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codex/codex-rs/core/tests/suite/deprecation_notice.rs
Charley Cunningham bc24017d64 Add Smart Approvals guardian review across core, app-server, and TUI (#13860)
## Summary
- add `approvals_reviewer = "user" | "guardian_subagent"` as the runtime
control for who reviews approval requests
- route Smart Approvals guardian review through core for command
execution, file changes, managed-network approvals, MCP approvals, and
delegated/subagent approval flows
- expose guardian review in app-server with temporary unstable
`item/autoApprovalReview/{started,completed}` notifications carrying
`targetItemId`, `review`, and `action`
- update the TUI so Smart Approvals can be enabled from `/experimental`,
aligned with the matching `/approvals` mode, and surfaced clearly while
reviews are pending or resolved

## Runtime model
This PR does not introduce a new `approval_policy`.

Instead:
- `approval_policy` still controls when approval is needed
- `approvals_reviewer` controls who reviewable approval requests are
routed to:
  - `user`
  - `guardian_subagent`

`guardian_subagent` is a carefully prompted reviewer subagent that
gathers relevant context and applies a risk-based decision framework
before approving or denying the request.

The `smart_approvals` feature flag is a rollout/UI gate. Core runtime
behavior keys off `approvals_reviewer`.

When Smart Approvals is enabled from the TUI, it also switches the
current `/approvals` settings to the matching Smart Approvals mode so
users immediately see guardian review in the active thread:
- `approval_policy = on-request`
- `approvals_reviewer = guardian_subagent`
- `sandbox_mode = workspace-write`

Users can still change `/approvals` afterward.

Config-load behavior stays intentionally narrow:
- plain `smart_approvals = true` in `config.toml` remains just the
rollout/UI gate and does not auto-set `approvals_reviewer`
- the deprecated `guardian_approval = true` alias migration does
backfill `approvals_reviewer = "guardian_subagent"` in the same scope
when that reviewer is not already configured there, so old configs
preserve their original guardian-enabled behavior

ARC remains a separate safety check. For MCP tool approvals, ARC
escalations now flow into the configured reviewer instead of always
bypassing guardian and forcing manual review.

## Config stability
The runtime reviewer override is stable, but the config-backed
app-server protocol shape is still settling.

- `thread/start`, `thread/resume`, and `turn/start` keep stable
`approvalsReviewer` overrides
- the config-backed `approvals_reviewer` exposure returned via
`config/read` (including profile-level config) is now marked
`[UNSTABLE]` / experimental in the app-server protocol until we are more
confident in that config surface

## App-server surface
This PR intentionally keeps the guardian app-server shape narrow and
temporary.

It adds generic unstable lifecycle notifications:
- `item/autoApprovalReview/started`
- `item/autoApprovalReview/completed`

with payloads of the form:
- `{ threadId, turnId, targetItemId, review, action? }`

`review` is currently:
- `{ status, riskScore?, riskLevel?, rationale? }`
- where `status` is one of `inProgress`, `approved`, `denied`, or
`aborted`

`action` carries the guardian action summary payload from core when
available. This lets clients render temporary standalone pending-review
UI, including parallel reviews, even when the underlying tool item has
not been emitted yet.

These notifications are explicitly documented as `[UNSTABLE]` and
expected to change soon.

This PR does **not** persist guardian review state onto `thread/read`
tool items. The intended follow-up is to attach guardian review state to
the reviewed tool item lifecycle instead, which would improve
consistency with manual approvals and allow thread history / reconnect
flows to replay guardian review state directly.

## TUI behavior
- `/experimental` exposes the rollout gate as `Smart Approvals`
- enabling it in the TUI enables the feature and switches the current
session to the matching Smart Approvals `/approvals` mode
- disabling it in the TUI clears the persisted `approvals_reviewer`
override when appropriate and returns the session to default manual
review when the effective reviewer changes
- `/approvals` still exposes the reviewer choice directly
- the TUI renders:
- pending guardian review state in the live status footer, including
parallel review aggregation
  - resolved approval/denial state in history

## Scope notes
This PR includes the supporting core/runtime work needed to make Smart
Approvals usable end-to-end:
- shell / unified-exec / apply_patch / managed-network / MCP guardian
review
- delegated/subagent approval routing into guardian review
- guardian review risk metadata and action summaries for app-server/TUI
- config/profile/TUI handling for `smart_approvals`, `guardian_approval`
alias migration, and `approvals_reviewer`
- a small internal cleanup of delegated approval forwarding to dedupe
fallback paths and simplify guardian-vs-parent approval waiting (no
intended behavior change)

Out of scope for this PR:
- redesigning the existing manual approval protocol shapes
- persisting guardian review state onto app-server `ThreadItem`s
- delegated MCP elicitation auto-review (the current delegated MCP
guardian shim only covers the legacy `RequestUserInput` path)

