &stdout } else { &stderr },
-                        exit_code,
-                        duration,
+                        if is_success { stdout } else { stderr },
+                        *exit_code,
+                        *duration,
                    );

                    ResponseInputItem::FunctionCallOutput {
@@ -1858,3 +2115,45 @@ fn get_last_assistant_message_from_turn(responses: &[ResponseItem]) -> Option<St
        }
    })
 }
+
+async fn drain_to_completed(sess: &Session, sub_id: &str, prompt: &Prompt) -> CodexResult<()> {
+    let mut stream = sess.client.clone().stream(prompt).await?;
+    loop {
+        let maybe_event = stream.next().await;
+        let Some(event) = maybe_event else {
+            return Err(CodexErr::Stream(
+                "stream closed before response.completed".into(),
+            ));
+        };
+        match event {
+            Ok(ResponseEvent::OutputItemDone(item)) => {
+                // Record only to in-memory conversation history; avoid state snapshot.
+                let mut state = sess.state.lock().unwrap();
+                state.history.record_items(std::slice::from_ref(&item));
+            }
+            Ok(ResponseEvent::Completed {
+                response_id: _,
+                token_usage,
+            }) => {
+                let token_usage = match token_usage {
+                    Some(usage) => usage,
+                    None => {
+                        return Err(CodexErr::Stream(
+                            "token_usage was None in ResponseEvent::Completed".into(),
+                        ));
+                    }
+                };
+                sess.tx_event
+                    .send(Event {
+                        id: sub_id.to_string(),
+                        msg: EventMsg::TokenCount(token_usage),
+                    })
+                    .await
+                    .ok();
+                return Ok(());
+            }
+            Ok(_) => continue,
+            Err(e) => return Err(e),
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/config.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/config.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ use crate::config_types::ShellEnvironmentPolicyToml;
 use crate::config_types::Tui;
 use crate::config_types::UriBasedFileOpener;
 use crate::flags::OPENAI_DEFAULT_MODEL;
+use crate::model_family::ModelFamily;
+use crate::model_family::find_family_for_model;
 use crate::model_provider_info::ModelProviderInfo;
 use crate::model_provider_info::built_in_model_providers;
 use crate::openai_model_info::get_model_info;
@@ -33,6 +35,8 @@ pub struct Config {
    /// Optional override of model selection.
    pub model: String,

+    pub model_family: ModelFamily,
+
    /// Size of the context window for the model, in tokens.
    pub model_context_window: Option<u64>,

@@ -57,6 +61,10 @@ pub struct Config {
    /// users are only interested in the final agent responses.
    pub hide_agent_reasoning: bool,

+    /// When set to `true`, `AgentReasoningRawContentEvent` events will be shown in the UI/output.
+    /// Defaults to `false`.
+    pub show_raw_agent_reasoning: bool,
+
    /// Disable server-side response storage (sends the full conversation
    /// context with every request). Currently necessary for OpenAI customers
    /// who have opted into Zero Data Retention (ZDR).
@@ -134,10 +142,6 @@ pub struct Config {
    /// request using the Responses API.
    pub model_reasoning_summary: ReasoningSummary,

-    /// When set to `true`, overrides the default heuristic and forces
-    /// `model_supports_reasoning_summaries()` to return `true`.
-    pub model_supports_reasoning_summaries: bool,
-
    /// Base URL for requests to ChatGPT (as opposed to the OpenAI API).
    pub chatgpt_base_url: String,

@@ -146,6 +150,9 @@ pub struct Config {

    /// Include an experimental plan tool that the model can use to update its current plan and status of each step.
    pub include_plan_tool: bool,
+
+    /// The value for the `originator` header included with Responses API requests.
+    pub internal_originator: Option<String>,
 }

 impl Config {
@@ -322,6 +329,10 @@ pub struct ConfigToml {
    /// UI/output. Defaults to `false`.
    pub hide_agent_reasoning: Option<bool>,

+    /// When set to `true`, `AgentReasoningRawContentEvent` events will be shown in the UI/output.
+    /// Defaults to `false`.
+    pub show_raw_agent_reasoning: Option<bool>,
+
    pub model_reasoning_effort: Option<ReasoningEffort>,
    pub model_reasoning_summary: Option<ReasoningSummary>,

@@ -336,6 +347,9 @@ pub struct ConfigToml {

    /// Experimental path to a file whose contents replace the built-in BASE_INSTRUCTIONS.
    pub experimental_instructions_file: Option<PathBuf>,
+
+    /// The value for the `originator` header included with Responses API requests.
+    pub internal_originator: Option<String>,
 }

 impl ConfigToml {
@@ -350,6 +364,7 @@ impl ConfigToml {
                Some(s) => SandboxPolicy::WorkspaceWrite {
                    writable_roots: s.writable_roots.clone(),
                    network_access: s.network_access,
+                    include_default_writable_roots: true,
                },
                None => SandboxPolicy::new_workspace_write_policy(),
            },
@@ -458,7 +473,19 @@ impl Config {
            .or(config_profile.model)
            .or(cfg.model)
            .unwrap_or_else(default_model);
-        let openai_model_info = get_model_info(&model);
+        let model_family = find_family_for_model(&model).unwrap_or_else(|| {
+            let supports_reasoning_summaries =
+                cfg.model_supports_reasoning_summaries.unwrap_or(false);
+            ModelFamily {
+                slug: model.clone(),
+                family: model.clone(),
+                needs_special_apply_patch_instructions: false,
+                supports_reasoning_summaries,
+                uses_local_shell_tool: false,
+            }
+        });
+
+        let openai_model_info = get_model_info(&model_family);
        let model_context_window = cfg
            .model_context_window
            .or_else(|| openai_model_info.as_ref().map(|info| info.context_window));
@@ -473,14 +500,17 @@ impl Config {
        // Load base instructions override from a file if specified. If the
        // path is relative, resolve it against the effective cwd so the
        // behaviour matches other path-like config values.
-        let file_base_instructions = Self::get_base_instructions(
-            cfg.experimental_instructions_file.as_ref(),
-            &resolved_cwd,
-        )?;
+        let experimental_instructions_path = config_profile
+            .experimental_instructions_file
+            .as_ref()
+            .or(cfg.experimental_instructions_file.as_ref());
+        let file_base_instructions =
+            Self::get_base_instructions(experimental_instructions_path, &resolved_cwd)?;
        let base_instructions = base_instructions.or(file_base_instructions);

        let config = Self {
            model,
+            model_family,
            model_context_window,
            model_max_output_tokens,
            model_provider_id,
@@ -509,6 +539,7 @@ impl Config {
            codex_linux_sandbox_exe,

            hide_agent_reasoning: cfg.hide_agent_reasoning.unwrap_or(false),
+            show_raw_agent_reasoning: cfg.show_raw_agent_reasoning.unwrap_or(false),
            model_reasoning_effort: config_profile
                .model_reasoning_effort
                .or(cfg.model_reasoning_effort)
@@ -518,10 +549,6 @@ impl Config {
                .or(cfg.model_reasoning_summary)
                .unwrap_or_default(),

-            model_supports_reasoning_summaries: cfg
-                .model_supports_reasoning_summaries
-                .unwrap_or(false),
-
            chatgpt_base_url: config_profile
                .chatgpt_base_url
                .or(cfg.chatgpt_base_url)
@@ -529,6 +556,7 @@ impl Config {

            experimental_resume,
            include_plan_tool: include_plan_tool.unwrap_or(false),
+            internal_originator: cfg.internal_originator,
        };
        Ok(config)
    }
@@ -720,6 +748,7 @@ writable_roots = [
            SandboxPolicy::WorkspaceWrite {
                writable_roots: vec![PathBuf::from("/tmp")],
                network_access: false,
+                include_default_writable_roots: true,
            },
            sandbox_workspace_write_cfg.derive_sandbox_policy(sandbox_mode_override)
        );
@@ -860,6 +889,7 @@ disable_response_storage = true
        assert_eq!(
            Config {
                model: "o3".to_string(),
+                model_family: find_family_for_model("o3").expect("known model slug"),
                model_context_window: Some(200_000),
                model_max_output_tokens: Some(100_000),
                model_provider_id: "openai".to_string(),
@@ -880,13 +910,14 @@ disable_response_storage = true
                tui: Tui::default(),
                codex_linux_sandbox_exe: None,
                hide_agent_reasoning: false,
+                show_raw_agent_reasoning: false,
                model_reasoning_effort: ReasoningEffort::High,
                model_reasoning_summary: ReasoningSummary::Detailed,
-                model_supports_reasoning_summaries: false,
                chatgpt_base_url: "https://chatgpt.com/backend-api/".to_string(),
                experimental_resume: None,
                base_instructions: None,
                include_plan_tool: false,
+                internal_originator: None,
            },
            o3_profile_config
        );
@@ -909,6 +940,7 @@ disable_response_storage = true
        )?;
        let expected_gpt3_profile_config = Config {
            model: "gpt-3.5-turbo".to_string(),
+            model_family: find_family_for_model("gpt-3.5-turbo").expect("known model slug"),
            model_context_window: Some(16_385),
            model_max_output_tokens: Some(4_096),
            model_provider_id: "openai-chat-completions".to_string(),
@@ -929,13 +961,14 @@ disable_response_storage = true
            tui: Tui::default(),
            codex_linux_sandbox_exe: None,
            hide_agent_reasoning: false,
+            show_raw_agent_reasoning: false,
            model_reasoning_effort: ReasoningEffort::default(),
            model_reasoning_summary: ReasoningSummary::default(),
-            model_supports_reasoning_summaries: false,
            chatgpt_base_url: "https://chatgpt.com/backend-api/".to_string(),
            experimental_resume: None,
            base_instructions: None,
            include_plan_tool: false,
+            internal_originator: None,
        };

        assert_eq!(expected_gpt3_profile_config, gpt3_profile_config);
@@ -973,6 +1006,7 @@ disable_response_storage = true
        )?;
        let expected_zdr_profile_config = Config {
            model: "o3".to_string(),
+            model_family: find_family_for_model("o3").expect("known model slug"),
            model_context_window: Some(200_000),
            model_max_output_tokens: Some(100_000),
            model_provider_id: "openai".to_string(),
@@ -993,13 +1027,14 @@ disable_response_storage = true
            tui: Tui::default(),
            codex_linux_sandbox_exe: None,
            hide_agent_reasoning: false,
+            show_raw_agent_reasoning: false,
            model_reasoning_effort: ReasoningEffort::default(),
            model_reasoning_summary: ReasoningSummary::default(),
-            model_supports_reasoning_summaries: false,
            chatgpt_base_url: "https://chatgpt.com/backend-api/".to_string(),
            experimental_resume: None,
            base_instructions: None,
            include_plan_tool: false,
+            internal_originator: None,
        };

        assert_eq!(expected_zdr_profile_config, zdr_profile_config);
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/config_profile.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/config_profile.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use serde::Deserialize;
+use std::path::PathBuf;

 use crate::config_types::ReasoningEffort;
 use crate::config_types::ReasoningSummary;
@@ -17,4 +18,5 @@ pub struct ConfigProfile {
    pub model_reasoning_effort: Option<ReasoningEffort>,
    pub model_reasoning_summary: Option<ReasoningSummary>,
    pub chatgpt_base_url: Option<String>,
+    pub experimental_instructions_file: Option<PathBuf>,
 }
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/conversation_history.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/conversation_history.rs
@@ -24,12 +24,83 @@ impl ConversationHistory {
        I::Item: std::ops::Deref<Target = ResponseItem>,
    {
        for item in items {
-            if is_api_message(&item) {
-                // Note agent-loop.ts also does filtering on some of the fields.
-                self.items.push(item.clone());
+            if !is_api_message(&item) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            // Merge adjacent assistant messages into a single history entry.
+            // This prevents duplicates when a partial assistant message was
+            // streamed into history earlier in the turn and the final full
+            // message is recorded at turn end.
+            match (&*item, self.items.last_mut()) {
+                (
+                    ResponseItem::Message {
+                        role: new_role,
+                        content: new_content,
+                        ..
+                    },
+                    Some(ResponseItem::Message {
+                        role: last_role,
+                        content: last_content,
+                        ..
+                    }),
+                ) if new_role == "assistant" && last_role == "assistant" => {
+                    append_text_content(last_content, new_content);
+                }
+                _ => {
+                    self.items.push(item.clone());
+                }
            }
        }
    }
+
+    /// Append a text `delta` to the latest assistant message, creating a new
+    /// assistant entry if none exists yet (e.g. first delta for this turn).
+    pub(crate) fn append_assistant_text(&mut self, delta: &str) {
+        match self.items.last_mut() {
+            Some(ResponseItem::Message { role, content, .. }) if role == "assistant" => {
+                append_text_delta(content, delta);
+            }
+            _ => {
+                // Start a new assistant message with the delta.
+                self.items.push(ResponseItem::Message {
+                    id: None,
+                    role: "assistant".to_string(),
+                    content: vec![crate::models::ContentItem::OutputText {
+                        text: delta.to_string(),
+                    }],
+                });
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn keep_last_messages(&mut self, n: usize) {
+        if n == 0 {
+            self.items.clear();
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Collect the last N message items (assistant/user), newest to oldest.
+        let mut kept: Vec<ResponseItem> = Vec::with_capacity(n);
+        for item in self.items.iter().rev() {
+            if let ResponseItem::Message { role, content, .. } = item {
+                kept.push(ResponseItem::Message {
+                    // we need to remove the id or the model will complain that messages are sent without
+                    // their reasonings
+                    id: None,
+                    role: role.clone(),
+                    content: content.clone(),
+                });
+                if kept.len() == n {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Preserve chronological order (oldest to newest) within the kept slice.
+        kept.reverse();
+        self.items = kept;
+    }
 }

 /// Anything that is not a system message or "reasoning" message is considered
@@ -44,3 +115,140 @@ fn is_api_message(message: &ResponseItem) -> bool {
        ResponseItem::Other => false,
    }
 }
+
+/// Helper to append the textual content from `src` into `dst` in place.
+fn append_text_content(
+    dst: &mut Vec<crate::models::ContentItem>,
+    src: &Vec<crate::models::ContentItem>,
+) {
+    for c in src {
+        if let crate::models::ContentItem::OutputText { text } = c {
+            append_text_delta(dst, text);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Append a single text delta to the last OutputText item in `content`, or
+/// push a new OutputText item if none exists.
+fn append_text_delta(content: &mut Vec<crate::models::ContentItem>, delta: &str) {
+    if let Some(crate::models::ContentItem::OutputText { text }) = content
+        .iter_mut()
+        .rev()
+        .find(|c| matches!(c, crate::models::ContentItem::OutputText { .. }))
+    {
+        text.push_str(delta);
+    } else {
+        content.push(crate::models::ContentItem::OutputText {
+            text: delta.to_string(),
+        });
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::models::ContentItem;
+
+    fn assistant_msg(text: &str) -> ResponseItem {
+        ResponseItem::Message {
+            id: None,
+            role: "assistant".to_string(),
+            content: vec![ContentItem::OutputText {
+                text: text.to_string(),
+            }],
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn user_msg(text: &str) -> ResponseItem {
+        ResponseItem::Message {
+            id: None,
+            role: "user".to_string(),
+            content: vec![ContentItem::OutputText {
+                text: text.to_string(),
+            }],
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn merges_adjacent_assistant_messages() {
+        let mut h = ConversationHistory::default();
+        let a1 = assistant_msg("Hello");
+        let a2 = assistant_msg(", world!");
+        h.record_items([&a1, &a2]);
+
+        let items = h.contents();
+        assert_eq!(
+            items,
+            vec![ResponseItem::Message {
+                id: None,
+                role: "assistant".to_string(),
+                content: vec![ContentItem::OutputText {
+                    text: "Hello, world!".to_string()
+                }]
+            }]
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn append_assistant_text_creates_and_appends() {
+        let mut h = ConversationHistory::default();
+        h.append_assistant_text("Hello");
+        h.append_assistant_text(", world");
+
+        // Now record a final full assistant message and verify it merges.
+        let final_msg = assistant_msg("!");
+        h.record_items([&final_msg]);
+
+        let items = h.contents();
+        assert_eq!(
+            items,
+            vec![ResponseItem::Message {
+                id: None,
+                role: "assistant".to_string(),
+                content: vec![ContentItem::OutputText {
+                    text: "Hello, world!".to_string()
+                }]
+            }]
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn filters_non_api_messages() {
+        let mut h = ConversationHistory::default();
+        // System message is not an API message; Other is ignored.
+        let system = ResponseItem::Message {
+            id: None,
+            role: "system".to_string(),
+            content: vec![ContentItem::OutputText {
+                text: "ignored".to_string(),
+            }],
+        };
+        h.record_items([&system, &ResponseItem::Other]);
+
+        // User and assistant should be retained.
+        let u = user_msg("hi");
+        let a = assistant_msg("hello");
+        h.record_items([&u, &a]);
+
+        let items = h.contents();
+        assert_eq!(
+            items,
+            vec![
+                ResponseItem::Message {
+                    id: None,
+                    role: "user".to_string(),
+                    content: vec![ContentItem::OutputText {
+                        text: "hi".to_string()
+                    }]
+                },
+                ResponseItem::Message {
+                    id: None,
+                    role: "assistant".to_string(),
+                    content: vec![ContentItem::OutputText {
+                        text: "hello".to_string()
+                    }]
+                }
+            ]
+        );
+    }
+}
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/exec.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/exec.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
 use std::time::Instant;

+use async_channel::Sender;
 use tokio::io::AsyncRead;
 use tokio::io::AsyncReadExt;
 use tokio::io::BufReader;
@@ -19,10 +20,15 @@ use tokio::sync::Notify;
 use crate::error::CodexErr;
 use crate::error::Result;
 use crate::error::SandboxErr;
+use crate::protocol::Event;
+use crate::protocol::EventMsg;
+use crate::protocol::ExecCommandOutputDeltaEvent;
+use crate::protocol::ExecOutputStream;
 use crate::protocol::SandboxPolicy;
 use crate::seatbelt::spawn_command_under_seatbelt;
 use crate::spawn::StdioPolicy;
 use crate::spawn::spawn_child_async;
+use serde_bytes::ByteBuf;

 // Maximum we send for each stream, which is either:
 // - 10KiB OR
@@ -56,18 +62,26 @@ pub enum SandboxType {
    LinuxSeccomp,
 }

+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct StdoutStream {
+    pub sub_id: String,
+    pub call_id: String,
+    pub tx_event: Sender<Event>,
+}
+
 pub async fn process_exec_tool_call(
    params: ExecParams,
    sandbox_type: SandboxType,
    ctrl_c: Arc<Notify>,
    sandbox_policy: &SandboxPolicy,
    codex_linux_sandbox_exe: &Option<PathBuf>,
+    stdout_stream: Option<StdoutStream>,
 ) -> Result<ExecToolCallOutput> {
    let start = Instant::now();

    let raw_output_result: std::result::Result<RawExecToolCallOutput, CodexErr> = match sandbox_type
    {
-        SandboxType::None => exec(params, sandbox_policy, ctrl_c).await,
+        SandboxType::None => exec(params, sandbox_policy, ctrl_c, stdout_stream.clone()).await,
        SandboxType::MacosSeatbelt => {
            let ExecParams {
                command,
@@ -83,7 +97,7 @@ pub async fn process_exec_tool_call(
                env,
            )
            .await?;
-            consume_truncated_output(child, ctrl_c, timeout_ms).await
+            consume_truncated_output(child, ctrl_c, timeout_ms, stdout_stream.clone()).await
        }
        SandboxType::LinuxSeccomp => {
            let ExecParams {
@@ -106,7 +120,7 @@ pub async fn process_exec_tool_call(
            )
            .await?;

-            consume_truncated_output(child, ctrl_c, timeout_ms).await
+            consume_truncated_output(child, ctrl_c, timeout_ms, stdout_stream).await
        }
    };
    let duration = start.elapsed();
@@ -126,11 +140,7 @@ pub async fn process_exec_tool_call(

            let exit_code = raw_output.exit_status.code().unwrap_or(-1);

-            // NOTE(ragona): This is much less restrictive than the previous check. If we exec
-            // a command, and it returns anything other than success, we assume that it may have
-            // been a sandboxing error and allow the user to retry. (The user of course may choose
-            // not to retry, or in a non-interactive mode, would automatically reject the approval.)
-            if exit_code != 0 && sandbox_type != SandboxType::None {
+            if exit_code != 0 && is_likely_sandbox_denied(sandbox_type, exit_code) {
                return Err(CodexErr::Sandbox(SandboxErr::Denied(
                    exit_code, stdout, stderr,
                )));
@@ -209,6 +219,26 @@ fn create_linux_sandbox_command_args(
    linux_cmd
 }

+/// We don't have a fully deterministic way to tell if our command failed
+/// because of the sandbox - a command in the user's zshrc file might hit an
+/// error, but the command itself might fail or succeed for other reasons.
+/// For now, we conservatively check for 'command not found' (exit code 127),
+/// and can add additional cases as necessary.
+fn is_likely_sandbox_denied(sandbox_type: SandboxType, exit_code: i32) -> bool {
+    if sandbox_type == SandboxType::None {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    // Quick rejects: well-known non-sandbox shell exit codes
+    // 127: command not found, 2: misuse of shell builtins
+    if exit_code == 127 {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    // For all other cases, we assume the sandbox is the cause
+    true
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct RawExecToolCallOutput {
    pub exit_status: ExitStatus,
@@ -233,6 +263,7 @@ async fn exec(
    }: ExecParams,
    sandbox_policy: &SandboxPolicy,
    ctrl_c: Arc<Notify>,
+    stdout_stream: Option<StdoutStream>,
 ) -> Result<RawExecToolCallOutput> {
    let (program, args) = command.split_first().ok_or_else(|| {
        CodexErr::Io(io::Error::new(
@@ -251,7 +282,7 @@ async fn exec(
        env,
    )
    .await?;
-    consume_truncated_output(child, ctrl_c, timeout_ms).await
+    consume_truncated_output(child, ctrl_c, timeout_ms, stdout_stream).await
 }

 /// Consumes the output of a child process, truncating it so it is suitable for
@@ -260,6 +291,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn consume_truncated_output(
    mut child: Child,
    ctrl_c: Arc<Notify>,
    timeout_ms: Option<u64>,
+    stdout_stream: Option<StdoutStream>,
 ) -> Result<RawExecToolCallOutput> {
    // Both stdout and stderr were configured with `Stdio::piped()`
    // above, therefore `take()` should normally return `Some`.  If it doesn't
@@ -280,11 +312,15 @@ pub(crate) async fn consume_truncated_output(
        BufReader::new(stdout_reader),
        MAX_STREAM_OUTPUT,
        MAX_STREAM_OUTPUT_LINES,
+        stdout_stream.clone(),
+        false,
    ));
    let stderr_handle = tokio::spawn(read_capped(
        BufReader::new(stderr_reader),
        MAX_STREAM_OUTPUT,
        MAX_STREAM_OUTPUT_LINES,
+        stdout_stream.clone(),
+        true,
    ));

    let interrupted = ctrl_c.notified();
@@ -318,10 +354,12 @@ pub(crate) async fn consume_truncated_output(
    })
 }

-async fn read_capped<R: AsyncRead + Unpin>(
+async fn read_capped<R: AsyncRead + Unpin + Send + 'static>(
    mut reader: R,
    max_output: usize,
    max_lines: usize,
+    stream: Option<StdoutStream>,
+    is_stderr: bool,
 ) -> io::Result<Vec<u8>> {
    let mut buf = Vec::with_capacity(max_output.min(8 * 1024));
    let mut tmp = [0u8; 8192];
@@ -335,6 +373,25 @@ async fn read_capped<R: AsyncRead + Unpin>(
            break;
        }

+        if let Some(stream) = &stream {
+            let chunk = tmp[..n].to_vec();
+            let msg = EventMsg::ExecCommandOutputDelta(ExecCommandOutputDeltaEvent {
+                call_id: stream.call_id.clone(),
+                stream: if is_stderr {
+                    ExecOutputStream::Stderr
+                } else {
+                    ExecOutputStream::Stdout
+                },
+                chunk: ByteBuf::from(chunk),
+            });
+            let event = Event {
+                id: stream.sub_id.clone(),
+                msg,
+            };
+            #[allow(clippy::let_unit_value)]
+            let _ = stream.tx_event.send(event).await;
+        }
+
        // Copy into the buffer only while we still have byte and line budget.
        if remaining_bytes > 0 && remaining_lines > 0 {
            let mut copy_len = 0;
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/lib.rs
@@ -28,9 +28,11 @@ mod mcp_connection_manager;
 mod mcp_tool_call;
 mod message_history;
 mod model_provider_info;
+pub use model_provider_info::BUILT_IN_OSS_MODEL_PROVIDER_ID;
 pub use model_provider_info::ModelProviderInfo;
 pub use model_provider_info::WireApi;
 pub use model_provider_info::built_in_model_providers;
+pub mod model_family;
 mod models;
 mod openai_model_info;
 mod openai_tools;
@@ -38,12 +40,13 @@ pub mod plan_tool;
 mod project_doc;
 pub mod protocol;
 mod rollout;
-mod safety;
+pub(crate) mod safety;
 pub mod seatbelt;
 pub mod shell;
 pub mod spawn;
+pub mod turn_diff_tracker;
 mod user_notification;
 pub mod util;

 pub use apply_patch::CODEX_APPLY_PATCH_ARG1;
-pub use client_common::model_supports_reasoning_summaries;
+pub use safety::get_platform_sandbox;
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/model_family.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/model_family.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/// A model family is a group of models that share certain characteristics.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
+pub struct ModelFamily {
+    /// The full model slug used to derive this model family, e.g.
+    /// "gpt-4.1-2025-04-14".
+    pub slug: String,
+
+    /// The model family name, e.g. "gpt-4.1". Note this should able to be used
+    /// with [`crate::openai_model_info::get_model_info`].
+    pub family: String,
+
+    /// True if the model needs additional instructions on how to use the
+    /// "virtual" `apply_patch` CLI.
+    pub needs_special_apply_patch_instructions: bool,
+
+    // Whether the `reasoning` field can be set when making a request to this
+    // model family. Note it has `effort` and `summary` subfields (though
+    // `summary` is optional).
+    pub supports_reasoning_summaries: bool,
+
+    // This should be set to true when the model expects a tool named
+    // "local_shell" to be provided. Its contract must be understood natively by
+    // the model such that its description can be omitted.
+    // See https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/tools-local-shell
+    pub uses_local_shell_tool: bool,
+}
+
+macro_rules! model_family {
+    (
+        $slug:expr, $family:expr $(, $key:ident : $value:expr )* $(,)?
+    ) => {{
+        // defaults
+        let mut mf = ModelFamily {
+            slug: $slug.to_string(),
+            family: $family.to_string(),
+            needs_special_apply_patch_instructions: false,
+            supports_reasoning_summaries: false,
+            uses_local_shell_tool: false,
+        };
+        // apply overrides
+        $(
+            mf.$key = $value;
+        )*
+        Some(mf)
+    }};
+}
+
+macro_rules! simple_model_family {
+    (
+        $slug:expr, $family:expr
+    ) => {{
+        Some(ModelFamily {
+            slug: $slug.to_string(),
+            family: $family.to_string(),
+            needs_special_apply_patch_instructions: false,
+            supports_reasoning_summaries: false,
+            uses_local_shell_tool: false,
+        })
+    }};
+}
+
+/// Returns a `ModelFamily` for the given model slug, or `None` if the slug
+/// does not match any known model family.
+pub fn find_family_for_model(slug: &str) -> Option<ModelFamily> {
+    if slug.starts_with("o3") {
+        model_family!(
+            slug, "o3",
+            supports_reasoning_summaries: true,
+        )
+    } else if slug.starts_with("o4-mini") {
+        model_family!(
+            slug, "o4-mini",
+            supports_reasoning_summaries: true,
+        )
+    } else if slug.starts_with("codex-mini-latest") {
+        model_family!(
+            slug, "codex-mini-latest",
+            supports_reasoning_summaries: true,
+            uses_local_shell_tool: true,
+        )
+    } else if slug.starts_with("gpt-4.1") {
+        model_family!(
+            slug, "gpt-4.1",
+            needs_special_apply_patch_instructions: true,
+        )
+    } else if slug.starts_with("gpt-4o") {
+        simple_model_family!(slug, "gpt-4o")
+    } else if slug.starts_with("gpt-3.5") {
+        simple_model_family!(slug, "gpt-3.5")
+    } else {
+        None
+    }
+}
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/model_provider_info.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/model_provider_info.rs
@@ -5,17 +5,16 @@
 //!   2. User-defined entries inside `~/.codex/config.toml` under the `model_providers`
 //!      key. These override or extend the defaults at runtime.

+use codex_login::AuthMode;
+use codex_login::CodexAuth;
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use serde::Serialize;
+use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::env::VarError;
 use std::time::Duration;

 use crate::error::EnvVarError;
-
-/// Value for the `OpenAI-Originator` header that is sent with requests to
-/// OpenAI.
-const OPENAI_ORIGINATOR_HEADER: &str = "codex_cli_rs";
 const DEFAULT_STREAM_IDLE_TIMEOUT_MS: u64 = 300_000;
 const DEFAULT_STREAM_MAX_RETRIES: u64 = 10;
 const DEFAULT_REQUEST_MAX_RETRIES: u64 = 4;
@@ -92,25 +91,30 @@ impl ModelProviderInfo {
    /// When `require_api_key` is true and the provider declares an `env_key`
    /// but the variable is missing/empty, returns an [`Err`] identical to the
    /// one produced by [`ModelProviderInfo::api_key`].
-    pub fn create_request_builder<'a>(
+    pub async fn create_request_builder<'a>(
        &'a self,
        client: &'a reqwest::Client,
+        auth: &Option<CodexAuth>,
    ) -> crate::error::Result<reqwest::RequestBuilder> {
-        let url = self.get_full_url();
+        let auth: Cow<'_, Option<CodexAuth>> = if auth.is_some() {
+            Cow::Borrowed(auth)
+        } else {
+            Cow::Owned(self.get_fallback_auth()?)
+        };
+
+        let url = self.get_full_url(&auth);

        let mut builder = client.post(url);

-        let api_key = self.api_key()?;
-        if let Some(key) = api_key {
-            builder = builder.bearer_auth(key);
+        if let Some(auth) = auth.as_ref() {
+            builder = builder.bearer_auth(auth.get_token().await?);
        }

        Ok(self.apply_http_headers(builder))
    }

-    pub(crate) fn get_full_url(&self) -> String {
-        let query_string = self
-            .query_params
+    fn get_query_string(&self) -> String {
+        self.query_params
            .as_ref()
            .map_or_else(String::new, |params| {
                let full_params = params
@@ -119,16 +123,29 @@ impl ModelProviderInfo {
                    .collect::<Vec<_>>()
                    .join("&");
                format!("?{full_params}")
-            });
+            })
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn get_full_url(&self, auth: &Option<CodexAuth>) -> String {
+        let default_base_url = if matches!(
+            auth,
+            Some(CodexAuth {
+                mode: AuthMode::ChatGPT,
+                ..
+            })
+        ) {
+            "https://chatgpt.com/backend-api/codex"
+        } else {
+            "https://api.openai.com/v1"
+        };
+        let query_string = self.get_query_string();
        let base_url = self
            .base_url
            .clone()
-            .unwrap_or("https://api.openai.com/v1".to_string());
+            .unwrap_or(default_base_url.to_string());

        match self.wire_api {
-            WireApi::Responses => {
-                format!("{base_url}/responses{query_string}")
-            }
+            WireApi::Responses => format!("{base_url}/responses{query_string}"),
            WireApi::Chat => format!("{base_url}/chat/completions{query_string}"),
        }
    }
@@ -136,10 +153,7 @@ impl ModelProviderInfo {
    /// Apply provider-specific HTTP headers (both static and environment-based)
    /// onto an existing `reqwest::RequestBuilder` and return the updated
    /// builder.
-    pub fn apply_http_headers(
-        &self,
-        mut builder: reqwest::RequestBuilder,
-    ) -> reqwest::RequestBuilder {
+    fn apply_http_headers(&self, mut builder: reqwest::RequestBuilder) -> reqwest::RequestBuilder {
        if let Some(extra) = &self.http_headers {
            for (k, v) in extra {
                builder = builder.header(k, v);
@@ -161,7 +175,7 @@ impl ModelProviderInfo {
    /// If `env_key` is Some, returns the API key for this provider if present
    /// (and non-empty) in the environment. If `env_key` is required but
    /// cannot be found, returns an error.
-    fn api_key(&self) -> crate::error::Result<Option<String>> {
+    pub fn api_key(&self) -> crate::error::Result<Option<String>> {
        match &self.env_key {
            Some(env_key) => {
                let env_value = std::env::var(env_key);
@@ -202,61 +216,103 @@ impl ModelProviderInfo {
            .map(Duration::from_millis)
            .unwrap_or(Duration::from_millis(DEFAULT_STREAM_IDLE_TIMEOUT_MS))
    }
+
+    fn get_fallback_auth(&self) -> crate::error::Result<Option<CodexAuth>> {
+        let api_key = self.api_key()?;
+        if let Some(api_key) = api_key {
+            return Ok(Some(CodexAuth::from_api_key(api_key)));
+        }
+        Ok(None)
+    }
 }

+const DEFAULT_OLLAMA_PORT: u32 = 11434;
+
+pub const BUILT_IN_OSS_MODEL_PROVIDER_ID: &str = "oss";
+
 /// Built-in default provider list.
 pub fn built_in_model_providers() -> HashMap<String, ModelProviderInfo> {
    use ModelProviderInfo as P;

-    // We do not want to be in the business of adjucating which third-party
-    // providers are bundled with Codex CLI, so we only include the OpenAI
-    // provider by default. Users are encouraged to add to `model_providers`
-    // in config.toml to add their own providers.
-    [(
-        "openai",
-        P {
-            name: "OpenAI".into(),
-            // Allow users to override the default OpenAI endpoint by
-            // exporting `OPENAI_BASE_URL`. This is useful when pointing
-            // Codex at a proxy, mock server, or Azure-style deployment
-            // without requiring a full TOML override for the built-in
-            // OpenAI provider.
-            base_url: std::env::var("OPENAI_BASE_URL")
+    // These CODEX_OSS_ environment variables are experimental: we may
+    // switch to reading values from config.toml instead.
+    let codex_oss_base_url = match std::env::var("CODEX_OSS_BASE_URL")
+        .ok()
+        .filter(|v| !v.trim().is_empty())
+    {
+        Some(url) => url,
+        None => format!(
+            "http://localhost:{port}/v1",
+            port = std::env::var("CODEX_OSS_PORT")
                .ok()
-                .filter(|v| !v.trim().is_empty()),
-            env_key: None,
-            env_key_instructions: None,
-            wire_api: WireApi::Responses,
-            query_params: None,
-            http_headers: Some(
-                [
-                    (
-                        "originator".to_string(),
-                        OPENAI_ORIGINATOR_HEADER.to_string(),
-                    ),
-                    ("version".to_string(), env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION").to_string()),
-                ]
-                .into_iter()
-                .collect(),
-            ),
-            env_http_headers: Some(
-                [
-                    (
-                        "OpenAI-Organization".to_string(),
-                        "OPENAI_ORGANIZATION".to_string(),
-                    ),
-                    ("OpenAI-Project".to_string(), "OPENAI_PROJECT".to_string()),
-                ]
-                .into_iter()
-                .collect(),
-            ),
-            // Use global defaults for retry/timeout unless overridden in config.toml.
-            request_max_retries: None,
-            stream_max_retries: None,
-            stream_idle_timeout_ms: None,
-            requires_auth: true,
-        },
-    )]
+                .filter(|v| !v.trim().is_empty())
+                .and_then(|v| v.parse::<u32>().ok())
+                .unwrap_or(DEFAULT_OLLAMA_PORT)
+        ),
+    };
+
+    // We do not want to be in the business of adjucating which third-party
+    // providers are bundled with Codex CLI, so we only include the OpenAI and
+    // open source ("oss") providers by default. Users are encouraged to add to
+    // `model_providers` in config.toml to add their own providers.
+    [
+        (
+            "openai",
+            P {
+                name: "OpenAI".into(),
+                // Allow users to override the default OpenAI endpoint by
+                // exporting `OPENAI_BASE_URL`. This is useful when pointing
+                // Codex at a proxy, mock server, or Azure-style deployment
+                // without requiring a full TOML override for the built-in
+                // OpenAI provider.
+                base_url: std::env::var("OPENAI_BASE_URL")
+                    .ok()
+                    .filter(|v| !v.trim().is_empty()),
+                env_key: None,
+                env_key_instructions: None,
+                wire_api: WireApi::Responses,
+                query_params: None,
+                http_headers: Some(
+                    [("version".to_string(), env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION").to_string())]
+                        .into_iter()
+                        .collect(),
+                ),
+                env_http_headers: Some(
+                    [
+                        (
+                            "OpenAI-Organization".to_string(),
+                            "OPENAI_ORGANIZATION".to_string(),
+                        ),
+                        ("OpenAI-Project".to_string(), "OPENAI_PROJECT".to_string()),
+                    ]
+                    .into_iter()
+                    .collect(),
+                ),
+                // Use global defaults for retry/timeout unless overridden in config.toml.
+                request_max_retries: None,
+                stream_max_retries: None,
+                stream_idle_timeout_ms: None,
+                requires_auth: true,
+            },
+        ),
+        (
+            BUILT_IN_OSS_MODEL_PROVIDER_ID,
+            P {
+                name: "Open Source".into(),
+                base_url: Some(codex_oss_base_url),
+                env_key: None,
+                env_key_instructions: None,
+                wire_api: WireApi::Chat,
+                query_params: None,
+                http_headers: None,
+                env_http_headers: None,
+                request_max_retries: None,
+                stream_max_retries: None,
+                stream_idle_timeout_ms: None,
+                requires_auth: false,
+            },
+        ),
+    ]
    .into_iter()
    .map(|(k, v)| (k.to_string(), v))
    .collect()
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/models.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/models.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use serde::ser::Serializer;

 use crate::protocol::InputItem;

-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
 #[serde(tag = "type", rename_all = "snake_case")]
 pub enum ResponseInputItem {
    Message {
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ pub enum ResponseInputItem {
    },
 }

-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
 #[serde(tag = "type", rename_all = "snake_case")]
 pub enum ContentItem {
    InputText { text: String },
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ pub enum ContentItem {
    OutputText { text: String },
 }

-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
 #[serde(tag = "type", rename_all = "snake_case")]
 pub enum ResponseItem {
    Message {
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ pub enum ResponseItem {
    Reasoning {
        id: String,
        summary: Vec<ReasoningItemReasoningSummary>,
+        #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+        content: Option<Vec<ReasoningItemContent>>,
        encrypted_content: Option<String>,
    },
    LocalShellCall {
@@ -107,7 +109,7 @@ impl From<ResponseInputItem> for ResponseItem {
    }
 }

-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "snake_case")]
 pub enum LocalShellStatus {
    Completed,
@@ -115,13 +117,13 @@ pub enum LocalShellStatus {
    Incomplete,
 }

-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
 #[serde(tag = "type", rename_all = "snake_case")]
 pub enum LocalShellAction {
    Exec(LocalShellExecAction),
 }

-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
 pub struct LocalShellExecAction {
    pub command: Vec<String>,
    pub timeout_ms: Option<u64>,
@@ -130,12 +132,18 @@ pub struct LocalShellExecAction {
    pub user: Option<String>,
 }

-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
 #[serde(tag = "type", rename_all = "snake_case")]
 pub enum ReasoningItemReasoningSummary {
    SummaryText { text: String },
 }

+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
+#[serde(tag = "type", rename_all = "snake_case")]
+pub enum ReasoningItemContent {
+    ReasoningText { text: String },
+}
+
 impl From<Vec<InputItem>> for ResponseInputItem {
    fn from(items: Vec<InputItem>) -> Self {
        Self::Message {
@@ -185,10 +193,9 @@ pub struct ShellToolCallParams {
    pub timeout_ms: Option<u64>,
 }

-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
 pub struct FunctionCallOutputPayload {
    pub content: String,
-    #[expect(dead_code)]
    pub success: Option<bool>,
 }

--- a/codex-rs/core/src/openai_model_info.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/openai_model_info.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use crate::model_family::ModelFamily;
+
 /// Metadata about a model, particularly OpenAI models.
 /// We may want to consider including details like the pricing for
 /// input tokens, output tokens, etc., though users will need to be able to
@@ -14,8 +16,8 @@ pub(crate) struct ModelInfo {

 /// Note details such as what a model like gpt-4o is aliased to may be out of
 /// date.
-pub(crate) fn get_model_info(name: &str) -> Option<ModelInfo> {
-    match name {
+pub(crate) fn get_model_info(model_family: &ModelFamily) -> Option<ModelInfo> {
+    match model_family.slug.as_str() {
        // https://platform.openai.com/docs/models/o3
        "o3" => Some(ModelInfo {
            context_window: 200_000,
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/openai_tools.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/openai_tools.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 use serde::Serialize;
 use serde_json::json;
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
-use std::sync::LazyLock;

 use crate::client_common::Prompt;
+use crate::model_family::ModelFamily;
 use crate::plan_tool::PLAN_TOOL;

