fix(server): Codex keeps your permissions profile after Full access and back to Auto by juliusmarminge · Pull Request #23631 · pingdotgg/t3code

juliusmarminge · 2026-10-22T13:15:29Z

Problem

With a Codex default_permissions profile that denies reads of **/.env and **/.env*, one Full access turn silently removed those denies for the rest of the thread. A fresh Auto turn had them. After Auto → Full access → Auto, the next Auto turn ran under a plain workspace-write sandbox: the injected permission instructions and the profile Codex enforces both lacked the deny entries, even though the composer showed Auto again.

The cause: T3 sends a legacy sandboxPolicy on every turn/start. Codex keeps a named profile only while that policy matches it. After dangerFullAccess and back to workspaceWrite, Codex builds a legacy profile without the profile's deny entries.

Change

Remember the profile. CodexAdapterV2 records the user-defined permission profile per Codex thread, as thread/start, cold thread/resume, and thread/fork report it in activePermissionProfile. Built-in :-prefixed ids are ignored. A resume of an already-loaded thread reports its current state (no profile after a legacy-sandbox turn), so it does not clear the remembered one.
Select it by id. When a turn's runtime mode maps to the same sandbox type as that profile, and no explicit sandbox override applies, turn/start selects the profile with Codex's permissions: <id> instead of sandboxPolicy. Other modes, users without a named profile, and Codex versions that do not report the profile send exactly what they did before.
Fall back if the profile disappears. If the profile was removed or renamed in config.toml while the thread stays loaded, Codex rejects the permissions turn with a default_permissions error. T3 then forgets the profile and retries once with the legacy sandboxPolicy.
Wire plumbing. permissions is added to the turn/start encoder in effect-codex-app-server. thread/start and thread/fork are read raw because the generated response schemas strip activePermissionProfile.

Scope and approval

Fixes https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/issues/20266

Triaged bug via the automated issue flow.

Verification

vp test run src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/CodexAdapterV2.test.ts: 82 passed. New tests:
- The Auto → Full access → Auto round trip, with the thread/resume calls T3 makes between mode changes. It fails on main: the Auto turn/start carries sandboxPolicy: workspaceWrite and no permissions.
- The stale-profile fallback.
- Mode mismatch: approval-required and full-access keep sandboxPolicy.
- Built-in ids are not remembered.
packages/effect-codex-app-server vp test run src/client.test.ts: 2 passed. tsc --noEmit -p apps/server: 0 errors.
Real app: web dev client on Linux x86_64 with Codex CLI 0.163.0 and the reporter's profile. I followed the reporter's steps in one new thread and read each turn's injected permission block and enforced permission_profile from Codex's rollout file. No protected file was read.

Run	Turn 3 (Auto after Full access)
Before, `origin/main` `ed3f965`	no `.env` denies in the permission block or the enforced profile
After, this branch	`<cwd>//.env` and `<cwd>//.env*` in both
After: Full access, server restart, then Auto	both denies present
After: profile renamed mid-thread, then Auto	`permissions` turn rejected, legacy retry completes the turn

Runtime transcript: 20266-runtime-transcript.txt

Not checked: macOS, the reporter's platform. The change is in the app-server protocol requests and has no platform-specific code.

Claude Opus 5.5 via Claude Code in T3 Code (implementation and tests on claude-opus-5-5; reviews on claude-opus-5-5 and claude-sonnet-5-5).