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Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>
2026-03-13 15:27:00 -07:00

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#![cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
use anyhow::Ok;
use codex_app_server_protocol::ConfigLayerSource;
use codex_core::config_loader::ConfigLayerEntry;
use codex_core::config_loader::ConfigLayerStack;
use codex_core::config_loader::ConfigRequirements;
use codex_core::config_loader::ConfigRequirementsToml;
use codex_core::features::Feature;
use codex_protocol::protocol::DeprecationNoticeEvent;
use codex_protocol::protocol::EventMsg;
use core_test_support::responses::start_mock_server;
use core_test_support::skip_if_no_network;
use core_test_support::test_absolute_path;
use core_test_support::test_codex::TestCodex;
use core_test_support::test_codex::test_codex;
use core_test_support::wait_for_event_match;
use pretty_assertions::assert_eq;
use std::collections::BTreeMap;
use toml::Value as TomlValue;
#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
async fn emits_deprecation_notice_for_legacy_feature_flag() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
skip_if_no_network!(Ok(()));
let server = start_mock_server().await;
let mut builder = test_codex().with_config(|config| {
let mut features = config.features.get().clone();
features.enable(Feature::UnifiedExec);
features
.record_legacy_usage_force("use_experimental_unified_exec_tool", Feature::UnifiedExec);
config
.features
.set(features)
.expect("test config should allow managed feature metadata updates");
config.use_experimental_unified_exec_tool = true;
});
let TestCodex { codex, .. } = builder.build(&server).await?;
let notice = wait_for_event_match(&codex, |event| match event {
EventMsg::DeprecationNotice(ev) => Some(ev.clone()),
_ => None,
})
.await;
let DeprecationNoticeEvent { summary, details } = notice;
assert_eq!(
summary,
"`[features].use_experimental_unified_exec_tool` is deprecated. Use `[features].unified_exec` instead.".to_string(),
);
assert_eq!(
details.as_deref(),
Some(
"Enable it with `--enable unified_exec` or `[features].unified_exec` in config.toml. See https://developers.openai.com/codex/config-basic#feature-flags for details."
),
);
Ok(())
}
#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
async fn emits_deprecation_notice_for_experimental_instructions_file() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
skip_if_no_network!(Ok(()));
let server = start_mock_server().await;
let mut builder = test_codex().with_config(|config| {
let mut table = toml::map::Map::new();
table.insert(
"experimental_instructions_file".to_string(),
TomlValue::String("legacy.md".to_string()),
);
let config_layer = ConfigLayerEntry::new(
ConfigLayerSource::User {
file: test_absolute_path("/tmp/config.toml"),
},
TomlValue::Table(table),
);
let config_layer_stack = ConfigLayerStack::new(
vec![config_layer],
ConfigRequirements::default(),
ConfigRequirementsToml::default(),
)
.expect("build config layer stack");
config.config_layer_stack = config_layer_stack;
});
let TestCodex { codex, .. } = builder.build(&server).await?;
let notice = wait_for_event_match(&codex, |event| match event {
EventMsg::DeprecationNotice(ev)
if ev.summary.contains("experimental_instructions_file") =>
{
Some(ev.clone())
}
_ => None,
})
.await;
let DeprecationNoticeEvent { summary, details } = notice;
assert_eq!(
summary,
"`experimental_instructions_file` is deprecated and ignored. Use `model_instructions_file` instead."
.to_string(),
);
assert_eq!(
details.as_deref(),
Some(
"Move the setting to `model_instructions_file` in config.toml (or under a profile) to load instructions from a file."
),
);
Ok(())
}
#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
async fn emits_deprecation_notice_for_web_search_feature_flag_values() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
skip_if_no_network!(Ok(()));
for enabled in [true, false] {
let server = start_mock_server().await;
let mut builder = test_codex().with_config(move |config| {
let mut entries = BTreeMap::new();
entries.insert("web_search_request".to_string(), enabled);
let mut features = config.features.get().clone();
features.apply_map(&entries);
config
.features
.set(features)
.expect("test config should allow managed feature map updates");
});
let TestCodex { codex, .. } = builder.build(&server).await?;
let notice = wait_for_event_match(&codex, |event| match event {
EventMsg::DeprecationNotice(ev)
if ev.summary.contains("[features].web_search_request") =>
{
Some(ev.clone())
}
_ => None,
})
.await;
let DeprecationNoticeEvent { summary, details } = notice;
assert_eq!(
summary,
"`[features].web_search_request` is deprecated because web search is enabled by default."
.to_string(),
);
assert_eq!(
details.as_deref(),
Some(
"Set `web_search` to `\"live\"`, `\"cached\"`, or `\"disabled\"` at the top level (or under a profile) in config.toml if you want to override it."
),
);
}
Ok(())
}