 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize)]
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ pub(crate) enum JsonSchema {
    },
 }

-/// Tool usage specification
-static DEFAULT_TOOLS: LazyLock<Vec<OpenAiTool>> = LazyLock::new(|| {
+fn create_shell_tool() -> OpenAiTool {
    let mut properties = BTreeMap::new();
    properties.insert(
        "command".to_string(),
@@ -54,38 +53,35 @@ static DEFAULT_TOOLS: LazyLock<Vec<OpenAiTool>> = LazyLock::new(|| {
    properties.insert("workdir".to_string(), JsonSchema::String);
    properties.insert("timeout".to_string(), JsonSchema::Number);

-    vec![OpenAiTool::Function(ResponsesApiTool {
+    OpenAiTool::Function(ResponsesApiTool {
        name: "shell",
-        description: "Runs a shell command, and returns its output.",
+        description: "Runs a shell command and returns its output",
        strict: false,
        parameters: JsonSchema::Object {
            properties,
            required: &["command"],
            additional_properties: false,
        },
-    })]
-});
-
-static DEFAULT_CODEX_MODEL_TOOLS: LazyLock<Vec<OpenAiTool>> =
-    LazyLock::new(|| vec![OpenAiTool::LocalShell {}]);
+    })
+}

 /// Returns JSON values that are compatible with Function Calling in the
 /// Responses API:
 /// https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/function-calling?api-mode=responses
 pub(crate) fn create_tools_json_for_responses_api(
    prompt: &Prompt,
-    model: &str,
+    model_family: &ModelFamily,
    include_plan_tool: bool,
 ) -> crate::error::Result<Vec<serde_json::Value>> {
    // Assemble tool list: built-in tools + any extra tools from the prompt.
-    let default_tools = if model.starts_with("codex") {
-        &DEFAULT_CODEX_MODEL_TOOLS
-    } else {
-        &DEFAULT_TOOLS
-    };
-    let mut tools_json = Vec::with_capacity(default_tools.len() + prompt.extra_tools.len());
-    for t in default_tools.iter() {
-        tools_json.push(serde_json::to_value(t)?);
+    let mut openai_tools = vec![create_shell_tool()];
+    if model_family.uses_local_shell_tool {
+        openai_tools.push(OpenAiTool::LocalShell {});
+    }
+
+    let mut tools_json = Vec::with_capacity(openai_tools.len() + prompt.extra_tools.len() + 1);
+    for tool in openai_tools.iter() {
+        tools_json.push(serde_json::to_value(tool)?);
    }
    tools_json.extend(
        prompt
@@ -107,13 +103,13 @@ pub(crate) fn create_tools_json_for_responses_api(
 /// https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/function-calling?api-mode=chat
 pub(crate) fn create_tools_json_for_chat_completions_api(
    prompt: &Prompt,
-    model: &str,
+    model_family: &ModelFamily,
    include_plan_tool: bool,
 ) -> crate::error::Result<Vec<serde_json::Value>> {
    // We start with the JSON for the Responses API and than rewrite it to match
    // the chat completions tool call format.
    let responses_api_tools_json =
-        create_tools_json_for_responses_api(prompt, model, include_plan_tool)?;
+        create_tools_json_for_responses_api(prompt, model_family, include_plan_tool)?;
    let tools_json = responses_api_tools_json
        .into_iter()
        .filter_map(|mut tool| {
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/protocol.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/protocol.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 use mcp_types::CallToolResult;
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use serde::Serialize;
+use serde_bytes::ByteBuf;
 use strum_macros::Display;
 use uuid::Uuid;

@@ -121,6 +122,10 @@ pub enum Op {
    /// Request a single history entry identified by `log_id` + `offset`.
    GetHistoryEntryRequest { offset: usize, log_id: u64 },

+    /// Request the agent to summarize the current conversation context.
+    /// The agent will use its existing context (either conversation history or previous response id)
+    /// to generate a summary which will be returned as an AgentMessage event.
+    Compact,
    /// Request to shut down codex instance.
    Shutdown,
 }
@@ -175,9 +180,29 @@ pub enum SandboxPolicy {
        /// default.
        #[serde(default)]
        network_access: bool,
+
+        /// When set to `true`, will include defaults like the current working
+        /// directory and TMPDIR (on macOS). When `false`, only `writable_roots`
+        /// are used. (Mainly used for testing.)
+        #[serde(default = "default_true")]
+        include_default_writable_roots: bool,
    },
 }

+/// A writable root path accompanied by a list of subpaths that should remain
+/// read‑only even when the root is writable. This is primarily used to ensure
+/// top‑level VCS metadata directories (e.g. `.git`) under a writable root are
+/// not modified by the agent.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct WritableRoot {
+    pub root: PathBuf,
+    pub read_only_subpaths: Vec<PathBuf>,
+}
+
+fn default_true() -> bool {
+    true
+}
+
 impl FromStr for SandboxPolicy {
    type Err = serde_json::Error;

@@ -199,6 +224,7 @@ impl SandboxPolicy {
        SandboxPolicy::WorkspaceWrite {
            writable_roots: vec![],
            network_access: false,
+            include_default_writable_roots: true,
        }
    }

@@ -224,27 +250,51 @@ impl SandboxPolicy {
        }
    }

-    /// Returns the list of writable roots that should be passed down to the
-    /// Landlock rules installer, tailored to the current working directory.
-    pub fn get_writable_roots_with_cwd(&self, cwd: &Path) -> Vec<PathBuf> {
+    /// Returns the list of writable roots (tailored to the current working
+    /// directory) together with subpaths that should remain read‑only under
+    /// each writable root.
+    pub fn get_writable_roots_with_cwd(&self, cwd: &Path) -> Vec<WritableRoot> {
        match self {
            SandboxPolicy::DangerFullAccess => Vec::new(),
            SandboxPolicy::ReadOnly => Vec::new(),
-            SandboxPolicy::WorkspaceWrite { writable_roots, .. } => {
-                let mut roots = writable_roots.clone();
-                roots.push(cwd.to_path_buf());
+            SandboxPolicy::WorkspaceWrite {
+                writable_roots,
+                include_default_writable_roots,
+                ..
+            } => {
+                // Start from explicitly configured writable roots.
+                let mut roots: Vec<PathBuf> = writable_roots.clone();

-                // Also include the per-user tmp dir on macOS.
-                // Note this is added dynamically rather than storing it in
-                // writable_roots because writable_roots contains only static
-                // values deserialized from the config file.
-                if cfg!(target_os = "macos") {
-                    if let Some(tmpdir) = std::env::var_os("TMPDIR") {
-                        roots.push(PathBuf::from(tmpdir));
+                // Optionally include defaults (cwd and TMPDIR on macOS).
+                if *include_default_writable_roots {
+                    roots.push(cwd.to_path_buf());
+
+                    // Also include the per-user tmp dir on macOS.
+                    // Note this is added dynamically rather than storing it in
+                    // `writable_roots` because `writable_roots` contains only static
+                    // values deserialized from the config file.
+                    if cfg!(target_os = "macos") {
+                        if let Some(tmpdir) = std::env::var_os("TMPDIR") {
+                            roots.push(PathBuf::from(tmpdir));
+                        }
                    }
                }

+                // For each root, compute subpaths that should remain read-only.
                roots
+                    .into_iter()
+                    .map(|writable_root| {
+                        let mut subpaths = Vec::new();
+                        let top_level_git = writable_root.join(".git");
+                        if top_level_git.is_dir() {
+                            subpaths.push(top_level_git);
+                        }
+                        WritableRoot {
+                            root: writable_root,
+                            read_only_subpaths: subpaths,
+                        }
+                    })
+                    .collect()
            }
        }
    }
@@ -309,6 +359,12 @@ pub enum EventMsg {
    /// Agent reasoning delta event from agent.
    AgentReasoningDelta(AgentReasoningDeltaEvent),

+    /// Raw chain-of-thought from agent.
+    AgentReasoningRawContent(AgentReasoningRawContentEvent),
+
+    /// Agent reasoning content delta event from agent.
+    AgentReasoningRawContentDelta(AgentReasoningRawContentDeltaEvent),
+
    /// Ack the client's configure message.
    SessionConfigured(SessionConfiguredEvent),

@@ -319,6 +375,9 @@ pub enum EventMsg {
    /// Notification that the server is about to execute a command.
    ExecCommandBegin(ExecCommandBeginEvent),

+    /// Incremental chunk of output from a running command.
+    ExecCommandOutputDelta(ExecCommandOutputDeltaEvent),
+
    ExecCommandEnd(ExecCommandEndEvent),

    ExecApprovalRequest(ExecApprovalRequestEvent),
@@ -334,6 +393,8 @@ pub enum EventMsg {
    /// Notification that a patch application has finished.
    PatchApplyEnd(PatchApplyEndEvent),

+    TurnDiff(TurnDiffEvent),
+
    /// Response to GetHistoryEntryRequest.
    GetHistoryEntryResponse(GetHistoryEntryResponseEvent),

@@ -409,6 +470,16 @@ pub struct AgentReasoningEvent {
    pub text: String,
 }

+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+pub struct AgentReasoningRawContentEvent {
+    pub text: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+pub struct AgentReasoningRawContentDeltaEvent {
+    pub delta: String,
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub struct AgentReasoningDeltaEvent {
    pub delta: String,
@@ -470,6 +541,26 @@ pub struct ExecCommandEndEvent {
    pub stderr: String,
    /// The command's exit code.
    pub exit_code: i32,
+    /// The duration of the command execution.
+    pub duration: Duration,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "snake_case")]
+pub enum ExecOutputStream {
+    Stdout,
+    Stderr,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+pub struct ExecCommandOutputDeltaEvent {
+    /// Identifier for the ExecCommandBegin that produced this chunk.
+    pub call_id: String,
+    /// Which stream produced this chunk.
+    pub stream: ExecOutputStream,
+    /// Raw bytes from the stream (may not be valid UTF-8).
+    #[serde(with = "serde_bytes")]
+    pub chunk: ByteBuf,
 }

 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize)]
@@ -525,6 +616,11 @@ pub struct PatchApplyEndEvent {
    pub success: bool,
 }

+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+pub struct TurnDiffEvent {
+    pub unified_diff: String,
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub struct GetHistoryEntryResponseEvent {
    pub offset: usize,
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/seatbelt.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/seatbelt.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 use tokio::process::Child;

 use crate::protocol::SandboxPolicy;
+use crate::spawn::CODEX_SANDBOX_ENV_VAR;
 use crate::spawn::StdioPolicy;
 use crate::spawn::spawn_child_async;

@@ -20,10 +21,11 @@ pub async fn spawn_command_under_seatbelt(
    sandbox_policy: &SandboxPolicy,
    cwd: PathBuf,
    stdio_policy: StdioPolicy,
-    env: HashMap<String, String>,
+    mut env: HashMap<String, String>,
 ) -> std::io::Result<Child> {
    let args = create_seatbelt_command_args(command, sandbox_policy, &cwd);
    let arg0 = None;
+    env.insert(CODEX_SANDBOX_ENV_VAR.to_string(), "seatbelt".to_string());
    spawn_child_async(
        PathBuf::from(MACOS_PATH_TO_SEATBELT_EXECUTABLE),
        args,
@@ -50,16 +52,38 @@ fn create_seatbelt_command_args(
            )
        } else {
            let writable_roots = sandbox_policy.get_writable_roots_with_cwd(cwd);
-            let (writable_folder_policies, cli_args): (Vec<String>, Vec<String>) = writable_roots
-                .iter()
-                .enumerate()
-                .map(|(index, root)| {
-                    let param_name = format!("WRITABLE_ROOT_{index}");
-                    let policy: String = format!("(subpath (param \"{param_name}\"))");
-                    let cli_arg = format!("-D{param_name}={}", root.to_string_lossy());
-                    (policy, cli_arg)
-                })
-                .unzip();
+
+            let mut writable_folder_policies: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
+            let mut cli_args: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
+
+            for (index, wr) in writable_roots.iter().enumerate() {
+                // Canonicalize to avoid mismatches like /var vs /private/var on macOS.
+                let canonical_root = wr.root.canonicalize().unwrap_or_else(|_| wr.root.clone());
+                let root_param = format!("WRITABLE_ROOT_{index}");
+                cli_args.push(format!(
+                    "-D{root_param}={}",
+                    canonical_root.to_string_lossy()
+                ));
+
+                if wr.read_only_subpaths.is_empty() {
+                    writable_folder_policies.push(format!("(subpath (param \"{root_param}\"))"));
+                } else {
+                    // Add parameters for each read-only subpath and generate
+                    // the `(require-not ...)` clauses.
+                    let mut require_parts: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
+                    require_parts.push(format!("(subpath (param \"{root_param}\"))"));
+                    for (subpath_index, ro) in wr.read_only_subpaths.iter().enumerate() {
+                        let canonical_ro = ro.canonicalize().unwrap_or_else(|_| ro.clone());
+                        let ro_param = format!("WRITABLE_ROOT_{index}_RO_{subpath_index}");
+                        cli_args.push(format!("-D{ro_param}={}", canonical_ro.to_string_lossy()));
+                        require_parts
+                            .push(format!("(require-not (subpath (param \"{ro_param}\")))"));
+                    }
+                    let policy_component = format!("(require-all {} )", require_parts.join(" "));
+                    writable_folder_policies.push(policy_component);
+                }
+            }
+
            if writable_folder_policies.is_empty() {
                ("".to_string(), Vec::<String>::new())
            } else {
@@ -88,9 +112,201 @@ fn create_seatbelt_command_args(
    let full_policy = format!(
        "{MACOS_SEATBELT_BASE_POLICY}\n{file_read_policy}\n{file_write_policy}\n{network_policy}"
    );
+
    let mut seatbelt_args: Vec<String> = vec!["-p".to_string(), full_policy];
    seatbelt_args.extend(extra_cli_args);
    seatbelt_args.push("--".to_string());
    seatbelt_args.extend(command);
    seatbelt_args
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    #![expect(clippy::expect_used)]
+    use super::MACOS_SEATBELT_BASE_POLICY;
+    use super::create_seatbelt_command_args;
+    use crate::protocol::SandboxPolicy;
+    use pretty_assertions::assert_eq;
+    use std::fs;
+    use std::path::Path;
+    use std::path::PathBuf;
+    use tempfile::TempDir;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn create_seatbelt_args_with_read_only_git_subpath() {
+        // Create a temporary workspace with two writable roots: one containing
+        // a top-level .git directory and one without it.
+        let tmp = TempDir::new().expect("tempdir");
+        let PopulatedTmp {
+            root_with_git,
+            root_without_git,
+            root_with_git_canon,
+            root_with_git_git_canon,
+            root_without_git_canon,
+        } = populate_tmpdir(tmp.path());
+
+        // Build a policy that only includes the two test roots as writable and
+        // does not automatically include defaults like cwd or TMPDIR.
+        let policy = SandboxPolicy::WorkspaceWrite {
+            writable_roots: vec![root_with_git.clone(), root_without_git.clone()],
+            network_access: false,
+            include_default_writable_roots: false,
+        };
+
+        let args = create_seatbelt_command_args(
+            vec!["/bin/echo".to_string(), "hello".to_string()],
+            &policy,
+            tmp.path(),
+        );
+
+        // Build the expected policy text using a raw string for readability.
+        // Note that the policy includes:
+        // - the base policy,
+        // - read-only access to the filesystem,
+        // - write access to WRITABLE_ROOT_0 (but not its .git) and WRITABLE_ROOT_1.
+        let expected_policy = format!(
+            r#"{MACOS_SEATBELT_BASE_POLICY}
+; allow read-only file operations
+(allow file-read*)
+(allow file-write*
+(require-all (subpath (param "WRITABLE_ROOT_0")) (require-not (subpath (param "WRITABLE_ROOT_0_RO_0"))) ) (subpath (param "WRITABLE_ROOT_1"))
+)
+"#,
+        );
+
+        let expected_args = vec![
+            "-p".to_string(),
+            expected_policy,
+            format!(
+                "-DWRITABLE_ROOT_0={}",
+                root_with_git_canon.to_string_lossy()
+            ),
+            format!(
+                "-DWRITABLE_ROOT_0_RO_0={}",
+                root_with_git_git_canon.to_string_lossy()
+            ),
+            format!(
+                "-DWRITABLE_ROOT_1={}",
+                root_without_git_canon.to_string_lossy()
+            ),
+            "--".to_string(),
+            "/bin/echo".to_string(),
+            "hello".to_string(),
+        ];
+
+        assert_eq!(args, expected_args);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn create_seatbelt_args_for_cwd_as_git_repo() {
+        // Create a temporary workspace with two writable roots: one containing
+        // a top-level .git directory and one without it.
+        let tmp = TempDir::new().expect("tempdir");
+        let PopulatedTmp {
+            root_with_git,
+            root_with_git_canon,
+            root_with_git_git_canon,
+            ..
+        } = populate_tmpdir(tmp.path());
+
+        // Build a policy that does not specify any writable_roots, but does
+        // use the default ones (cwd and TMPDIR) and verifies the `.git` check
+        // is done properly for cwd.
+        let policy = SandboxPolicy::WorkspaceWrite {
+            writable_roots: vec![],
+            network_access: false,
+            include_default_writable_roots: true,
+        };
+
+        let args = create_seatbelt_command_args(
+            vec!["/bin/echo".to_string(), "hello".to_string()],
+            &policy,
+            root_with_git.as_path(),
+        );
+
+        let tmpdir_env_var = if cfg!(target_os = "macos") {
+            std::env::var("TMPDIR")
+                .ok()
+                .map(PathBuf::from)
+                .and_then(|p| p.canonicalize().ok())
+                .map(|p| p.to_string_lossy().to_string())
+        } else {
+            None
+        };
+        let tempdir_policy_entry = if tmpdir_env_var.is_some() {
+            " (subpath (param \"WRITABLE_ROOT_1\"))"
+        } else {
+            ""
+        };
+
+        // Build the expected policy text using a raw string for readability.
+        // Note that the policy includes:
+        // - the base policy,
+        // - read-only access to the filesystem,
+        // - write access to WRITABLE_ROOT_0 (but not its .git) and WRITABLE_ROOT_1.
+        let expected_policy = format!(
+            r#"{MACOS_SEATBELT_BASE_POLICY}
+; allow read-only file operations
+(allow file-read*)
+(allow file-write*
+(require-all (subpath (param "WRITABLE_ROOT_0")) (require-not (subpath (param "WRITABLE_ROOT_0_RO_0"))) ){tempdir_policy_entry}
+)
+"#,
+        );
+
+        let mut expected_args = vec![
+            "-p".to_string(),
+            expected_policy,
+            format!(
+                "-DWRITABLE_ROOT_0={}",
+                root_with_git_canon.to_string_lossy()
+            ),
+            format!(
+                "-DWRITABLE_ROOT_0_RO_0={}",
+                root_with_git_git_canon.to_string_lossy()
+            ),
+        ];
+
+        if let Some(p) = tmpdir_env_var {
+            expected_args.push(format!("-DWRITABLE_ROOT_1={p}"));
+        }
+
+        expected_args.extend(vec![
+            "--".to_string(),
+            "/bin/echo".to_string(),
+            "hello".to_string(),
+        ]);
+
+        assert_eq!(args, expected_args);
+    }
+
+    struct PopulatedTmp {
+        root_with_git: PathBuf,
+        root_without_git: PathBuf,
+        root_with_git_canon: PathBuf,
+        root_with_git_git_canon: PathBuf,
+        root_without_git_canon: PathBuf,
+    }
+
+    fn populate_tmpdir(tmp: &Path) -> PopulatedTmp {
+        let root_with_git = tmp.join("with_git");
+        let root_without_git = tmp.join("no_git");
+        fs::create_dir_all(&root_with_git).expect("create with_git");
+        fs::create_dir_all(&root_without_git).expect("create no_git");
+        fs::create_dir_all(root_with_git.join(".git")).expect("create .git");
+
+        // Ensure we have canonical paths for -D parameter matching.
+        let root_with_git_canon = root_with_git.canonicalize().expect("canonicalize with_git");
+        let root_with_git_git_canon = root_with_git_canon.join(".git");
+        let root_without_git_canon = root_without_git
+            .canonicalize()
+            .expect("canonicalize no_git");
+        PopulatedTmp {
+            root_with_git,
+            root_without_git,
+            root_with_git_canon,
+            root_with_git_git_canon,
+            root_without_git_canon,
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/seatbelt_base_policy.sbpl
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/seatbelt_base_policy.sbpl
@@ -65,3 +65,7 @@
  (sysctl-name "sysctl.proc_cputype")
  (sysctl-name-prefix "hw.perflevel")
 )
+
+; Added on top of Chrome profile
+; Needed for python multiprocessing on MacOS for the SemLock
+(allow ipc-posix-sem)
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/shell.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/shell.rs
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ mod tests {
                Arc::new(Notify::new()),
                &SandboxPolicy::DangerFullAccess,
                &None,
+                None,
            )
            .await
            .unwrap();
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/spawn.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/spawn.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ use crate::protocol::SandboxPolicy;
 /// attributes, so this may change in the future.
 pub const CODEX_SANDBOX_NETWORK_DISABLED_ENV_VAR: &str = "CODEX_SANDBOX_NETWORK_DISABLED";

+/// Should be set when the process is spawned under a sandbox. Currently, the
+/// value is "seatbelt" for macOS, but it may change in the future to
+/// accommodate sandboxing configuration and other sandboxing mechanisms.
+pub const CODEX_SANDBOX_ENV_VAR: &str = "CODEX_SANDBOX";
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
 pub enum StdioPolicy {
    RedirectForShellTool,
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/turn_diff_tracker.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/turn_diff_tracker.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,887 @@
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::fs;
+use std::path::Path;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::process::Command;
+
+use anyhow::Context;
+use anyhow::Result;
+use anyhow::anyhow;
+use sha1::digest::Output;
+use uuid::Uuid;
+
+use crate::protocol::FileChange;
+
+const ZERO_OID: &str = "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000";
+const DEV_NULL: &str = "/dev/null";
+
+struct BaselineFileInfo {
+    path: PathBuf,
+    content: Vec<u8>,
+    mode: FileMode,
+    oid: String,
+}
+
+/// Tracks sets of changes to files and exposes the overall unified diff.
+/// Internally, the way this works is now:
+/// 1. Maintain an in-memory baseline snapshot of files when they are first seen.
+///    For new additions, do not create a baseline so that diffs are shown as proper additions (using /dev/null).
+/// 2. Keep a stable internal filename (uuid) per external path for rename tracking.
+/// 3. To compute the aggregated unified diff, compare each baseline snapshot to the current file on disk entirely in-memory
+///    using the `similar` crate and emit unified diffs with rewritten external paths.
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub struct TurnDiffTracker {
+    /// Map external path -> internal filename (uuid).
+    external_to_temp_name: HashMap<PathBuf, String>,
+    /// Internal filename -> baseline file info.
+    baseline_file_info: HashMap<String, BaselineFileInfo>,
+    /// Internal filename -> external path as of current accumulated state (after applying all changes).
+    /// This is where renames are tracked.
+    temp_name_to_current_path: HashMap<String, PathBuf>,
+    /// Cache of known git worktree roots to avoid repeated filesystem walks.
+    git_root_cache: Vec<PathBuf>,
+}
+
+impl TurnDiffTracker {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self::default()
+    }
+
+    /// Front-run apply patch calls to track the starting contents of any modified files.
+    /// - Creates an in-memory baseline snapshot for files that already exist on disk when first seen.
+    /// - For additions, we intentionally do not create a baseline snapshot so that diffs are proper additions.
+    /// - Also updates internal mappings for move/rename events.
+    pub fn on_patch_begin(&mut self, changes: &HashMap<PathBuf, FileChange>) {
+        for (path, change) in changes.iter() {
+            // Ensure a stable internal filename exists for this external path.
+            if !self.external_to_temp_name.contains_key(path) {
+                let internal = Uuid::new_v4().to_string();
+                self.external_to_temp_name
+                    .insert(path.clone(), internal.clone());
+                self.temp_name_to_current_path
+                    .insert(internal.clone(), path.clone());
+
+                // If the file exists on disk now, snapshot as baseline; else leave missing to represent /dev/null.
+                let baseline_file_info = if path.exists() {
+                    let mode = file_mode_for_path(path);
+                    let mode_val = mode.unwrap_or(FileMode::Regular);
+                    let content = blob_bytes(path, &mode_val).unwrap_or_default();
+                    let oid = if mode == Some(FileMode::Symlink) {
+                        format!("{:x}", git_blob_sha1_hex_bytes(&content))
+                    } else {
+                        self.git_blob_oid_for_path(path)
+                            .unwrap_or_else(|| format!("{:x}", git_blob_sha1_hex_bytes(&content)))
+                    };
+                    Some(BaselineFileInfo {
+                        path: path.clone(),
+                        content,
+                        mode: mode_val,
+                        oid,
+                    })
+                } else {
+                    Some(BaselineFileInfo {
+                        path: path.clone(),
+                        content: vec![],
+                        mode: FileMode::Regular,
+                        oid: ZERO_OID.to_string(),
+                    })
+                };
+
+                if let Some(baseline_file_info) = baseline_file_info {
+                    self.baseline_file_info
+                        .insert(internal.clone(), baseline_file_info);
+                }
+            }
+
+            // Track rename/move in current mapping if provided in an Update.
+            if let FileChange::Update {
+                move_path: Some(dest),
+                ..
+            } = change
+            {
+                let uuid_filename = match self.external_to_temp_name.get(path) {
+                    Some(i) => i.clone(),
+                    None => {
+                        // This should be rare, but if we haven't mapped the source, create it with no baseline.
+                        let i = Uuid::new_v4().to_string();
+                        self.baseline_file_info.insert(
+                            i.clone(),
+                            BaselineFileInfo {
+                                path: path.clone(),
+                                content: vec![],
+                                mode: FileMode::Regular,
+                                oid: ZERO_OID.to_string(),
+                            },
+                        );
+                        i
+                    }
+                };
+                // Update current external mapping for temp file name.
+                self.temp_name_to_current_path
+                    .insert(uuid_filename.clone(), dest.clone());
+                // Update forward file_mapping: external current -> internal name.
+                self.external_to_temp_name.remove(path);
+                self.external_to_temp_name
+                    .insert(dest.clone(), uuid_filename);
+            };
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn get_path_for_internal(&self, internal: &str) -> Option<PathBuf> {
+        self.temp_name_to_current_path
+            .get(internal)
+            .cloned()
+            .or_else(|| {
+                self.baseline_file_info
+                    .get(internal)
+                    .map(|info| info.path.clone())
+            })
+    }
+
+    /// Find the git worktree root for a file/directory by walking up to the first ancestor containing a `.git` entry.
+    /// Uses a simple cache of known roots and avoids negative-result caching for simplicity.
+    fn find_git_root_cached(&mut self, start: &Path) -> Option<PathBuf> {
+        let dir = if start.is_dir() {
+            start
+        } else {
+            start.parent()?
+        };
+
+        // Fast path: if any cached root is an ancestor of this path, use it.
+        if let Some(root) = self
+            .git_root_cache
+            .iter()
+            .find(|r| dir.starts_with(r))
+            .cloned()
+        {
+            return Some(root);
+        }
+
+        // Walk up to find a `.git` marker.
+        let mut cur = dir.to_path_buf();
+        loop {
+            let git_marker = cur.join(".git");
+            if git_marker.is_dir() || git_marker.is_file() {
+                if !self.git_root_cache.iter().any(|r| r == &cur) {
+                    self.git_root_cache.push(cur.clone());
+                }
+                return Some(cur);
+            }
+
+            // On Windows, avoid walking above the drive or UNC share root.
+            #[cfg(windows)]
+            {
+                if is_windows_drive_or_unc_root(&cur) {
+                    return None;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if let Some(parent) = cur.parent() {
+                cur = parent.to_path_buf();
+            } else {
+                return None;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Return a display string for `path` relative to its git root if found, else absolute.
+    fn relative_to_git_root_str(&mut self, path: &Path) -> String {
+        let s = if let Some(root) = self.find_git_root_cached(path) {
+            if let Ok(rel) = path.strip_prefix(&root) {
+                rel.display().to_string()
+            } else {
+                path.display().to_string()
+            }
+        } else {
+            path.display().to_string()
+        };
+        s.replace('\\', "/")
+    }
+
+    /// Ask git to compute the blob SHA-1 for the file at `path` within its repository.
+    /// Returns None if no repository is found or git invocation fails.
+    fn git_blob_oid_for_path(&mut self, path: &Path) -> Option<String> {
+        let root = self.find_git_root_cached(path)?;
+        // Compute a path relative to the repo root for better portability across platforms.
+        let rel = path.strip_prefix(&root).unwrap_or(path);
+        let output = Command::new("git")
+            .arg("-C")
+            .arg(&root)
+            .arg("hash-object")
+            .arg("--")
+            .arg(rel)
+            .output()
+            .ok()?;
+        if !output.status.success() {
+            return None;
+        }
+        let s = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout).trim().to_string();
+        if s.len() == 40 { Some(s) } else { None }
+    }
+
+    /// Recompute the aggregated unified diff by comparing all of the in-memory snapshots that were
+    /// collected before the first time they were touched by apply_patch during this turn with
+    /// the current repo state.
+    pub fn get_unified_diff(&mut self) -> Result<Option<String>> {
+        let mut aggregated = String::new();
+
+        // Compute diffs per tracked internal file in a stable order by external path.
+        let mut baseline_file_names: Vec<String> =
+            self.baseline_file_info.keys().cloned().collect();
+        // Sort lexicographically by full repo-relative path to match git behavior.
+        baseline_file_names.sort_by_key(|internal| {
+            self.get_path_for_internal(internal)
+                .map(|p| self.relative_to_git_root_str(&p))
+                .unwrap_or_default()
+        });
+
+        for internal in baseline_file_names {
+            aggregated.push_str(self.get_file_diff(&internal).as_str());
+            if !aggregated.ends_with('\n') {
+                aggregated.push('\n');
+            }
+        }
+
+        if aggregated.trim().is_empty() {
+            Ok(None)
+        } else {
+            Ok(Some(aggregated))
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn get_file_diff(&mut self, internal_file_name: &str) -> String {
+        let mut aggregated = String::new();
+
+        // Snapshot lightweight fields only.
+        let (baseline_external_path, baseline_mode, left_oid) = {
+            if let Some(info) = self.baseline_file_info.get(internal_file_name) {
+                (info.path.clone(), info.mode, info.oid.clone())
+            } else {
+                (PathBuf::new(), FileMode::Regular, ZERO_OID.to_string())
+            }
+        };
+        let current_external_path = match self.get_path_for_internal(internal_file_name) {
+            Some(p) => p,
+            None => return aggregated,
+        };
+
+        let current_mode = file_mode_for_path(&current_external_path).unwrap_or(FileMode::Regular);
+        let right_bytes = blob_bytes(&current_external_path, &current_mode);
+
+        // Compute displays with &mut self before borrowing any baseline content.
+        let left_display = self.relative_to_git_root_str(&baseline_external_path);
+        let right_display = self.relative_to_git_root_str(&current_external_path);
+
+        // Compute right oid before borrowing baseline content.
+        let right_oid = if let Some(b) = right_bytes.as_ref() {
+            if current_mode == FileMode::Symlink {
+                format!("{:x}", git_blob_sha1_hex_bytes(b))
+            } else {
+                self.git_blob_oid_for_path(&current_external_path)
+                    .unwrap_or_else(|| format!("{:x}", git_blob_sha1_hex_bytes(b)))
+            }
+        } else {
+            ZERO_OID.to_string()
+        };
+
+        // Borrow baseline content only after all &mut self uses are done.
+        let left_present = left_oid.as_str() != ZERO_OID;
+        let left_bytes: Option<&[u8]> = if left_present {
+            self.baseline_file_info
+                .get(internal_file_name)
+                .map(|i| i.content.as_slice())
+        } else {
+            None
+        };
+
+        // Fast path: identical bytes or both missing.
+        if left_bytes == right_bytes.as_deref() {
+            return aggregated;
+        }
+
+        aggregated.push_str(&format!("diff --git a/{left_display} b/{right_display}\n"));
+
+        let is_add = !left_present && right_bytes.is_some();
+        let is_delete = left_present && right_bytes.is_none();
+
+        if is_add {
+            aggregated.push_str(&format!("new file mode {current_mode}\n"));
+        } else if is_delete {
+            aggregated.push_str(&format!("deleted file mode {baseline_mode}\n"));
+        } else if baseline_mode != current_mode {
+            aggregated.push_str(&format!("old mode {baseline_mode}\n"));
+            aggregated.push_str(&format!("new mode {current_mode}\n"));
+        }
+
+        let left_text = left_bytes.and_then(|b| std::str::from_utf8(b).ok());
+        let right_text = right_bytes
+            .as_deref()
+            .and_then(|b| std::str::from_utf8(b).ok());
+
+        let can_text_diff = matches!(
+            (left_text, right_text, is_add, is_delete),
+            (Some(_), Some(_), _, _) | (_, Some(_), true, _) | (Some(_), _, _, true)
+        );
+
+        if can_text_diff {
+            let l = left_text.unwrap_or("");
+            let r = right_text.unwrap_or("");
+
+            aggregated.push_str(&format!("index {left_oid}..{right_oid}\n"));
+
+            let old_header = if left_present {
+                format!("a/{left_display}")
+            } else {
+                DEV_NULL.to_string()
+            };
+            let new_header = if right_bytes.is_some() {
+                format!("b/{right_display}")
+            } else {
+                DEV_NULL.to_string()
+            };
+
+            let diff = similar::TextDiff::from_lines(l, r);
+            let unified = diff
+                .unified_diff()
+                .context_radius(3)
+                .header(&old_header, &new_header)
+                .to_string();
+
+            aggregated.push_str(&unified);
+        } else {
+            aggregated.push_str(&format!("index {left_oid}..{right_oid}\n"));
+            let old_header = if left_present {
+                format!("a/{left_display}")
+            } else {
+                DEV_NULL.to_string()
+            };
+            let new_header = if right_bytes.is_some() {
+                format!("b/{right_display}")
+            } else {
+                DEV_NULL.to_string()
+            };
+            aggregated.push_str(&format!("--- {old_header}\n"));
+            aggregated.push_str(&format!("+++ {new_header}\n"));
+            aggregated.push_str("Binary files differ\n");
+        }
+        aggregated
+    }
+}
+
+/// Compute the Git SHA-1 blob object ID for the given content (bytes).
+fn git_blob_sha1_hex_bytes(data: &[u8]) -> Output<sha1::Sha1> {
+    // Git blob hash is sha1 of: "blob <len>\0<data>"
+    let header = format!("blob {}\0", data.len());
+    use sha1::Digest;
+    let mut hasher = sha1::Sha1::new();
+    hasher.update(header.as_bytes());
+    hasher.update(data);
+    hasher.finalize()
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+enum FileMode {
+    Regular,
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    Executable,
+    Symlink,
+}
+
+impl FileMode {
+    fn as_str(&self) -> &'static str {
+        match self {
+            FileMode::Regular => "100644",
+            #[cfg(unix)]
+            FileMode::Executable => "100755",
+            FileMode::Symlink => "120000",
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Display for FileMode {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        f.write_str(self.as_str())
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(unix)]
+fn file_mode_for_path(path: &Path) -> Option<FileMode> {
+    use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
+    let meta = fs::symlink_metadata(path).ok()?;
+    let ft = meta.file_type();
+    if ft.is_symlink() {
+        return Some(FileMode::Symlink);
+    }
+    let mode = meta.permissions().mode();
+    let is_exec = (mode & 0o111) != 0;
+    Some(if is_exec {
+        FileMode::Executable
+    } else {
+        FileMode::Regular
+    })
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(unix))]
+fn file_mode_for_path(_path: &Path) -> Option<FileMode> {
+    // Default to non-executable on non-unix.
+    Some(FileMode::Regular)
+}
+
+fn blob_bytes(path: &Path, mode: &FileMode) -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
+    if path.exists() {
+        let contents = if *mode == FileMode::Symlink {
+            symlink_blob_bytes(path)
+                .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("failed to read symlink target for {}", path.display()))
+        } else {
+            fs::read(path)
+                .with_context(|| format!("failed to read current file for diff {}", path.display()))
+        };
+        contents.ok()
+    } else {
+        None
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(unix)]
+fn symlink_blob_bytes(path: &Path) -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
+    use std::os::unix::ffi::OsStrExt;
+    let target = std::fs::read_link(path).ok()?;
+    Some(target.as_os_str().as_bytes().to_vec())
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(unix))]
+fn symlink_blob_bytes(_path: &Path) -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
+    None
+}
+
+#[cfg(windows)]
+fn is_windows_drive_or_unc_root(p: &std::path::Path) -> bool {
+    use std::path::Component;
+    let mut comps = p.components();
+    matches!(
+        (comps.next(), comps.next(), comps.next()),
+        (Some(Component::Prefix(_)), Some(Component::RootDir), None)
+    )
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    #![allow(clippy::unwrap_used)]
+    use super::*;
+    use pretty_assertions::assert_eq;
+    use tempfile::tempdir;
+
+    /// Compute the Git SHA-1 blob object ID for the given content (string).
+    /// This delegates to the bytes version to avoid UTF-8 lossy conversions here.
+    fn git_blob_sha1_hex(data: &str) -> String {
+        format!("{:x}", git_blob_sha1_hex_bytes(data.as_bytes()))
+    }
+
+    fn normalize_diff_for_test(input: &str, root: &Path) -> String {
+        let root_str = root.display().to_string().replace('\\', "/");
+        let replaced = input.replace(&root_str, "<TMP>");
+        // Split into blocks on lines starting with "diff --git ", sort blocks for determinism, and rejoin
+        let mut blocks: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
+        let mut current = String::new();
+        for line in replaced.lines() {
+            if line.starts_with("diff --git ") && !current.is_empty() {
+                blocks.push(current);
+                current = String::new();
+            }
+            if !current.is_empty() {
+                current.push('\n');
+            }
+            current.push_str(line);
+        }
+        if !current.is_empty() {
+            blocks.push(current);
+        }
+        blocks.sort();
+        let mut out = blocks.join("\n");
+        if !out.ends_with('\n') {
+            out.push('\n');
+        }
+        out
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn accumulates_add_and_update() {
+        let mut acc = TurnDiffTracker::new();
+
+        let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let file = dir.path().join("a.txt");
+
+        // First patch: add file (baseline should be /dev/null).
+        let add_changes = HashMap::from([(
+            file.clone(),
+            FileChange::Add {
+                content: "foo\n".to_string(),
+            },
+        )]);
+        acc.on_patch_begin(&add_changes);
+
+        // Simulate apply: create the file on disk.
+        fs::write(&file, "foo\n").unwrap();
+        let first = acc.get_unified_diff().unwrap().unwrap();
+        let first = normalize_diff_for_test(&first, dir.path());
+        let expected_first = {
+            let mode = file_mode_for_path(&file).unwrap_or(FileMode::Regular);
+            let right_oid = git_blob_sha1_hex("foo\n");
+            format!(
+                r#"diff --git a/<TMP>/a.txt b/<TMP>/a.txt
+new file mode {mode}
+index {ZERO_OID}..{right_oid}
+--- {DEV_NULL}
+++ b/<TMP>/a.txt
+@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+foo
+"#,
+            )
+        };
+        assert_eq!(first, expected_first);
+
+        // Second patch: update the file on disk.
+        let update_changes = HashMap::from([(
+            file.clone(),
+            FileChange::Update {
+                unified_diff: "".to_owned(),
+                move_path: None,
+            },
+        )]);
+        acc.on_patch_begin(&update_changes);
+
+        // Simulate apply: append a new line.
+        fs::write(&file, "foo\nbar\n").unwrap();
+        let combined = acc.get_unified_diff().unwrap().unwrap();
+        let combined = normalize_diff_for_test(&combined, dir.path());
+        let expected_combined = {
+            let mode = file_mode_for_path(&file).unwrap_or(FileMode::Regular);
+            let right_oid = git_blob_sha1_hex("foo\nbar\n");
+            format!(
+                r#"diff --git a/<TMP>/a.txt b/<TMP>/a.txt
+new file mode {mode}
+index {ZERO_OID}..{right_oid}
+--- {DEV_NULL}
+++ b/<TMP>/a.txt
+@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+foo
+bar
+"#,
+            )
+        };
+        assert_eq!(combined, expected_combined);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn accumulates_delete() {
+        let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let file = dir.path().join("b.txt");
+        fs::write(&file, "x\n").unwrap();
+
+        let mut acc = TurnDiffTracker::new();
+        let del_changes = HashMap::from([(file.clone(), FileChange::Delete)]);
+        acc.on_patch_begin(&del_changes);
+
+        // Simulate apply: delete the file from disk.
+        let baseline_mode = file_mode_for_path(&file).unwrap_or(FileMode::Regular);
+        fs::remove_file(&file).unwrap();
+        let diff = acc.get_unified_diff().unwrap().unwrap();
+        let diff = normalize_diff_for_test(&diff, dir.path());
+        let expected = {
+            let left_oid = git_blob_sha1_hex("x\n");
+            format!(
+                r#"diff --git a/<TMP>/b.txt b/<TMP>/b.txt
+deleted file mode {baseline_mode}
+index {left_oid}..{ZERO_OID}
+--- a/<TMP>/b.txt
+++ {DEV_NULL}
+@@ -1 +0,0 @@
+-x
+"#,
+            )
+        };
+        assert_eq!(diff, expected);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn accumulates_move_and_update() {
+        let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let src = dir.path().join("src.txt");
+        let dest = dir.path().join("dst.txt");
+        fs::write(&src, "line\n").unwrap();
+
+        let mut acc = TurnDiffTracker::new();
+        let mv_changes = HashMap::from([(
+            src.clone(),
+            FileChange::Update {
+                unified_diff: "".to_owned(),
+                move_path: Some(dest.clone()),
+            },
+        )]);
+        acc.on_patch_begin(&mv_changes);
+
+        // Simulate apply: move and update content.
+        fs::rename(&src, &dest).unwrap();
+        fs::write(&dest, "line2\n").unwrap();
+
+        let out = acc.get_unified_diff().unwrap().unwrap();
+        let out = normalize_diff_for_test(&out, dir.path());
+        let expected = {
+            let left_oid = git_blob_sha1_hex("line\n");
+            let right_oid = git_blob_sha1_hex("line2\n");
+            format!(
+                r#"diff --git a/<TMP>/src.txt b/<TMP>/dst.txt
+index {left_oid}..{right_oid}
+--- a/<TMP>/src.txt
+++ b/<TMP>/dst.txt
+@@ -1 +1 @@
+-line
+line2
+"#
+            )
+        };
+        assert_eq!(out, expected);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn move_without_1change_yields_no_diff() {
+        let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let src = dir.path().join("moved.txt");
+        let dest = dir.path().join("renamed.txt");
+        fs::write(&src, "same\n").unwrap();
+
+        let mut acc = TurnDiffTracker::new();
+        let mv_changes = HashMap::from([(
+            src.clone(),
+            FileChange::Update {
+                unified_diff: "".to_owned(),
+                move_path: Some(dest.clone()),
+            },
+        )]);
+        acc.on_patch_begin(&mv_changes);
+
+        // Simulate apply: move only, no content change.
+        fs::rename(&src, &dest).unwrap();
+
+        let diff = acc.get_unified_diff().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(diff, None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn move_declared_but_file_only_appears_at_dest_is_add() {
+        let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let src = dir.path().join("src.txt");
+        let dest = dir.path().join("dest.txt");
+        let mut acc = TurnDiffTracker::new();
+        let mv = HashMap::from([(
+            src.clone(),
+            FileChange::Update {
+                unified_diff: "".into(),
+                move_path: Some(dest.clone()),
+            },
+        )]);
+        acc.on_patch_begin(&mv);
+        // No file existed initially; create only dest
+        fs::write(&dest, "hello\n").unwrap();
+        let diff = acc.get_unified_diff().unwrap().unwrap();
+        let diff = normalize_diff_for_test(&diff, dir.path());
+        let expected = {
+            let mode = file_mode_for_path(&dest).unwrap_or(FileMode::Regular);
+            let right_oid = git_blob_sha1_hex("hello\n");
+            format!(
+                r#"diff --git a/<TMP>/src.txt b/<TMP>/dest.txt
+new file mode {mode}
+index {ZERO_OID}..{right_oid}
+--- {DEV_NULL}
+++ b/<TMP>/dest.txt
+@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+hello
+"#,
+            )
+        };
+        assert_eq!(diff, expected);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn update_persists_across_new_baseline_for_new_file() {
+        let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let a = dir.path().join("a.txt");
+        let b = dir.path().join("b.txt");
+        fs::write(&a, "foo\n").unwrap();
+        fs::write(&b, "z\n").unwrap();
+
+        let mut acc = TurnDiffTracker::new();
+
+        // First: update existing a.txt (baseline snapshot is created for a).
+        let update_a = HashMap::from([(
+            a.clone(),
+            FileChange::Update {
+                unified_diff: "".to_owned(),
+                move_path: None,
+            },
+        )]);
+        acc.on_patch_begin(&update_a);
+        // Simulate apply: modify a.txt on disk.
+        fs::write(&a, "foo\nbar\n").unwrap();
+        let first = acc.get_unified_diff().unwrap().unwrap();
+        let first = normalize_diff_for_test(&first, dir.path());
+        let expected_first = {
+            let left_oid = git_blob_sha1_hex("foo\n");
+            let right_oid = git_blob_sha1_hex("foo\nbar\n");
+            format!(
+                r#"diff --git a/<TMP>/a.txt b/<TMP>/a.txt
+index {left_oid}..{right_oid}
+--- a/<TMP>/a.txt
+++ b/<TMP>/a.txt
+@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+ foo
+bar
+"#
+            )
+        };
+        assert_eq!(first, expected_first);
+
+        // Next: introduce a brand-new path b.txt into baseline snapshots via a delete change.
+        let del_b = HashMap::from([(b.clone(), FileChange::Delete)]);
+        acc.on_patch_begin(&del_b);
+        // Simulate apply: delete b.txt.
+        let baseline_mode = file_mode_for_path(&b).unwrap_or(FileMode::Regular);
+        fs::remove_file(&b).unwrap();
+
+        let combined = acc.get_unified_diff().unwrap().unwrap();
+        let combined = normalize_diff_for_test(&combined, dir.path());
+        let expected = {
+            let left_oid_a = git_blob_sha1_hex("foo\n");
+            let right_oid_a = git_blob_sha1_hex("foo\nbar\n");
+            let left_oid_b = git_blob_sha1_hex("z\n");
+            format!(
+                r#"diff --git a/<TMP>/a.txt b/<TMP>/a.txt
+index {left_oid_a}..{right_oid_a}
+--- a/<TMP>/a.txt
+++ b/<TMP>/a.txt
+@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+ foo
+bar
+diff --git a/<TMP>/b.txt b/<TMP>/b.txt
+deleted file mode {baseline_mode}
+index {left_oid_b}..{ZERO_OID}
+--- a/<TMP>/b.txt
+++ {DEV_NULL}
+@@ -1 +0,0 @@
+-z
+"#,
+            )
+        };
+        assert_eq!(combined, expected);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn binary_files_differ_update() {
+        let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let file = dir.path().join("bin.dat");
+
+        // Initial non-UTF8 bytes
+        let left_bytes: Vec<u8> = vec![0xff, 0xfe, 0xfd, 0x00];
+        // Updated non-UTF8 bytes
+        let right_bytes: Vec<u8> = vec![0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x00];
+
+        fs::write(&file, &left_bytes).unwrap();
+
+        let mut acc = TurnDiffTracker::new();
+        let update_changes = HashMap::from([(
+            file.clone(),
+            FileChange::Update {
+                unified_diff: "".to_owned(),
+                move_path: None,
+            },
+        )]);
+        acc.on_patch_begin(&update_changes);
+
+        // Apply update on disk
+        fs::write(&file, &right_bytes).unwrap();
+
+        let diff = acc.get_unified_diff().unwrap().unwrap();
+        let diff = normalize_diff_for_test(&diff, dir.path());
+        let expected = {
+            let left_oid = format!("{:x}", git_blob_sha1_hex_bytes(&left_bytes));
+            let right_oid = format!("{:x}", git_blob_sha1_hex_bytes(&right_bytes));
+            format!(
+                r#"diff --git a/<TMP>/bin.dat b/<TMP>/bin.dat
+index {left_oid}..{right_oid}
+--- a/<TMP>/bin.dat
+++ b/<TMP>/bin.dat
+Binary files differ
+"#
+            )
+        };
+        assert_eq!(diff, expected);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn filenames_with_spaces_add_and_update() {
+        let mut acc = TurnDiffTracker::new();
+
+        let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let file = dir.path().join("name with spaces.txt");
+
+        // First patch: add file (baseline should be /dev/null).
+        let add_changes = HashMap::from([(
+            file.clone(),
+            FileChange::Add {
+                content: "foo\n".to_string(),
+            },
+        )]);
+        acc.on_patch_begin(&add_changes);
+
+        // Simulate apply: create the file on disk.
+        fs::write(&file, "foo\n").unwrap();
+        let first = acc.get_unified_diff().unwrap().unwrap();
+        let first = normalize_diff_for_test(&first, dir.path());
+        let expected_first = {
+            let mode = file_mode_for_path(&file).unwrap_or(FileMode::Regular);
+            let right_oid = git_blob_sha1_hex("foo\n");
+            format!(
+                r#"diff --git a/<TMP>/name with spaces.txt b/<TMP>/name with spaces.txt
+new file mode {mode}
+index {ZERO_OID}..{right_oid}
+--- {DEV_NULL}
+++ b/<TMP>/name with spaces.txt
+@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+foo
+"#,
+            )
+        };
+        assert_eq!(first, expected_first);
+
+        // Second patch: update the file on disk.
+        let update_changes = HashMap::from([(
+            file.clone(),
+            FileChange::Update {
+                unified_diff: "".to_owned(),
+                move_path: None,
+            },
+        )]);
+        acc.on_patch_begin(&update_changes);
+
+        // Simulate apply: append a new line with a space.
+        fs::write(&file, "foo\nbar baz\n").unwrap();
+        let combined = acc.get_unified_diff().unwrap().unwrap();
+        let combined = normalize_diff_for_test(&combined, dir.path());
+        let expected_combined = {
+            let mode = file_mode_for_path(&file).unwrap_or(FileMode::Regular);
+            let right_oid = git_blob_sha1_hex("foo\nbar baz\n");
+            format!(
+                r#"diff --git a/<TMP>/name with spaces.txt b/<TMP>/name with spaces.txt
+new file mode {mode}
+index {ZERO_OID}..{right_oid}
+--- {DEV_NULL}
+++ b/<TMP>/name with spaces.txt
+@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+foo
+bar baz
+"#,
+            )
+        };
+        assert_eq!(combined, expected_combined);
+    }
+}
--- a/codex-rs/core/tests/client.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/tests/client.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use chrono::Utc;
 use codex_core::Codex;
 use codex_core::CodexSpawnOk;
 use codex_core::ModelProviderInfo;
+use codex_core::WireApi;
 use codex_core::built_in_model_providers;
 use codex_core::protocol::EventMsg;
 use codex_core::protocol::InputItem;
@@ -21,8 +22,10 @@ use tempfile::TempDir;
 use wiremock::Mock;
 use wiremock::MockServer;
 use wiremock::ResponseTemplate;
+use wiremock::matchers::header_regex;
 use wiremock::matchers::method;
 use wiremock::matchers::path;
+use wiremock::matchers::query_param;