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Fixes #20266

…ccess round trip (#20266) These tests reproduce #20266: when thread/start reports a user-defined activePermissionProfile, Auto turns must select it with `permissions` instead of a legacy sandboxPolicy, so Auto -> Full access -> Auto keeps the profile's .env deny entries. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>

…Full access and back (#20266) Every Codex turn/start sent a legacy sandboxPolicy. Codex keeps a user's named permission profile (default_permissions) only while that policy matches the profile's projection, so after a Full access turn the next Auto turn fell back to a plain workspaceWrite profile and lost the profile's deny-read entries, such as .env files. The adapter now remembers the user-defined activePermissionProfile that thread/start and thread/resume report. When a turn's mode uses the same sandbox type and no explicit sandbox override is given, turn/start selects the profile with `permissions` instead of sending sandboxPolicy. Built-in profiles and Codex versions without activePermissionProfile are unchanged. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>

… thread between turns (#20266) T3 resumes a loaded Codex thread before every turn whose runtime settings changed. That thread/resume response reports the thread's current state, which has no active permission profile after a Full access (or any legacy sandboxPolicy) turn, so the adapter forgot the user's profile and the next Auto turn fell back to sandboxPolicy, dropping the profile's .env denies. A response without a user-defined profile now leaves the remembered one in place. The round-trip test now issues the thread/resume calls T3 really makes between turns. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>

…orks keep it (#20266) A turn/start that selected a remembered profile Codex no longer knows now forgets the profile and retries once with the legacy sandboxPolicy. Forked threads remember the profile from the thread/fork response. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>

…file config error (#20266) Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>

macroscopeapp · 2026-10-22T13:18:16Z

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Verdict: Approved at cf881dc

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This preserves users’ configured Codex permission profiles when switching back from Full access, while retaining explicit sandbox overrides and existing mode defaults. The change is scoped to restoring configured behavior rather than introducing new access defaults.

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coderabbitai · 2026-10-22T13:19:37Z

Walkthrough

The Codex adapter now captures named permission profiles from thread responses and uses a matching profile for turns when no explicit sandbox policy applies. If Codex rejects a supplied profile as unavailable, the adapter retries with legacy parameters.

Changes: Codex permission profile handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Decode and select permission profiles `apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/CodexAdapterV2.ts`, `packages/effect-codex-app-server/src/client.ts`, `apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/CodexAdapterV2.test.ts`	The turn-start schema accepts `permissions`. The adapter decodes named profiles and selects a profile only when its sandbox type matches the runtime mode and no explicit sandbox policy applies. Tests cover explicit policies and built-in versus user-defined profiles.
Capture profiles across thread operations `apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/CodexAdapterV2.ts`, `apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/CodexAdapterV2.test.ts`	The adapter stores reported profiles by thread. It reads raw thread start, resume, and fork responses to capture profile data.
Apply profiles and retry unavailable profiles `apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/CodexAdapterV2.ts`, `apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/CodexAdapterV2.test.ts`	Turn-start requests use the stored profile. When Codex rejects it with an error mentioning `default_permissions`, the adapter removes the profile and retries with legacy parameters. Replay tests cover the Auto → Full access → Auto sequence and the retry path.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to cf881

The change keeps a user's named Codex permission profile across Auto, Full access and back to Auto, and falls back to the previous sandbox behavior if the profile is rejected. No concrete merge-blocking risk was identified. Adding a log line when the fallback happens would make it easier to diagnose.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title is concise, uses the repository's conventional commit format, and clearly identifies the main fix: preserving the Codex permissions profile after switching from Full access back to Auto.
Description check		The description includes all required sections: Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification. It explains the cause, implementation, linked issue, focused tests, runtime validation, and the u…
Linked Issues check		Issue `#20266` requires the configured `.env` and `.env*` read-deny entries to return after Auto → Full access → Auto. The adapter remembers a user-defined profile per Codex thread, preserves it across …
Out of Scope Changes check		The adapter changes, raw thread response decoding, fallback logic, protocol field, and related tests directly support issue `#20266`. The changes preserve legacy behavior for unsupported or mismatched c…

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Issue #20266 requires the configured .env and .env* read-deny entries to return after Auto → Full access → Auto. The adapter remembers a user-defined profile per Codex thread, preserves it across resume, and sends permissions when the runtime sandbox matches the profile. The adapter uses legacy sandboxPolicy for other modes and retries with it when Codex reports a missing default_permissions profile. The added tests cover the round trip, resume calls, stale-profile fallback, mode mismatch, explicit overrides, and built-in IDs. The app-server client encodes permissions for turn/start.

