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codex/codex-rs/core/src/config_loader
Michael Bolin d0eff70383 Fix config-loader tests after filesystem abstraction race (#18351)
## Why

`origin/main` picked up two changes that crossed in flight:

- #18209 refactored config loading to read through `ExecutorFileSystem`,
changing `load_requirements_toml` to take a filesystem handle and an
`AbsolutePathBuf`.
- #17740 added managed `deny_read` requirements tests that still called
`load_requirements_toml` with the previous two-argument signature.

Once both landed, `just clippy` failed because the new tests no longer
matched the current helper API.

## What

- Updates the two managed `deny_read` requirements tests to convert the
fixture path to `AbsolutePathBuf` before loading.
- Passes `LOCAL_FS.as_ref()` into `load_requirements_toml` so these
tests follow the filesystem abstraction introduced by #18209.

## Verification

- `just clippy`
- `cargo test -p codex-core load_requirements_toml_resolves_deny_read`
- `cargo test -p codex-core --test all
unified_exec_enforces_glob_deny_read_policy`
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codex-core config loader

This module is the canonical place to load and describe Codex configuration layers (user config, CLI/session overrides, managed config, and MDM-managed preferences) and to produce:

  • An effective merged TOML config.
  • Per-key origins metadata (which layer “wins” for a given key).
  • Per-layer versions (stable fingerprints) used for optimistic concurrency / conflict detection.

Public surface

Exported from codex_core::config_loader:

  • load_config_layers_state(fs, codex_home, cwd_opt, cli_overrides, overrides, cloud_requirements) -> ConfigLayerStack
  • ConfigLayerStack
    • effective_config() -> toml::Value
    • origins() -> HashMap<String, ConfigLayerMetadata>
    • layers_high_to_low() -> Vec<ConfigLayer>
    • with_user_config(user_config) -> ConfigLayerStack
  • ConfigLayerEntry (one layers {name, config, version, disabled_reason}; name carries source metadata)
  • LoaderOverrides (test/override hooks for managed config sources)
  • merge_toml_values(base, overlay) (public helper used elsewhere)

Layering model

Precedence is top overrides bottom:

  1. MDM managed preferences (macOS only)
  2. System managed config (e.g. managed_config.toml)
  3. Session flags (CLI overrides, applied as dotted-path TOML writes)
  4. User config (config.toml)

Layers with a disabled_reason are still surfaced for UI, but are ignored when computing the effective config and origins metadata. This is what ConfigLayerStack::effective_config() implements.

Typical usage

Most callers want the effective config plus metadata:

use codex_core::config_loader::{
    CloudRequirementsLoader, LoaderOverrides, load_config_layers_state,
};
use codex_exec_server::LOCAL_FS;
use codex_utils_absolute_path::AbsolutePathBuf;
use toml::Value as TomlValue;

let cli_overrides: Vec<(String, TomlValue)> = Vec::new();
let cwd = AbsolutePathBuf::current_dir()?;
let layers = load_config_layers_state(
    LOCAL_FS.as_ref(),
    &codex_home,
    Some(cwd),
    &cli_overrides,
    LoaderOverrides::default(),
    CloudRequirementsLoader::default(),
).await?;

let effective = layers.effective_config();
let origins = layers.origins();
let layers_for_ui = layers.layers_high_to_low();

Internal layout

Implementation is split by concern:

  • state.rs: public types (ConfigLayerEntry, ConfigLayerStack) + merge/origins convenience methods.
  • layer_io.rs: reading config.toml, managed config, and managed preferences inputs.
  • overrides.rs: CLI dotted-path overrides → TOML “session flags” layer.
  • merge.rs: recursive TOML merge.
  • fingerprint.rs: stable per-layer hashing and per-key origins traversal.
  • macos.rs: managed preferences integration (macOS only).