 /// Build minimal SSE stream with completed marker using the JSON fixture.
 fn sse_completed(id: &str) -> String {
@@ -95,8 +98,8 @@ async fn includes_session_id_and_model_headers_in_request() {
    // get request from the server
    let request = &server.received_requests().await.unwrap()[0];
    let request_session_id = request.headers.get("session_id").unwrap();
-    let request_originator = request.headers.get("originator").unwrap();
    let request_authorization = request.headers.get("authorization").unwrap();
+    let request_originator = request.headers.get("originator").unwrap();

    assert!(current_session_id.is_some());
    assert_eq!(
@@ -170,6 +173,59 @@ async fn includes_base_instructions_override_in_request() {
    );
 }

+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
+async fn originator_config_override_is_used() {
+    #![allow(clippy::unwrap_used)]
+
+    // Mock server
+    let server = MockServer::start().await;
+
+    let first = ResponseTemplate::new(200)
+        .insert_header("content-type", "text/event-stream")
+        .set_body_raw(sse_completed("resp1"), "text/event-stream");
+
+    Mock::given(method("POST"))
+        .and(path("/v1/responses"))
+        .respond_with(first)
+        .expect(1)
+        .mount(&server)
+        .await;
+
+    let model_provider = ModelProviderInfo {
+        base_url: Some(format!("{}/v1", server.uri())),
+        ..built_in_model_providers()["openai"].clone()
+    };
+
+    let codex_home = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+    let mut config = load_default_config_for_test(&codex_home);
+    config.model_provider = model_provider;
+    config.internal_originator = Some("my_override".to_string());
+
+    let ctrl_c = std::sync::Arc::new(tokio::sync::Notify::new());
+    let CodexSpawnOk { codex, .. } = Codex::spawn(
+        config,
+        Some(CodexAuth::from_api_key("Test API Key".to_string())),
+        ctrl_c.clone(),
+    )
+    .await
+    .unwrap();
+
+    codex
+        .submit(Op::UserInput {
+            items: vec![InputItem::Text {
+                text: "hello".into(),
+            }],
+        })
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+    wait_for_event(&codex, |ev| matches!(ev, EventMsg::TaskComplete(_))).await;
+
+    let request = &server.received_requests().await.unwrap()[0];
+    let request_originator = request.headers.get("originator").unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(request_originator.to_str().unwrap(), "my_override");
+}
+
 #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
 async fn chatgpt_auth_sends_correct_request() {
    #![allow(clippy::unwrap_used)]
@@ -235,8 +291,8 @@ async fn chatgpt_auth_sends_correct_request() {
    // get request from the server
    let request = &server.received_requests().await.unwrap()[0];
    let request_session_id = request.headers.get("session_id").unwrap();
-    let request_originator = request.headers.get("originator").unwrap();
    let request_authorization = request.headers.get("authorization").unwrap();
+    let request_originator = request.headers.get("originator").unwrap();
    let request_chatgpt_account_id = request.headers.get("chatgpt-account-id").unwrap();
    let request_body = request.body_json::<serde_json::Value>().unwrap();

@@ -320,9 +376,90 @@ async fn includes_user_instructions_message_in_request() {
        request_body["input"][0]["content"][0]["text"]
            .as_str()
            .unwrap()
-            .starts_with("be nice")
+            .starts_with("<user_instructions>\n\nbe nice")
+    );
+    assert!(
+        request_body["input"][0]["content"][0]["text"]
+            .as_str()
+            .unwrap()
+            .ends_with("</user_instructions>")
    );
 }
+
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
+async fn azure_overrides_assign_properties_used_for_responses_url() {
+    #![allow(clippy::unwrap_used)]
+
+    let existing_env_var_with_random_value = if cfg!(windows) { "USERNAME" } else { "USER" };
+
+    // Mock server
+    let server = MockServer::start().await;
+
+    // First request – must NOT include `previous_response_id`.
+    let first = ResponseTemplate::new(200)
+        .insert_header("content-type", "text/event-stream")
+        .set_body_raw(sse_completed("resp1"), "text/event-stream");
+
+    // Expect POST to /openai/responses with api-version query param
+    Mock::given(method("POST"))
+        .and(path("/openai/responses"))
+        .and(query_param("api-version", "2025-04-01-preview"))
+        .and(header_regex("Custom-Header", "Value"))
+        .and(header_regex(
+            "Authorization",
+            format!(
+                "Bearer {}",
+                std::env::var(existing_env_var_with_random_value).unwrap()
+            )
+            .as_str(),
+        ))
+        .respond_with(first)
+        .expect(1)
+        .mount(&server)
+        .await;
+
+    let provider = ModelProviderInfo {
+        name: "custom".to_string(),
+        base_url: Some(format!("{}/openai", server.uri())),
+        // Reuse the existing environment variable to avoid using unsafe code
+        env_key: Some(existing_env_var_with_random_value.to_string()),
+        query_params: Some(std::collections::HashMap::from([(
+            "api-version".to_string(),
+            "2025-04-01-preview".to_string(),
+        )])),
+        env_key_instructions: None,
+        wire_api: WireApi::Responses,
+        http_headers: Some(std::collections::HashMap::from([(
+            "Custom-Header".to_string(),
+            "Value".to_string(),
+        )])),
+        env_http_headers: None,
+        request_max_retries: None,
+        stream_max_retries: None,
+        stream_idle_timeout_ms: None,
+        requires_auth: false,
+    };
+
+    // Init session
+    let codex_home = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+    let mut config = load_default_config_for_test(&codex_home);
+    config.model_provider = provider;
+
+    let ctrl_c = std::sync::Arc::new(tokio::sync::Notify::new());
+    let CodexSpawnOk { codex, .. } = Codex::spawn(config, None, ctrl_c.clone()).await.unwrap();
+
+    codex
+        .submit(Op::UserInput {
+            items: vec![InputItem::Text {
+                text: "hello".into(),
+            }],
+        })
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+    wait_for_event(&codex, |ev| matches!(ev, EventMsg::TaskComplete(_))).await;
+}
+
 fn auth_from_token(id_token: String) -> CodexAuth {
    CodexAuth::new(
        None,
--- a/codex-rs/core/tests/compact.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/tests/compact.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,254 @@
+#![expect(clippy::unwrap_used)]
+
+use codex_core::Codex;
+use codex_core::CodexSpawnOk;
+use codex_core::ModelProviderInfo;
+use codex_core::built_in_model_providers;
+use codex_core::protocol::EventMsg;
+use codex_core::protocol::InputItem;
+use codex_core::protocol::Op;
+use codex_core::spawn::CODEX_SANDBOX_NETWORK_DISABLED_ENV_VAR;
+use codex_login::CodexAuth;
+use core_test_support::load_default_config_for_test;
+use core_test_support::wait_for_event;
+use serde_json::Value;
+use tempfile::TempDir;
+use wiremock::Mock;
+use wiremock::MockServer;
+use wiremock::ResponseTemplate;
+use wiremock::matchers::method;
+use wiremock::matchers::path;
+
+use pretty_assertions::assert_eq;
+
+// --- Test helpers -----------------------------------------------------------
+
+/// Build an SSE stream body from a list of JSON events.
+fn sse(events: Vec<Value>) -> String {
+    use std::fmt::Write as _;
+    let mut out = String::new();
+    for ev in events {
+        let kind = ev.get("type").and_then(|v| v.as_str()).unwrap();
+        writeln!(&mut out, "event: {kind}").unwrap();
+        if !ev.as_object().map(|o| o.len() == 1).unwrap_or(false) {
+            write!(&mut out, "data: {ev}\n\n").unwrap();
+        } else {
+            out.push('\n');
+        }
+    }
+    out
+}
+
+/// Convenience: SSE event for a completed response with a specific id.
+fn ev_completed(id: &str) -> Value {
+    serde_json::json!({
+        "type": "response.completed",
+        "response": {
+            "id": id,
+            "usage": {"input_tokens":0,"input_tokens_details":null,"output_tokens":0,"output_tokens_details":null,"total_tokens":0}
+        }
+    })
+}
+
+/// Convenience: SSE event for a single assistant message output item.
+fn ev_assistant_message(id: &str, text: &str) -> Value {
+    serde_json::json!({
+        "type": "response.output_item.done",
+        "item": {
+            "type": "message",
+            "role": "assistant",
+            "id": id,
+            "content": [{"type": "output_text", "text": text}]
+        }
+    })
+}
+
+fn sse_response(body: String) -> ResponseTemplate {
+    ResponseTemplate::new(200)
+        .insert_header("content-type", "text/event-stream")
+        .set_body_raw(body, "text/event-stream")
+}
+
+async fn mount_sse_once<M>(server: &MockServer, matcher: M, body: String)
+where
+    M: wiremock::Match + Send + Sync + 'static,
+{
+    Mock::given(method("POST"))
+        .and(path("/v1/responses"))
+        .and(matcher)
+        .respond_with(sse_response(body))
+        .expect(1)
+        .mount(server)
+        .await;
+}
+
+const FIRST_REPLY: &str = "FIRST_REPLY";
+const SUMMARY_TEXT: &str = "SUMMARY_ONLY_CONTEXT";
+const SUMMARIZE_TRIGGER: &str = "Start Summarization";
+const THIRD_USER_MSG: &str = "next turn";
+
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
+async fn summarize_context_three_requests_and_instructions() {
+    if std::env::var(CODEX_SANDBOX_NETWORK_DISABLED_ENV_VAR).is_ok() {
+        println!(
+            "Skipping test because it cannot execute when network is disabled in a Codex sandbox."
+        );
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // Set up a mock server that we can inspect after the run.
+    let server = MockServer::start().await;
+
+    // SSE 1: assistant replies normally so it is recorded in history.
+    let sse1 = sse(vec![
+        ev_assistant_message("m1", FIRST_REPLY),
+        ev_completed("r1"),
+    ]);
+
+    // SSE 2: summarizer returns a summary message.
+    let sse2 = sse(vec![
+        ev_assistant_message("m2", SUMMARY_TEXT),
+        ev_completed("r2"),
+    ]);
+
+    // SSE 3: minimal completed; we only need to capture the request body.
+    let sse3 = sse(vec![ev_completed("r3")]);
+
+    // Mount three expectations, one per request, matched by body content.
+    let first_matcher = |req: &wiremock::Request| {
+        let body = std::str::from_utf8(&req.body).unwrap_or("");
+        body.contains("\"text\":\"hello world\"")
+            && !body.contains(&format!("\"text\":\"{SUMMARIZE_TRIGGER}\""))
+    };
+    mount_sse_once(&server, first_matcher, sse1).await;
+
+    let second_matcher = |req: &wiremock::Request| {
+        let body = std::str::from_utf8(&req.body).unwrap_or("");
+        body.contains(&format!("\"text\":\"{SUMMARIZE_TRIGGER}\""))
+    };
+    mount_sse_once(&server, second_matcher, sse2).await;
+
+    let third_matcher = |req: &wiremock::Request| {
+        let body = std::str::from_utf8(&req.body).unwrap_or("");
+        body.contains(&format!("\"text\":\"{THIRD_USER_MSG}\""))
+    };
+    mount_sse_once(&server, third_matcher, sse3).await;
+
+    // Build config pointing to the mock server and spawn Codex.
+    let model_provider = ModelProviderInfo {
+        base_url: Some(format!("{}/v1", server.uri())),
+        ..built_in_model_providers()["openai"].clone()
+    };
+    let home = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+    let mut config = load_default_config_for_test(&home);
+    config.model_provider = model_provider;
+    let ctrl_c = std::sync::Arc::new(tokio::sync::Notify::new());
+    let CodexSpawnOk { codex, .. } = Codex::spawn(
+        config,
+        Some(CodexAuth::from_api_key("dummy".to_string())),
+        ctrl_c.clone(),
+    )
+    .await
+    .unwrap();
+
+    // 1) Normal user input – should hit server once.
+    codex
+        .submit(Op::UserInput {
+            items: vec![InputItem::Text {
+                text: "hello world".into(),
+            }],
+        })
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    wait_for_event(&codex, |ev| matches!(ev, EventMsg::TaskComplete(_))).await;
+
+    // 2) Summarize – second hit with summarization instructions.
+    codex.submit(Op::Compact).await.unwrap();
+    wait_for_event(&codex, |ev| matches!(ev, EventMsg::TaskComplete(_))).await;
+
+    // 3) Next user input – third hit; history should include only the summary.
+    codex
+        .submit(Op::UserInput {
+            items: vec![InputItem::Text {
+                text: THIRD_USER_MSG.into(),
+            }],
+        })
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    wait_for_event(&codex, |ev| matches!(ev, EventMsg::TaskComplete(_))).await;
+
+    // Inspect the three captured requests.
+    let requests = server.received_requests().await.unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(requests.len(), 3, "expected exactly three requests");
+
+    let req1 = &requests[0];
+    let req2 = &requests[1];
+    let req3 = &requests[2];
+
+    let body1 = req1.body_json::<serde_json::Value>().unwrap();
+    let body2 = req2.body_json::<serde_json::Value>().unwrap();
+    let body3 = req3.body_json::<serde_json::Value>().unwrap();
+
+    // System instructions should change for the summarization turn.
+    let instr1 = body1.get("instructions").and_then(|v| v.as_str()).unwrap();
+    let instr2 = body2.get("instructions").and_then(|v| v.as_str()).unwrap();
+    assert_ne!(
+        instr1, instr2,
+        "summarization should override base instructions"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        instr2.contains("You are a summarization assistant"),
+        "summarization instructions not applied"
+    );
+
+    // The summarization request should include the injected user input marker.
+    let input2 = body2.get("input").and_then(|v| v.as_array()).unwrap();
+    // The last item is the user message created from the injected input.
+    let last2 = input2.last().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(last2.get("type").unwrap().as_str().unwrap(), "message");
+    assert_eq!(last2.get("role").unwrap().as_str().unwrap(), "user");
+    let text2 = last2["content"][0]["text"].as_str().unwrap();
+    assert!(text2.contains(SUMMARIZE_TRIGGER));
+
+    // Third request must contain only the summary from step 2 as prior history plus new user msg.
+    let input3 = body3.get("input").and_then(|v| v.as_array()).unwrap();
+    println!("third request body: {body3}");
+    assert!(
+        input3.len() >= 2,
+        "expected summary + new user message in third request"
+    );
+
+    // Collect all (role, text) message tuples.
+    let mut messages: Vec<(String, String)> = Vec::new();
+    for item in input3 {
+        if item["type"].as_str() == Some("message") {
+            let role = item["role"].as_str().unwrap_or_default().to_string();
+            let text = item["content"][0]["text"]
+                .as_str()
+                .unwrap_or_default()
+                .to_string();
+            messages.push((role, text));
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Exactly one assistant message should remain after compaction and the new user message is present.
+    let assistant_count = messages.iter().filter(|(r, _)| r == "assistant").count();
+    assert_eq!(
+        assistant_count, 1,
+        "exactly one assistant message should remain after compaction"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        messages
+            .iter()
+            .any(|(r, t)| r == "user" && t == THIRD_USER_MSG),
+        "third request should include the new user message"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        !messages.iter().any(|(_, t)| t.contains("hello world")),
+        "third request should not include the original user input"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        !messages.iter().any(|(_, t)| t.contains(SUMMARIZE_TRIGGER)),
+        "third request should not include the summarize trigger"
+    );
+}
--- a/codex-rs/core/tests/exec.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/tests/exec.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#![cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+#![expect(clippy::expect_used)]
+
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use codex_core::exec::ExecParams;
+use codex_core::exec::SandboxType;
+use codex_core::exec::process_exec_tool_call;
+use codex_core::protocol::SandboxPolicy;
+use codex_core::spawn::CODEX_SANDBOX_ENV_VAR;
+use tempfile::TempDir;
+use tokio::sync::Notify;
+
+use codex_core::get_platform_sandbox;
+
+async fn run_test_cmd(tmp: TempDir, cmd: Vec<&str>, should_be_ok: bool) {
+    if std::env::var(CODEX_SANDBOX_ENV_VAR) == Ok("seatbelt".to_string()) {
+        eprintln!("{CODEX_SANDBOX_ENV_VAR} is set to 'seatbelt', skipping test.");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    let sandbox_type = get_platform_sandbox().expect("should be able to get sandbox type");
+    assert_eq!(sandbox_type, SandboxType::MacosSeatbelt);
+
+    let params = ExecParams {
+        command: cmd.iter().map(|s| s.to_string()).collect(),
+        cwd: tmp.path().to_path_buf(),
+        timeout_ms: Some(1000),
+        env: HashMap::new(),
+    };
+
+    let ctrl_c = Arc::new(Notify::new());
+    let policy = SandboxPolicy::new_read_only_policy();
+
+    let result = process_exec_tool_call(params, sandbox_type, ctrl_c, &policy, &None, None).await;
+
+    assert!(result.is_ok() == should_be_ok);
+}
+
+/// Command succeeds with exit code 0 normally
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn exit_code_0_succeeds() {
+    let tmp = TempDir::new().expect("should be able to create temp dir");
+    let cmd = vec!["echo", "hello"];
+
+    run_test_cmd(tmp, cmd, true).await
+}
+
+/// Command not found returns exit code 127, this is not considered a sandbox error
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn exit_command_not_found_is_ok() {
+    let tmp = TempDir::new().expect("should be able to create temp dir");
+    let cmd = vec!["/bin/bash", "-c", "nonexistent_command_12345"];
+    run_test_cmd(tmp, cmd, true).await
+}
+
+/// Writing a file fails and should be considered a sandbox error
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn write_file_fails_as_sandbox_error() {
+    let tmp = TempDir::new().expect("should be able to create temp dir");
+    let path = tmp.path().join("test.txt");
+    let cmd = vec![
+        "/user/bin/touch",
+        path.to_str().expect("should be able to get path"),
+    ];
+
+    run_test_cmd(tmp, cmd, false).await;
+}
--- a/codex-rs/core/tests/exec_stream_events.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/tests/exec_stream_events.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+#![cfg(unix)]
+
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use async_channel::Receiver;
+use codex_core::exec::ExecParams;
+use codex_core::exec::SandboxType;
+use codex_core::exec::StdoutStream;
+use codex_core::exec::process_exec_tool_call;
+use codex_core::protocol::Event;
+use codex_core::protocol::EventMsg;
+use codex_core::protocol::ExecCommandOutputDeltaEvent;
+use codex_core::protocol::ExecOutputStream;
+use codex_core::protocol::SandboxPolicy;
+use tokio::sync::Notify;
+
+fn collect_stdout_events(rx: Receiver<Event>) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let mut out = Vec::new();
+    while let Ok(ev) = rx.try_recv() {
+        if let EventMsg::ExecCommandOutputDelta(ExecCommandOutputDeltaEvent {
+            stream: ExecOutputStream::Stdout,
+            chunk,
+            ..
+        }) = ev.msg
+        {
+            out.extend_from_slice(&chunk);
+        }
+    }
+    out
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_exec_stdout_stream_events_echo() {
+    let (tx, rx) = async_channel::unbounded::<Event>();
+
+    let stdout_stream = StdoutStream {
+        sub_id: "test-sub".to_string(),
+        call_id: "call-1".to_string(),
+        tx_event: tx,
+    };
+
+    let cmd = vec![
+        "/bin/sh".to_string(),
+        "-c".to_string(),
+        // Use printf for predictable behavior across shells
+        "printf 'hello-world\n'".to_string(),
+    ];
+
+    let params = ExecParams {
+        command: cmd,
+        cwd: std::env::current_dir().unwrap_or_else(|_| PathBuf::from(".")),
+        timeout_ms: Some(5_000),
+        env: HashMap::new(),
+    };
+
+    let ctrl_c = Arc::new(Notify::new());
+    let policy = SandboxPolicy::new_read_only_policy();
+
+    let result = process_exec_tool_call(
+        params,
+        SandboxType::None,
+        ctrl_c,
+        &policy,
+        &None,
+        Some(stdout_stream),
+    )
+    .await;
+
+    let result = match result {
+        Ok(r) => r,
+        Err(e) => panic!("process_exec_tool_call failed: {e}"),
+    };
+
+    assert_eq!(result.exit_code, 0);
+    assert_eq!(result.stdout, "hello-world\n");
+
+    let streamed = collect_stdout_events(rx);
+    // We should have received at least the same contents (possibly in one chunk)
+    assert_eq!(String::from_utf8_lossy(&streamed), "hello-world\n");
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_exec_stderr_stream_events_echo() {
+    let (tx, rx) = async_channel::unbounded::<Event>();
+
+    let stdout_stream = StdoutStream {
+        sub_id: "test-sub".to_string(),
+        call_id: "call-2".to_string(),
+        tx_event: tx,
+    };
+
+    let cmd = vec![
+        "/bin/sh".to_string(),
+        "-c".to_string(),
+        // Write to stderr explicitly
+        "printf 'oops\n' 1>&2".to_string(),
+    ];
+
+    let params = ExecParams {
+        command: cmd,
+        cwd: std::env::current_dir().unwrap_or_else(|_| PathBuf::from(".")),
+        timeout_ms: Some(5_000),
+        env: HashMap::new(),
+    };
+
+    let ctrl_c = Arc::new(Notify::new());
+    let policy = SandboxPolicy::new_read_only_policy();
+
+    let result = process_exec_tool_call(
+        params,
+        SandboxType::None,
+        ctrl_c,
+        &policy,
+        &None,
+        Some(stdout_stream),
+    )
+    .await;
+
+    let result = match result {
+        Ok(r) => r,
+        Err(e) => panic!("process_exec_tool_call failed: {e}"),
+    };
+
+    assert_eq!(result.exit_code, 0);
+    assert_eq!(result.stdout, "");
+    assert_eq!(result.stderr, "oops\n");
+
+    // Collect only stderr delta events
+    let mut err = Vec::new();
+    while let Ok(ev) = rx.try_recv() {
+        if let EventMsg::ExecCommandOutputDelta(ExecCommandOutputDeltaEvent {
+            stream: ExecOutputStream::Stderr,
+            chunk,
+            ..
+        }) = ev.msg
+        {
+            err.extend_from_slice(&chunk);
+        }
+    }
+    assert_eq!(String::from_utf8_lossy(&err), "oops\n");
+}
--- a/codex-rs/core/tests/live_agent.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/tests/live_agent.rs
@@ -177,8 +177,7 @@ async fn live_shell_function_call() {
        match ev.msg {
            EventMsg::ExecCommandBegin(codex_core::protocol::ExecCommandBeginEvent {
                command,
-                call_id: _,
-                cwd: _,
+                ..
            }) => {
                assert_eq!(command, vec!["echo", MARKER]);
                saw_begin = true;
@@ -186,8 +185,7 @@ async fn live_shell_function_call() {
            EventMsg::ExecCommandEnd(codex_core::protocol::ExecCommandEndEvent {
                stdout,
                exit_code,
-                call_id: _,
-                stderr: _,
+                ..
            }) => {
                assert_eq!(exit_code, 0, "echo returned non‑zero exit code");
                assert!(stdout.contains(MARKER));
--- a/codex-rs/core/tests/sandbox.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/tests/sandbox.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,195 @@
+#![cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+#![expect(clippy::expect_used)]
+
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::path::Path;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+use codex_core::protocol::SandboxPolicy;
+use codex_core::seatbelt::spawn_command_under_seatbelt;
+use codex_core::spawn::CODEX_SANDBOX_ENV_VAR;
+use codex_core::spawn::StdioPolicy;
+use tempfile::TempDir;
+
+struct TestScenario {
+    repo_parent: PathBuf,
+    file_outside_repo: PathBuf,
+    repo_root: PathBuf,
+    file_in_repo_root: PathBuf,
+    file_in_dot_git_dir: PathBuf,
+}
+
+struct TestExpectations {
+    file_outside_repo_is_writable: bool,
+    file_in_repo_root_is_writable: bool,
+    file_in_dot_git_dir_is_writable: bool,
+}
+
+impl TestScenario {
+    async fn run_test(&self, policy: &SandboxPolicy, expectations: TestExpectations) {
+        if std::env::var(CODEX_SANDBOX_ENV_VAR) == Ok("seatbelt".to_string()) {
+            eprintln!("{CODEX_SANDBOX_ENV_VAR} is set to 'seatbelt', skipping test.");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            touch(&self.file_outside_repo, policy).await,
+            expectations.file_outside_repo_is_writable
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            self.file_outside_repo.exists(),
+            expectations.file_outside_repo_is_writable
+        );
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            touch(&self.file_in_repo_root, policy).await,
+            expectations.file_in_repo_root_is_writable
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            self.file_in_repo_root.exists(),
+            expectations.file_in_repo_root_is_writable
+        );
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            touch(&self.file_in_dot_git_dir, policy).await,
+            expectations.file_in_dot_git_dir_is_writable
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            self.file_in_dot_git_dir.exists(),
+            expectations.file_in_dot_git_dir_is_writable
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+/// If the user has added a workspace root that is not a Git repo root, then
+/// the user has to specify `--skip-git-repo-check` or go through some
+/// interstitial that indicates they are taking on some risk because Git
+/// cannot be used to backup their work before the agent begins.
+///
+/// Because the user has agreed to this risk, we do not try find all .git
+/// folders in the workspace and block them (though we could change our
+/// position on this in the future).
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn if_parent_of_repo_is_writable_then_dot_git_folder_is_writable() {
+    let tmp = TempDir::new().expect("should be able to create temp dir");
+    let test_scenario = create_test_scenario(&tmp);
+    let policy = SandboxPolicy::WorkspaceWrite {
+        writable_roots: vec![test_scenario.repo_parent.clone()],
+        network_access: false,
+        include_default_writable_roots: false,
+    };
+
+    test_scenario
+        .run_test(
+            &policy,
+            TestExpectations {
+                file_outside_repo_is_writable: true,
+                file_in_repo_root_is_writable: true,
+                file_in_dot_git_dir_is_writable: true,
+            },
+        )
+        .await;
+}
+
+/// When the writable root is the root of a Git repository (as evidenced by the
+/// presence of a .git folder), then the .git folder should be read-only if
+/// the policy is `WorkspaceWrite`.
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn if_git_repo_is_writable_root_then_dot_git_folder_is_read_only() {
+    let tmp = TempDir::new().expect("should be able to create temp dir");
+    let test_scenario = create_test_scenario(&tmp);
+    let policy = SandboxPolicy::WorkspaceWrite {
+        writable_roots: vec![test_scenario.repo_root.clone()],
+        network_access: false,
+        include_default_writable_roots: false,
+    };
+
+    test_scenario
+        .run_test(
+            &policy,
+            TestExpectations {
+                file_outside_repo_is_writable: false,
+                file_in_repo_root_is_writable: true,
+                file_in_dot_git_dir_is_writable: false,
+            },
+        )
+        .await;
+}
+
+/// Under DangerFullAccess, all writes should be permitted anywhere on disk,
+/// including inside the .git folder.
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn danger_full_access_allows_all_writes() {
+    let tmp = TempDir::new().expect("should be able to create temp dir");
+    let test_scenario = create_test_scenario(&tmp);
+    let policy = SandboxPolicy::DangerFullAccess;
+
+    test_scenario
+        .run_test(
+            &policy,
+            TestExpectations {
+                file_outside_repo_is_writable: true,
+                file_in_repo_root_is_writable: true,
+                file_in_dot_git_dir_is_writable: true,
+            },
+        )
+        .await;
+}
+
+/// Under ReadOnly, writes should not be permitted anywhere on disk.
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn read_only_forbids_all_writes() {
+    let tmp = TempDir::new().expect("should be able to create temp dir");
+    let test_scenario = create_test_scenario(&tmp);
+    let policy = SandboxPolicy::ReadOnly;
+
+    test_scenario
+        .run_test(
+            &policy,
+            TestExpectations {
+                file_outside_repo_is_writable: false,
+                file_in_repo_root_is_writable: false,
+                file_in_dot_git_dir_is_writable: false,
+            },
+        )
+        .await;
+}
+
+fn create_test_scenario(tmp: &TempDir) -> TestScenario {
+    let repo_parent = tmp.path().to_path_buf();
+    let repo_root = repo_parent.join("repo");
+    let dot_git_dir = repo_root.join(".git");
+
+    std::fs::create_dir(&repo_root).expect("should be able to create repo root");
+    std::fs::create_dir(&dot_git_dir).expect("should be able to create .git dir");
+
+    TestScenario {
+        file_outside_repo: repo_parent.join("outside.txt"),
+        repo_parent,
+        file_in_repo_root: repo_root.join("repo_file.txt"),
+        repo_root,
+        file_in_dot_git_dir: dot_git_dir.join("dot_git_file.txt"),
+    }
+}
+
+/// Note that `path` must be absolute.
+async fn touch(path: &Path, policy: &SandboxPolicy) -> bool {
+    assert!(path.is_absolute(), "Path must be absolute: {path:?}");
+    let mut child = spawn_command_under_seatbelt(
+        vec![
+            "/usr/bin/touch".to_string(),
+            path.to_string_lossy().to_string(),
+        ],
+        policy,
+        std::env::current_dir().expect("should be able to get current dir"),
+        StdioPolicy::RedirectForShellTool,
+        HashMap::new(),
+    )
+    .await
+    .expect("should be able to spawn command under seatbelt");
+    child
+        .wait()
+        .await
+        .expect("should be able to wait for child process")
+        .success()
+}
--- a/codex-rs/exec/src/event_processor.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/exec/src/event_processor.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ use std::path::Path;
 use codex_common::summarize_sandbox_policy;
 use codex_core::WireApi;
 use codex_core::config::Config;
-use codex_core::model_supports_reasoning_summaries;
 use codex_core::protocol::Event;

 pub(crate) enum CodexStatus {
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ pub(crate) fn create_config_summary_entries(config: &Config) -> Vec<(&'static st
        ("sandbox", summarize_sandbox_policy(&config.sandbox_policy)),
    ];
    if config.model_provider.wire_api == WireApi::Responses
-        && model_supports_reasoning_summaries(config)
+        && config.model_family.supports_reasoning_summaries
    {
        entries.push((
            "reasoning effort",
@@ -44,20 +43,14 @@ pub(crate) fn create_config_summary_entries(config: &Config) -> Vec<(&'static st
    entries
 }