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The adapter changes, raw thread response decoding, fallback logic, protocol field, and related tests directly support issue #20266. The changes preserve legacy behavior for unsupported or mismatched cases. No unrelated product behavior is established by the supplied PR evidence.

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Thread transfer impact

✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

Provider	Metric	Main baseline	This PR	Impact	PR ceiling
Codex	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.5 KiB	21.5 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	24.4 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	1	1	0 (0.0%)	8	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.9 KiB	21.9 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	24.4 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	1	1	0 (0.0%)	8	✅

Baseline: 3a8c250 · PR result: cf881dc · Source CI: success

Scenario and decoded snapshot size

10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.

Codex decoded thread snapshot: 108.5 KiB
Claude decoded thread snapshot: 108.8 KiB

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Resolve conflicts with main's resumeNativeThread helper and archived-fork retry: profile tracking moves into resumeNativeThread, fork reads the raw response so activePermissionProfile survives, and the profile fallback sits before main's earlier-run turn check. Tests add collaborationMode and the crypto layer main now requires. AI-assisted; verified with the tests and tools listed above.

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apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/CodexAdapterV2.ts: 1
7062-7073: Trivial · Security & Privacy · Quick win

Log the fallback from a named profile to the legacy sandboxPolicy.

When Codex rejects the profile, this handler deletes the remembered profile and retries with the legacy sandboxPolicy. That change is silent. The retry drops the user's named profile, including its deny-read entries such as .env. The turn then runs with the plain workspaceWrite sandbox. This is the loss of protection the PR is meant to prevent.

Add a logWarning that includes the thread ID and the profile ID. Operators can then see why a thread lost its profile. The handler can use Effect.zipRight or Effect.andThen to emit the log before the retry. Keep the log attributes bounded, as the repository's Effect error rules require. Do not log error.errorMessage as an attribute.
Proposed change
-                  permissionProfilesByThread.delete(threadId);
-                  return buildParams(undefined).pipe(
-                    Effect.flatMap((params) => client.request("turn/start", params)),
-                  );
+                  permissionProfilesByThread.delete(threadId);
+                  return Effect.logWarning(
+                    "orchestration-v2.codex-permission-profile-unavailable",
+                    { nativeThreadId: threadId, profileId: turnStartParams.permissions },
+                  ).pipe(
+                    Effect.andThen(buildParams(undefined)),
+                    Effect.flatMap((params) => client.request("turn/start", params)),
+                  );
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Review comment at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/CodexAdapterV2.ts around lines 7062 - 7073:
In the CodexAppServerRequestError handler, log a warning before retrying with buildParams(undefined) so the fallback from the named permission profile is visible to operators. Include the thread ID and profile ID as bounded attributes, and do not include error.errorMessage in the log.

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Review comments at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/CodexAdapterV2.ts:
- Around line 7062-7073: In the CodexAppServerRequestError handler, log a
warning before retrying with buildParams(undefined) so the fallback from the
named permission profile is visible to operators. Include the thread ID and
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juliusmarminge · 2026-11-11T09:49:34Z

Evidence

Configure the named profile below, then create a Codex thread in Auto. Ask about the latest injected deny entries without accessing files, switch to Full access and send a follow-up, then return to Auto and ask again while explicitly excluding earlier conversation content.

Real web client, Linux Chrome, light theme, 1280×900; fresh isolated databases and identical synthetic input. Both initial Auto responses include both denials. After the round trip, base says both are absent; head says both are denied. Both composers show Auto. Private model labels are hidden.

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3a8c250cb0	cf881dc9d7

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Shared browser driver · Permission profile · Before responses · After responses

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Protected-file readability was deliberately not tested; this proves the reported latest-instruction difference.
Fork/resume profile tracking and renamed or removed profile fallback were not exercised by this reproduction.
Desktop and mobile clients were not separately exercised.

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…file config error (#20266) Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>

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