-pub(crate) fn handle_last_message(
-    last_agent_message: Option<&str>,
-    last_message_path: Option<&Path>,
-) {
-    match (last_message_path, last_agent_message) {
-        (Some(path), Some(msg)) => write_last_message_file(msg, Some(path)),
-        (Some(path), None) => {
-            write_last_message_file("", Some(path));
-            eprintln!(
-                "Warning: no last agent message; wrote empty content to {}",
-                path.display()
-            );
-        }
-        (None, _) => eprintln!("Warning: no file to write last message to."),
+pub(crate) fn handle_last_message(last_agent_message: Option<&str>, output_file: &Path) {
+    let message = last_agent_message.unwrap_or_default();
+    write_last_message_file(message, Some(output_file));
+    if last_agent_message.is_none() {
+        eprintln!(
+            "Warning: no last agent message; wrote empty content to {}",
+            output_file.display()
+        );
    }
 }

--- a/codex-rs/exec/src/event_processor_with_human_output.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/exec/src/event_processor_with_human_output.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ use codex_core::plan_tool::UpdatePlanArgs;
 use codex_core::protocol::AgentMessageDeltaEvent;
 use codex_core::protocol::AgentMessageEvent;
 use codex_core::protocol::AgentReasoningDeltaEvent;
+use codex_core::protocol::AgentReasoningRawContentDeltaEvent;
+use codex_core::protocol::AgentReasoningRawContentEvent;
 use codex_core::protocol::BackgroundEventEvent;
 use codex_core::protocol::ErrorEvent;
 use codex_core::protocol::Event;
@@ -20,6 +22,7 @@ use codex_core::protocol::PatchApplyEndEvent;
 use codex_core::protocol::SessionConfiguredEvent;
 use codex_core::protocol::TaskCompleteEvent;
 use codex_core::protocol::TokenUsage;
+use codex_core::protocol::TurnDiffEvent;
 use owo_colors::OwoColorize;
 use owo_colors::Style;
 use shlex::try_join;
@@ -54,8 +57,10 @@ pub(crate) struct EventProcessorWithHumanOutput {

    /// Whether to include `AgentReasoning` events in the output.
    show_agent_reasoning: bool,
+    show_raw_agent_reasoning: bool,
    answer_started: bool,
    reasoning_started: bool,
+    raw_reasoning_started: bool,
    last_message_path: Option<PathBuf>,
 }

@@ -80,8 +85,10 @@ impl EventProcessorWithHumanOutput {
                green: Style::new().green(),
                cyan: Style::new().cyan(),
                show_agent_reasoning: !config.hide_agent_reasoning,
+                show_raw_agent_reasoning: config.show_raw_agent_reasoning,
                answer_started: false,
                reasoning_started: false,
+                raw_reasoning_started: false,
                last_message_path,
            }
        } else {
@@ -96,8 +103,10 @@ impl EventProcessorWithHumanOutput {
                green: Style::new(),
                cyan: Style::new(),
                show_agent_reasoning: !config.hide_agent_reasoning,
+                show_raw_agent_reasoning: config.show_raw_agent_reasoning,
                answer_started: false,
                reasoning_started: false,
+                raw_reasoning_started: false,
                last_message_path,
            }
        }
@@ -106,7 +115,6 @@ impl EventProcessorWithHumanOutput {

 struct ExecCommandBegin {
    command: Vec<String>,
-    start_time: Instant,
 }

 struct PatchApplyBegin {
@@ -170,10 +178,9 @@ impl EventProcessor for EventProcessorWithHumanOutput {
                // Ignore.
            }
            EventMsg::TaskComplete(TaskCompleteEvent { last_agent_message }) => {
-                handle_last_message(
-                    last_agent_message.as_deref(),
-                    self.last_message_path.as_deref(),
-                );
+                if let Some(output_file) = self.last_message_path.as_deref() {
+                    handle_last_message(last_agent_message.as_deref(), output_file);
+                }
                return CodexStatus::InitiateShutdown;
            }
            EventMsg::TokenCount(TokenUsage { total_tokens, .. }) => {
@@ -204,6 +211,32 @@ impl EventProcessor for EventProcessorWithHumanOutput {
                #[allow(clippy::expect_used)]
                std::io::stdout().flush().expect("could not flush stdout");
            }
+            EventMsg::AgentReasoningRawContent(AgentReasoningRawContentEvent { text }) => {
+                if !self.show_raw_agent_reasoning {
+                    return CodexStatus::Running;
+                }
+                if !self.raw_reasoning_started {
+                    print!("{text}");
+                    #[allow(clippy::expect_used)]
+                    std::io::stdout().flush().expect("could not flush stdout");
+                } else {
+                    println!();
+                    self.raw_reasoning_started = false;
+                }
+            }
+            EventMsg::AgentReasoningRawContentDelta(AgentReasoningRawContentDeltaEvent {
+                delta,
+            }) => {
+                if !self.show_raw_agent_reasoning {
+                    return CodexStatus::Running;
+                }
+                if !self.raw_reasoning_started {
+                    self.raw_reasoning_started = true;
+                }
+                print!("{delta}");
+                #[allow(clippy::expect_used)]
+                std::io::stdout().flush().expect("could not flush stdout");
+            }
            EventMsg::AgentMessage(AgentMessageEvent { message }) => {
                // if answer_started is false, this means we haven't received any
                // delta. Thus, we need to print the message as a new answer.
@@ -228,7 +261,6 @@ impl EventProcessor for EventProcessorWithHumanOutput {
                    call_id.clone(),
                    ExecCommandBegin {
                        command: command.clone(),
-                        start_time: Instant::now(),
                    },
                );
                ts_println!(
@@ -239,20 +271,19 @@ impl EventProcessor for EventProcessorWithHumanOutput {
                    cwd.to_string_lossy(),
                );
            }
+            EventMsg::ExecCommandOutputDelta(_) => {}
            EventMsg::ExecCommandEnd(ExecCommandEndEvent {
                call_id,
                stdout,
                stderr,
+                duration,
                exit_code,
            }) => {
                let exec_command = self.call_id_to_command.remove(&call_id);
-                let (duration, call) = if let Some(ExecCommandBegin {
-                    command,
-                    start_time,
-                }) = exec_command
+                let (duration, call) = if let Some(ExecCommandBegin { command, .. }) = exec_command
                {
                    (
-                        format!(" in {}", format_elapsed(start_time)),
+                        format!(" in {}", format_duration(duration)),
                        format!("{}", escape_command(&command).style(self.bold)),
                    )
                } else {
@@ -402,6 +433,7 @@ impl EventProcessor for EventProcessorWithHumanOutput {
                stdout,
                stderr,
                success,
+                ..
            }) => {
                let patch_begin = self.call_id_to_patch.remove(&call_id);

@@ -431,6 +463,10 @@ impl EventProcessor for EventProcessorWithHumanOutput {
                    println!("{}", line.style(self.dimmed));
                }
            }
+            EventMsg::TurnDiff(TurnDiffEvent { unified_diff }) => {
+                ts_println!(self, "{}", "turn diff:".style(self.magenta));
+                println!("{unified_diff}");
+            }
            EventMsg::ExecApprovalRequest(_) => {
                // Should we exit?
            }
--- a/codex-rs/exec/src/event_processor_with_json_output.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/exec/src/event_processor_with_json_output.rs
@@ -46,10 +46,9 @@ impl EventProcessor for EventProcessorWithJsonOutput {
                CodexStatus::Running
            }
            EventMsg::TaskComplete(TaskCompleteEvent { last_agent_message }) => {
-                handle_last_message(
-                    last_agent_message.as_deref(),
-                    self.last_message_path.as_deref(),
-                );
+                if let Some(output_file) = self.last_message_path.as_deref() {
+                    handle_last_message(last_agent_message.as_deref(), output_file);
+                }
                CodexStatus::InitiateShutdown
            }
            EventMsg::ShutdownComplete => CodexStatus::Shutdown,
--- a/codex-rs/execpolicy/Cargo.toml
+++ b/codex-rs/execpolicy/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ multimap = "0.10.0"
 path-absolutize = "3.1.1"
 regex-lite = "0.1"
 serde = { version = "1.0.194", features = ["derive"] }
-serde_json = "1.0.110"
+serde_json = "1.0.142"
 serde_with = { version = "3", features = ["macros"] }

 [dev-dependencies]
--- a/codex-rs/file-search/Cargo.toml
+++ b/codex-rs/file-search/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ clap = { version = "4", features = ["derive"] }
 ignore = "0.4.23"
 nucleo-matcher = "0.3.1"
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
-serde_json = "1.0.110"
+serde_json = "1.0.142"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
--- a/codex-rs/linux-sandbox/src/landlock.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/linux-sandbox/src/landlock.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,11 @@ pub(crate) fn apply_sandbox_policy_to_current_thread(
    }

    if !sandbox_policy.has_full_disk_write_access() {
-        let writable_roots = sandbox_policy.get_writable_roots_with_cwd(cwd);
+        let writable_roots = sandbox_policy
+            .get_writable_roots_with_cwd(cwd)
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|writable_root| writable_root.root)
+            .collect();
        install_filesystem_landlock_rules_on_current_thread(writable_roots)?;
    }

--- a/codex-rs/linux-sandbox/tests/landlock.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/linux-sandbox/tests/landlock.rs
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ async fn run_cmd(cmd: &[&str], writable_roots: &[PathBuf], timeout_ms: u64) {
    let sandbox_policy = SandboxPolicy::WorkspaceWrite {
        writable_roots: writable_roots.to_vec(),
        network_access: false,
+        include_default_writable_roots: true,
    };
    let sandbox_program = env!("CARGO_BIN_EXE_codex-linux-sandbox");
    let codex_linux_sandbox_exe = Some(PathBuf::from(sandbox_program));
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ async fn run_cmd(cmd: &[&str], writable_roots: &[PathBuf], timeout_ms: u64) {
        ctrl_c,
        &sandbox_policy,
        &codex_linux_sandbox_exe,
+        None,
    )
    .await
    .unwrap();
@@ -149,6 +151,7 @@ async fn assert_network_blocked(cmd: &[&str]) {
        ctrl_c,
        &sandbox_policy,
        &codex_linux_sandbox_exe,
+        None,
    )
    .await;

--- a/codex-rs/login/src/lib.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/login/src/lib.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const SOURCE_FOR_PYTHON_SERVER: &str = include_str!("./login_with_chatgpt.py");
 const CLIENT_ID: &str = "app_EMoamEEZ73f0CkXaXp7hrann";
 pub const OPENAI_API_KEY_ENV_VAR: &str = "OPENAI_API_KEY";

-#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Copy)]
 pub enum AuthMode {
    ApiKey,
    ChatGPT,
--- a/codex-rs/login/src/login_with_chatgpt.py
+++ b/codex-rs/login/src/login_with_chatgpt.py
@@ -458,6 +458,7 @@ class _ApiKeyHTTPServer(http.server.HTTPServer):
            "code_challenge": self.pkce.code_challenge,
            "code_challenge_method": "S256",
            "id_token_add_organizations": "true",
+            "codex_cli_simplified_flow": "true",
            "state": self.state,
        }
        return f"{self.issuer}/oauth/authorize?" + urllib.parse.urlencode(params)
@@ -686,6 +687,7 @@ LOGIN_SUCCESS_HTML = """<!DOCTYPE html>
        justify-content: center;
        position: relative;
        background: white;
+
        font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;
      }
      .inner-container {
@@ -703,6 +705,7 @@ LOGIN_SUCCESS_HTML = """<!DOCTYPE html>
        align-items: center;
        gap: 20px;
        display: flex;
+        margin-top: 15vh;
      }
      .svg-wrapper {
        position: relative;
@@ -710,9 +713,9 @@ LOGIN_SUCCESS_HTML = """<!DOCTYPE html>
      .title {
        text-align: center;
        color: var(--text-primary, #0D0D0D);
-        font-size: 28px;
+        font-size: 32px;
        font-weight: 400;
-        line-height: 36.40px;
+        line-height: 40px;
        word-wrap: break-word;
      }
      .setup-box {
@@ -785,16 +788,26 @@ LOGIN_SUCCESS_HTML = """<!DOCTYPE html>
        word-wrap: break-word;
        text-decoration: none;
      }
+      .logo {
+        display: flex;
+        align-items: center;
+        justify-content: center;
+        width: 4rem;
+        height: 4rem;
+        border-radius: 16px;
+        border: .5px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
+        box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 4px 16px 0px;
+        box-sizing: border-box;
+        background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
+      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div class="container">
      <div class="inner-container">
        <div class="content">
-          <div data-svg-wrapper class="svg-wrapper">
-            <svg width="56" height="56" viewBox="0 0 56 56" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
-              <path d="M4.6665 28.0003C4.6665 15.1137 15.1132 4.66699 27.9998 4.66699C40.8865 4.66699 51.3332 15.1137 51.3332 28.0003C51.3332 40.887 40.8865 51.3337 27.9998 51.3337C15.1132 51.3337 4.6665 40.887 4.6665 28.0003ZM37.5093 18.5088C36.4554 17.7672 34.9999 18.0203 34.2583 19.0742L24.8508 32.4427L20.9764 28.1808C20.1095 27.2272 18.6338 27.1569 17.6803 28.0238C16.7267 28.8906 16.6565 30.3664 17.5233 31.3199L23.3566 37.7366C23.833 38.2606 24.5216 38.5399 25.2284 38.4958C25.9353 38.4517 26.5838 38.089 26.9914 37.5098L38.0747 21.7598C38.8163 20.7059 38.5632 19.2504 37.5093 18.5088Z" fill="var(--green-400, #04B84C)"/>
-            </svg>
+          <div class="logo">
+            <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="32" height="32" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 32 32"><path stroke="#000" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-width="2.484" d="M22.356 19.797H17.17M9.662 12.29l1.979 3.576a.511.511 0 0 1-.005.504l-1.974 3.409M30.758 16c0 8.15-6.607 14.758-14.758 14.758-8.15 0-14.758-6.607-14.758-14.758C1.242 7.85 7.85 1.242 16 1.242c8.15 0 14.758 6.608 14.758 14.758Z"></path></svg>
          </div>
          <div class="title">Signed in to Codex CLI</div>
        </div>
--- a/codex-rs/mcp-server/src/codex_tool_runner.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/mcp-server/src/codex_tool_runner.rs
@@ -252,16 +252,20 @@ async fn run_codex_tool_session_inner(
                    EventMsg::AgentMessage(AgentMessageEvent { .. }) => {
                        // TODO: think how we want to support this in the MCP
                    }
-                    EventMsg::TaskStarted
+                    EventMsg::AgentReasoningRawContent(_)
+                    | EventMsg::AgentReasoningRawContentDelta(_)
+                    | EventMsg::TaskStarted
                    | EventMsg::TokenCount(_)
                    | EventMsg::AgentReasoning(_)
                    | EventMsg::McpToolCallBegin(_)
                    | EventMsg::McpToolCallEnd(_)
                    | EventMsg::ExecCommandBegin(_)
+                    | EventMsg::ExecCommandOutputDelta(_)
                    | EventMsg::ExecCommandEnd(_)
                    | EventMsg::BackgroundEvent(_)
                    | EventMsg::PatchApplyBegin(_)
                    | EventMsg::PatchApplyEnd(_)
+                    | EventMsg::TurnDiff(_)
                    | EventMsg::GetHistoryEntryResponse(_)
                    | EventMsg::PlanUpdate(_)
                    | EventMsg::ShutdownComplete => {
--- a/codex-rs/mcp-server/src/conversation_loop.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/mcp-server/src/conversation_loop.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use crate::exec_approval::handle_exec_approval_request;
+use crate::outgoing_message::OutgoingMessageSender;
+use crate::outgoing_message::OutgoingNotificationMeta;
+use crate::patch_approval::handle_patch_approval_request;
+use codex_core::Codex;
+use codex_core::protocol::AgentMessageEvent;
+use codex_core::protocol::ApplyPatchApprovalRequestEvent;
+use codex_core::protocol::EventMsg;
+use codex_core::protocol::ExecApprovalRequestEvent;
+use mcp_types::RequestId;
+use tracing::error;
+
+pub async fn run_conversation_loop(
+    codex: Arc<Codex>,
+    outgoing: Arc<OutgoingMessageSender>,
+    request_id: RequestId,
+) {
+    let request_id_str = match &request_id {
+        RequestId::String(s) => s.clone(),
+        RequestId::Integer(n) => n.to_string(),
+    };
+
+    // Stream events until the task needs to pause for user interaction or
+    // completes.
+    loop {
+        match codex.next_event().await {
+            Ok(event) => {
+                outgoing
+                    .send_event_as_notification(
+                        &event,
+                        Some(OutgoingNotificationMeta::new(Some(request_id.clone()))),
+                    )
+                    .await;
+
+                match event.msg {
+                    EventMsg::ExecApprovalRequest(ExecApprovalRequestEvent {
+                        command,
+                        cwd,
+                        call_id,
+                        reason: _,
+                    }) => {
+                        handle_exec_approval_request(
+                            command,
+                            cwd,
+                            outgoing.clone(),
+                            codex.clone(),
+                            request_id.clone(),
+                            request_id_str.clone(),
+                            event.id.clone(),
+                            call_id,
+                        )
+                        .await;
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                    EventMsg::Error(_) => {
+                        error!("Codex runtime error");
+                    }
+                    EventMsg::ApplyPatchApprovalRequest(ApplyPatchApprovalRequestEvent {
+                        call_id,
+                        reason,
+                        grant_root,
+                        changes,
+                    }) => {
+                        handle_patch_approval_request(
+                            call_id,
+                            reason,
+                            grant_root,
+                            changes,
+                            outgoing.clone(),
+                            codex.clone(),
+                            request_id.clone(),
+                            request_id_str.clone(),
+                            event.id.clone(),
+                        )
+                        .await;
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                    EventMsg::TaskComplete(_) => {}
+                    EventMsg::SessionConfigured(_) => {
+                        tracing::error!("unexpected SessionConfigured event");
+                    }
+                    EventMsg::AgentMessageDelta(_) => {
+                        // TODO: think how we want to support this in the MCP
+                    }
+                    EventMsg::AgentReasoningDelta(_) => {
+                        // TODO: think how we want to support this in the MCP
+                    }
+                    EventMsg::AgentMessage(AgentMessageEvent { .. }) => {
+                        // TODO: think how we want to support this in the MCP
+                    }
+                    EventMsg::AgentReasoningRawContent(_)
+                    | EventMsg::AgentReasoningRawContentDelta(_)
+                    | EventMsg::TaskStarted
+                    | EventMsg::TokenCount(_)
+                    | EventMsg::AgentReasoning(_)
+                    | EventMsg::McpToolCallBegin(_)
+                    | EventMsg::McpToolCallEnd(_)
+                    | EventMsg::ExecCommandBegin(_)
+                    | EventMsg::ExecCommandEnd(_)
+                    | EventMsg::TurnDiff(_)
+                    | EventMsg::BackgroundEvent(_)
+                    | EventMsg::ExecCommandOutputDelta(_)
+                    | EventMsg::PatchApplyBegin(_)
+                    | EventMsg::PatchApplyEnd(_)
+                    | EventMsg::GetHistoryEntryResponse(_)
+                    | EventMsg::PlanUpdate(_)
+                    | EventMsg::ShutdownComplete => {
+                        // For now, we do not do anything extra for these
+                        // events. Note that
+                        // send(codex_event_to_notification(&event)) above has
+                        // already dispatched these events as notifications,
+                        // though we may want to do give different treatment to
+                        // individual events in the future.
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                error!("Codex runtime error: {e}");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/codex-rs/mcp-server/src/exec_approval.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/mcp-server/src/exec_approval.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use crate::codex_tool_runner::INVALID_PARAMS_ERROR_CODE;

 /// Conforms to [`mcp_types::ElicitRequestParams`] so that it can be used as the
 /// `params` field of an [`ElicitRequest`].
-#[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub struct ExecApprovalElicitRequestParams {
    // These fields are required so that `params`
    // conforms to ElicitRequestParams.
--- a/codex-rs/mcp-server/src/lib.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/mcp-server/src/lib.rs
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@ use tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter;

 mod codex_tool_config;
 mod codex_tool_runner;
+mod conversation_loop;
 mod exec_approval;
 mod json_to_toml;
-mod mcp_protocol;
-mod message_processor;
+pub mod mcp_protocol;
+pub(crate) mod message_processor;
 mod outgoing_message;
 mod patch_approval;
+pub(crate) mod tool_handlers;

 use crate::message_processor::MessageProcessor;
 use crate::outgoing_message::OutgoingMessage;
--- a/codex-rs/mcp-server/src/mcp_protocol.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/mcp-server/src/mcp_protocol.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ use serde::Serialize;
 use strum_macros::Display;
 use uuid::Uuid;

+use mcp_types::CallToolResult;
+use mcp_types::ContentBlock;
 use mcp_types::RequestId;
+use mcp_types::TextContent;

 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(transparent)]
@@ -118,10 +121,47 @@ pub struct ToolCallResponse {
    pub request_id: RequestId,
    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
    pub is_error: Option<bool>,
-    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none", flatten)]
    pub result: Option<ToolCallResponseResult>,
 }

+impl From<ToolCallResponse> for CallToolResult {
+    fn from(val: ToolCallResponse) -> Self {
+        let ToolCallResponse {
+            request_id: _request_id,
+            is_error,
+            result,
+        } = val;
+        match result {
+            Some(res) => match serde_json::to_value(&res) {
+                Ok(v) => CallToolResult {
+                    content: vec![ContentBlock::TextContent(TextContent {
+                        r#type: "text".to_string(),
+                        text: v.to_string(),
+                        annotations: None,
+                    })],
+                    is_error,
+                    structured_content: Some(v),
+                },
+                Err(e) => CallToolResult {
+                    content: vec![ContentBlock::TextContent(TextContent {
+                        r#type: "text".to_string(),
+                        text: format!("Failed to serialize tool result: {e}"),
+                        annotations: None,
+                    })],
+                    is_error: Some(true),
+                    structured_content: None,
+                },
+            },
+            None => CallToolResult {
+                content: vec![],
+                is_error,
+                structured_content: None,
+            },
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(untagged)]
 pub enum ToolCallResponseResult {
@@ -132,17 +172,26 @@ pub enum ToolCallResponseResult {
 }

 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-pub struct ConversationCreateResult {
-    pub conversation_id: ConversationId,
-    pub model: String,
+#[serde(untagged)]
+pub enum ConversationCreateResult {
+    Ok {
+        conversation_id: ConversationId,
+        model: String,
+    },
+    Error {
+        message: String,
+    },
 }

 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct ConversationStreamResult {}

 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-pub struct ConversationSendMessageResult {
-    pub success: bool,
+// TODO: remove this status because we have is_error field in the response.
+#[serde(tag = "status", rename_all = "camelCase")]
+pub enum ConversationSendMessageResult {
+    Ok,
+    Error { message: String },
 }

 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
@@ -449,16 +498,19 @@ mod tests {
            request_id: RequestId::Integer(1),
            is_error: None,
            result: Some(ToolCallResponseResult::ConversationCreate(
-                ConversationCreateResult {
+                ConversationCreateResult::Ok {
                    conversation_id: ConversationId(uuid!("d0f6ecbe-84a2-41c1-b23d-b20473b25eab")),
                    model: "o3".into(),
                },
            )),
        };
-        let observed = to_val(&env);
+        let req_id = env.request_id.clone();
+        let observed = to_val(&CallToolResult::from(env));
        let expected = json!({
-            "requestId": 1,
-            "result": {
+            "content": [
+                { "type": "text", "text": "{\"conversation_id\":\"d0f6ecbe-84a2-41c1-b23d-b20473b25eab\",\"model\":\"o3\"}" }
+            ],
+            "structuredContent": {
                "conversation_id": "d0f6ecbe-84a2-41c1-b23d-b20473b25eab",
                "model": "o3"
            }
@@ -467,6 +519,36 @@ mod tests {
            observed, expected,
            "response (ConversationCreate) must match"
        );
+        assert_eq!(req_id, RequestId::Integer(1));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn response_error_conversation_create_full_schema() {
+        let env = ToolCallResponse {
+            request_id: RequestId::Integer(2),
+            is_error: Some(true),
+            result: Some(ToolCallResponseResult::ConversationCreate(
+                ConversationCreateResult::Error {
+                    message: "Failed to initialize session".into(),
+                },
+            )),
+        };
+        let req_id = env.request_id.clone();
+        let observed = to_val(&CallToolResult::from(env));
+        let expected = json!({
+            "content": [
+                { "type": "text", "text": "{\"message\":\"Failed to initialize session\"}" }
+            ],
+            "isError": true,
+            "structuredContent": {
+                "message": "Failed to initialize session"
+            }
+        });
+        assert_eq!(
+            observed, expected,
+            "error response (ConversationCreate) must match"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(req_id, RequestId::Integer(2));
    }

    #[test]
@@ -478,15 +560,17 @@ mod tests {
                ConversationStreamResult {},
            )),
        };
-        let observed = to_val(&env);
+        let req_id = env.request_id.clone();
+        let observed = to_val(&CallToolResult::from(env));
        let expected = json!({
-            "requestId": 2,
-            "result": {}
+            "content": [ { "type": "text", "text": "{}" } ],
+            "structuredContent": {}
        });
        assert_eq!(
            observed, expected,
            "response (ConversationStream) must have empty object result"
        );
+        assert_eq!(req_id, RequestId::Integer(2));
    }

    #[test]
@@ -495,18 +579,20 @@ mod tests {
            request_id: RequestId::Integer(3),
            is_error: None,
            result: Some(ToolCallResponseResult::ConversationSendMessage(
-                ConversationSendMessageResult { success: true },
+                ConversationSendMessageResult::Ok,
            )),
        };
-        let observed = to_val(&env);
+        let req_id = env.request_id.clone();
+        let observed = to_val(&CallToolResult::from(env));
        let expected = json!({
-            "requestId": 3,
-            "result": { "success": true }
+            "content": [ { "type": "text", "text": "{\"status\":\"ok\"}" } ],
+            "structuredContent": { "status": "ok" }
        });
        assert_eq!(
            observed, expected,
            "response (ConversationSendMessageAccepted) must match"
        );
+        assert_eq!(req_id, RequestId::Integer(3));
    }

    #[test]
@@ -526,10 +612,13 @@ mod tests {
                },
            )),
        };
-        let observed = to_val(&env);
+        let req_id = env.request_id.clone();
+        let observed = to_val(&CallToolResult::from(env));
        let expected = json!({
-            "requestId": 4,
-            "result": {
+            "content": [
+                { "type": "text", "text": "{\"conversations\":[{\"conversation_id\":\"67e55044-10b1-426f-9247-bb680e5fe0c8\",\"title\":\"Refactor config loader\"}],\"next_cursor\":\"next123\"}" }
+            ],
+            "structuredContent": {
                "conversations": [
                    {
                        "conversation_id": "67e55044-10b1-426f-9247-bb680e5fe0c8",
@@ -543,6 +632,7 @@ mod tests {
            observed, expected,
            "response (ConversationsList with cursor) must match"
        );
+        assert_eq!(req_id, RequestId::Integer(4));
    }

    #[test]
@@ -552,15 +642,17 @@ mod tests {
            is_error: Some(true),
            result: None,
        };
-        let observed = to_val(&env);
+        let req_id = env.request_id.clone();
+        let observed = to_val(&CallToolResult::from(env));
        let expected = json!({
-            "requestId": 4,
+            "content": [],
            "isError": true
        });
        assert_eq!(
            observed, expected,
            "error response must omit `result` and include `isError`"
        );
+        assert_eq!(req_id, RequestId::Integer(4));
    }

    // ----- Notifications -----
--- a/codex-rs/mcp-server/src/message_processor.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/mcp-server/src/message_processor.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::Arc;

@@ -6,11 +7,17 @@ use crate::codex_tool_config::CodexToolCallParam;
 use crate::codex_tool_config::CodexToolCallReplyParam;
 use crate::codex_tool_config::create_tool_for_codex_tool_call_param;
 use crate::codex_tool_config::create_tool_for_codex_tool_call_reply_param;
+use crate::mcp_protocol::ToolCallRequestParams;
+use crate::mcp_protocol::ToolCallResponse;
+use crate::mcp_protocol::ToolCallResponseResult;
 use crate::outgoing_message::OutgoingMessageSender;
+use crate::tool_handlers::create_conversation::handle_create_conversation;
+use crate::tool_handlers::send_message::handle_send_message;

 use codex_core::Codex;
 use codex_core::config::Config as CodexConfig;
 use codex_core::protocol::Submission;
+use mcp_types::CallToolRequest;
 use mcp_types::CallToolRequestParams;
 use mcp_types::CallToolResult;
 use mcp_types::ClientRequest;
@@ -37,6 +44,7 @@ pub(crate) struct MessageProcessor {
    codex_linux_sandbox_exe: Option<PathBuf>,
    session_map: Arc<Mutex<HashMap<Uuid, Arc<Codex>>>>,
    running_requests_id_to_codex_uuid: Arc<Mutex<HashMap<RequestId, Uuid>>>,
+    running_session_ids: Arc<Mutex<HashSet<Uuid>>>,
 }

 impl MessageProcessor {
@@ -52,9 +60,22 @@ impl MessageProcessor {
            codex_linux_sandbox_exe,
            session_map: Arc::new(Mutex::new(HashMap::new())),
            running_requests_id_to_codex_uuid: Arc::new(Mutex::new(HashMap::new())),
+            running_session_ids: Arc::new(Mutex::new(HashSet::new())),
        }
    }

+    pub(crate) fn session_map(&self) -> Arc<Mutex<HashMap<Uuid, Arc<Codex>>>> {
+        self.session_map.clone()
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn outgoing(&self) -> Arc<OutgoingMessageSender> {
+        self.outgoing.clone()
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn running_session_ids(&self) -> Arc<Mutex<HashSet<Uuid>>> {
+        self.running_session_ids.clone()
+    }
+
    pub(crate) async fn process_request(&mut self, request: JSONRPCRequest) {
        // Hold on to the ID so we can respond.
        let request_id = request.id.clone();
@@ -300,6 +321,14 @@ impl MessageProcessor {
        params: <mcp_types::CallToolRequest as mcp_types::ModelContextProtocolRequest>::Params,
    ) {
        tracing::info!("tools/call -> params: {:?}", params);
+        // Serialize params into JSON and try to parse as new type
+        if let Ok(new_params) =
+            serde_json::to_value(&params).and_then(serde_json::from_value::<ToolCallRequestParams>)
+        {
+            // New tool call matched → forward
+            self.handle_new_tool_calls(id, new_params).await;
+            return;
+        }
        let CallToolRequestParams { name, arguments } = params;

        match name.as_str() {
@@ -323,6 +352,29 @@ impl MessageProcessor {
            }
        }
    }
+    async fn handle_new_tool_calls(&self, request_id: RequestId, params: ToolCallRequestParams) {
+        match params {
+            ToolCallRequestParams::ConversationCreate(args) => {
+                handle_create_conversation(self, request_id, args).await;
+            }
+            ToolCallRequestParams::ConversationSendMessage(args) => {
+                handle_send_message(self, request_id, args).await;
+            }
+            _ => {
+                let result = CallToolResult {
+                    content: vec![ContentBlock::TextContent(TextContent {
+                        r#type: "text".to_string(),
+                        text: "Unknown tool".to_string(),
+                        annotations: None,
+                    })],
+                    is_error: Some(true),
+                    structured_content: None,
+                };
+                self.send_response::<CallToolRequest>(request_id, result)
+                    .await;
+            }
+        }
+    }

    async fn handle_tool_call_codex(&self, id: RequestId, arguments: Option<serde_json::Value>) {
        let (initial_prompt, config): (String, CodexConfig) = match arguments {
@@ -631,4 +683,20 @@ impl MessageProcessor {
    ) {
        tracing::info!("notifications/message -> params: {:?}", params);
    }
+
+    pub(crate) async fn send_response_with_optional_error(
+        &self,
+        id: RequestId,
+        message: Option<ToolCallResponseResult>,
+        error: Option<bool>,
+    ) {
+        let response = ToolCallResponse {
+            request_id: id.clone(),
+            is_error: error,
+            result: message,
+        };
+        let result: CallToolResult = response.into();
+        self.send_response::<mcp_types::CallToolRequest>(id.clone(), result)
+            .await;
+    }
 }
--- a/codex-rs/mcp-server/src/tool_handlers/create_conversation.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/mcp-server/src/tool_handlers/create_conversation.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use codex_core::Codex;
+use codex_core::codex_wrapper::init_codex;
+use codex_core::config::Config as CodexConfig;
+use codex_core::config::ConfigOverrides;
+use codex_core::protocol::EventMsg;
+use codex_core::protocol::SessionConfiguredEvent;
+use mcp_types::RequestId;
+use tokio::sync::Mutex;
+use uuid::Uuid;
+
+use crate::conversation_loop::run_conversation_loop;
+use crate::json_to_toml::json_to_toml;
+use crate::mcp_protocol::ConversationCreateArgs;
+use crate::mcp_protocol::ConversationCreateResult;
+use crate::mcp_protocol::ConversationId;
+use crate::mcp_protocol::ToolCallResponseResult;
+use crate::message_processor::MessageProcessor;
+
+pub(crate) async fn handle_create_conversation(
+    message_processor: &MessageProcessor,
+    id: RequestId,
+    args: ConversationCreateArgs,
+) {
+    // Build ConfigOverrides from args
+    let ConversationCreateArgs {
+        prompt: _, // not used here; creation only establishes the session
+        model,
+        cwd,
+        approval_policy,
+        sandbox,
+        config,
+        profile,
+        base_instructions,
+    } = args;
+
+    // Convert config overrides JSON into CLI-style TOML overrides
+    let cli_overrides: Vec<(String, toml::Value)> = match config {
+        Some(v) => match v.as_object() {
+            Some(map) => map
+                .into_iter()
+                .map(|(k, v)| (k.clone(), json_to_toml(v.clone())))
+                .collect(),
+            None => Vec::new(),
+        },
+        None => Vec::new(),
+    };
+
+    let overrides = ConfigOverrides {
+        model: Some(model.clone()),
+        cwd: Some(PathBuf::from(cwd)),
+        approval_policy,
+        sandbox_mode: sandbox,
+        model_provider: None,
+        config_profile: profile,
+        codex_linux_sandbox_exe: None,
+        base_instructions,
+        include_plan_tool: None,
+    };
+
+    let cfg: CodexConfig = match CodexConfig::load_with_cli_overrides(cli_overrides, overrides) {
+        Ok(cfg) => cfg,
+        Err(e) => {
+            message_processor
+                .send_response_with_optional_error(
+                    id,
+                    Some(ToolCallResponseResult::ConversationCreate(
+                        ConversationCreateResult::Error {
+                            message: format!("Failed to load config: {e}"),
+                        },
+                    )),
+                    Some(true),
+                )
+                .await;
+            return;
+        }
+    };
+
+    // Initialize Codex session
+    let codex_conversation = match init_codex(cfg).await {
+        Ok(conv) => conv,
+        Err(e) => {
+            message_processor
+                .send_response_with_optional_error(
+                    id,
+                    Some(ToolCallResponseResult::ConversationCreate(
+                        ConversationCreateResult::Error {
+                            message: format!("Failed to initialize session: {e}"),
+                        },
+                    )),
+                    Some(true),
+                )
+                .await;
+            return;
+        }
+    };
+
+    // Expect SessionConfigured; if not, return error.
+    let EventMsg::SessionConfigured(SessionConfiguredEvent { model, .. }) =
+        &codex_conversation.session_configured.msg
+    else {
+        message_processor
+            .send_response_with_optional_error(
+                id,
+                Some(ToolCallResponseResult::ConversationCreate(
+                    ConversationCreateResult::Error {
+                        message: "Expected SessionConfigured event".to_string(),
+                    },
+                )),
+                Some(true),
+            )
+            .await;
+        return;
+    };
+
+    let effective_model = model.clone();
+
+    let session_id = codex_conversation.session_id;
+    let codex_arc = Arc::new(codex_conversation.codex);
+
+    // Store session for future calls
+    insert_session(
+        session_id,
+        codex_arc.clone(),
+        message_processor.session_map(),
+    )
+    .await;
+    // Run the conversation loop in the background so this request can return immediately.
+    let outgoing = message_processor.outgoing();
+    let spawn_id = id.clone();
+    tokio::spawn(async move {
+        run_conversation_loop(codex_arc.clone(), outgoing, spawn_id).await;
+    });
+
+    // Reply with the new conversation id and effective model
+    message_processor
+        .send_response_with_optional_error(
+            id,
+            Some(ToolCallResponseResult::ConversationCreate(
+                ConversationCreateResult::Ok {
+                    conversation_id: ConversationId(session_id),
+                    model: effective_model,
+                },
+            )),
+            Some(false),
+        )
+        .await;
+}
+
+async fn insert_session(
+    session_id: Uuid,
+    codex: Arc<Codex>,
+    session_map: Arc<Mutex<HashMap<Uuid, Arc<Codex>>>>,
+) {
+    let mut guard = session_map.lock().await;
+    guard.insert(session_id, codex);
+}
--- a/codex-rs/mcp-server/src/tool_handlers/mod.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/mcp-server/src/tool_handlers/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+pub(crate) mod create_conversation;
+pub(crate) mod send_message;
--- a/codex-rs/mcp-server/src/tool_handlers/send_message.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/mcp-server/src/tool_handlers/send_message.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use codex_core::Codex;
+use codex_core::protocol::Op;
+use codex_core::protocol::Submission;
+use mcp_types::RequestId;
+use tokio::sync::Mutex;
+use uuid::Uuid;
+
+use crate::mcp_protocol::ConversationSendMessageArgs;
+use crate::mcp_protocol::ConversationSendMessageResult;
+use crate::mcp_protocol::ToolCallResponseResult;
+use crate::message_processor::MessageProcessor;
+
+pub(crate) async fn handle_send_message(
+    message_processor: &MessageProcessor,
+    id: RequestId,
+    arguments: ConversationSendMessageArgs,
+) {
+    let ConversationSendMessageArgs {
+        conversation_id,
+        content: items,
+        parent_message_id: _,
+        conversation_overrides: _,
+    } = arguments;
+
+    if items.is_empty() {
+        message_processor
+            .send_response_with_optional_error(
+                id,
+                Some(ToolCallResponseResult::ConversationSendMessage(
+                    ConversationSendMessageResult::Error {
+                        message: "No content items provided".to_string(),
+                    },
+                )),
+                Some(true),
+            )
+            .await;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    let session_id = conversation_id.0;
+    let Some(codex) = get_session(session_id, message_processor.session_map()).await else {
+        message_processor
+            .send_response_with_optional_error(
+                id,
+                Some(ToolCallResponseResult::ConversationSendMessage(
+                    ConversationSendMessageResult::Error {
+                        message: "Session does not exist".to_string(),
+                    },
+                )),
+                Some(true),
+            )
+            .await;
+        return;
+    };
+
+    let running = {
+        let running_sessions = message_processor.running_session_ids();
+        let mut running_sessions = running_sessions.lock().await;
+        !running_sessions.insert(session_id)
+    };
+
+    if running {
+        message_processor
+            .send_response_with_optional_error(
+                id,
+                Some(ToolCallResponseResult::ConversationSendMessage(
+                    ConversationSendMessageResult::Error {
+                        message: "Session is already running".to_string(),
+                    },
+                )),
+                Some(true),
+            )
+            .await;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    let request_id_string = match &id {
+        RequestId::String(s) => s.clone(),
+        RequestId::Integer(i) => i.to_string(),
+    };
+
+    let submit_res = codex
+        .submit_with_id(Submission {
+            id: request_id_string,
+            op: Op::UserInput { items },
+        })
+        .await;
+
+    if let Err(e) = submit_res {
+        message_processor
+            .send_response_with_optional_error(
+                id,
+                Some(ToolCallResponseResult::ConversationSendMessage(
+                    ConversationSendMessageResult::Error {
+                        message: format!("Failed to submit user input: {e}"),
+                    },
+                )),
+                Some(true),
+            )
+            .await;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    message_processor
+        .send_response_with_optional_error(
+            id,
+            Some(ToolCallResponseResult::ConversationSendMessage(
+                ConversationSendMessageResult::Ok,
+            )),
+            Some(false),
+        )
+        .await;
+}
+
+pub(crate) async fn get_session(
+    session_id: Uuid,
+    session_map: Arc<Mutex<HashMap<Uuid, Arc<Codex>>>>,
+) -> Option<Arc<Codex>> {
+    let guard = session_map.lock().await;
+    guard.get(&session_id).cloned()
+}
--- a/codex-rs/mcp-server/tests/codex_tool.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/mcp-server/tests/codex_tool.rs
@@ -89,14 +89,18 @@ async fn shell_command_approval_triggers_elicitation() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
    // This is the first request from the server, so the id should be 0 given
    // how things are currently implemented.
    let elicitation_request_id = RequestId::Integer(0);
+    let params = serde_json::from_value::<ExecApprovalElicitRequestParams>(
+        elicitation_request
+            .params
+            .clone()
+            .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("elicitation_request.params must be set"))?,
+    )?;
    let expected_elicitation_request = create_expected_elicitation_request(
        elicitation_request_id.clone(),
        shell_command.clone(),
        workdir_for_shell_function_call.path(),
        codex_request_id.to_string(),
-        // Internal Codex id: empirically it is 1, but this is
-        // admittedly an internal detail that could change.
-        "1".to_string(),
+        params.codex_event_id.clone(),
    )?;
    assert_eq!(expected_elicitation_request, elicitation_request);

--- a/codex-rs/mcp-server/tests/common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/codex-rs/mcp-server/tests/common/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ path = "lib.rs"
 anyhow = "1"
 assert_cmd = "2"
 codex-mcp-server = { path = "../.." }
+codex-core = { path = "../../../core" }
 mcp-types = { path = "../../../mcp-types" }
 pretty_assertions = "1.4.1"
 serde_json = "1"
@@ -22,3 +23,4 @@ tokio = { version = "1", features = [
    "rt-multi-thread",
 ] }
 wiremock = "0.6"
+uuid = { version = "1", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
--- a/codex-rs/mcp-server/tests/common/mcp_process.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/mcp-server/tests/common/mcp_process.rs
@@ -11,8 +11,14 @@ use tokio::process::ChildStdout;

 use anyhow::Context;
 use assert_cmd::prelude::*;
+use codex_core::protocol::InputItem;
 use codex_mcp_server::CodexToolCallParam;
 use codex_mcp_server::CodexToolCallReplyParam;
+use codex_mcp_server::mcp_protocol::ConversationCreateArgs;
+use codex_mcp_server::mcp_protocol::ConversationId;
+use codex_mcp_server::mcp_protocol::ConversationSendMessageArgs;
+use codex_mcp_server::mcp_protocol::ToolCallRequestParams;
+
 use mcp_types::CallToolRequestParams;
 use mcp_types::ClientCapabilities;
 use mcp_types::Implementation;
@@ -29,6 +35,7 @@ use pretty_assertions::assert_eq;
 use serde_json::json;
 use std::process::Command as StdCommand;
 use tokio::process::Command;
+use uuid::Uuid;

 pub struct McpProcess {
    next_request_id: AtomicI64,
@@ -174,6 +181,61 @@ impl McpProcess {
        .await
    }

+    pub async fn send_user_message_tool_call(
+        &mut self,
+        message: &str,
+        session_id: &str,
+    ) -> anyhow::Result<i64> {
+        let params = ToolCallRequestParams::ConversationSendMessage(ConversationSendMessageArgs {
+            conversation_id: ConversationId(Uuid::parse_str(session_id)?),
+            content: vec![InputItem::Text {
+                text: message.to_string(),
+            }],
+            parent_message_id: None,
+            conversation_overrides: None,
+        });
+        self.send_request(
+            mcp_types::CallToolRequest::METHOD,
+            Some(serde_json::to_value(params)?),
+        )
+        .await
+    }
+
+    pub async fn send_conversation_create_tool_call(
+        &mut self,
+        prompt: &str,
+        model: &str,
+        cwd: &str,
+    ) -> anyhow::Result<i64> {
+        let params = ToolCallRequestParams::ConversationCreate(ConversationCreateArgs {
+            prompt: prompt.to_string(),
+            model: model.to_string(),
+            cwd: cwd.to_string(),
+            approval_policy: None,
+            sandbox: None,
+            config: None,
+            profile: None,
+            base_instructions: None,
+        });
+        self.send_request(
+            mcp_types::CallToolRequest::METHOD,
+            Some(serde_json::to_value(params)?),
+        )
+        .await
+    }
+
+    pub async fn send_conversation_create_with_args(
+        &mut self,
+        args: ConversationCreateArgs,
+    ) -> anyhow::Result<i64> {
+        let params = ToolCallRequestParams::ConversationCreate(args);
+        self.send_request(
+            mcp_types::CallToolRequest::METHOD,
+            Some(serde_json::to_value(params)?),
+        )
+        .await
+    }
+
    async fn send_request(
        &mut self,
        method: &str,
--- a/codex-rs/mcp-server/tests/create_conversation.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/mcp-server/tests/create_conversation.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+#![allow(clippy::expect_used, clippy::unwrap_used)]
+
+use std::path::Path;
+
+use mcp_test_support::McpProcess;
+use mcp_test_support::create_final_assistant_message_sse_response;
+use mcp_test_support::create_mock_chat_completions_server;
+use mcp_types::JSONRPCResponse;
+use mcp_types::RequestId;
+use pretty_assertions::assert_eq;
+use serde_json::json;
+use tempfile::TempDir;
+use tokio::time::timeout;
+
+const DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT: std::time::Duration = std::time::Duration::from_secs(10);
+
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
+async fn test_conversation_create_and_send_message_ok() {
+    // Mock server – we won't strictly rely on it, but provide one to satisfy any model wiring.
+    let responses = vec![
+        create_final_assistant_message_sse_response("Done").expect("build mock assistant message"),
+    ];
+    let server = create_mock_chat_completions_server(responses).await;
+
+    // Temporary Codex home with config pointing at the mock server.
+    let codex_home = TempDir::new().expect("create temp dir");
+    create_config_toml(codex_home.path(), &server.uri()).expect("write config.toml");
+
+    // Start MCP server process and initialize.
+    let mut mcp = McpProcess::new(codex_home.path())
+        .await
+        .expect("spawn mcp process");
+    timeout(DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT, mcp.initialize())
+        .await
+        .expect("init timeout")
+        .expect("init failed");
+
+    // Create a conversation via the new tool.
+    let req_id = mcp
+        .send_conversation_create_tool_call("", "o3", "/repo")
+        .await
+        .expect("send conversationCreate");
+
+    let resp: JSONRPCResponse = timeout(
+        DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT,
+        mcp.read_stream_until_response_message(RequestId::Integer(req_id)),
+    )
+    .await
+    .expect("create response timeout")
+    .expect("create response error");
+
+    // Structured content must include status=ok, a UUID conversation_id and the model we passed.
+    let sc = &resp.result["structuredContent"];
+    let conv_id = sc["conversation_id"].as_str().expect("uuid string");
+    assert!(!conv_id.is_empty());
+    assert_eq!(sc["model"], json!("o3"));
+
+    // Now send a message to the created conversation and expect an OK result.
+    let send_id = mcp
+        .send_user_message_tool_call("Hello", conv_id)
+        .await
+        .expect("send message");
+
+    let send_resp: JSONRPCResponse = timeout(
+        DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT,
+        mcp.read_stream_until_response_message(RequestId::Integer(send_id)),
+    )
+    .await
+    .expect("send response timeout")
+    .expect("send response error");
+    assert_eq!(
+        send_resp.result["structuredContent"],
+        json!({ "status": "ok" })
+    );
+
+    // avoid race condition by waiting for the mock server to receive the chat.completions request
+    let deadline = std::time::Instant::now() + DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT;
+    loop {
+        let requests = server.received_requests().await.unwrap_or_default();
+        if !requests.is_empty() {
+            break;
+        }
+        if std::time::Instant::now() >= deadline {
+            panic!("mock server did not receive the chat.completions request in time");
+        }
+        tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(10)).await;
+    }
+
+    // Verify the outbound request body matches expectations for Chat Completions.
+    let request = &server.received_requests().await.unwrap()[0];
+    let body = request
+        .body_json::<serde_json::Value>()
+        .expect("parse request body as JSON");
+    assert_eq!(body["model"], json!("o3"));
+    assert!(body["stream"].as_bool().unwrap_or(false));
+    let messages = body["messages"]
+        .as_array()
+        .expect("messages should be array");
+    let last = messages.last().expect("at least one message");
+    assert_eq!(last["role"], json!("user"));
+    assert_eq!(last["content"], json!("Hello"));
+
+    drop(server);
+}
+
+// Helper to create a config.toml pointing at the mock model server.
+fn create_config_toml(codex_home: &Path, server_uri: &str) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    let config_toml = codex_home.join("config.toml");
+    std::fs::write(
+        config_toml,
+        format!(
+            r#"
+model = "mock-model"
+approval_policy = "never"
+sandbox_mode = "danger-full-access"
+
+model_provider = "mock_provider"
+
+[model_providers.mock_provider]
+name = "Mock provider for test"
+base_url = "{server_uri}/v1"
+wire_api = "chat"
+request_max_retries = 0
+stream_max_retries = 0
+"#
+        ),
+    )
+}
--- a/codex-rs/mcp-server/tests/send_message.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/mcp-server/tests/send_message.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+#![allow(clippy::expect_used)]
+
+use std::path::Path;
+use std::thread::sleep;
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use codex_mcp_server::CodexToolCallParam;
+use mcp_test_support::McpProcess;
+use mcp_test_support::create_final_assistant_message_sse_response;
+use mcp_test_support::create_mock_chat_completions_server;
+use mcp_types::JSONRPC_VERSION;
+use mcp_types::JSONRPCResponse;
+use mcp_types::RequestId;
+use pretty_assertions::assert_eq;
+use serde_json::json;
+use tempfile::TempDir;
+use tokio::time::timeout;
+
+const DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT: std::time::Duration = std::time::Duration::from_secs(10);
+
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
+async fn test_send_message_success() {
+    // Spin up a mock completions server that immediately ends the Codex turn.
+    // Two Codex turns hit the mock model (session start + send-user-message). Provide two SSE responses.
+    let responses = vec![
+        create_final_assistant_message_sse_response("Done").expect("build mock assistant message"),
+        create_final_assistant_message_sse_response("Done").expect("build mock assistant message"),
+    ];
+    let server = create_mock_chat_completions_server(responses).await;
+
+    // Create a temporary Codex home with config pointing at the mock server.
+    let codex_home = TempDir::new().expect("create temp dir");
+    create_config_toml(codex_home.path(), &server.uri()).expect("write config.toml");
+
+    // Start MCP server process and initialize.
+    let mut mcp_process = McpProcess::new(codex_home.path())
+        .await
+        .expect("spawn mcp process");
+    timeout(DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT, mcp_process.initialize())
+        .await
+        .expect("init timed out")
+        .expect("init failed");
+
+    // Kick off a Codex session so we have a valid session_id.
+    let codex_request_id = mcp_process
+        .send_codex_tool_call(CodexToolCallParam {
+            prompt: "Start a session".to_string(),
+            ..Default::default()
+        })
+        .await
+        .expect("send codex tool call");
+
+    // Wait for the session_configured event to get the session_id.
+    let session_id = mcp_process
+        .read_stream_until_configured_response_message()
+        .await
+        .expect("read session_configured");
+
+    // The original codex call will finish quickly given our mock; consume its response.
+    timeout(
+        DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT,
+        mcp_process.read_stream_until_response_message(RequestId::Integer(codex_request_id)),
+    )
+    .await
+    .expect("codex response timeout")
+    .expect("codex response error");
+
+    // Now exercise the send-user-message tool.
+    let send_msg_request_id = mcp_process
+        .send_user_message_tool_call("Hello again", &session_id)
+        .await
+        .expect("send send-message tool call");
+
+    let response: JSONRPCResponse = timeout(
+        DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT,
+        mcp_process.read_stream_until_response_message(RequestId::Integer(send_msg_request_id)),
+    )
+    .await
+    .expect("send-user-message response timeout")
+    .expect("send-user-message response error");
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        JSONRPCResponse {
+            jsonrpc: JSONRPC_VERSION.into(),
+            id: RequestId::Integer(send_msg_request_id),
+            result: json!({
+                "content": [
+                    {
+                        "text": "{\"status\":\"ok\"}",
+                        "type": "text",
+                    }
+                ],
+                "isError": false,
+                "structuredContent": {
+                    "status": "ok"
+                }
+            }),
+        },
+        response
+    );
+    // wait for the server to hear the user message
+    sleep(Duration::from_secs(1));
+
+    // Ensure the server and tempdir live until end of test
+    drop(server);
+}
+
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
+async fn test_send_message_session_not_found() {
+    // Start MCP without creating a Codex session
+    let codex_home = TempDir::new().expect("tempdir");
+    let mut mcp = McpProcess::new(codex_home.path()).await.expect("spawn");
+    timeout(DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT, mcp.initialize())
+        .await
+        .expect("timeout")
+        .expect("init");
+
+    let unknown = uuid::Uuid::new_v4().to_string();
+    let req_id = mcp
+        .send_user_message_tool_call("ping", &unknown)
+        .await
+        .expect("send tool");
+
+    let resp: JSONRPCResponse = timeout(
+        DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT,
+        mcp.read_stream_until_response_message(RequestId::Integer(req_id)),
+    )
+    .await
+    .expect("timeout")
+    .expect("resp");
+
+    let result = resp.result.clone();
+    let content = result["content"][0]["text"].as_str().unwrap_or("");
+    assert!(content.contains("Session does not exist"));
+    assert_eq!(result["isError"], json!(true));
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Helpers
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+fn create_config_toml(codex_home: &Path, server_uri: &str) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    let config_toml = codex_home.join("config.toml");
+    std::fs::write(
+        config_toml,
+        format!(
+            r#"
+model = "mock-model"
+approval_policy = "never"
+sandbox_mode = "danger-full-access"
+
+model_provider = "mock_provider"
+
+[model_providers.mock_provider]
+name = "Mock provider for test"
+base_url = "{server_uri}/v1"
+wire_api = "chat"
+request_max_retries = 0
+stream_max_retries = 0
+"#
+        ),
+    )
+}
--- a/codex-rs/ollama/Cargo.toml
+++ b/codex-rs/ollama/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+[package]
+edition = "2024"
+name = "codex-ollama"
+version = { workspace = true }
+
+[lib]
+name = "codex_ollama"
+path = "src/lib.rs"
+
+[lints]
+workspace = true
+
+[dependencies]
+async-stream = "0.3"
+bytes = "1.10.1"
+codex-core = { path = "../core" }
+futures = "0.3"
+reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["json", "stream"] }
+serde_json = "1"
+tokio = { version = "1", features = [
+    "io-std",
+    "macros",
+    "process",
+    "rt-multi-thread",
+    "signal",
+] }
+toml = "0.9.2"
+tracing = { version = "0.1.41", features = ["log"] }
+wiremock = "0.6"
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+tempfile = "3"
--- a/codex-rs/ollama/src/client.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/ollama/src/client.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,255 @@
+use bytes::BytesMut;
+use futures::StreamExt;
+use futures::stream::BoxStream;
+use serde_json::Value as JsonValue;
+use std::collections::VecDeque;
+use std::io;
+
+use codex_core::WireApi;
+
+use crate::parser::pull_events_from_value;
+use crate::pull::PullEvent;
+use crate::pull::PullProgressReporter;
+use crate::url::base_url_to_host_root;
+use crate::url::is_openai_compatible_base_url;
+
+/// Client for interacting with a local Ollama instance.
+pub struct OllamaClient {
+    client: reqwest::Client,
+    host_root: String,
+    uses_openai_compat: bool,
+}
+
+impl OllamaClient {
+    pub fn from_oss_provider() -> Self {
+        #![allow(clippy::expect_used)]
+        // Use the built-in OSS provider's base URL.
+        let built_in_model_providers = codex_core::built_in_model_providers();
+        let provider = built_in_model_providers
+            .get(codex_core::BUILT_IN_OSS_MODEL_PROVIDER_ID)
+            .expect("oss provider must exist");
+        let base_url = provider
+            .base_url
+            .as_ref()
+            .expect("oss provider must have a base_url");
+        Self::from_provider(base_url, provider.wire_api)
+    }
+
+    /// Build a client from a provider definition. Falls back to the default
+    /// local URL if no base_url is configured.
+    fn from_provider(base_url: &str, wire_api: WireApi) -> Self {
+        let uses_openai_compat = is_openai_compatible_base_url(base_url)
+            || matches!(wire_api, WireApi::Chat) && is_openai_compatible_base_url(base_url);
+        let host_root = base_url_to_host_root(base_url);
+        let client = reqwest::Client::builder()
+            .connect_timeout(std::time::Duration::from_secs(5))
+            .build()
+            .unwrap_or_else(|_| reqwest::Client::new());
+        Self {
+            client,
+            host_root,
+            uses_openai_compat,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_host(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.host_root
+    }
+
+    /// Low-level constructor given a raw host root, e.g. "http://localhost:11434".
+    #[cfg(test)]
+    fn from_host_root(host_root: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
+        let client = reqwest::Client::builder()
+            .connect_timeout(std::time::Duration::from_secs(5))
+            .build()
+            .unwrap_or_else(|_| reqwest::Client::new());
+        Self {
+            client,
+            host_root: host_root.into(),
+            uses_openai_compat: false,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Probe whether the server is reachable by hitting the appropriate health endpoint.
+    pub async fn probe_server(&self) -> io::Result<bool> {
+        let url = if self.uses_openai_compat {
+            format!("{}/v1/models", self.host_root.trim_end_matches('/'))
+        } else {
+            format!("{}/api/tags", self.host_root.trim_end_matches('/'))
+        };
+        let resp = self.client.get(url).send().await;
+        Ok(matches!(resp, Ok(r) if r.status().is_success()))
+    }
+
+    /// Return the list of model names known to the local Ollama instance.
+    pub async fn fetch_models(&self) -> io::Result<Vec<String>> {
+        let tags_url = format!("{}/api/tags", self.host_root.trim_end_matches('/'));
+        let resp = self
+            .client
+            .get(tags_url)
+            .send()
+            .await
+            .map_err(io::Error::other)?;
+        if !resp.status().is_success() {
+            return Ok(Vec::new());
+        }
+        let val = resp.json::<JsonValue>().await.map_err(io::Error::other)?;
+        let names = val
+            .get("models")
+            .and_then(|m| m.as_array())
+            .map(|arr| {
+                arr.iter()
+                    .filter_map(|v| v.get("name").and_then(|n| n.as_str()))
+                    .map(|s| s.to_string())
+                    .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+            })
+            .unwrap_or_default();
+        Ok(names)
+    }
+
+    /// Start a model pull and emit streaming events. The returned stream ends when
+    /// a Success event is observed or the server closes the connection.
+    pub async fn pull_model_stream(
+        &self,
+        model: &str,
+    ) -> io::Result<BoxStream<'static, PullEvent>> {
+        let url = format!("{}/api/pull", self.host_root.trim_end_matches('/'));
+        let resp = self
+            .client
+            .post(url)
+            .json(&serde_json::json!({"model": model, "stream": true}))
+            .send()
+            .await
+            .map_err(io::Error::other)?;
+        if !resp.status().is_success() {
+            return Err(io::Error::other(format!(
+                "failed to start pull: HTTP {}",
+                resp.status()
+            )));
+        }
+
+        let mut stream = resp.bytes_stream();
+        let mut buf = BytesMut::new();
+        let _pending: VecDeque<PullEvent> = VecDeque::new();
+
+        // Using an async stream adaptor backed by unfold-like manual loop.
+        let s = async_stream::stream! {
+            while let Some(chunk) = stream.next().await {
+                match chunk {
+                    Ok(bytes) => {
+                        buf.extend_from_slice(&bytes);
+                        while let Some(pos) = buf.iter().position(|b| *b == b'\n') {
+                            let line = buf.split_to(pos + 1);
+                            if let Ok(text) = std::str::from_utf8(&line) {
+                                let text = text.trim();
+                                if text.is_empty() { continue; }
+                                if let Ok(value) = serde_json::from_str::<JsonValue>(text) {
+                                    for ev in pull_events_from_value(&value) { yield ev; }
+                                    if let Some(err_msg) = value.get("error").and_then(|e| e.as_str()) {
+                                        yield PullEvent::Status(format!("error: {err_msg}"));
+                                        return;
+                                    }
+                                    if let Some(status) = value.get("status").and_then(|s| s.as_str()) {
+                                        if status == "success" { yield PullEvent::Success; return; }
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    Err(_) => {
+                        // Connection error: end the stream.
+                        return;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        };
+
+        Ok(Box::pin(s))
+    }
+
+    /// High-level helper to pull a model and drive a progress reporter.
+    pub async fn pull_with_reporter(
+        &self,
+        model: &str,
+        reporter: &mut dyn PullProgressReporter,
+    ) -> io::Result<()> {
+        reporter.on_event(&PullEvent::Status(format!("Pulling model {model}...")))?;
+        let mut stream = self.pull_model_stream(model).await?;
+        while let Some(event) = stream.next().await {
+            reporter.on_event(&event)?;
+            if matches!(event, PullEvent::Success) {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    #![allow(clippy::expect_used, clippy::unwrap_used)]
+    use super::*;
+
+    // Happy-path tests using a mock HTTP server; skip if sandbox network is disabled.
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_fetch_models_happy_path() {
+        if std::env::var(codex_core::spawn::CODEX_SANDBOX_NETWORK_DISABLED_ENV_VAR).is_ok() {
+            tracing::info!(
+                "{} is set; skipping test_fetch_models_happy_path",
+                codex_core::spawn::CODEX_SANDBOX_NETWORK_DISABLED_ENV_VAR
+            );
+            return;
+        }
+
+        let server = wiremock::MockServer::start().await;
+        wiremock::Mock::given(wiremock::matchers::method("GET"))
+            .and(wiremock::matchers::path("/api/tags"))
+            .respond_with(
+                wiremock::ResponseTemplate::new(200).set_body_raw(
+                    serde_json::json!({
+                        "models": [ {"name": "llama3.2:3b"}, {"name":"mistral"} ]
+                    })
+                    .to_string(),
+                    "application/json",
+                ),
+            )
+            .mount(&server)
+            .await;
+
+        let client = OllamaClient::from_host_root(server.uri());
+        let models = client.fetch_models().await.expect("fetch models");
+        assert!(models.contains(&"llama3.2:3b".to_string()));
+        assert!(models.contains(&"mistral".to_string()));
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_probe_server_happy_path_openai_compat_and_native() {
+        if std::env::var(codex_core::spawn::CODEX_SANDBOX_NETWORK_DISABLED_ENV_VAR).is_ok() {
+            tracing::info!(
+                "{} set; skipping test_probe_server_happy_path_openai_compat_and_native",
+                codex_core::spawn::CODEX_SANDBOX_NETWORK_DISABLED_ENV_VAR
+            );
+            return;
+        }
+
+        let server = wiremock::MockServer::start().await;
+
+        // Native endpoint
+        wiremock::Mock::given(wiremock::matchers::method("GET"))
+            .and(wiremock::matchers::path("/api/tags"))
+            .respond_with(wiremock::ResponseTemplate::new(200))
+            .mount(&server)
+            .await;
+        let native = OllamaClient::from_host_root(server.uri());
+        assert!(native.probe_server().await.expect("probe native"));
+
+        // OpenAI compatibility endpoint
+        wiremock::Mock::given(wiremock::matchers::method("GET"))
+            .and(wiremock::matchers::path("/v1/models"))
+            .respond_with(wiremock::ResponseTemplate::new(200))
+            .mount(&server)
+            .await;
+        let ollama_client = OllamaClient::from_provider(&server.uri(), WireApi::Chat);
+        assert!(ollama_client.probe_server().await.expect("probe compat"));
+    }
+}
--- a/codex-rs/ollama/src/lib.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/ollama/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+mod client;
+mod parser;
+mod pull;
+mod url;
+
+pub use client::OllamaClient;
--- a/codex-rs/ollama/src/parser.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/ollama/src/parser.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+use serde_json::Value as JsonValue;
+
+use crate::pull::PullEvent;
+
+// Convert a single JSON object representing a pull update into one or more events.
+pub(crate) fn pull_events_from_value(value: &JsonValue) -> Vec<PullEvent> {
+    let mut events = Vec::new();
+    if let Some(status) = value.get("status").and_then(|s| s.as_str()) {
+        events.push(PullEvent::Status(status.to_string()));
+        if status == "success" {
+            events.push(PullEvent::Success);
+        }
+    }
+    let digest = value
+        .get("digest")
+        .and_then(|d| d.as_str())
+        .unwrap_or("")
+        .to_string();
+    let total = value.get("total").and_then(|t| t.as_u64());
+    let completed = value.get("completed").and_then(|t| t.as_u64());
+    if total.is_some() || completed.is_some() {
+        events.push(PullEvent::ChunkProgress {
+            digest,
+            total,
+            completed,
+        });
+    }
+    events
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_pull_events_decoder_status_and_success() {
+        let v: JsonValue = serde_json::json!({"status":"verifying"});
+        let events = pull_events_from_value(&v);
+        assert!(matches!(events.as_slice(), [PullEvent::Status(s)] if s == "verifying"));
+
+        let v2: JsonValue = serde_json::json!({"status":"success"});
+        let events2 = pull_events_from_value(&v2);
+        assert_eq!(events2.len(), 2);
+        assert!(matches!(events2[0], PullEvent::Status(ref s) if s == "success"));
+        assert!(matches!(events2[1], PullEvent::Success));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_pull_events_decoder_progress() {
+        let v: JsonValue = serde_json::json!({"digest":"sha256:abc","total":100});
+        let events = pull_events_from_value(&v);
+        assert_eq!(events.len(), 1);
+        match &events[0] {
+            PullEvent::ChunkProgress {
+                digest,
+                total,
+                completed,
+            } => {
+                assert_eq!(digest, "sha256:abc");
+                assert_eq!(*total, Some(100));
+                assert_eq!(*completed, None);
+            }
+            _ => panic!("expected ChunkProgress"),
+        }
+
+        let v2: JsonValue = serde_json::json!({"digest":"sha256:def","completed":42});
+        let events2 = pull_events_from_value(&v2);
+        assert_eq!(events2.len(), 1);
+        match &events2[0] {
+            PullEvent::ChunkProgress {
+                digest,
+                total,
+                completed,
+            } => {
+                assert_eq!(digest, "sha256:def");
+                assert_eq!(*total, None);
+                assert_eq!(*completed, Some(42));
+            }
+            _ => panic!("expected ChunkProgress"),
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/codex-rs/ollama/src/pull.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/ollama/src/pull.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::io;
+use std::io::Write;
+
+/// Events emitted while pulling a model from Ollama.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub enum PullEvent {
+    /// A human-readable status message (e.g., "verifying", "writing").
+    Status(String),
+    /// Byte-level progress update for a specific layer digest.
+    ChunkProgress {
+        digest: String,
+        total: Option<u64>,
+        completed: Option<u64>,
+    },
+    /// The pull finished successfully.
+    Success,
+}
+
+/// A simple observer for pull progress events. Implementations decide how to
+/// render progress (CLI, TUI, logs, ...).
+pub trait PullProgressReporter {
+    fn on_event(&mut self, event: &PullEvent) -> io::Result<()>;
+}
+
+/// A minimal CLI reporter that writes inline progress to stderr.
+pub struct CliProgressReporter {
+    printed_header: bool,
+    last_line_len: usize,
+    last_completed_sum: u64,
+    last_instant: std::time::Instant,
+    totals_by_digest: HashMap<String, (u64, u64)>,
+}
+
+impl Default for CliProgressReporter {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self::new()
+    }
+}
+
+impl CliProgressReporter {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            printed_header: false,
+            last_line_len: 0,
+            last_completed_sum: 0,
+            last_instant: std::time::Instant::now(),
+            totals_by_digest: HashMap::new(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl PullProgressReporter for CliProgressReporter {
+    fn on_event(&mut self, event: &PullEvent) -> io::Result<()> {
+        let mut out = std::io::stderr();
+        match event {
+            PullEvent::Status(status) => {
+                // Avoid noisy manifest messages; otherwise show status inline.
+                if status.eq_ignore_ascii_case("pulling manifest") {
+                    return Ok(());
+                }
+                let pad = self.last_line_len.saturating_sub(status.len());
+                let line = format!("\r{status}{}", " ".repeat(pad));
+                self.last_line_len = status.len();
+                out.write_all(line.as_bytes())?;
+                out.flush()
+            }
+            PullEvent::ChunkProgress {
+                digest,
+                total,
+                completed,
+            } => {
+                if let Some(t) = *total {
+                    self.totals_by_digest
+                        .entry(digest.clone())
+                        .or_insert((0, 0))
+                        .0 = t;
+                }
+                if let Some(c) = *completed {
+                    self.totals_by_digest
+                        .entry(digest.clone())
+                        .or_insert((0, 0))
+                        .1 = c;
+                }
+
+                let (sum_total, sum_completed) = self
+                    .totals_by_digest
+                    .values()
+                    .fold((0u64, 0u64), |acc, (t, c)| (acc.0 + *t, acc.1 + *c));
+                if sum_total > 0 {
+                    if !self.printed_header {
+                        let gb = (sum_total as f64) / (1024.0 * 1024.0 * 1024.0);
+                        let header = format!("Downloading model: total {gb:.2} GB\n");
+                        out.write_all(b"\r\x1b[2K")?;
+                        out.write_all(header.as_bytes())?;
+                        self.printed_header = true;
+                    }
+                    let now = std::time::Instant::now();
+                    let dt = now
+                        .duration_since(self.last_instant)
+                        .as_secs_f64()
+                        .max(0.001);
+                    let dbytes = sum_completed.saturating_sub(self.last_completed_sum) as f64;
+                    let speed_mb_s = dbytes / (1024.0 * 1024.0) / dt;
+                    self.last_completed_sum = sum_completed;
+                    self.last_instant = now;
+
+                    let done_gb = (sum_completed as f64) / (1024.0 * 1024.0 * 1024.0);
+                    let total_gb = (sum_total as f64) / (1024.0 * 1024.0 * 1024.0);
+                    let pct = (sum_completed as f64) * 100.0 / (sum_total as f64);
+                    let text =
+                        format!("{done_gb:.2}/{total_gb:.2} GB ({pct:.1}%) {speed_mb_s:.1} MB/s");
+                    let pad = self.last_line_len.saturating_sub(text.len());
+                    let line = format!("\r{text}{}", " ".repeat(pad));
+                    self.last_line_len = text.len();
+                    out.write_all(line.as_bytes())?;
+                    out.flush()
+                } else {
+                    Ok(())
+                }
+            }
+            PullEvent::Success => {
+                out.write_all(b"\n")?;
+                out.flush()
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// For now the TUI reporter delegates to the CLI reporter. This keeps UI and
+/// CLI behavior aligned until a dedicated TUI integration is implemented.
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub struct TuiProgressReporter(CliProgressReporter);
+
+impl PullProgressReporter for TuiProgressReporter {
+    fn on_event(&mut self, event: &PullEvent) -> io::Result<()> {
+        self.0.on_event(event)
+    }
+}
--- a/codex-rs/ollama/src/url.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/ollama/src/url.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/// Identify whether a base_url points at an OpenAI-compatible root (".../v1").
+pub(crate) fn is_openai_compatible_base_url(base_url: &str) -> bool {
+    base_url.trim_end_matches('/').ends_with("/v1")
+}
+
+/// Convert a provider base_url into the native Ollama host root.
+/// For example, "http://localhost:11434/v1" -> "http://localhost:11434".
+pub fn base_url_to_host_root(base_url: &str) -> String {
+    let trimmed = base_url.trim_end_matches('/');
+    if trimmed.ends_with("/v1") {
+        trimmed
+            .trim_end_matches("/v1")
+            .trim_end_matches('/')
+            .to_string()
+    } else {
+        trimmed.to_string()
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_base_url_to_host_root() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            base_url_to_host_root("http://localhost:11434/v1"),
+            "http://localhost:11434"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            base_url_to_host_root("http://localhost:11434"),
+            "http://localhost:11434"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            base_url_to_host_root("http://localhost:11434/"),
+            "http://localhost:11434"
+        );
+    }
+}
--- a/codex-rs/tui/Cargo.toml
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,12 +11,17 @@ path = "src/main.rs"
 name = "codex_tui"
 path = "src/lib.rs"

+[features]
+# Enable vt100-based tests (emulator) when running with `--features vt100-tests`.
+vt100-tests = []
+
 [lints]
 workspace = true

 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1"
 base64 = "0.22.1"
+chrono = { version = "0.4", features = ["serde"] }
 clap = { version = "4", features = ["derive"] }
 codex-ansi-escape = { path = "../ansi-escape" }
 codex-arg0 = { path = "../arg0" }
@@ -28,6 +33,7 @@ codex-common = { path = "../common", features = [
 codex-core = { path = "../core" }
 codex-file-search = { path = "../file-search" }
 codex-login = { path = "../login" }
+codex-ollama = { path = "../ollama" }
 color-eyre = "0.6.3"
 crossterm = { version = "0.28.1", features = ["bracketed-paste"] }
 image = { version = "^0.25.6", default-features = false, features = ["jpeg"] }
@@ -41,10 +47,14 @@ ratatui = { version = "0.29.0", features = [
 ] }
 ratatui-image = "8.0.0"
 regex-lite = "0.1"
+reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["json"] }
+serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { version = "1", features = ["preserve_order"] }
 shlex = "1.3.0"
 strum = "0.27.2"
 strum_macros = "0.27.2"
+supports-color = "3.0.2"
+textwrap = "0.16.2"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = [
    "io-std",
    "macros",
@@ -57,11 +67,13 @@ tracing-appender = "0.2.3"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.19", features = ["env-filter"] }
 tui-input = "0.14.0"
 tui-markdown = "0.3.3"
-tui-textarea = "0.7.0"
 unicode-segmentation = "1.12.0"
 unicode-width = "0.1"
 uuid = "1"

 [dev-dependencies]
+chrono = { version = "0.4", features = ["serde"] }
 insta = "1.43.1"
 pretty_assertions = "1"
+rand = "0.8"
+vt100 = "0.16.2"
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/app.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/app.rs
@@ -10,13 +10,16 @@ use crate::tui;
 use codex_core::config::Config;
 use codex_core::protocol::Event;
 use codex_core::protocol::EventMsg;
-use codex_core::protocol::ExecApprovalRequestEvent;
+use codex_core::protocol::Op;
 use color_eyre::eyre::Result;
 use crossterm::SynchronizedUpdate;
 use crossterm::event::KeyCode;
 use crossterm::event::KeyEvent;
+use crossterm::event::KeyEventKind;
+use crossterm::terminal::supports_keyboard_enhancement;
 use ratatui::layout::Offset;
 use ratatui::prelude::Backend;
+use ratatui::text::Line;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool;
@@ -55,9 +58,13 @@ pub(crate) struct App<'a> {
    /// True when a redraw has been scheduled but not yet executed.
    pending_redraw: Arc<AtomicBool>,

+    pending_history_lines: Vec<Line<'static>>,
+
    /// Stored parameters needed to instantiate the ChatWidget later, e.g.,
    /// after dismissing the Git-repo warning.
    chat_args: Option<ChatWidgetArgs>,
+
+    enhanced_keys_supported: bool,
 }

 /// Aggregate parameters needed to create a `ChatWidget`, as creation may be
@@ -67,6 +74,7 @@ struct ChatWidgetArgs {
    config: Config,
    initial_prompt: Option<String>,
    initial_images: Vec<PathBuf>,
+    enhanced_keys_supported: bool,
 }

 impl App<'_> {
@@ -80,6 +88,8 @@ impl App<'_> {
        let app_event_tx = AppEventSender::new(app_event_tx);
        let pending_redraw = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));

+        let enhanced_keys_supported = supports_keyboard_enhancement().unwrap_or(false);
+
        // Spawn a dedicated thread for reading the crossterm event loop and
        // re-publishing the events as AppEvents, as appropriate.
        {
@@ -96,9 +106,7 @@ impl App<'_> {
                        if let Ok(event) = crossterm::event::read() {
                            match event {
                                crossterm::event::Event::Key(key_event) => {
-                                    if key_event.kind == crossterm::event::KeyEventKind::Press {
-                                        app_event_tx.send(AppEvent::KeyEvent(key_event));
-                                    }
+                                    app_event_tx.send(AppEvent::KeyEvent(key_event));
                                }
                                crossterm::event::Event::Resize(_, _) => {
                                    app_event_tx.send(AppEvent::RequestRedraw);
@@ -134,6 +142,7 @@ impl App<'_> {
                    config: config.clone(),
                    initial_prompt,
                    initial_images,
+                    enhanced_keys_supported,
                }),
            )
        } else {
@@ -142,6 +151,7 @@ impl App<'_> {
                app_event_tx.clone(),
                initial_prompt,
                initial_images,
+                enhanced_keys_supported,
            );
            (
                AppState::Chat {
@@ -154,12 +164,14 @@ impl App<'_> {
        let file_search = FileSearchManager::new(config.cwd.clone(), app_event_tx.clone());
        Self {
            app_event_tx,
+            pending_history_lines: Vec::new(),
            app_event_rx,
            app_state,
            config,
            file_search,
            pending_redraw,
            chat_args,
+            enhanced_keys_supported,
        }
    }

@@ -199,7 +211,7 @@ impl App<'_> {
        while let Ok(event) = self.app_event_rx.recv() {
            match event {
                AppEvent::InsertHistory(lines) => {
-                    crate::insert_history::insert_history_lines(terminal, lines);
+                    self.pending_history_lines.extend(lines);
                    self.app_event_tx.send(AppEvent::RequestRedraw);
                }
                AppEvent::RequestRedraw => {
@@ -213,6 +225,7 @@ impl App<'_> {
                        KeyEvent {
                            code: KeyCode::Char('c'),
                            modifiers: crossterm::event::KeyModifiers::CONTROL,
+                            kind: KeyEventKind::Press,
                            ..
                        } => {
                            match &mut self.app_state {
@@ -227,6 +240,7 @@ impl App<'_> {
                        KeyEvent {
                            code: KeyCode::Char('d'),
                            modifiers: crossterm::event::KeyModifiers::CONTROL,
+                            kind: KeyEventKind::Press,
                            ..
                        } => {
                            match &mut self.app_state {
@@ -245,9 +259,15 @@ impl App<'_> {
                                }
                            }
                        }
-                        _ => {
+                        KeyEvent {
+                            kind: KeyEventKind::Press | KeyEventKind::Repeat,
+                            ..
+                        } => {
                            self.dispatch_key_event(key_event);
                        }
+                        _ => {
+                            // Ignore Release key events for now.
+                        }
                    };
                }
                AppEvent::Paste(text) => {
@@ -274,10 +294,17 @@ impl App<'_> {
                            self.app_event_tx.clone(),
                            None,
                            Vec::new(),
+                            self.enhanced_keys_supported,
                        ));
                        self.app_state = AppState::Chat { widget: new_widget };
                        self.app_event_tx.send(AppEvent::RequestRedraw);
                    }
+                    SlashCommand::Compact => {
+                        if let AppState::Chat { widget } = &mut self.app_state {
+                            widget.clear_token_usage();
+                            self.app_event_tx.send(AppEvent::CodexOp(Op::Compact));
+                        }
+                    }
                    SlashCommand::Quit => {
                        break;
                    }
@@ -304,14 +331,41 @@ impl App<'_> {
                    }
                    #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
                    SlashCommand::TestApproval => {
+                        use std::collections::HashMap;
+
+                        use codex_core::protocol::ApplyPatchApprovalRequestEvent;
+                        use codex_core::protocol::FileChange;
+
                        self.app_event_tx.send(AppEvent::CodexEvent(Event {
                            id: "1".to_string(),
-                            msg: EventMsg::ExecApprovalRequest(ExecApprovalRequestEvent {
-                                call_id: "1".to_string(),
-                                command: vec!["git".into(), "apply".into()],
-                                cwd: self.config.cwd.clone(),
-                                reason: Some("test".to_string()),
-                            }),
+                            // msg: EventMsg::ExecApprovalRequest(ExecApprovalRequestEvent {
+                            //     call_id: "1".to_string(),
+                            //     command: vec!["git".into(), "apply".into()],
+                            //     cwd: self.config.cwd.clone(),
+                            //     reason: Some("test".to_string()),
+                            // }),
+                            msg: EventMsg::ApplyPatchApprovalRequest(
+                                ApplyPatchApprovalRequestEvent {
+                                    call_id: "1".to_string(),
+                                    changes: HashMap::from([
+                                        (
+                                            PathBuf::from("/tmp/test.txt"),
+                                            FileChange::Add {
+                                                content: "test".to_string(),
+                                            },
+                                        ),
+                                        (
+                                            PathBuf::from("/tmp/test2.txt"),
+                                            FileChange::Update {
+                                                unified_diff: "+test\n-test2".to_string(),
+                                                move_path: None,
+                                            },
+                                        ),
+                                    ]),
+                                    reason: None,
+                                    grant_root: Some(PathBuf::from("/tmp")),
+                                },
+                            ),
                        }));
                    }
                },
@@ -363,6 +417,7 @@ impl App<'_> {
            AppState::Chat { widget } => widget.desired_height(size.width),
            AppState::GitWarning { .. } => 10,
        };
+
        let mut area = terminal.viewport_area;
        area.height = desired_height.min(size.height);
        area.width = size.width;
@@ -376,14 +431,22 @@ impl App<'_> {
            terminal.clear()?;
            terminal.set_viewport_area(area);
        }
-        match &mut self.app_state {
-            AppState::Chat { widget } => {
-                terminal.draw(|frame| frame.render_widget_ref(&**widget, frame.area()))?;
-            }
-            AppState::GitWarning { screen } => {
-                terminal.draw(|frame| frame.render_widget_ref(&*screen, frame.area()))?;
-            }
+        if !self.pending_history_lines.is_empty() {
+            crate::insert_history::insert_history_lines(
+                terminal,
+                self.pending_history_lines.clone(),
+            );
+            self.pending_history_lines.clear();
        }
+        terminal.draw(|frame| match &mut self.app_state {
+            AppState::Chat { widget } => {
+                if let Some((x, y)) = widget.cursor_pos(frame.area()) {
+                    frame.set_cursor_position((x, y));
+                }
+                frame.render_widget_ref(&**widget, frame.area())
+            }
+            AppState::GitWarning { screen } => frame.render_widget_ref(&*screen, frame.area()),
+        })?;
        Ok(())
    }

@@ -407,6 +470,7 @@ impl App<'_> {
                        self.app_event_tx.clone(),
                        args.initial_prompt,
                        args.initial_images,
+                        args.enhanced_keys_supported,
                    ));
                    self.app_state = AppState::Chat { widget };
                    self.app_event_tx.send(AppEvent::RequestRedraw);
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/approval_modal_view.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/approval_modal_view.rs
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ mod tests {
        let mut pane = BottomPane::new(super::super::BottomPaneParams {
            app_event_tx: AppEventSender::new(tx_raw2),
            has_input_focus: true,
+            enhanced_keys_supported: false,
        });
        assert_eq!(CancellationEvent::Handled, view.on_ctrl_c(&mut pane));
        assert!(view.queue.is_empty());
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/chat_composer.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/chat_composer.rs
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/chat_composer_history.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/chat_composer_history.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;

-use tui_textarea::CursorMove;
-use tui_textarea::TextArea;
-
 use crate::app_event::AppEvent;
 use crate::app_event_sender::AppEventSender;
 use codex_core::protocol::Op;
@@ -67,59 +64,52 @@ impl ChatComposerHistory {

    /// Should Up/Down key presses be interpreted as history navigation given
    /// the current content and cursor position of `textarea`?
-    pub fn should_handle_navigation(&self, textarea: &TextArea) -> bool {
+    pub fn should_handle_navigation(&self, text: &str, cursor: usize) -> bool {
        if self.history_entry_count == 0 && self.local_history.is_empty() {
            return false;
        }

-        if textarea.is_empty() {
+        if text.is_empty() {
            return true;
        }

        // Textarea is not empty – only navigate when cursor is at start and
        // text matches last recalled history entry so regular editing is not
        // hijacked.
-        let (row, col) = textarea.cursor();
-        if row != 0 || col != 0 {
+        if cursor != 0 {
            return false;
        }

-        let lines = textarea.lines();
-        matches!(&self.last_history_text, Some(prev) if prev == &lines.join("\n"))
+        matches!(&self.last_history_text, Some(prev) if prev == text)
    }

    /// Handle <Up>. Returns true when the key was consumed and the caller
    /// should request a redraw.
-    pub fn navigate_up(&mut self, textarea: &mut TextArea, app_event_tx: &AppEventSender) -> bool {
+    pub fn navigate_up(&mut self, app_event_tx: &AppEventSender) -> Option<String> {
        let total_entries = self.history_entry_count + self.local_history.len();
        if total_entries == 0 {
-            return false;
+            return None;
        }

        let next_idx = match self.history_cursor {
            None => (total_entries as isize) - 1,
-            Some(0) => return true, // already at oldest
+            Some(0) => return None, // already at oldest
            Some(idx) => idx - 1,
        };

        self.history_cursor = Some(next_idx);
-        self.populate_history_at_index(next_idx as usize, textarea, app_event_tx);
-        true
+        self.populate_history_at_index(next_idx as usize, app_event_tx)
    }

    /// Handle <Down>.
-    pub fn navigate_down(
-        &mut self,
-        textarea: &mut TextArea,
-        app_event_tx: &AppEventSender,
-    ) -> bool {
+    pub fn navigate_down(&mut self, app_event_tx: &AppEventSender) -> Option<String> {
        let total_entries = self.history_entry_count + self.local_history.len();
        if total_entries == 0 {
-            return false;
+            return None;
        }

        let next_idx_opt = match self.history_cursor {
-            None => return false, // not browsing
+            None => return None, // not browsing
            Some(idx) if (idx as usize) + 1 >= total_entries => None,
            Some(idx) => Some(idx + 1),
        };
@@ -127,16 +117,15 @@ impl ChatComposerHistory {
        match next_idx_opt {
            Some(idx) => {
                self.history_cursor = Some(idx);
-                self.populate_history_at_index(idx as usize, textarea, app_event_tx);
+                self.populate_history_at_index(idx as usize, app_event_tx)
            }
            None => {
                // Past newest – clear and exit browsing mode.
                self.history_cursor = None;
                self.last_history_text = None;
-                self.replace_textarea_content(textarea, "");
+                Some(String::new())
            }
        }
-        true
    }

    /// Integrate a GetHistoryEntryResponse event.
@@ -145,19 +134,18 @@ impl ChatComposerHistory {
        log_id: u64,
        offset: usize,
        entry: Option<String>,
-        textarea: &mut TextArea,
-    ) -> bool {
+    ) -> Option<String> {
        if self.history_log_id != Some(log_id) {
-            return false;
+            return None;
        }
-        let Some(text) = entry else { return false };
+        let text = entry?;
        self.fetched_history.insert(offset, text.clone());

        if self.history_cursor == Some(offset as isize) {
-            self.replace_textarea_content(textarea, &text);
-            return true;
+            self.last_history_text = Some(text.clone());
+            return Some(text);
        }
-        false
+        None
    }

    // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -167,21 +155,20 @@ impl ChatComposerHistory {
    fn populate_history_at_index(
        &mut self,
        global_idx: usize,
-        textarea: &mut TextArea,
        app_event_tx: &AppEventSender,
-    ) {
+    ) -> Option<String> {
        if global_idx >= self.history_entry_count {
            // Local entry.
            if let Some(text) = self
                .local_history
                .get(global_idx - self.history_entry_count)
            {
-                let t = text.clone();
-                self.replace_textarea_content(textarea, &t);
+                self.last_history_text = Some(text.clone());
+                return Some(text.clone());
            }
        } else if let Some(text) = self.fetched_history.get(&global_idx) {
-            let t = text.clone();
-            self.replace_textarea_content(textarea, &t);
+            self.last_history_text = Some(text.clone());
+            return Some(text.clone());
        } else if let Some(log_id) = self.history_log_id {
            let op = Op::GetHistoryEntryRequest {
                offset: global_idx,
@@ -189,14 +176,7 @@ impl ChatComposerHistory {
            };
            app_event_tx.send(AppEvent::CodexOp(op));
        }
-    }
-
-    fn replace_textarea_content(&mut self, textarea: &mut TextArea, text: &str) {
-        textarea.select_all();
-        textarea.cut();
-        let _ = textarea.insert_str(text);
-        textarea.move_cursor(CursorMove::Jump(0, 0));
-        self.last_history_text = Some(text.to_string());
+        None
    }
 }

@@ -217,11 +197,9 @@ mod tests {
        // Pretend there are 3 persistent entries.
        history.set_metadata(1, 3);

-        let mut textarea = TextArea::default();
-
        // First Up should request offset 2 (latest) and await async data.
-        assert!(history.should_handle_navigation(&textarea));
-        assert!(history.navigate_up(&mut textarea, &tx));
+        assert!(history.should_handle_navigation("", 0));
+        assert!(history.navigate_up(&tx).is_none()); // don't replace the text yet

        // Verify that an AppEvent::CodexOp with the correct GetHistoryEntryRequest was sent.
        let event = rx.try_recv().expect("expected AppEvent to be sent");
@@ -235,14 +213,15 @@ mod tests {
            },
            history_request1
        );
-        assert_eq!(textarea.lines().join("\n"), ""); // still empty

        // Inject the async response.
-        assert!(history.on_entry_response(1, 2, Some("latest".into()), &mut textarea));
-        assert_eq!(textarea.lines().join("\n"), "latest");
+        assert_eq!(
+            Some("latest".into()),
+            history.on_entry_response(1, 2, Some("latest".into()))
+        );

        // Next Up should move to offset 1.
-        assert!(history.navigate_up(&mut textarea, &tx));
+        assert!(history.navigate_up(&tx).is_none()); // don't replace the text yet

        // Verify second CodexOp event for offset 1.
        let event2 = rx.try_recv().expect("expected second event");
@@ -257,7 +236,9 @@ mod tests {
            history_request_2
        );

-        history.on_entry_response(1, 1, Some("older".into()), &mut textarea);
-        assert_eq!(textarea.lines().join("\n"), "older");
+        assert_eq!(
+            Some("older".into()),
+            history.on_entry_response(1, 1, Some("older".into()))
+        );
    }
 }
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/live_ring_widget.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/live_ring_widget.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+use ratatui::buffer::Buffer;
+use ratatui::layout::Rect;
+use ratatui::text::Line;
+use ratatui::widgets::Paragraph;
+use ratatui::widgets::WidgetRef;
+
+/// Minimal rendering-only widget for the transient ring rows.
+pub(crate) struct LiveRingWidget {
+    max_rows: u16,
+    rows: Vec<Line<'static>>, // newest at the end
+}
+
+impl LiveRingWidget {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            max_rows: 3,
+            rows: Vec::new(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn set_max_rows(&mut self, n: u16) {
+        self.max_rows = n.max(1);
+    }
+
+    pub fn set_rows(&mut self, rows: Vec<Line<'static>>) {
+        self.rows = rows;
+    }
+
+    pub fn desired_height(&self, _width: u16) -> u16 {
+        let len = self.rows.len() as u16;
+        len.min(self.max_rows)
+    }
+}
+
+impl WidgetRef for LiveRingWidget {
+    fn render_ref(&self, area: Rect, buf: &mut Buffer) {
+        if area.height == 0 {
+            return;
+        }
+        let visible = self.rows.len().saturating_sub(self.max_rows as usize);
+        let slice = &self.rows[visible..];
+        let para = Paragraph::new(slice.to_vec());
+        para.render_ref(area, buf);
+    }
+}
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/mod.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/mod.rs
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ use crate::app_event::AppEvent;
 use crate::app_event_sender::AppEventSender;
 use crate::user_approval_widget::ApprovalRequest;
 use bottom_pane_view::BottomPaneView;
-use bottom_pane_view::ConditionalUpdate;
 use codex_core::protocol::TokenUsage;
 use codex_file_search::FileMatch;
 use crossterm::event::KeyEvent;
 use ratatui::buffer::Buffer;
 use ratatui::layout::Rect;
+use ratatui::text::Line;
 use ratatui::widgets::WidgetRef;

 mod approval_modal_view;
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ mod chat_composer;
 mod chat_composer_history;
 mod command_popup;
 mod file_search_popup;
+mod live_ring_widget;
 mod status_indicator_view;
+mod textarea;

 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub(crate) enum CancellationEvent {
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ pub(crate) enum CancellationEvent {
 pub(crate) use chat_composer::ChatComposer;
 pub(crate) use chat_composer::InputResult;

+use crate::status_indicator_widget::StatusIndicatorWidget;
 use approval_modal_view::ApprovalModalView;
 use status_indicator_view::StatusIndicatorView;

@@ -36,7 +39,7 @@ use status_indicator_view::StatusIndicatorView;
 pub(crate) struct BottomPane<'a> {
    /// Composer is retained even when a BottomPaneView is displayed so the
    /// input state is retained when the view is closed.
-    composer: ChatComposer<'a>,
+    composer: ChatComposer,

    /// If present, this is displayed instead of the `composer`.
    active_view: Option<Box<dyn BottomPaneView<'a> + 'a>>,
@@ -45,30 +48,88 @@ pub(crate) struct BottomPane<'a> {
    has_input_focus: bool,
    is_task_running: bool,
    ctrl_c_quit_hint: bool,
+
+    /// Optional live, multi‑line status/"live cell" rendered directly above
+    /// the composer while a task is running. Unlike `active_view`, this does
+    /// not replace the composer; it augments it.
+    live_status: Option<StatusIndicatorWidget>,
+
+    /// Optional transient ring shown above the composer. This is a rendering-only
+    /// container used during development before we wire it to ChatWidget events.
+    live_ring: Option<live_ring_widget::LiveRingWidget>,
+
+    /// True if the active view is the StatusIndicatorView that replaces the
+    /// composer during a running task.
+    status_view_active: bool,
 }

 pub(crate) struct BottomPaneParams {
    pub(crate) app_event_tx: AppEventSender,
    pub(crate) has_input_focus: bool,
+    pub(crate) enhanced_keys_supported: bool,
 }

 impl BottomPane<'_> {
+    const BOTTOM_PAD_LINES: u16 = 2;
    pub fn new(params: BottomPaneParams) -> Self {
+        let enhanced_keys_supported = params.enhanced_keys_supported;
        Self {
-            composer: ChatComposer::new(params.has_input_focus, params.app_event_tx.clone()),
+            composer: ChatComposer::new(
+                params.has_input_focus,
+                params.app_event_tx.clone(),
+                enhanced_keys_supported,
+            ),
            active_view: None,
            app_event_tx: params.app_event_tx,
            has_input_focus: params.has_input_focus,
            is_task_running: false,
            ctrl_c_quit_hint: false,
+            live_status: None,
+            live_ring: None,
+            status_view_active: false,
        }
    }

    pub fn desired_height(&self, width: u16) -> u16 {
-        self.active_view
+        let overlay_status_h = self
+            .live_status
            .as_ref()
-            .map(|v| v.desired_height(width))
-            .unwrap_or(self.composer.desired_height())
+            .map(|s| s.desired_height(width))
+            .unwrap_or(0);
+        let ring_h = self
+            .live_ring
+            .as_ref()
+            .map(|r| r.desired_height(width))
+            .unwrap_or(0);
+
+        let view_height = if let Some(view) = self.active_view.as_ref() {
+            // Add a single blank spacer line between live ring and status view when active.
+            let spacer = if self.live_ring.is_some() && self.status_view_active {
+                1
+            } else {
+                0
+            };
+            spacer + view.desired_height(width)
+        } else {
+            self.composer.desired_height(width)
+        };
+
+        overlay_status_h
+            .saturating_add(ring_h)
+            .saturating_add(view_height)
+            .saturating_add(Self::BOTTOM_PAD_LINES)
+    }
+
+    pub fn cursor_pos(&self, area: Rect) -> Option<(u16, u16)> {
+        // Hide the cursor whenever an overlay view is active (e.g. the
+        // status indicator shown while a task is running, or approval modal).
+        // In these states the textarea is not interactable, so we should not
+        // show its caret.
+        if self.active_view.is_some() {
+            None
+        } else {
+            self.composer.cursor_pos(area)
+        }
    }

    /// Forward a key event to the active view or the composer.
@@ -78,9 +139,10 @@ impl BottomPane<'_> {
            if !view.is_complete() {
                self.active_view = Some(view);
            } else if self.is_task_running {
-                self.active_view = Some(Box::new(StatusIndicatorView::new(
-                    self.app_event_tx.clone(),
-                )));
+                let mut v = StatusIndicatorView::new(self.app_event_tx.clone());
+                v.update_text("waiting for model".to_string());
+                self.active_view = Some(Box::new(v));
+                self.status_view_active = true;
            }
            self.request_redraw();
            InputResult::None
@@ -107,9 +169,11 @@ impl BottomPane<'_> {
                if !view.is_complete() {
                    self.active_view = Some(view);
                } else if self.is_task_running {
-                    self.active_view = Some(Box::new(StatusIndicatorView::new(
-                        self.app_event_tx.clone(),
-                    )));
+                    // Modal aborted but task still running – restore status indicator.
+                    let mut v = StatusIndicatorView::new(self.app_event_tx.clone());
+                    v.update_text("waiting for model".to_string());
+                    self.active_view = Some(Box::new(v));
+                    self.status_view_active = true;
                }
                self.show_ctrl_c_quit_hint();
            }
@@ -129,19 +193,42 @@ impl BottomPane<'_> {
        }
    }

-    /// Update the status indicator text (only when the `StatusIndicatorView` is
-    /// active).
+    /// Update the status indicator text. Prefer replacing the composer with
+    /// the StatusIndicatorView so the input pane shows a single-line status
+    /// like: `▌ Working waiting for model`.
    pub(crate) fn update_status_text(&mut self, text: String) {
-        if let Some(view) = &mut self.active_view {
-            match view.update_status_text(text) {
-                ConditionalUpdate::NeedsRedraw => {
-                    self.request_redraw();
-                }
-                ConditionalUpdate::NoRedraw => {
-                    // No redraw needed.
-                }
+        let mut handled_by_view = false;
+        if let Some(view) = self.active_view.as_mut() {
+            if matches!(
+                view.update_status_text(text.clone()),
+                bottom_pane_view::ConditionalUpdate::NeedsRedraw
+            ) {
+                handled_by_view = true;
            }
+        } else {
+            let mut v = StatusIndicatorView::new(self.app_event_tx.clone());
+            v.update_text(text.clone());
+            self.active_view = Some(Box::new(v));
+            self.status_view_active = true;
+            handled_by_view = true;
        }
+
+        // Fallback: if the current active view did not consume status updates
+        // and no modal view is active, present an overlay above the composer.
+        // If a modal is active, do NOT render the overlay to avoid drawing
+        // over the dialog.
+        if !handled_by_view && self.active_view.is_none() {
+            if self.live_status.is_none() {
+                self.live_status = Some(StatusIndicatorWidget::new(self.app_event_tx.clone()));
+            }
+            if let Some(status) = &mut self.live_status {
+                status.update_text(text);
+            }
+        } else if !handled_by_view {
+            // Ensure any previous overlay is cleared when a modal becomes active.
+            self.live_status = None;
+        }
+        self.request_redraw();
    }

    pub(crate) fn show_ctrl_c_quit_hint(&mut self) {
@@ -167,27 +254,23 @@ impl BottomPane<'_> {
    pub fn set_task_running(&mut self, running: bool) {
        self.is_task_running = running;

-        match (running, self.active_view.is_some()) {
-            (true, false) => {
-                // Show status indicator overlay.
+        if running {
+            if self.active_view.is_none() {
                self.active_view = Some(Box::new(StatusIndicatorView::new(
                    self.app_event_tx.clone(),
                )));
-                self.request_redraw();
+                self.status_view_active = true;
            }
-            (false, true) => {
-                if let Some(mut view) = self.active_view.take() {
-                    if view.should_hide_when_task_is_done() {
-                        // Leave self.active_view as None.
-                        self.request_redraw();
-                    } else {
-                        // Preserve the view.
-                        self.active_view = Some(view);
-                    }
+            self.request_redraw();
+        } else {
+            self.live_status = None;
+            // Drop the status view when a task completes, but keep other
+            // modal views (e.g. approval dialogs).
+            if let Some(mut view) = self.active_view.take() {
+                if !view.should_hide_when_task_is_done() {
+                    self.active_view = Some(view);
                }
-            }
-            _ => {
-                // No change.
+                self.status_view_active = false;
            }
        }
    }
@@ -229,6 +312,9 @@ impl BottomPane<'_> {
        // Otherwise create a new approval modal overlay.
        let modal = ApprovalModalView::new(request, self.app_event_tx.clone());
        self.active_view = Some(Box::new(modal));
+        // Hide any overlay status while a modal is visible.
+        self.live_status = None;
+        self.status_view_active = false;
        self.request_redraw()
    }

@@ -262,15 +348,82 @@ impl BottomPane<'_> {
        self.composer.on_file_search_result(query, matches);
        self.request_redraw();
    }
+
+    /// Set the rows and cap for the transient live ring overlay.
+    pub(crate) fn set_live_ring_rows(&mut self, max_rows: u16, rows: Vec<Line<'static>>) {
+        let mut w = live_ring_widget::LiveRingWidget::new();
+        w.set_max_rows(max_rows);
+        w.set_rows(rows);
+        self.live_ring = Some(w);
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn clear_live_ring(&mut self) {
+        self.live_ring = None;
+    }
+
+    // Removed restart_live_status_with_text – no longer used by the current streaming UI.
 }

 impl WidgetRef for &BottomPane<'_> {
    fn render_ref(&self, area: Rect, buf: &mut Buffer) {
-        // Show BottomPaneView if present.
-        if let Some(ov) = &self.active_view {
-            ov.render(area, buf);
-        } else {
-            (&self.composer).render_ref(area, buf);
+        let mut y_offset = 0u16;
+        if let Some(ring) = &self.live_ring {
+            let live_h = ring.desired_height(area.width).min(area.height);
+            if live_h > 0 {
+                let live_rect = Rect {
+                    x: area.x,
+                    y: area.y,
+                    width: area.width,
+                    height: live_h,
+                };
+                ring.render_ref(live_rect, buf);
+                y_offset = live_h;
+            }
+        }
+        // Spacer between live ring and status view when active
+        if self.live_ring.is_some() && self.status_view_active && y_offset < area.height {
+            // Leave one empty line
+            y_offset = y_offset.saturating_add(1);
+        }
+        if let Some(status) = &self.live_status {
+            let live_h = status
+                .desired_height(area.width)
+                .min(area.height.saturating_sub(y_offset));
+            if live_h > 0 {
+                let live_rect = Rect {
+                    x: area.x,
+                    y: area.y + y_offset,
+                    width: area.width,
+                    height: live_h,
+                };
+                status.render_ref(live_rect, buf);
+                y_offset = y_offset.saturating_add(live_h);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if let Some(view) = &self.active_view {
+            if y_offset < area.height {
+                // Reserve bottom padding lines; keep at least 1 line for the view.
+                let avail = area.height - y_offset;
+                let pad = BottomPane::BOTTOM_PAD_LINES.min(avail.saturating_sub(1));
+                let view_rect = Rect {
+                    x: area.x,
+                    y: area.y + y_offset,
+                    width: area.width,
+                    height: avail - pad,
+                };
+                view.render(view_rect, buf);
+            }
+        } else if y_offset < area.height {
+            let composer_rect = Rect {
+                x: area.x,
+                y: area.y + y_offset,
+                width: area.width,
+                // Reserve bottom padding
+                height: (area.height - y_offset)
+                    - BottomPane::BOTTOM_PAD_LINES.min((area.height - y_offset).saturating_sub(1)),
+            };
+            (&self.composer).render_ref(composer_rect, buf);
        }
    }
 }
@@ -279,6 +432,9 @@ impl WidgetRef for &BottomPane<'_> {
 mod tests {
    use super::*;
    use crate::app_event::AppEvent;
+    use ratatui::buffer::Buffer;
+    use ratatui::layout::Rect;
+    use ratatui::text::Line;
    use std::path::PathBuf;
    use std::sync::mpsc::channel;

@@ -298,10 +454,323 @@ mod tests {
        let mut pane = BottomPane::new(BottomPaneParams {
            app_event_tx: tx,
            has_input_focus: true,
+            enhanced_keys_supported: false,
        });
        pane.push_approval_request(exec_request());
        assert_eq!(CancellationEvent::Handled, pane.on_ctrl_c());
        assert!(pane.ctrl_c_quit_hint_visible());
        assert_eq!(CancellationEvent::Ignored, pane.on_ctrl_c());
    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn live_ring_renders_above_composer() {
+        let (tx_raw, _rx) = channel::<AppEvent>();
+        let tx = AppEventSender::new(tx_raw);
+        let mut pane = BottomPane::new(BottomPaneParams {
+            app_event_tx: tx,
+            has_input_focus: true,
+            enhanced_keys_supported: false,
+        });
+
+        // Provide 4 rows with max_rows=3; only the last 3 should be visible.
+        pane.set_live_ring_rows(
+            3,
+            vec![
+                Line::from("one".to_string()),
+                Line::from("two".to_string()),
+                Line::from("three".to_string()),
+                Line::from("four".to_string()),
+            ],
+        );
+
+        let area = Rect::new(0, 0, 10, 5);
+        let mut buf = Buffer::empty(area);
+        (&pane).render_ref(area, &mut buf);
+
+        // Extract the first 3 rows and assert they contain the last three lines.
+        let mut lines: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
+        for y in 0..3 {
+            let mut s = String::new();
+            for x in 0..area.width {
+                s.push(buf[(x, y)].symbol().chars().next().unwrap_or(' '));
+            }
+            lines.push(s.trim_end().to_string());
+        }
+        assert_eq!(lines, vec!["two", "three", "four"]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn status_indicator_visible_with_live_ring() {
+        let (tx_raw, _rx) = channel::<AppEvent>();
+        let tx = AppEventSender::new(tx_raw);
+        let mut pane = BottomPane::new(BottomPaneParams {
+            app_event_tx: tx,
+            has_input_focus: true,
+            enhanced_keys_supported: false,
+        });
+
+        // Simulate task running which replaces composer with the status indicator.
+        pane.set_task_running(true);
+        pane.update_status_text("waiting for model".to_string());
+
+        // Provide 2 rows in the live ring (e.g., streaming CoT) and ensure the
+        // status indicator remains visible below them.
+        pane.set_live_ring_rows(
+            2,
+            vec![
+                Line::from("cot1".to_string()),
+                Line::from("cot2".to_string()),
+            ],
+        );
+
+        // Allow some frames so the dot animation is present.
+        std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(120));
+
+        // Height should include both ring rows, 1 spacer, and the 1-line status.
+        let area = Rect::new(0, 0, 30, 4);
+        let mut buf = Buffer::empty(area);
+        (&pane).render_ref(area, &mut buf);
+
+        // Top two rows are the live ring.
+        let mut r0 = String::new();
+        let mut r1 = String::new();
+        for x in 0..area.width {
+            r0.push(buf[(x, 0)].symbol().chars().next().unwrap_or(' '));
+            r1.push(buf[(x, 1)].symbol().chars().next().unwrap_or(' '));
+        }
+        assert!(r0.contains("cot1"), "expected first live row: {r0:?}");
+        assert!(r1.contains("cot2"), "expected second live row: {r1:?}");
+
+        // Row 2 is the spacer (blank)
+        let mut r2 = String::new();
+        for x in 0..area.width {
+            r2.push(buf[(x, 2)].symbol().chars().next().unwrap_or(' '));
+        }
+        assert!(r2.trim().is_empty(), "expected blank spacer line: {r2:?}");
+
+        // Bottom row is the status line; it should contain the left bar and "Working".
+        let mut r3 = String::new();
+        for x in 0..area.width {
+            r3.push(buf[(x, 3)].symbol().chars().next().unwrap_or(' '));
+        }
+        assert_eq!(buf[(0, 3)].symbol().chars().next().unwrap_or(' '), '▌');
+        assert!(
+            r3.contains("Working"),
+            "expected Working header in status line: {r3:?}"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn overlay_not_shown_above_approval_modal() {
+        let (tx_raw, _rx) = channel::<AppEvent>();
+        let tx = AppEventSender::new(tx_raw);
+        let mut pane = BottomPane::new(BottomPaneParams {
+            app_event_tx: tx,
+            has_input_focus: true,
+            enhanced_keys_supported: false,
+        });
+
+        // Create an approval modal (active view).
+        pane.push_approval_request(exec_request());
+        // Attempt to update status; this should NOT create an overlay while modal is visible.
+        pane.update_status_text("running command".to_string());
+
+        // Render and verify the top row does not include the Working header overlay.
+        let area = Rect::new(0, 0, 60, 6);
+        let mut buf = Buffer::empty(area);
+        (&pane).render_ref(area, &mut buf);
+
+        let mut r0 = String::new();
+        for x in 0..area.width {
+            r0.push(buf[(x, 0)].symbol().chars().next().unwrap_or(' '));
+        }
+        assert!(
+            !r0.contains("Working"),
+            "overlay Working header should not render above modal"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn composer_not_shown_after_denied_if_task_running() {
+        let (tx_raw, rx) = channel::<AppEvent>();
+        let tx = AppEventSender::new(tx_raw);
+        let mut pane = BottomPane::new(BottomPaneParams {
+            app_event_tx: tx.clone(),
+            has_input_focus: true,
+            enhanced_keys_supported: false,
+        });
+
+        // Start a running task so the status indicator replaces the composer.
+        pane.set_task_running(true);
+        pane.update_status_text("waiting for model".to_string());
+
+        // Push an approval modal (e.g., command approval) which should hide the status view.
+        pane.push_approval_request(exec_request());
+
+        // Simulate pressing 'n' (deny) on the modal.
+        use crossterm::event::KeyCode;
+        use crossterm::event::KeyEvent;
+        use crossterm::event::KeyModifiers;
+        pane.handle_key_event(KeyEvent::new(KeyCode::Char('n'), KeyModifiers::NONE));
+
+        // After denial, since the task is still running, the status indicator
+        // should be restored as the active view; the composer should NOT be visible.
+        assert!(
+            pane.status_view_active,
+            "status view should be active after denial"
+        );
+        assert!(pane.active_view.is_some(), "active view should be present");
+
+        // Render and ensure the top row includes the Working header instead of the composer.
+        // Give the animation thread a moment to tick.
+        std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(120));
+        let area = Rect::new(0, 0, 40, 3);
+        let mut buf = Buffer::empty(area);
+        (&pane).render_ref(area, &mut buf);
+        let mut row0 = String::new();
+        for x in 0..area.width {
+            row0.push(buf[(x, 0)].symbol().chars().next().unwrap_or(' '));
+        }
+        assert!(
+            row0.contains("Working"),
+            "expected Working header after denial: {row0:?}"
+        );
+
+        // Drain the channel to avoid unused warnings.
+        drop(rx);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn status_indicator_visible_during_command_execution() {
+        let (tx_raw, _rx) = channel::<AppEvent>();
+        let tx = AppEventSender::new(tx_raw);
+        let mut pane = BottomPane::new(BottomPaneParams {
+            app_event_tx: tx,
+            has_input_focus: true,
+            enhanced_keys_supported: false,
+        });
+
+        // Begin a task: show initial status.
+        pane.set_task_running(true);
+        pane.update_status_text("waiting for model".to_string());
+
+        // As a long-running command begins (post-approval), ensure the status
+        // indicator is visible while we wait for the command to run.
+        pane.update_status_text("running command".to_string());
+
+        // Allow some frames so the animation thread ticks.
+        std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(120));
+
+        // Render and confirm the line contains the "Working" header.
+        let area = Rect::new(0, 0, 40, 3);
+        let mut buf = Buffer::empty(area);
+        (&pane).render_ref(area, &mut buf);
+
+        let mut row0 = String::new();
+        for x in 0..area.width {
+            row0.push(buf[(x, 0)].symbol().chars().next().unwrap_or(' '));
+        }
+        assert!(
+            row0.contains("Working"),
+            "expected Working header: {row0:?}"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn bottom_padding_present_for_status_view() {
+        let (tx_raw, _rx) = channel::<AppEvent>();
+        let tx = AppEventSender::new(tx_raw);
+        let mut pane = BottomPane::new(BottomPaneParams {
+            app_event_tx: tx,
+            has_input_focus: true,
+            enhanced_keys_supported: false,
+        });
+
+        // Activate spinner (status view replaces composer) with no live ring.
+        pane.set_task_running(true);
+        pane.update_status_text("waiting for model".to_string());
+
+        // Use height == desired_height; expect 1 status row at top and 2 bottom padding rows.
+        let height = pane.desired_height(30);
+        assert!(
+            height >= 3,
+            "expected at least 3 rows with bottom padding; got {height}"
+        );
+        let area = Rect::new(0, 0, 30, height);
+        let mut buf = Buffer::empty(area);
+        (&pane).render_ref(area, &mut buf);
+
+        // Top row contains the status header
+        let mut top = String::new();
+        for x in 0..area.width {
+            top.push(buf[(x, 0)].symbol().chars().next().unwrap_or(' '));
+        }
+        assert_eq!(buf[(0, 0)].symbol().chars().next().unwrap_or(' '), '▌');
+        assert!(
+            top.contains("Working"),
+            "expected Working header on top row: {top:?}"
+        );
+
+        // Bottom two rows are blank padding
+        let mut r_last = String::new();
+        let mut r_last2 = String::new();
+        for x in 0..area.width {
+            r_last.push(buf[(x, height - 1)].symbol().chars().next().unwrap_or(' '));
+            r_last2.push(buf[(x, height - 2)].symbol().chars().next().unwrap_or(' '));
+        }
+        assert!(
+            r_last.trim().is_empty(),
+            "expected last row blank: {r_last:?}"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            r_last2.trim().is_empty(),
+            "expected second-to-last row blank: {r_last2:?}"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn bottom_padding_shrinks_when_tiny() {
+        let (tx_raw, _rx) = channel::<AppEvent>();
+        let tx = AppEventSender::new(tx_raw);
+        let mut pane = BottomPane::new(BottomPaneParams {
+            app_event_tx: tx,
+            has_input_focus: true,
+            enhanced_keys_supported: false,
+        });
+
+        pane.set_task_running(true);
+        pane.update_status_text("waiting for model".to_string());
+
+        // Height=2 → pad shrinks to 1; bottom row is blank, top row has spinner.
+        let area2 = Rect::new(0, 0, 20, 2);
+        let mut buf2 = Buffer::empty(area2);
+        (&pane).render_ref(area2, &mut buf2);
+        let mut row0 = String::new();
+        let mut row1 = String::new();
+        for x in 0..area2.width {
+            row0.push(buf2[(x, 0)].symbol().chars().next().unwrap_or(' '));
+            row1.push(buf2[(x, 1)].symbol().chars().next().unwrap_or(' '));
+        }
+        assert!(
+            row0.contains("Working"),
+            "expected Working header on row 0: {row0:?}"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            row1.trim().is_empty(),
+            "expected bottom padding on row 1: {row1:?}"
+        );
+
+        // Height=1 → no padding; single row is the spinner.
+        let area1 = Rect::new(0, 0, 20, 1);
+        let mut buf1 = Buffer::empty(area1);
+        (&pane).render_ref(area1, &mut buf1);
+        let mut only = String::new();
+        for x in 0..area1.width {
+            only.push(buf1[(x, 0)].symbol().chars().next().unwrap_or(' '));
+        }
+        assert!(
+            only.contains("Working"),
+            "expected Working header with no padding: {only:?}"
+        );
+    }
 }
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/snapshots/codex_tui__bottom_pane__chat_composertestsbackspace_after_pastes.snap
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/snapshots/codex_tui__bottom_pane__chat_composertestsbackspace_after_pastes.snap
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ expression: terminal.backend()
 "▌                                                                                                   "
 "▌                                                                                                   "
 "▌                                                                                                   "
-" ⏎ send   Shift+⏎ newline   Ctrl+C quit                                                             "
+" ⏎ send   Ctrl+J newline   Ctrl+C quit                                                              "
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/snapshots/codex_tui__bottom_pane__chat_composertestsempty.snap
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/snapshots/codex_tui__bottom_pane__chat_composertestsempty.snap
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ expression: terminal.backend()
 "▌                                                                                                   "
 "▌                                                                                                   "
 "▌                                                                                                   "
-" ⏎ send   Shift+⏎ newline   Ctrl+C quit                                                             "
+" ⏎ send   Ctrl+J newline   Ctrl+C quit                                                              "
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/snapshots/codex_tui__bottom_pane__chat_composertestslarge.snap
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/snapshots/codex_tui__bottom_pane__chat_composertestslarge.snap
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ expression: terminal.backend()
 "▌                                                                                                   "
 "▌                                                                                                   "
 "▌                                                                                                   "
-" ⏎ send   Shift+⏎ newline   Ctrl+C quit                                                             "
+" ⏎ send   Ctrl+J newline   Ctrl+C quit                                                              "
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/snapshots/codex_tui__bottom_pane__chat_composertestsmultiple_pastes.snap
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/snapshots/codex_tui__bottom_pane__chat_composertestsmultiple_pastes.snap
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ expression: terminal.backend()
 "▌                                                                                                   "
 "▌                                                                                                   "
 "▌                                                                                                   "
-" ⏎ send   Shift+⏎ newline   Ctrl+C quit                                                             "
+" ⏎ send   Ctrl+J newline   Ctrl+C quit                                                              "
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/snapshots/codex_tui__bottom_pane__chat_composertestssmall.snap
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/snapshots/codex_tui__bottom_pane__chat_composertestssmall.snap
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ expression: terminal.backend()
 "▌                                                                                                   "
 "▌                                                                                                   "
 "▌                                                                                                   "
-" ⏎ send   Shift+⏎ newline   Ctrl+C quit                                                             "
+" ⏎ send   Ctrl+J newline   Ctrl+C quit                                                              "
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/textarea.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/textarea.rs
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::Arc;
-use std::time::Duration;

 use codex_core::codex_wrapper::CodexConversation;
 use codex_core::codex_wrapper::init_codex;
@@ -10,6 +9,8 @@ use codex_core::protocol::AgentMessageDeltaEvent;
 use codex_core::protocol::AgentMessageEvent;
 use codex_core::protocol::AgentReasoningDeltaEvent;
 use codex_core::protocol::AgentReasoningEvent;
+use codex_core::protocol::AgentReasoningRawContentDeltaEvent;
+use codex_core::protocol::AgentReasoningRawContentEvent;
 use codex_core::protocol::ApplyPatchApprovalRequestEvent;
 use codex_core::protocol::ErrorEvent;
 use codex_core::protocol::Event;
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ use codex_core::protocol::PatchApplyBeginEvent;
 use codex_core::protocol::TaskCompleteEvent;
 use codex_core::protocol::TokenUsage;
 use crossterm::event::KeyEvent;
+use crossterm::event::KeyEventKind;
 use ratatui::buffer::Buffer;
 use ratatui::layout::Rect;
 use ratatui::widgets::Widget;
@@ -42,8 +44,10 @@ use crate::exec_command::strip_bash_lc_and_escape;
 use crate::history_cell::CommandOutput;
 use crate::history_cell::HistoryCell;
 use crate::history_cell::PatchEventType;
+use crate::live_wrap::RowBuilder;
 use crate::user_approval_widget::ApprovalRequest;
 use codex_file_search::FileMatch;
+use ratatui::style::Stylize;

 struct RunningCommand {
    command: Vec<String>,
@@ -59,11 +63,16 @@ pub(crate) struct ChatWidget<'a> {
    initial_user_message: Option<UserMessage>,
    token_usage: TokenUsage,
    reasoning_buffer: String,
+    content_buffer: String,
    // Buffer for streaming assistant answer text; we do not surface partial
    // We wait for the final AgentMessage event and then emit the full text
    // at once into scrollback so the history contains a single message.
    answer_buffer: String,
    running_commands: HashMap<String, RunningCommand>,
+    live_builder: RowBuilder,
+    current_stream: Option<StreamKind>,
+    stream_header_emitted: bool,
+    live_max_rows: u16,
 }

 struct UserMessage {
@@ -71,6 +80,12 @@ struct UserMessage {
    image_paths: Vec<PathBuf>,
 }

+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+enum StreamKind {
+    Answer,
+    Reasoning,
+}
+
 impl From<String> for UserMessage {
    fn from(text: String) -> Self {
        Self {
@@ -89,11 +104,30 @@ fn create_initial_user_message(text: String, image_paths: Vec<PathBuf>) -> Optio
 }

 impl ChatWidget<'_> {
+    fn emit_stream_header(&mut self, kind: StreamKind) {
+        use ratatui::text::Line as RLine;
+        if self.stream_header_emitted {
+            return;
+        }
+        let header = match kind {
+            StreamKind::Reasoning => RLine::from("thinking".magenta().italic()),
+            StreamKind::Answer => RLine::from("codex".magenta().bold()),
+        };
+        self.app_event_tx
+            .send(AppEvent::InsertHistory(vec![header]));
+        self.stream_header_emitted = true;
+    }
+    fn finalize_active_stream(&mut self) {
+        if let Some(kind) = self.current_stream {
+            self.finalize_stream(kind);
+        }
+    }
    pub(crate) fn new(
        config: Config,
        app_event_tx: AppEventSender,
        initial_prompt: Option<String>,
        initial_images: Vec<PathBuf>,
+        enhanced_keys_supported: bool,
    ) -> Self {
        let (codex_op_tx, mut codex_op_rx) = unbounded_channel::<Op>();

@@ -139,6 +173,7 @@ impl ChatWidget<'_> {
            bottom_pane: BottomPane::new(BottomPaneParams {
                app_event_tx,
                has_input_focus: true,
+                enhanced_keys_supported,
            }),
            config,
            initial_user_message: create_initial_user_message(
@@ -147,8 +182,13 @@ impl ChatWidget<'_> {
            ),
            token_usage: TokenUsage::default(),
            reasoning_buffer: String::new(),
+            content_buffer: String::new(),
            answer_buffer: String::new(),
            running_commands: HashMap::new(),
+            live_builder: RowBuilder::new(80),
+            current_stream: None,
+            stream_header_emitted: false,
+            live_max_rows: 3,
        }
    }

@@ -157,7 +197,9 @@ impl ChatWidget<'_> {
    }

    pub(crate) fn handle_key_event(&mut self, key_event: KeyEvent) {
-        self.bottom_pane.clear_ctrl_c_quit_hint();
+        if key_event.kind == KeyEventKind::Press {
+            self.bottom_pane.clear_ctrl_c_quit_hint();
+        }

        match self.bottom_pane.handle_key_event(key_event) {
            InputResult::Submitted(text) => {
@@ -230,58 +272,59 @@ impl ChatWidget<'_> {

                self.request_redraw();
            }
-            EventMsg::AgentMessage(AgentMessageEvent { message }) => {
-                // Final assistant answer. Prefer the fully provided message
-                // from the event; if it is empty fall back to any accumulated
-                // delta buffer (some providers may only stream deltas and send
-                // an empty final message).
-                let full = if message.is_empty() {
-                    std::mem::take(&mut self.answer_buffer)
-                } else {
-                    self.answer_buffer.clear();
-                    message
-                };
-                if !full.is_empty() {
-                    self.add_to_history(HistoryCell::new_agent_message(&self.config, full));
-                }
+            EventMsg::AgentMessage(AgentMessageEvent { message: _ }) => {
+                // Final assistant answer: commit all remaining rows and close with
+                // a blank line. Use the final text if provided, otherwise rely on
+                // streamed deltas already in the builder.
+                self.finalize_stream(StreamKind::Answer);
                self.request_redraw();
            }
            EventMsg::AgentMessageDelta(AgentMessageDeltaEvent { delta }) => {
-                // Buffer only – do not emit partial lines. This avoids cases
-                // where long responses appear truncated if the terminal
-                // wrapped early. The full message is emitted on
-                // AgentMessage.
+                self.begin_stream(StreamKind::Answer);
                self.answer_buffer.push_str(&delta);
+                self.stream_push_and_maybe_commit(&delta);
+                self.request_redraw();
            }
            EventMsg::AgentReasoningDelta(AgentReasoningDeltaEvent { delta }) => {
-                // Buffer only – disable incremental reasoning streaming so we
-                // avoid truncated intermediate lines. Full text emitted on
-                // AgentReasoning.
+                // Stream CoT into the live pane; keep input visible and commit
+                // overflow rows incrementally to scrollback.
+                self.begin_stream(StreamKind::Reasoning);
                self.reasoning_buffer.push_str(&delta);
+                self.stream_push_and_maybe_commit(&delta);
+                self.request_redraw();
            }
-            EventMsg::AgentReasoning(AgentReasoningEvent { text }) => {
-                // Emit full reasoning text once. Some providers might send
-                // final event with empty text if only deltas were used.
-                let full = if text.is_empty() {
-                    std::mem::take(&mut self.reasoning_buffer)
-                } else {
-                    self.reasoning_buffer.clear();
-                    text
-                };
-                if !full.is_empty() {
-                    self.add_to_history(HistoryCell::new_agent_reasoning(&self.config, full));
-                }
+            EventMsg::AgentReasoning(AgentReasoningEvent { text: _ }) => {
+                // Final reasoning: commit remaining rows and close with a blank.
+                self.finalize_stream(StreamKind::Reasoning);
+                self.request_redraw();
+            }
+            EventMsg::AgentReasoningRawContentDelta(AgentReasoningRawContentDeltaEvent {
+                delta,
+            }) => {
+                // Treat raw reasoning content the same as summarized reasoning for UI flow.
+                self.begin_stream(StreamKind::Reasoning);
+                self.reasoning_buffer.push_str(&delta);
+                self.stream_push_and_maybe_commit(&delta);
+                self.request_redraw();
+            }
+            EventMsg::AgentReasoningRawContent(AgentReasoningRawContentEvent { text: _ }) => {
+                // Finalize the raw reasoning stream just like the summarized reasoning event.
+                self.finalize_stream(StreamKind::Reasoning);
                self.request_redraw();
            }
            EventMsg::TaskStarted => {
                self.bottom_pane.clear_ctrl_c_quit_hint();
                self.bottom_pane.set_task_running(true);
+                // Replace composer with single-line spinner while waiting.
+                self.bottom_pane
+                    .update_status_text("waiting for model".to_string());
                self.request_redraw();
            }
            EventMsg::TaskComplete(TaskCompleteEvent {
                last_agent_message: _,
            }) => {
                self.bottom_pane.set_task_running(false);
+                self.bottom_pane.clear_live_ring();
                self.request_redraw();
            }
            EventMsg::TokenCount(token_usage) => {
@@ -292,10 +335,18 @@ impl ChatWidget<'_> {
            EventMsg::Error(ErrorEvent { message }) => {
                self.add_to_history(HistoryCell::new_error_event(message.clone()));
                self.bottom_pane.set_task_running(false);
+                self.bottom_pane.clear_live_ring();
+                self.live_builder = RowBuilder::new(self.live_builder.width());
+                self.current_stream = None;
+                self.stream_header_emitted = false;
+                self.answer_buffer.clear();
+                self.reasoning_buffer.clear();
+                self.content_buffer.clear();
+                self.request_redraw();
            }
            EventMsg::PlanUpdate(update) => {
+                // Commit plan updates directly to history (no status-line preview).
                self.add_to_history(HistoryCell::new_plan_update(update));
-                self.request_redraw();
            }
            EventMsg::ExecApprovalRequest(ExecApprovalRequestEvent {
                call_id: _,
@@ -303,8 +354,8 @@ impl ChatWidget<'_> {
                cwd,
                reason,
            }) => {
-                // Print the command to the history so it is visible in the
-                // transcript *before* the modal asks for approval.
+                self.finalize_active_stream();
+                // Log a background summary immediately so the history is chronological.
                let cmdline = strip_bash_lc_and_escape(&command);
                let text = format!(
                    "command requires approval:\n$ {cmdline}{reason}",
@@ -330,6 +381,7 @@ impl ChatWidget<'_> {
                reason,
                grant_root,
            }) => {
+                self.finalize_active_stream();
                // ------------------------------------------------------------------
                // Before we even prompt the user for approval we surface the patch
                // summary in the main conversation so that the dialog appears in a
@@ -340,7 +392,6 @@ impl ChatWidget<'_> {
                // approval dialog) and avoids surprising the user with a modal
                // prompt before they have seen *what* is being requested.
                // ------------------------------------------------------------------
-
                self.add_to_history(HistoryCell::new_patch_event(
                    PatchEventType::ApprovalRequest,
                    changes,
@@ -360,6 +411,10 @@ impl ChatWidget<'_> {
                command,
                cwd,
            }) => {
+                self.finalize_active_stream();
+                // Ensure the status indicator is visible while the command runs.
+                self.bottom_pane
+                    .update_status_text("running command".to_string());
                self.running_commands.insert(
                    call_id,
                    RunningCommand {
@@ -369,13 +424,12 @@ impl ChatWidget<'_> {
                );
                self.add_to_history(HistoryCell::new_active_exec_command(command));
            }
+            EventMsg::ExecCommandOutputDelta(_) => {}
            EventMsg::PatchApplyBegin(PatchApplyBeginEvent {
                call_id: _,
                auto_approved,
                changes,
            }) => {
-                // Even when a patch is auto‑approved we still display the
-                // summary so the user can follow along.
                self.add_to_history(HistoryCell::new_patch_event(
                    PatchEventType::ApplyBegin { auto_approved },
                    changes,
@@ -384,9 +438,11 @@ impl ChatWidget<'_> {
            EventMsg::ExecCommandEnd(ExecCommandEndEvent {
                call_id,
                exit_code,
+                duration,
                stdout,
                stderr,
            }) => {
+                // Compute summary before moving stdout into the history cell.
                let cmd = self.running_commands.remove(&call_id);
                self.add_to_history(HistoryCell::new_completed_exec_command(
                    cmd.map(|cmd| cmd.command).unwrap_or_else(|| vec![call_id]),
@@ -394,7 +450,7 @@ impl ChatWidget<'_> {
                        exit_code,
                        stdout,
                        stderr,
-                        duration: Duration::from_secs(0),
+                        duration,
                    },
                ));
            }
@@ -402,6 +458,7 @@ impl ChatWidget<'_> {
                call_id: _,
                invocation,
            }) => {
+                self.finalize_active_stream();
                self.add_to_history(HistoryCell::new_active_mcp_tool_call(invocation));
            }
            EventMsg::McpToolCallEnd(McpToolCallEndEvent {
@@ -436,15 +493,18 @@ impl ChatWidget<'_> {
                self.app_event_tx.send(AppEvent::ExitRequest);
            }
            event => {
-                self.add_to_history(HistoryCell::new_background_event(format!("{event:?}")));
+                let text = format!("{event:?}");
+                self.add_to_history(HistoryCell::new_background_event(text.clone()));
+                self.update_latest_log(text);
            }
        }
    }

    /// Update the live log preview while a task is running.
    pub(crate) fn update_latest_log(&mut self, line: String) {
-        // Forward only if we are currently showing the status indicator.
-        self.bottom_pane.update_status_text(line);
+        if self.bottom_pane.is_task_running() {
+            self.bottom_pane.update_status_text(line);
+        }
    }

    fn request_redraw(&mut self) {
@@ -471,8 +531,15 @@ impl ChatWidget<'_> {
        if self.bottom_pane.is_task_running() {
            self.bottom_pane.clear_ctrl_c_quit_hint();
            self.submit_op(Op::Interrupt);
+            self.bottom_pane.set_task_running(false);
+            self.bottom_pane.clear_live_ring();
+            self.live_builder = RowBuilder::new(self.live_builder.width());
+            self.current_stream = None;
+            self.stream_header_emitted = false;
            self.answer_buffer.clear();
            self.reasoning_buffer.clear();
+            self.content_buffer.clear();
+            self.request_redraw();
            CancellationEvent::Ignored
        } else if self.bottom_pane.ctrl_c_quit_hint_visible() {
            self.submit_op(Op::Shutdown);
@@ -497,6 +564,114 @@ impl ChatWidget<'_> {
    pub(crate) fn token_usage(&self) -> &TokenUsage {
        &self.token_usage
    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn clear_token_usage(&mut self) {
+        self.token_usage = TokenUsage::default();
+        self.bottom_pane
+            .set_token_usage(self.token_usage.clone(), self.config.model_context_window);
+    }
+
+    pub fn cursor_pos(&self, area: Rect) -> Option<(u16, u16)> {
+        self.bottom_pane.cursor_pos(area)
+    }
+}
+
+impl ChatWidget<'_> {
+    fn begin_stream(&mut self, kind: StreamKind) {
+        if let Some(current) = self.current_stream {
+            if current != kind {
+                self.finalize_stream(current);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if self.current_stream != Some(kind) {
+            self.current_stream = Some(kind);
+            self.stream_header_emitted = false;
+            // Clear any previous live content; we're starting a new stream.
+            self.live_builder = RowBuilder::new(self.live_builder.width());
+            // Ensure the waiting status is visible (composer replaced).
+            self.bottom_pane
+                .update_status_text("waiting for model".to_string());
+            self.emit_stream_header(kind);
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn stream_push_and_maybe_commit(&mut self, delta: &str) {
+        self.live_builder.push_fragment(delta);
+
+        // Commit overflow rows (small batches) while keeping the last N rows visible.
+        let drained = self
+            .live_builder
+            .drain_commit_ready(self.live_max_rows as usize);
+        if !drained.is_empty() {
+            let mut lines: Vec<ratatui::text::Line<'static>> = Vec::new();
+            if !self.stream_header_emitted {
+                match self.current_stream {
+                    Some(StreamKind::Reasoning) => {
+                        lines.push(ratatui::text::Line::from("thinking".magenta().italic()));
+                    }
+                    Some(StreamKind::Answer) => {
+                        lines.push(ratatui::text::Line::from("codex".magenta().bold()));
+                    }
+                    None => {}
+                }
+                self.stream_header_emitted = true;
+            }
+            for r in drained {
+                lines.push(ratatui::text::Line::from(r.text));
+            }
+            self.app_event_tx.send(AppEvent::InsertHistory(lines));
+        }
+
+        // Update the live ring overlay lines (text-only, newest at bottom).
+        let rows = self
+            .live_builder
+            .display_rows()
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|r| ratatui::text::Line::from(r.text))
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        self.bottom_pane
+            .set_live_ring_rows(self.live_max_rows, rows);
+    }
+
+    fn finalize_stream(&mut self, kind: StreamKind) {
+        if self.current_stream != Some(kind) {
+            // Nothing to do; either already finalized or not the active stream.
+            return;
+        }
+        // Flush any partial line as a full row, then drain all remaining rows.
+        self.live_builder.end_line();
+        let remaining = self.live_builder.drain_rows();
+        // TODO: Re-add markdown rendering for assistant answers and reasoning.
+        // When finalizing, pass the accumulated text through `markdown::append_markdown`
+        // to build styled `Line<'static>` entries instead of raw plain text lines.
+        if !remaining.is_empty() || !self.stream_header_emitted {
+            let mut lines: Vec<ratatui::text::Line<'static>> = Vec::new();
+            if !self.stream_header_emitted {
+                match kind {
+                    StreamKind::Reasoning => {
+                        lines.push(ratatui::text::Line::from("thinking".magenta().italic()));
+                    }
+                    StreamKind::Answer => {
+                        lines.push(ratatui::text::Line::from("codex".magenta().bold()));
+                    }
+                }
+                self.stream_header_emitted = true;
+            }
+            for r in remaining {
+                lines.push(ratatui::text::Line::from(r.text));
+            }
+            // Close the block with a blank line for readability.
+            lines.push(ratatui::text::Line::from(""));
+            self.app_event_tx.send(AppEvent::InsertHistory(lines));
+        }
+
+        // Clear the live overlay and reset state for the next stream.
+        self.live_builder = RowBuilder::new(self.live_builder.width());
+        self.bottom_pane.clear_live_ring();
+        self.current_stream = None;
+        self.stream_header_emitted = false;
+    }
 }

 impl WidgetRef for &ChatWidget<'_> {
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/cli.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/cli.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ pub struct Cli {
    #[arg(long, short = 'm')]
    pub model: Option<String>,

+    /// Convenience flag to select the local open source model provider.
+    /// Equivalent to -c model_provider=oss; verifies a local Ollama server is
+    /// running.
+    #[arg(long = "oss", default_value_t = false)]
+    pub oss: bool,
+
    /// Configuration profile from config.toml to specify default options.
    #[arg(long = "profile", short = 'p')]
    pub config_profile: Option<String>,
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/history_cell.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/history_cell.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 use crate::exec_command::strip_bash_lc_and_escape;
-use crate::markdown::append_markdown;
 use crate::text_block::TextBlock;
 use crate::text_formatting::format_and_truncate_tool_result;
 use base64::Engine;
@@ -8,7 +7,6 @@ use codex_common::elapsed::format_duration;
 use codex_common::summarize_sandbox_policy;
 use codex_core::WireApi;
 use codex_core::config::Config;
-use codex_core::model_supports_reasoning_summaries;
 use codex_core::plan_tool::PlanItemArg;
 use codex_core::plan_tool::StepStatus;
 use codex_core::plan_tool::UpdatePlanArgs;
@@ -68,12 +66,7 @@ pub(crate) enum HistoryCell {
    /// Message from the user.
    UserPrompt { view: TextBlock },

-    /// Message from the agent.
-    AgentMessage { view: TextBlock },
-
-    /// Reasoning event from the agent.
-    AgentReasoning { view: TextBlock },
-
+    // AgentMessage and AgentReasoning variants were unused and have been removed.
    /// An exec tool call that has not finished yet.
    ActiveExecCommand { view: TextBlock },

@@ -128,8 +121,6 @@ impl HistoryCell {
        match self {
            HistoryCell::WelcomeMessage { view }
            | HistoryCell::UserPrompt { view }
-            | HistoryCell::AgentMessage { view }
-            | HistoryCell::AgentReasoning { view }
            | HistoryCell::BackgroundEvent { view }
            | HistoryCell::GitDiffOutput { view }
            | HistoryCell::ErrorEvent { view }
@@ -185,7 +176,7 @@ impl HistoryCell {
                ("sandbox", summarize_sandbox_policy(&config.sandbox_policy)),
            ];
            if config.model_provider.wire_api == WireApi::Responses
-                && model_supports_reasoning_summaries(config)
+                && config.model_family.supports_reasoning_summaries
            {
                entries.push((
                    "reasoning effort",
@@ -231,28 +222,6 @@ impl HistoryCell {
        }
    }

-    pub(crate) fn new_agent_message(config: &Config, message: String) -> Self {
-        let mut lines: Vec<Line<'static>> = Vec::new();
-        lines.push(Line::from("codex".magenta().bold()));
-        append_markdown(&message, &mut lines, config);
-        lines.push(Line::from(""));
-
-        HistoryCell::AgentMessage {
-            view: TextBlock::new(lines),
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub(crate) fn new_agent_reasoning(config: &Config, text: String) -> Self {
-        let mut lines: Vec<Line<'static>> = Vec::new();
-        lines.push(Line::from("thinking".magenta().italic()));
-        append_markdown(&text, &mut lines, config);
-        lines.push(Line::from(""));
-
-        HistoryCell::AgentReasoning {
-            view: TextBlock::new(lines),
-        }
-    }
-
    pub(crate) fn new_active_exec_command(command: Vec<String>) -> Self {
        let command_escaped = strip_bash_lc_and_escape(&command);

@@ -545,24 +514,17 @@ impl HistoryCell {
        } else {
            for (idx, PlanItemArg { step, status }) in plan.into_iter().enumerate() {
                let num = idx + 1;
-                let (icon, style): (&str, Style) = match status {
-                    StepStatus::Completed => ("✓", Style::default().fg(Color::Green)),
-                    StepStatus::InProgress => (
-                        "▶",
-                        Style::default()
-                            .fg(Color::Yellow)
-                            .add_modifier(Modifier::BOLD),
-                    ),
-                    StepStatus::Pending => ("○", Style::default().fg(Color::Gray)),
+                let icon_span: Span = match status {
+                    StepStatus::Completed => Span::from("✓").fg(Color::Green),
+                    StepStatus::InProgress => Span::from("▶").fg(Color::Yellow).bold(),
+                    StepStatus::Pending => Span::from("○").fg(Color::Gray),
                };
-                let prefix = vec![
-                    Span::raw(format!("{num:>2}. [")),
-                    Span::styled(icon.to_string(), style),
-                    Span::raw("] "),
-                ];
-                let mut spans = prefix;
-                spans.push(Span::raw(step));
-                lines.push(Line::from(spans));
+                lines.push(Line::from(vec![
+                    format!("{num:>2}. [").into(),
+                    icon_span,
+                    "] ".into(),
+                    step.into(),
+                ]));
            }
        }

--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/insert_history.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/insert_history.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ use crossterm::style::SetBackgroundColor;
 use crossterm::style::SetColors;
 use crossterm::style::SetForegroundColor;
 use ratatui::layout::Size;
-use ratatui::prelude::Backend;
 use ratatui::style::Color;
 use ratatui::style::Modifier;
 use ratatui::text::Line;
@@ -22,6 +21,20 @@ use ratatui::text::Span;

 /// Insert `lines` above the viewport.
 pub(crate) fn insert_history_lines(terminal: &mut tui::Tui, lines: Vec<Line>) {
+    let mut out = std::io::stdout();
+    insert_history_lines_to_writer(terminal, &mut out, lines);
+}
+
+/// Like `insert_history_lines`, but writes ANSI to the provided writer. This
+/// is intended for testing where a capture buffer is used instead of stdout.
+pub fn insert_history_lines_to_writer<B, W>(
+    terminal: &mut crate::custom_terminal::Terminal<B>,
+    writer: &mut W,
+    lines: Vec<Line>,
+) where
+    B: ratatui::backend::Backend,
+    W: Write,
+{
    let screen_size = terminal.backend().size().unwrap_or(Size::new(0, 0));
    let cursor_pos = terminal.get_cursor_position().ok();

@@ -32,10 +45,22 @@ pub(crate) fn insert_history_lines(terminal: &mut tui::Tui, lines: Vec<Line>) {
        // If the viewport is not at the bottom of the screen, scroll it down to make room.
        // Don't scroll it past the bottom of the screen.
        let scroll_amount = wrapped_lines.min(screen_size.height - area.bottom());
-        terminal
-            .backend_mut()
-            .scroll_region_down(area.top()..screen_size.height, scroll_amount)
-            .ok();
+
+        // Emit ANSI to scroll the lower region (from the top of the viewport to the bottom
+        // of the screen) downward by `scroll_amount` lines. We do this by:
+        //   1) Limiting the scroll region to [area.top()+1 .. screen_height] (1-based bounds)
+        //   2) Placing the cursor at the top margin of that region
+        //   3) Emitting Reverse Index (RI, ESC M) `scroll_amount` times
+        //   4) Resetting the scroll region back to full screen
+        let top_1based = area.top() + 1; // Convert 0-based row to 1-based for DECSTBM
+        queue!(writer, SetScrollRegion(top_1based..screen_size.height)).ok();
+        queue!(writer, MoveTo(0, area.top())).ok();
+        for _ in 0..scroll_amount {
+            // Reverse Index (RI): ESC M
+            queue!(writer, Print("\x1bM")).ok();
+        }
+        queue!(writer, ResetScrollRegion).ok();
+
        let cursor_top = area.top().saturating_sub(1);
        area.y += scroll_amount;
        terminal.set_viewport_area(area);
@@ -59,23 +84,23 @@ pub(crate) fn insert_history_lines(terminal: &mut tui::Tui, lines: Vec<Line>) {
    // ││                            ││
    // │╰────────────────────────────╯│
    // └──────────────────────────────┘
-    queue!(std::io::stdout(), SetScrollRegion(1..area.top())).ok();
+    queue!(writer, SetScrollRegion(1..area.top())).ok();

    // NB: we are using MoveTo instead of set_cursor_position here to avoid messing with the
    // terminal's last_known_cursor_position, which hopefully will still be accurate after we
    // fetch/restore the cursor position. insert_history_lines should be cursor-position-neutral :)
-    queue!(std::io::stdout(), MoveTo(0, cursor_top)).ok();
+    queue!(writer, MoveTo(0, cursor_top)).ok();

    for line in lines {
-        queue!(std::io::stdout(), Print("\r\n")).ok();
-        write_spans(&mut std::io::stdout(), line.iter()).ok();
+        queue!(writer, Print("\r\n")).ok();
+        write_spans(writer, line.iter()).ok();
    }

-    queue!(std::io::stdout(), ResetScrollRegion).ok();
+    queue!(writer, ResetScrollRegion).ok();

    // Restore the cursor position to where it was before we started.
    if let Some(cursor_pos) = cursor_pos {
-        queue!(std::io::stdout(), MoveTo(cursor_pos.x, cursor_pos.y)).ok();
+        queue!(writer, MoveTo(cursor_pos.x, cursor_pos.y)).ok();
    }
 }

@@ -88,19 +113,25 @@ fn wrapped_line_count(lines: &[Line], width: u16) -> u16 {
 }

 fn line_height(line: &Line, width: u16) -> u16 {
-    use unicode_width::UnicodeWidthStr;
-    // get the total display width of the line, accounting for double-width chars
-    let total_width = line
+    // Use the same visible-width slicing semantics as the live row builder so
+    // our pre-scroll estimation matches how rows will actually wrap.
+    let w = width.max(1) as usize;
+    let mut rows = 0u16;
+    let mut remaining = line
        .spans
        .iter()
-        .map(|span| span.content.width())
-        .sum::<usize>();
-    // divide by width to get the number of lines, rounding up
-    if width == 0 {
-        1
-    } else {
-        (total_width as u16).div_ceil(width).max(1)
+        .map(|s| s.content.as_ref())
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+        .join("");
+    while !remaining.is_empty() {
+        let (_prefix, suffix, taken) = crate::live_wrap::take_prefix_by_width(&remaining, w);
+        rows = rows.saturating_add(1);
+        if taken >= remaining.len() {
+            break;
+        }
+        remaining = suffix.to_string();
    }
+    rows.max(1)
 }

 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
@@ -216,18 +247,18 @@ where
 {
    let mut fg = Color::Reset;
    let mut bg = Color::Reset;
-    let mut modifier = Modifier::empty();
+    let mut last_modifier = Modifier::empty();
    for span in content {
-        let mut next_modifier = modifier;
-        next_modifier.insert(span.style.add_modifier);
-        next_modifier.remove(span.style.sub_modifier);
-        if next_modifier != modifier {
+        let mut modifier = Modifier::empty();
+        modifier.insert(span.style.add_modifier);
+        modifier.remove(span.style.sub_modifier);
+        if modifier != last_modifier {
            let diff = ModifierDiff {
-                from: modifier,
-                to: next_modifier,
+                from: last_modifier,
+                to: modifier,
            };
            diff.queue(&mut writer)?;
-            modifier = next_modifier;
+            last_modifier = modifier;
        }
        let next_fg = span.style.fg.unwrap_or(Color::Reset);
        let next_bg = span.style.bg.unwrap_or(Color::Reset);
@@ -250,3 +281,45 @@ where
        SetAttribute(crossterm::style::Attribute::Reset),
    )
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    #![allow(clippy::unwrap_used)]
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn writes_bold_then_regular_spans() {
+        use ratatui::style::Stylize;
+
+        let spans = ["A".bold(), "B".into()];
+
+        let mut actual: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
+        write_spans(&mut actual, spans.iter()).unwrap();
+
+        let mut expected: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
+        queue!(
+            expected,
+            SetAttribute(crossterm::style::Attribute::Bold),
+            Print("A"),
+            SetAttribute(crossterm::style::Attribute::NormalIntensity),
+            Print("B"),
+            SetForegroundColor(CColor::Reset),
+            SetBackgroundColor(CColor::Reset),
+            SetAttribute(crossterm::style::Attribute::Reset),
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            String::from_utf8(actual).unwrap(),
+            String::from_utf8(expected).unwrap()
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn line_height_counts_double_width_emoji() {
+        let line = Line::from("😀😀😀"); // each emoji ~ width 2
+        assert_eq!(line_height(&line, 4), 2);
+        assert_eq!(line_height(&line, 2), 3);
+        assert_eq!(line_height(&line, 6), 1);
+    }
+}
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/lib.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@
 // alternate‑screen mode starts; that file opts‑out locally via `allow`.
 #![deny(clippy::print_stdout, clippy::print_stderr)]
 use app::App;
+use codex_core::BUILT_IN_OSS_MODEL_PROVIDER_ID;
 use codex_core::config::Config;
 use codex_core::config::ConfigOverrides;
 use codex_core::config_types::SandboxMode;
 use codex_core::protocol::AskForApproval;
 use codex_core::util::is_inside_git_repo;
 use codex_login::load_auth;
+use codex_ollama::OllamaClient;
 use log_layer::TuiLogLayer;
 use std::fs::OpenOptions;
 use std::io::Write;
@@ -25,13 +27,14 @@ mod bottom_pane;
 mod chatwidget;
 mod citation_regex;
 mod cli;
-mod custom_terminal;
+pub mod custom_terminal;
 mod exec_command;
 mod file_search;
 mod get_git_diff;
 mod git_warning_screen;
 mod history_cell;
-mod insert_history;
+pub mod insert_history;
+pub mod live_wrap;
 mod log_layer;
 mod markdown;
 mod slash_command;
@@ -41,6 +44,11 @@ mod text_formatting;
 mod tui;
 mod user_approval_widget;

+#[cfg(not(debug_assertions))]
+mod updates;
+#[cfg(not(debug_assertions))]
+use color_eyre::owo_colors::OwoColorize;
+
 pub use cli::Cli;

 pub async fn run_main(
@@ -64,6 +72,11 @@ pub async fn run_main(
        )
    };

+    let model_provider_override = if cli.oss {
+        Some(BUILT_IN_OSS_MODEL_PROVIDER_ID.to_owned())
+    } else {
+        None
+    };
    let config = {
        // Load configuration and support CLI overrides.
        let overrides = ConfigOverrides {
@@ -71,7 +84,7 @@ pub async fn run_main(
            approval_policy,
            sandbox_mode,
            cwd: cli.cwd.clone().map(|p| p.canonicalize().unwrap_or(p)),
-            model_provider: None,
+            model_provider: model_provider_override,
            config_profile: cli.config_profile.clone(),
            codex_linux_sandbox_exe,
            base_instructions: None,
@@ -139,6 +152,55 @@ pub async fn run_main(
        .with(tui_layer)
        .try_init();

+    #[allow(clippy::print_stderr)]
+    #[cfg(not(debug_assertions))]
+    if let Some(latest_version) = updates::get_upgrade_version(&config) {
+        let current_version = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
+        let exe = std::env::current_exe()?;
+        let managed_by_npm = std::env::var_os("CODEX_MANAGED_BY_NPM").is_some();
+
+        eprintln!(
+            "{} {current_version} -> {latest_version}.",
+            "✨⬆️ Update available!".bold().cyan()
+        );
+
+        if managed_by_npm {
+            let npm_cmd = "npm install -g @openai/codex@latest";
+            eprintln!("Run {} to update.", npm_cmd.cyan().on_black());
+        } else if cfg!(target_os = "macos")
+            && (exe.starts_with("/opt/homebrew") || exe.starts_with("/usr/local"))
+        {
+            let brew_cmd = "brew upgrade codex";
+            eprintln!("Run {} to update.", brew_cmd.cyan().on_black());
+        } else {
+            eprintln!(
+                "See {} for the latest releases and installation options.",
+                "https://github.com/openai/codex/releases/latest"
+                    .cyan()
+                    .on_black()
+            );
+        }
+
+        eprintln!("");
+    }
+
+    if cli.oss {
+        // Should maybe load the client using `config.model_provider`?
+        let ollama_client = OllamaClient::from_oss_provider();
+        let is_ollama_available = ollama_client.probe_server().await?;
+        #[allow(clippy::print_stderr)]
+        if !is_ollama_available {
+            eprintln!(
+                "Ollama server is not reachable at {}. Please ensure Ollama is running.",
+                ollama_client.get_host()
+            );
+            std::process::exit(1);
+        }
+
+        // TODO(easong): Check if the model is available, and if not, prompt the
+        // user to pull it.
+    }
+
    let show_login_screen = should_show_login_screen(&config);
    if show_login_screen {
        std::io::stdout()
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/live_wrap.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/live_wrap.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,290 @@
+use unicode_width::UnicodeWidthChar;
+use unicode_width::UnicodeWidthStr;
+
+/// A single visual row produced by RowBuilder.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct Row {
+    pub text: String,
+    /// True if this row ends with an explicit line break (as opposed to a hard wrap).
+    pub explicit_break: bool,
+}
+
+impl Row {
+    pub fn width(&self) -> usize {
+        self.text.width()
+    }
+}
+
+/// Incrementally wraps input text into visual rows of at most `width` cells.
+///
+/// Step 1: plain-text only. ANSI-carry and styled spans will be added later.
+pub struct RowBuilder {
+    target_width: usize,
+    /// Buffer for the current logical line (until a '\n' is seen).
+    current_line: String,
+    /// Output rows built so far for the current logical line and previous ones.
+    rows: Vec<Row>,
+}
+
+impl RowBuilder {
+    pub fn new(target_width: usize) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            target_width: target_width.max(1),
+            current_line: String::new(),
+            rows: Vec::new(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn width(&self) -> usize {
+        self.target_width
+    }
+
+    pub fn set_width(&mut self, width: usize) {
+        self.target_width = width.max(1);
+        // Rewrap everything we have (simple approach for Step 1).
+        let mut all = String::new();
+        for row in self.rows.drain(..) {
+            all.push_str(&row.text);
+            if row.explicit_break {
+                all.push('\n');
+            }
+        }
+        all.push_str(&self.current_line);
+        self.current_line.clear();
+        self.push_fragment(&all);
+    }
+
+    /// Push an input fragment. May contain newlines.
+    pub fn push_fragment(&mut self, fragment: &str) {
+        if fragment.is_empty() {
+            return;
+        }
+        let mut start = 0usize;
+        for (i, ch) in fragment.char_indices() {
+            if ch == '\n' {
+                // Flush anything pending before the newline.
+                if start < i {
+                    self.current_line.push_str(&fragment[start..i]);
+                }
+                self.flush_current_line(true);
+                start = i + ch.len_utf8();
+            }
+        }
+        if start < fragment.len() {
+            self.current_line.push_str(&fragment[start..]);
+            self.wrap_current_line();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Mark the end of the current logical line (equivalent to pushing a '\n').
+    pub fn end_line(&mut self) {
+        self.flush_current_line(true);
+    }
+
+    /// Drain and return all produced rows.
+    pub fn drain_rows(&mut self) -> Vec<Row> {
+        std::mem::take(&mut self.rows)
+    }
+
+    /// Return a snapshot of produced rows (non-draining).
+    pub fn rows(&self) -> &[Row] {
+        &self.rows
+    }
+
+    /// Rows suitable for display, including the current partial line if any.
+    pub fn display_rows(&self) -> Vec<Row> {
+        let mut out = self.rows.clone();
+        if !self.current_line.is_empty() {
+            out.push(Row {
+                text: self.current_line.clone(),
+                explicit_break: false,
+            });
+        }
+        out
+    }
+
+    /// Drain the oldest rows that exceed `max_keep` display rows (including the
+    /// current partial line, if any). Returns the drained rows in order.
+    pub fn drain_commit_ready(&mut self, max_keep: usize) -> Vec<Row> {
+        let display_count = self.rows.len() + if self.current_line.is_empty() { 0 } else { 1 };
+        if display_count <= max_keep {
+            return Vec::new();
+        }
+        let to_commit = display_count - max_keep;
+        let commit_count = to_commit.min(self.rows.len());
+        let mut drained = Vec::with_capacity(commit_count);
+        for _ in 0..commit_count {
+            drained.push(self.rows.remove(0));
+        }
+        drained
+    }
+
+    fn flush_current_line(&mut self, explicit_break: bool) {
+        // Wrap any remaining content in the current line and then finalize with explicit_break.
+        self.wrap_current_line();
+        // If the current line ended exactly on a width boundary and is non-empty, represent
+        // the explicit break as an empty explicit row so that fragmentation invariance holds.
+        if explicit_break {
+            if self.current_line.is_empty() {
+                // We ended on a boundary previously; add an empty explicit row.
+                self.rows.push(Row {
+                    text: String::new(),
+                    explicit_break: true,
+                });
+            } else {
+                // There is leftover content that did not wrap yet; push it now with the explicit flag.
+                let mut s = String::new();
+                std::mem::swap(&mut s, &mut self.current_line);
+                self.rows.push(Row {
+                    text: s,
+                    explicit_break: true,
+                });
+            }
+        }
+        // Reset current line buffer for next logical line.
+        self.current_line.clear();
+    }
+
+    fn wrap_current_line(&mut self) {
+        // While the current_line exceeds width, cut a prefix.
+        loop {
+            if self.current_line.is_empty() {
+                break;
+            }
+            let (prefix, suffix, taken) =
+                take_prefix_by_width(&self.current_line, self.target_width);
+            if taken == 0 {
+                // Avoid infinite loop on pathological inputs; take one scalar and continue.
+                if let Some((i, ch)) = self.current_line.char_indices().next() {
+                    let len = i + ch.len_utf8();
+                    let p = self.current_line[..len].to_string();
+                    self.rows.push(Row {
+                        text: p,
+                        explicit_break: false,
+                    });
+                    self.current_line = self.current_line[len..].to_string();
+                    continue;
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+            if suffix.is_empty() {
+                // Fits entirely; keep in buffer (do not push yet) so we can append more later.
+                break;
+            } else {
+                // Emit wrapped prefix as a non-explicit row and continue with the remainder.
+                self.rows.push(Row {
+                    text: prefix,
+                    explicit_break: false,
+                });
+                self.current_line = suffix.to_string();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Take a prefix of `text` whose visible width is at most `max_cols`.
+/// Returns (prefix, suffix, prefix_width).
+pub fn take_prefix_by_width(text: &str, max_cols: usize) -> (String, &str, usize) {
+    if max_cols == 0 || text.is_empty() {
+        return (String::new(), text, 0);
+    }
+    let mut cols = 0usize;
+    let mut end_idx = 0usize;
+    for (i, ch) in text.char_indices() {
+        let ch_width = UnicodeWidthChar::width(ch).unwrap_or(0);
+        if cols.saturating_add(ch_width) > max_cols {
+            break;
+        }
+        cols += ch_width;
+        end_idx = i + ch.len_utf8();
+        if cols == max_cols {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    let prefix = text[..end_idx].to_string();
+    let suffix = &text[end_idx..];
+    (prefix, suffix, cols)
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use pretty_assertions::assert_eq;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn rows_do_not_exceed_width_ascii() {
+        let mut rb = RowBuilder::new(10);
+        rb.push_fragment("hello whirl this is a test");
+        let rows = rb.rows().to_vec();
+        assert_eq!(
+            rows,
+            vec![
+                Row {
+                    text: "hello whir".to_string(),
+                    explicit_break: false
+                },
+                Row {
+                    text: "l this is ".to_string(),
+                    explicit_break: false
+                }
+            ]
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn rows_do_not_exceed_width_emoji_cjk() {
+        // 😀 is width 2; 你/好 are width 2.
+        let mut rb = RowBuilder::new(6);
+        rb.push_fragment("😀😀 你好");
+        let rows = rb.rows().to_vec();
+        // At width 6, we expect the first row to fit exactly two emojis and a space
+        // (2 + 2 + 1 = 5) plus one more column for the first CJK char (2 would overflow),
+        // so only the two emojis and the space fit; the rest remains buffered.
+        assert_eq!(
+            rows,
+            vec![Row {
+                text: "😀😀 ".to_string(),
+                explicit_break: false
+            }]
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn fragmentation_invariance_long_token() {
+        let s = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"; // 26 chars
+        let mut rb_all = RowBuilder::new(7);
+        rb_all.push_fragment(s);
+        let all_rows = rb_all.rows().to_vec();
+
+        let mut rb_chunks = RowBuilder::new(7);
+        for i in (0..s.len()).step_by(3) {
+            let end = (i + 3).min(s.len());
+            rb_chunks.push_fragment(&s[i..end]);
+        }
+        let chunk_rows = rb_chunks.rows().to_vec();
+
+        assert_eq!(all_rows, chunk_rows);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn newline_splits_rows() {
+        let mut rb = RowBuilder::new(10);
+        rb.push_fragment("hello\nworld");
+        let rows = rb.display_rows();
+        assert!(rows.iter().any(|r| r.explicit_break));
+        assert_eq!(rows[0].text, "hello");
+        // Second row should begin with 'world'
+        assert!(rows.iter().any(|r| r.text.starts_with("world")));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn rewrap_on_width_change() {
+        let mut rb = RowBuilder::new(10);
+        rb.push_fragment("abcdefghijK");
+        assert!(!rb.rows().is_empty());
+        rb.set_width(5);
+        for r in rb.rows() {
+            assert!(r.width() <= 5);
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/markdown.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/markdown.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use crate::citation_regex::CITATION_REGEX;
 use codex_core::config::Config;
 use codex_core::config_types::UriBasedFileOpener;
 use ratatui::text::Line;
@@ -5,8 +6,7 @@ use ratatui::text::Span;
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::path::Path;

-use crate::citation_regex::CITATION_REGEX;
-
+#[allow(dead_code)]
 pub(crate) fn append_markdown(
    markdown_source: &str,
    lines: &mut Vec<Line<'static>>,
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ pub(crate) fn append_markdown(
    append_markdown_with_opener_and_cwd(markdown_source, lines, config.file_opener, &config.cwd);
 }

+#[allow(dead_code)]
 fn append_markdown_with_opener_and_cwd(
    markdown_source: &str,
    lines: &mut Vec<Line<'static>>,
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ fn append_markdown_with_opener_and_cwd(
 /// ```text
 /// <scheme>://file<ABS_PATH>:<LINE>
 /// ```
+#[allow(dead_code)]
 fn rewrite_file_citations<'a>(
    src: &'a str,
    file_opener: UriBasedFileOpener,
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/slash_command.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/slash_command.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ pub enum SlashCommand {
    // DO NOT ALPHA-SORT! Enum order is presentation order in the popup, so
    // more frequently used commands should be listed first.
    New,
+    Compact,
    Diff,
    Quit,
    #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ impl SlashCommand {
    pub fn description(self) -> &'static str {
        match self {
            SlashCommand::New => "Start a new chat.",
+            SlashCommand::Compact => "Compact the chat history.",
            SlashCommand::Quit => "Exit the application.",
            SlashCommand::Diff => {
                "Show git diff of the working directory (including untracked files)"
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/status_indicator_widget.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/status_indicator_widget.rs
@@ -9,24 +9,22 @@ use std::thread;
 use std::time::Duration;

 use ratatui::buffer::Buffer;
-use ratatui::layout::Alignment;
 use ratatui::layout::Rect;
 use ratatui::style::Color;
 use ratatui::style::Modifier;
 use ratatui::style::Style;
-use ratatui::style::Stylize;
 use ratatui::text::Line;
 use ratatui::text::Span;
-use ratatui::widgets::Block;
-use ratatui::widgets::BorderType;
-use ratatui::widgets::Borders;
-use ratatui::widgets::Padding;
 use ratatui::widgets::Paragraph;
 use ratatui::widgets::WidgetRef;
+use unicode_width::UnicodeWidthStr;

 use crate::app_event::AppEvent;
 use crate::app_event_sender::AppEventSender;

+// We render the live text using markdown so it visually matches the history
+// cells. Before rendering we strip any ANSI escape sequences to avoid writing
+// raw control bytes into the back buffer.
 use codex_ansi_escape::ansi_escape_line;

 pub(crate) struct StatusIndicatorWidget {
@@ -34,6 +32,14 @@ pub(crate) struct StatusIndicatorWidget {
    /// time).
    text: String,

+    /// Animation state: reveal target `text` progressively like a typewriter.
+    /// We compute the currently visible prefix length based on the current
+    /// frame index and a constant typing speed.  The `base_frame` and
+    /// `reveal_len_at_base` form the anchor from which we advance.
+    last_target_len: usize,
+    base_frame: usize,
+    reveal_len_at_base: usize,
+
    frame_idx: Arc<AtomicUsize>,
    running: Arc<AtomicBool>,
    // Keep one sender alive to prevent the channel from closing while the
@@ -57,7 +63,7 @@ impl StatusIndicatorWidget {
            thread::spawn(move || {
                let mut counter = 0usize;
                while running_clone.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
-                    std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(200));
+                    std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(100));
                    counter = counter.wrapping_add(1);
                    frame_idx_clone.store(counter, Ordering::Relaxed);
                    app_event_tx_clone.send(AppEvent::RequestRedraw);
@@ -66,9 +72,13 @@ impl StatusIndicatorWidget {
        }

        Self {
-            text: String::from("waiting for logs…"),
+            text: String::from("waiting for model"),
+            last_target_len: 0,
+            base_frame: 0,
+            reveal_len_at_base: 0,
            frame_idx,
            running,
+
            _app_event_tx: app_event_tx,
        }
    }
@@ -79,7 +89,67 @@ impl StatusIndicatorWidget {

    /// Update the line that is displayed in the widget.
    pub(crate) fn update_text(&mut self, text: String) {
-        self.text = text.replace(['\n', '\r'], " ");
+        // If the text hasn't changed, don't reset the baseline; let the
+        // animation continue advancing naturally.
+        if text == self.text {
+            return;
+        }
+        // Update the target text, preserving newlines so wrapping matches history cells.
+        // Strip ANSI escapes for the character count so the typewriter animation speed is stable.
+        let stripped = {
+            let line = ansi_escape_line(&text);
+            line.spans
+                .iter()
+                .map(|s| s.content.as_ref())
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                .join("")
+        };
+        let new_len = stripped.chars().count();
+
+        // Compute how many characters are currently revealed so we can carry
+        // this forward as the new baseline when target text changes.
+        let current_frame = self.frame_idx.load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
+        let shown_now = self.current_shown_len(current_frame);
+
+        self.text = text;
+        self.last_target_len = new_len;
+        self.base_frame = current_frame;
+        self.reveal_len_at_base = shown_now.min(new_len);
+    }
+
+    /// Reset the animation and start revealing `text` from the beginning.
+    #[cfg(test)]
+    pub(crate) fn restart_with_text(&mut self, text: String) {
+        let sanitized = text.replace(['\n', '\r'], " ");
+        let stripped = {
+            let line = ansi_escape_line(&sanitized);
+            line.spans
+                .iter()
+                .map(|s| s.content.as_ref())
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                .join("")
+        };
+
+        let new_len = stripped.chars().count();
+        let current_frame = self.frame_idx.load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
+
+        self.text = sanitized;
+        self.last_target_len = new_len;
+        self.base_frame = current_frame;
+        // Start from zero revealed characters for a fresh typewriter cycle.
+        self.reveal_len_at_base = 0;
+    }
+
+    /// Calculate how many characters should currently be visible given the
+    /// animation baseline and frame counter.
+    fn current_shown_len(&self, current_frame: usize) -> usize {
+        // Increase typewriter speed (~5x): reveal more characters per frame.
+        const TYPING_CHARS_PER_FRAME: usize = 7;
+        let frames = current_frame.saturating_sub(self.base_frame);
+        let advanced = self
+            .reveal_len_at_base
+            .saturating_add(frames.saturating_mul(TYPING_CHARS_PER_FRAME));
+        advanced.min(self.last_target_len)
    }
 }

@@ -92,100 +162,140 @@ impl Drop for StatusIndicatorWidget {

 impl WidgetRef for StatusIndicatorWidget {
    fn render_ref(&self, area: Rect, buf: &mut Buffer) {
-        let widget_style = Style::default();
-        let block = Block::default()
-            .padding(Padding::new(1, 0, 0, 0))
-            .borders(Borders::LEFT)
-            .border_type(BorderType::QuadrantOutside)
-            .border_style(widget_style.dim());
-        // Animated 3‑dot pattern inside brackets. The *active* dot is bold
-        // white, the others are dim.
-        const DOT_COUNT: usize = 3;
+        // Ensure minimal height
+        if area.height == 0 || area.width == 0 {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Build animated gradient header for the word "Working".
        let idx = self.frame_idx.load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
-        let phase = idx % (DOT_COUNT * 2 - 2);
-        let active = if phase < DOT_COUNT {
-            phase
-        } else {
-            (DOT_COUNT * 2 - 2) - phase
-        };
+        let header_text = "Working";
+        let header_chars: Vec<char> = header_text.chars().collect();
+        let padding = 4usize; // virtual padding around the word for smoother loop
+        let period = header_chars.len() + padding * 2;
+        let pos = idx % period;
+        let has_true_color = supports_color::on_cached(supports_color::Stream::Stdout)
+            .map(|level| level.has_16m)
+            .unwrap_or(false);
+        let band_half_width = 2.0; // width of the bright band in characters

        let mut header_spans: Vec<Span<'static>> = Vec::new();
+        for (i, ch) in header_chars.iter().enumerate() {
+            let i_pos = i as isize + padding as isize;
+            let pos = pos as isize;
+            let dist = (i_pos - pos).abs() as f32;

-        header_spans.push(Span::styled(
-            "Working ",
-            Style::default()
-                .fg(Color::White)
-                .add_modifier(Modifier::BOLD),
-        ));
+            let t = if dist <= band_half_width {
+                let x = std::f32::consts::PI * (dist / band_half_width);
+                0.5 * (1.0 + x.cos())
+            } else {
+                0.0
+            };

-        header_spans.push(Span::styled(
-            "[",
-            Style::default()
-                .fg(Color::White)
-                .add_modifier(Modifier::BOLD),
-        ));
-
-        for i in 0..DOT_COUNT {
-            let style = if i == active {
+            let brightness = 0.4 + 0.6 * t;
+            let level = (brightness * 255.0).clamp(0.0, 255.0) as u8;
+            let style = if has_true_color {
                Style::default()
-                    .fg(Color::White)
+                    .fg(Color::Rgb(level, level, level))
                    .add_modifier(Modifier::BOLD)
            } else {
-                Style::default().dim()
+                // Bold makes dark gray and gray look the same, so don't use it when true color is not supported.
+                Style::default().fg(color_for_level(level))
            };
-            header_spans.push(Span::styled(".", style));
+
+            header_spans.push(Span::styled(ch.to_string(), style));
        }

-        header_spans.push(Span::styled(
-            "] ",
+        // Plain rendering: no borders or padding so the live cell is visually indistinguishable from terminal scrollback.
+        let inner_width = area.width as usize;
+
+        // Compose a single status line like: "▌ Working [•] waiting for model"
+        let mut spans: Vec<Span<'static>> = Vec::new();
+        spans.push(Span::styled("▌ ", Style::default().fg(Color::Cyan)));
+        // Gradient header
+        spans.extend(header_spans);
+        // Space after header
+        spans.push(Span::styled(
+            " ",
            Style::default()
                .fg(Color::White)
                .add_modifier(Modifier::BOLD),
        ));

-        // Ensure we do not overflow width.
-        let inner_width = block.inner(area).width as usize;
-
-        // Sanitize and colour‑strip the potentially colourful log text.  This
-        // ensures that **no** raw ANSI escape sequences leak into the
-        // back‑buffer which would otherwise cause cursor jumps or stray
-        // artefacts when the terminal is resized.
-        let line = ansi_escape_line(&self.text);
-        let mut sanitized_tail: String = line
-            .spans
-            .iter()
-            .map(|s| s.content.as_ref())
-            .collect::<Vec<_>>()
-            .join("");
-
-        // Truncate *after* stripping escape codes so width calculation is
-        // accurate. See UTF‑8 boundary comments above.
-        let header_len: usize = header_spans.iter().map(|s| s.content.len()).sum();
-
-        if header_len + sanitized_tail.len() > inner_width {
-            let available_bytes = inner_width.saturating_sub(header_len);
-
-            if sanitized_tail.is_char_boundary(available_bytes) {
-                sanitized_tail.truncate(available_bytes);
+        // Truncate spans to fit the width.
+        let mut acc: Vec<Span<'static>> = Vec::new();
+        let mut used = 0usize;
+        for s in spans {
+            let w = s.content.width();
+            if used + w <= inner_width {
+                acc.push(s);
+                used += w;
            } else {
-                let mut idx = available_bytes;
-                while idx < sanitized_tail.len() && !sanitized_tail.is_char_boundary(idx) {
-                    idx += 1;
-                }
-                sanitized_tail.truncate(idx);
+                break;
            }
        }
+        let lines = vec![Line::from(acc)];

-        let mut spans = header_spans;
+        // No-op once full text is revealed; the app no longer reacts to a completion event.

-        // Re‑apply the DIM modifier so the tail appears visually subdued
-        // irrespective of the colour information preserved by
-        // `ansi_escape_line`.
-        spans.push(Span::styled(sanitized_tail, Style::default().dim()));
-
-        let paragraph = Paragraph::new(Line::from(spans))
-            .block(block)
-            .alignment(Alignment::Left);
+        let paragraph = Paragraph::new(lines);
        paragraph.render_ref(area, buf);
    }
 }
+
+fn color_for_level(level: u8) -> Color {
+    if level < 128 {
+        Color::DarkGray
+    } else if level < 192 {
+        Color::Gray
+    } else {
+        Color::White
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::app_event::AppEvent;
+    use crate::app_event_sender::AppEventSender;
+    use std::sync::mpsc::channel;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn renders_without_left_border_or_padding() {
+        let (tx_raw, _rx) = channel::<AppEvent>();
+        let tx = AppEventSender::new(tx_raw);
+        let mut w = StatusIndicatorWidget::new(tx);
+        w.restart_with_text("Hello".to_string());
+
+        let area = ratatui::layout::Rect::new(0, 0, 30, 1);
+        // Allow a short delay so the typewriter reveals the first character.
+        std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(120));
+        let mut buf = ratatui::buffer::Buffer::empty(area);
+        w.render_ref(area, &mut buf);
+
+        // Leftmost column has the left bar
+        let ch0 = buf[(0, 0)].symbol().chars().next().unwrap_or(' ');
+        assert_eq!(ch0, '▌', "expected left bar at col 0: {ch0:?}");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn working_header_is_present_on_last_line() {
+        let (tx_raw, _rx) = channel::<AppEvent>();
+        let tx = AppEventSender::new(tx_raw);
+        let mut w = StatusIndicatorWidget::new(tx);
+        w.restart_with_text("Hi".to_string());
+        // Ensure some frames elapse so we get a stable state.
+        std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(120));
+
+        let area = ratatui::layout::Rect::new(0, 0, 30, 1);
+        let mut buf = ratatui::buffer::Buffer::empty(area);
+        w.render_ref(area, &mut buf);
+
+        // Single line; it should contain the animated "Working" header.
+        let mut row = String::new();
+        for x in 0..area.width {
+            row.push(buf[(x, 0)].symbol().chars().next().unwrap_or(' '));
+        }
+        assert!(row.contains("Working"), "expected Working header: {row:?}");
+    }
+}
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/updates.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/updates.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+#![cfg(any(not(debug_assertions), test))]
+
+use chrono::DateTime;
+use chrono::Duration;
+use chrono::Utc;
+use serde::Deserialize;
+use serde::Serialize;
+use std::path::Path;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+use codex_core::config::Config;
+
+pub fn get_upgrade_version(config: &Config) -> Option<String> {
+    let version_file = version_filepath(config);
+    let info = read_version_info(&version_file).ok();
+
+    if match &info {
+        None => true,
+        Some(info) => info.last_checked_at < Utc::now() - Duration::hours(20),
+    } {
+        // Refresh the cached latest version in the background so TUI startup
+        // isn’t blocked by a network call. The UI reads the previously cached
+        // value (if any) for this run; the next run shows the banner if needed.
+        tokio::spawn(async move {
+            check_for_update(&version_file)
+                .await
+                .inspect_err(|e| tracing::error!("Failed to update version: {e}"))
+        });
+    }
+
+    info.and_then(|info| {
+        let current_version = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
+        if is_newer(&info.latest_version, current_version).unwrap_or(false) {
+            Some(info.latest_version)
+        } else {
+            None
+        }
+    })
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone)]
+struct VersionInfo {
+    latest_version: String,
+    // ISO-8601 timestamp (RFC3339)
+    last_checked_at: DateTime<Utc>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Deserialize, Debug, Clone)]
+struct ReleaseInfo {
+    tag_name: String,
+}
+
+const VERSION_FILENAME: &str = "version.json";
+const LATEST_RELEASE_URL: &str = "https://api.github.com/repos/openai/codex/releases/latest";
+
+fn version_filepath(config: &Config) -> PathBuf {
+    config.codex_home.join(VERSION_FILENAME)
+}
+
+fn read_version_info(version_file: &Path) -> anyhow::Result<VersionInfo> {
+    let contents = std::fs::read_to_string(version_file)?;
+    Ok(serde_json::from_str(&contents)?)
+}
+
+async fn check_for_update(version_file: &Path) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let ReleaseInfo {
+        tag_name: latest_tag_name,
+    } = reqwest::Client::new()
+        .get(LATEST_RELEASE_URL)
+        .header(
+            "User-Agent",
+            format!(
+                "codex/{} (+https://github.com/openai/codex)",
+                env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")
+            ),
+        )
+        .send()
+        .await?
+        .error_for_status()?
+        .json::<ReleaseInfo>()
+        .await?;
+
+    let info = VersionInfo {
+        latest_version: latest_tag_name
+            .strip_prefix("rust-v")
+            .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("Failed to parse latest tag name '{latest_tag_name}'"))?
+            .into(),
+        last_checked_at: Utc::now(),
+    };
+
+    let json_line = format!("{}\n", serde_json::to_string(&info)?);
+    if let Some(parent) = version_file.parent() {
+        tokio::fs::create_dir_all(parent).await?;
+    }
+    tokio::fs::write(version_file, json_line).await?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn is_newer(latest: &str, current: &str) -> Option<bool> {
+    match (parse_version(latest), parse_version(current)) {
+        (Some(l), Some(c)) => Some(l > c),
+        _ => None,
+    }
+}
+
+fn parse_version(v: &str) -> Option<(u64, u64, u64)> {
+    let mut iter = v.trim().split('.');
+    let maj = iter.next()?.parse::<u64>().ok()?;
+    let min = iter.next()?.parse::<u64>().ok()?;
+    let pat = iter.next()?.parse::<u64>().ok()?;
+    Some((maj, min, pat))
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn prerelease_version_is_not_considered_newer() {
+        assert_eq!(is_newer("0.11.0-beta.1", "0.11.0"), None);
+        assert_eq!(is_newer("1.0.0-rc.1", "1.0.0"), None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn plain_semver_comparisons_work() {
+        assert_eq!(is_newer("0.11.1", "0.11.0"), Some(true));
+        assert_eq!(is_newer("0.11.0", "0.11.1"), Some(false));
+        assert_eq!(is_newer("1.0.0", "0.9.9"), Some(true));
+        assert_eq!(is_newer("0.9.9", "1.0.0"), Some(false));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn whitespace_is_ignored() {
+        assert_eq!(parse_version(" 1.2.3 \n"), Some((1, 2, 3)));
+        assert_eq!(is_newer(" 1.2.3 ", "1.2.2"), Some(true));
+    }
+}
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/user_approval_widget.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/user_approval_widget.rs
@@ -7,23 +7,24 @@
 //! driven workflow – a fully‑fledged visual match is not required.

 use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::sync::LazyLock;

 use codex_core::protocol::Op;
 use codex_core::protocol::ReviewDecision;
 use crossterm::event::KeyCode;
 use crossterm::event::KeyEvent;
+use crossterm::event::KeyEventKind;
 use ratatui::buffer::Buffer;
 use ratatui::layout::Rect;
 use ratatui::prelude::*;
 use ratatui::text::Line;
-use ratatui::text::Span;
-use ratatui::widgets::List;
+use ratatui::widgets::Block;
+use ratatui::widgets::BorderType;
+use ratatui::widgets::Borders;
 use ratatui::widgets::Paragraph;
 use ratatui::widgets::Widget;
 use ratatui::widgets::WidgetRef;
 use ratatui::widgets::Wrap;
-use tui_input::Input;
-use tui_input::backend::crossterm::EventHandler;

 use crate::app_event::AppEvent;
 use crate::app_event_sender::AppEventSender;
@@ -47,68 +48,62 @@ pub(crate) enum ApprovalRequest {

 /// Options displayed in the *select* mode.
 struct SelectOption {
-    label: &'static str,
-    decision: Option<ReviewDecision>,
-    /// `true` when this option switches the widget to *input* mode.
-    enters_input_mode: bool,
+    label: Line<'static>,
+    description: &'static str,
+    key: KeyCode,
+    decision: ReviewDecision,
 }

-// keep in same order as in the TS implementation
-const SELECT_OPTIONS: &[SelectOption] = &[
-    SelectOption {
-        label: "Yes (y)",
-        decision: Some(ReviewDecision::Approved),
+static COMMAND_SELECT_OPTIONS: LazyLock<Vec<SelectOption>> = LazyLock::new(|| {
+    vec![
+        SelectOption {
+            label: Line::from(vec!["Y".underlined(), "es".into()]),
+            description: "Approve and run the command",
+            key: KeyCode::Char('y'),
+            decision: ReviewDecision::Approved,
+        },
+        SelectOption {
+            label: Line::from(vec!["A".underlined(), "lways".into()]),
+            description: "Approve the command for the remainder of this session",
+            key: KeyCode::Char('a'),
+            decision: ReviewDecision::ApprovedForSession,
+        },
+        SelectOption {
+            label: Line::from(vec!["N".underlined(), "o".into()]),
+            description: "Do not run the command",
+            key: KeyCode::Char('n'),
+            decision: ReviewDecision::Denied,
+        },
+    ]
+});

-        enters_input_mode: false,
-    },
-    SelectOption {
-        label: "Yes, always approve this exact command for this session (a)",
-        decision: Some(ReviewDecision::ApprovedForSession),
-
-        enters_input_mode: false,
-    },
-    SelectOption {
-        label: "Edit or give feedback (e)",
-        decision: None,
-
-        enters_input_mode: true,
-    },
-    SelectOption {
-        label: "No, and keep going (n)",
-        decision: Some(ReviewDecision::Denied),
-
-        enters_input_mode: false,
-    },
-    SelectOption {
-        label: "No, and stop for now (esc)",
-        decision: Some(ReviewDecision::Abort),
-
-        enters_input_mode: false,
-    },
-];
-
-/// Internal mode the widget is in – mirrors the TypeScript component.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
-enum Mode {
-    Select,
-    Input,
-}
+static PATCH_SELECT_OPTIONS: LazyLock<Vec<SelectOption>> = LazyLock::new(|| {
+    vec![
+        SelectOption {
+            label: Line::from(vec!["Y".underlined(), "es".into()]),
+            description: "Approve and apply the changes",
+            key: KeyCode::Char('y'),
+            decision: ReviewDecision::Approved,
+        },
+        SelectOption {
+            label: Line::from(vec!["N".underlined(), "o".into()]),
+            description: "Do not apply the changes",
+            key: KeyCode::Char('n'),
+            decision: ReviewDecision::Denied,
+        },
+    ]
+});

 /// A modal prompting the user to approve or deny the pending request.
 pub(crate) struct UserApprovalWidget<'a> {
    approval_request: ApprovalRequest,
    app_event_tx: AppEventSender,
    confirmation_prompt: Paragraph<'a>,
+    select_options: &'a Vec<SelectOption>,

    /// Currently selected index in *select* mode.
    selected_option: usize,

-    /// State for the optional input widget.
-    input: Input,
-
-    /// Current mode.
-    mode: Mode,
-
    /// Set to `true` once a decision has been sent – the parent view can then
    /// remove this widget from its queue.
    done: bool,
@@ -116,7 +111,6 @@ pub(crate) struct UserApprovalWidget<'a> {

 impl UserApprovalWidget<'_> {
    pub(crate) fn new(approval_request: ApprovalRequest, app_event_tx: AppEventSender) -> Self {
-        let input = Input::default();
        let confirmation_prompt = match &approval_request {
            ApprovalRequest::Exec {
                command,
@@ -132,25 +126,20 @@ impl UserApprovalWidget<'_> {
                    None => cwd.display().to_string(),
                };
                let mut contents: Vec<Line> = vec![
-                    Line::from(vec![
-                        Span::from(cwd_str).dim(),
-                        Span::from("$"),
-                        Span::from(format!(" {cmd}")),
-                    ]),
+                    Line::from(vec!["codex".bold().magenta(), " wants to run:".into()]),
+                    Line::from(vec![cwd_str.dim(), "$".into(), format!(" {cmd}").into()]),
                    Line::from(""),
                ];
                if let Some(reason) = reason {
                    contents.push(Line::from(reason.clone().italic()));
                    contents.push(Line::from(""));
                }
-                contents.extend(vec![Line::from("Allow command?"), Line::from("")]);
                Paragraph::new(contents).wrap(Wrap { trim: false })
            }
            ApprovalRequest::ApplyPatch {
                reason, grant_root, ..
            } => {
-                let mut contents: Vec<Line> =
-                    vec![Line::from("Apply patch".bold()), Line::from("")];
+                let mut contents: Vec<Line> = vec![];

                if let Some(r) = reason {
                    contents.push(Line::from(r.clone().italic()));
@@ -165,20 +154,19 @@ impl UserApprovalWidget<'_> {
                    contents.push(Line::from(""));
                }

-                contents.push(Line::from("Allow changes?"));
-                contents.push(Line::from(""));
-
-                Paragraph::new(contents)
+                Paragraph::new(contents).wrap(Wrap { trim: false })
            }
        };

        Self {
+            select_options: match &approval_request {
+                ApprovalRequest::Exec { .. } => &COMMAND_SELECT_OPTIONS,
+                ApprovalRequest::ApplyPatch { .. } => &PATCH_SELECT_OPTIONS,
+            },
            approval_request,
            app_event_tx,
            confirmation_prompt,
            selected_option: 0,
-            input,
-            mode: Mode::Select,
            done: false,
        }
    }
@@ -194,9 +182,8 @@ impl UserApprovalWidget<'_> {
    /// captures input while visible, we don’t need to report whether the event
    /// was consumed—callers can assume it always is.
    pub(crate) fn handle_key_event(&mut self, key: KeyEvent) {
-        match self.mode {
-            Mode::Select => self.handle_select_key(key),
-            Mode::Input => self.handle_input_key(key),
+        if key.kind == KeyEventKind::Press {
+            self.handle_select_key(key);
        }
    }

@@ -208,58 +195,24 @@ impl UserApprovalWidget<'_> {

    fn handle_select_key(&mut self, key_event: KeyEvent) {
        match key_event.code {
-            KeyCode::Up => {
-                if self.selected_option == 0 {
-                    self.selected_option = SELECT_OPTIONS.len() - 1;
-                } else {
-                    self.selected_option -= 1;
-                }
+            KeyCode::Left => {
+                self.selected_option = (self.selected_option + self.select_options.len() - 1)
+                    % self.select_options.len();
            }
-            KeyCode::Down => {
-                self.selected_option = (self.selected_option + 1) % SELECT_OPTIONS.len();
-            }
-            KeyCode::Char('y') => {
-                self.send_decision(ReviewDecision::Approved);
-            }
-            KeyCode::Char('a') => {
-                self.send_decision(ReviewDecision::ApprovedForSession);
-            }
-            KeyCode::Char('n') => {
-                self.send_decision(ReviewDecision::Denied);
-            }
-            KeyCode::Char('e') => {
-                self.mode = Mode::Input;
+            KeyCode::Right => {
+                self.selected_option = (self.selected_option + 1) % self.select_options.len();
            }
            KeyCode::Enter => {
-                let opt = &SELECT_OPTIONS[self.selected_option];
-                if opt.enters_input_mode {
-                    self.mode = Mode::Input;
-                } else if let Some(decision) = opt.decision {
-                    self.send_decision(decision);
-                }
+                let opt = &self.select_options[self.selected_option];
+                self.send_decision(opt.decision);
            }
            KeyCode::Esc => {
                self.send_decision(ReviewDecision::Abort);
            }
-            _ => {}
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn handle_input_key(&mut self, key_event: KeyEvent) {
-        // Handle special keys first.
-        match key_event.code {
-            KeyCode::Enter => {
-                let feedback = self.input.value().to_string();
-                self.send_decision_with_feedback(ReviewDecision::Denied, feedback);
-            }
-            KeyCode::Esc => {
-                // Cancel input – treat as deny without feedback.
-                self.send_decision(ReviewDecision::Denied);
-            }
-            _ => {
-                // Feed into input widget for normal editing.
-                let ct_event = crossterm::event::Event::Key(key_event);
-                self.input.handle_event(&ct_event);
+            other => {
+                if let Some(opt) = self.select_options.iter().find(|opt| opt.key == other) {
+                    self.send_decision(opt.decision);
+                }
            }
        }
    }
@@ -312,87 +265,68 @@ impl UserApprovalWidget<'_> {
    }

    pub(crate) fn desired_height(&self, width: u16) -> u16 {
-        self.get_confirmation_prompt_height(width - 2) + SELECT_OPTIONS.len() as u16 + 2
+        self.get_confirmation_prompt_height(width) + self.select_options.len() as u16
    }
 }

-const PLAIN: Style = Style::new();
-const BLUE_FG: Style = Style::new().fg(Color::LightCyan);
-
 impl WidgetRef for &UserApprovalWidget<'_> {
    fn render_ref(&self, area: Rect, buf: &mut Buffer) {
-        // Take the area, wrap it in a block with a border, and divide up the
-        // remaining area into two chunks: one for the confirmation prompt and
-        // one for the response.
-        let inner = area.inner(Margin::new(0, 2));
-
-        // Determine how many rows we can allocate for the static confirmation
-        // prompt while *always* keeping enough space for the interactive
-        // response area (select list or input field). When the full prompt
-        // would exceed the available height we truncate it so the response
-        // options never get pushed out of view. This keeps the approval modal
-        // usable even when the overall bottom viewport is small.
-
-        // Full height of the prompt (may be larger than the available area).
-        let full_prompt_height = self.get_confirmation_prompt_height(inner.width);
-
-        // Minimum rows that must remain for the interactive section.
-        let min_response_rows = match self.mode {
-            Mode::Select => SELECT_OPTIONS.len() as u16,
-            // In input mode we need exactly two rows: one for the guidance
-            // prompt and one for the single-line input field.
-            Mode::Input => 2,
-        };
-
-        // Clamp prompt height so confirmation + response never exceed the
-        // available space. `saturating_sub` avoids underflow when the area is
-        // too small even for the minimal layout – in this unlikely case we
-        // fall back to zero-height prompt so at least the options are
-        // visible.
-        let prompt_height = full_prompt_height.min(inner.height.saturating_sub(min_response_rows));
-
-        let chunks = Layout::default()
+        let prompt_height = self.get_confirmation_prompt_height(area.width);
+        let [prompt_chunk, response_chunk] = Layout::default()
            .direction(Direction::Vertical)
            .constraints([Constraint::Length(prompt_height), Constraint::Min(0)])
-            .split(inner);
-        let prompt_chunk = chunks[0];
-        let response_chunk = chunks[1];
+            .areas(area);

-        // Build the inner lines based on the mode. Collect them into a List of
-        // non-wrapping lines rather than a Paragraph for predictable layout.
-        let lines = match self.mode {
-            Mode::Select => SELECT_OPTIONS
-                .iter()
-                .enumerate()
-                .map(|(idx, opt)| {
-                    let (prefix, style) = if idx == self.selected_option {
-                        ("▶", BLUE_FG)
-                    } else {
-                        (" ", PLAIN)
-                    };
-                    Line::styled(format!("  {prefix} {}", opt.label), style)
-                })
-                .collect(),
-            Mode::Input => {
-                vec![
-                    Line::from("Give the model feedback on this command:"),
-                    Line::from(self.input.value()),
-                ]
-            }
+        let lines: Vec<Line> = self
+            .select_options
+            .iter()
+            .enumerate()
+            .map(|(idx, opt)| {
+                let style = if idx == self.selected_option {
+                    Style::new().bg(Color::Cyan).fg(Color::Black)
+                } else {
+                    Style::new().bg(Color::DarkGray)
+                };
+                opt.label.clone().alignment(Alignment::Center).style(style)
+            })
+            .collect();
+
+        let [title_area, button_area, description_area] = Layout::vertical([
+            Constraint::Length(1),
+            Constraint::Length(1),
+            Constraint::Min(0),
+        ])
+        .areas(response_chunk.inner(Margin::new(1, 0)));
+        let title = match &self.approval_request {
+            ApprovalRequest::Exec { .. } => "Allow command?",
+            ApprovalRequest::ApplyPatch { .. } => "Apply changes?",
        };
-
-        let border = ("◢◤")
-            .repeat((area.width / 2).into())
-            .fg(Color::LightYellow);
-
-        border.render_ref(area, buf);
-        Paragraph::new(" Execution Request ".bold().black().on_light_yellow())
-            .alignment(Alignment::Center)
-            .render_ref(area, buf);
+        Line::from(title).render(title_area, buf);

        self.confirmation_prompt.clone().render(prompt_chunk, buf);
-        List::new(lines).render_ref(response_chunk, buf);
+        let areas = Layout::horizontal(
+            lines
+                .iter()
+                .map(|l| Constraint::Length(l.width() as u16 + 2)),
+        )
+        .spacing(1)
+        .split(button_area);
+        for (idx, area) in areas.iter().enumerate() {
+            let line = &lines[idx];
+            line.render(*area, buf);
+        }

-        border.render_ref(Rect::new(0, area.y + area.height - 1, area.width, 1), buf);
+        Line::from(self.select_options[self.selected_option].description)
+            .style(Style::new().italic().fg(Color::DarkGray))
+            .render(description_area.inner(Margin::new(1, 0)), buf);
+
+        Block::bordered()
+            .border_type(BorderType::QuadrantOutside)
+            .border_style(Style::default().fg(Color::Cyan))
+            .borders(Borders::LEFT)
+            .render_ref(
+                Rect::new(0, response_chunk.y, 1, response_chunk.height),
+                buf,
+            );
    }
 }
--- a/codex-rs/tui/tests/vt100_history.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/tests/vt100_history.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,214 @@
+#![cfg(feature = "vt100-tests")]
+#![expect(clippy::expect_used)]
+
+use ratatui::backend::TestBackend;
+use ratatui::layout::Rect;
+use ratatui::style::Color;
+use ratatui::style::Style;
+use ratatui::text::Line;
+use ratatui::text::Span;
+
+// Small helper macro to assert a collection contains an item with a clearer
+// failure message.
+macro_rules! assert_contains {
+    ($collection:expr, $item:expr $(,)?) => {
+        assert!(
+            $collection.contains(&$item),
+            "Expected {:?} to contain {:?}",
+            $collection,
+            $item
+        );
+    };
+    ($collection:expr, $item:expr, $($arg:tt)+) => {
+        assert!($collection.contains(&$item), $($arg)+);
+    };
+}
+
+struct TestScenario {
+    width: u16,
+    height: u16,
+    term: codex_tui::custom_terminal::Terminal<TestBackend>,
+}
+
+impl TestScenario {
+    fn new(width: u16, height: u16, viewport: Rect) -> Self {
+        let backend = TestBackend::new(width, height);
+        let mut term = codex_tui::custom_terminal::Terminal::with_options(backend)
+            .expect("failed to construct terminal");
+        term.set_viewport_area(viewport);
+        Self {
+            width,
+            height,
+            term,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn run_insert(&mut self, lines: Vec<Line<'static>>) -> Vec<u8> {
+        let mut buf: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
+        codex_tui::insert_history::insert_history_lines_to_writer(&mut self.term, &mut buf, lines);
+        buf
+    }
+
+    fn screen_rows_from_bytes(&self, bytes: &[u8]) -> Vec<String> {
+        let mut parser = vt100::Parser::new(self.height, self.width, 0);
+        parser.process(bytes);
+        let screen = parser.screen();
+
+        let mut rows: Vec<String> = Vec::with_capacity(self.height as usize);
+        for row in 0..self.height {
+            let mut s = String::with_capacity(self.width as usize);
+            for col in 0..self.width {
+                if let Some(cell) = screen.cell(row, col) {
+                    if let Some(ch) = cell.contents().chars().next() {
+                        s.push(ch);
+                    } else {
+                        s.push(' ');
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    s.push(' ');
+                }
+            }
+            rows.push(s.trim_end().to_string());
+        }
+        rows
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn hist_001_basic_insertion_no_wrap() {
+    // Screen of 20x6; viewport is the last row (height=1 at y=5)
+    let area = Rect::new(0, 5, 20, 1);
+    let mut scenario = TestScenario::new(20, 6, area);
+
+    let lines = vec![Line::from("first"), Line::from("second")];
+    let buf = scenario.run_insert(lines);
+    let rows = scenario.screen_rows_from_bytes(&buf);
+    assert_contains!(rows, String::from("first"));
+    assert_contains!(rows, String::from("second"));
+    let first_idx = rows
+        .iter()
+        .position(|r| r == "first")
+        .expect("expected 'first' row to be present");
+    let second_idx = rows
+        .iter()
+        .position(|r| r == "second")
+        .expect("expected 'second' row to be present");
+    assert_eq!(second_idx, first_idx + 1, "rows should be adjacent");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn hist_002_long_token_wraps() {
+    let area = Rect::new(0, 5, 20, 1);
+    let mut scenario = TestScenario::new(20, 6, area);
+
+    let long = "A".repeat(45); // > 2 lines at width 20
+    let lines = vec![Line::from(long.clone())];
+    let buf = scenario.run_insert(lines);
+    let mut parser = vt100::Parser::new(6, 20, 0);
+    parser.process(&buf);
+    let screen = parser.screen();
+
+    // Count total A's on the screen
+    let mut count_a = 0usize;
+    for row in 0..6 {
+        for col in 0..20 {
+            if let Some(cell) = screen.cell(row, col) {
+                if let Some(ch) = cell.contents().chars().next() {
+                    if ch == 'A' {
+                        count_a += 1;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        count_a,
+        long.len(),
+        "wrapped content did not preserve all characters"
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn hist_003_emoji_and_cjk() {
+    let area = Rect::new(0, 5, 20, 1);
+    let mut scenario = TestScenario::new(20, 6, area);
+
+    let text = String::from("😀😀😀😀😀 你好世界");
+    let lines = vec![Line::from(text.clone())];
+    let buf = scenario.run_insert(lines);
+    let rows = scenario.screen_rows_from_bytes(&buf);
+    let reconstructed: String = rows.join("").chars().filter(|c| *c != ' ').collect();
+    for ch in text.chars().filter(|c| !c.is_whitespace()) {
+        assert!(
+            reconstructed.contains(ch),
+            "missing character {ch:?} in reconstructed screen"
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn hist_004_mixed_ansi_spans() {
+    let area = Rect::new(0, 5, 20, 1);
+    let mut scenario = TestScenario::new(20, 6, area);
+
+    let line = Line::from(vec![
+        Span::styled("red", Style::default().fg(Color::Red)),
+        Span::raw("+plain"),
+    ]);
+    let buf = scenario.run_insert(vec![line]);
+    let rows = scenario.screen_rows_from_bytes(&buf);
+    assert_contains!(rows, String::from("red+plain"));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn hist_006_cursor_restoration() {
+    let area = Rect::new(0, 5, 20, 1);
+    let mut scenario = TestScenario::new(20, 6, area);
+
+    let lines = vec![Line::from("x")];
+    let buf = scenario.run_insert(lines);
+    let s = String::from_utf8_lossy(&buf);
+    // CUP to 1;1 (ANSI: ESC[1;1H)
+    assert!(
+        s.contains("\u{1b}[1;1H"),
+        "expected final CUP to 1;1 in output, got: {s:?}"
+    );
+    // Reset scroll region
+    assert!(
+        s.contains("\u{1b}[r"),
+        "expected reset scroll region in output, got: {s:?}"
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn hist_005_pre_scroll_region_down() {
+    // Viewport not at bottom: y=3 (0-based), height=1
+    let area = Rect::new(0, 3, 20, 1);
+    let mut scenario = TestScenario::new(20, 6, area);
+
+    let lines = vec![Line::from("first"), Line::from("second")];
+    let buf = scenario.run_insert(lines);
+    let s = String::from_utf8_lossy(&buf);
+    // Expect we limited scroll region to [top+1 .. screen_height] => [4 .. 6] (1-based)
+    assert!(
+        s.contains("\u{1b}[4;6r"),
+        "expected pre-scroll SetScrollRegion 4..6, got: {s:?}"
+    );
+    // Expect we moved cursor to top of that region: row 3 (0-based) => CUP 4;1H
+    assert!(
+        s.contains("\u{1b}[4;1H"),
+        "expected cursor at top of pre-scroll region, got: {s:?}"
+    );
+    // Expect at least two Reverse Index commands (ESC M) for two inserted lines
+    let ri_count = s.matches("\u{1b}M").count();
+    assert!(
+        ri_count >= 1,
+        "expected at least one RI (ESC M), got: {s:?}"
+    );
+    // After pre-scroll, we set insertion scroll region to [1 .. new_top] => [1 .. 5]
+    assert!(
+        s.contains("\u{1b}[1;5r"),
+        "expected insertion SetScrollRegion 1..5, got: {s:?}"
+    );
+}
--- a/codex-rs/tui/tests/vt100_live_commit.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/tests/vt100_live_commit.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+#![cfg(feature = "vt100-tests")]
+
+use ratatui::backend::TestBackend;
+use ratatui::layout::Rect;
+use ratatui::text::Line;
+
+#[test]
+fn live_001_commit_on_overflow() {
+    let backend = TestBackend::new(20, 6);
+    let mut term = match codex_tui::custom_terminal::Terminal::with_options(backend) {
+        Ok(t) => t,
+        Err(e) => panic!("failed to construct terminal: {e}"),
+    };
+    let area = Rect::new(0, 5, 20, 1);
+    term.set_viewport_area(area);
+
+    // Build 5 explicit rows at width 20.
+    let mut rb = codex_tui::live_wrap::RowBuilder::new(20);
+    rb.push_fragment("one\n");
+    rb.push_fragment("two\n");
+    rb.push_fragment("three\n");
+    rb.push_fragment("four\n");
+    rb.push_fragment("five\n");
+
+    // Keep the last 3 in the live ring; commit the first 2.
+    let commit_rows = rb.drain_commit_ready(3);
+    let lines: Vec<Line<'static>> = commit_rows
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|r| Line::from(r.text))
+        .collect();
+
+    let mut buf: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
+    codex_tui::insert_history::insert_history_lines_to_writer(&mut term, &mut buf, lines);
+
+    let mut parser = vt100::Parser::new(6, 20, 0);
+    parser.process(&buf);
+    let screen = parser.screen();
+
+    // The words "one" and "two" should appear above the viewport.
+    let mut joined = String::new();
+    for row in 0..6 {
+        for col in 0..20 {
+            if let Some(cell) = screen.cell(row, col) {
+                if let Some(ch) = cell.contents().chars().next() {
+                    joined.push(ch);
+                } else {
+                    joined.push(' ');
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        joined.push('\n');
+    }
+    assert!(
+        joined.contains("one"),
+        "expected committed 'one' to be visible\n{joined}"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        joined.contains("two"),
+        "expected committed 'two' to be visible\n{joined}"
+    );
+    // The last three (three,four,five) remain in the live ring, not committed here.
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn live_002_pre_scroll_and_commit() {
+    let backend = TestBackend::new(20, 6);
+    let mut term = match codex_tui::custom_terminal::Terminal::with_options(backend) {
+        Ok(t) => t,
+        Err(e) => panic!("failed to construct terminal: {e}"),
+    };
+    // Viewport not at bottom: y=3
+    let area = Rect::new(0, 3, 20, 1);
+    term.set_viewport_area(area);
+
+    let mut rb = codex_tui::live_wrap::RowBuilder::new(20);
+    rb.push_fragment("alpha\n");
+    rb.push_fragment("beta\n");
+    rb.push_fragment("gamma\n");
+    rb.push_fragment("delta\n");
+
+    // Keep 3, commit 1.
+    let commit_rows = rb.drain_commit_ready(3);
+    let lines: Vec<Line<'static>> = commit_rows
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|r| Line::from(r.text))
+        .collect();
+
+    let mut buf: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
+    codex_tui::insert_history::insert_history_lines_to_writer(&mut term, &mut buf, lines);
+    let s = String::from_utf8_lossy(&buf);
+
+    // Expect a SetScrollRegion to [area.top()+1 .. screen_height] and a cursor move to top of that region.
+    assert!(
+        s.contains("\u{1b}[4;6r"),
+        "expected pre-scroll region 4..6, got: {s:?}"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        s.contains("\u{1b}[4;1H"),
+        "expected cursor CUP 4;1H, got: {s:?}"
+    );
+}