core-agent-ide/codex-rs/linux-sandbox
Michael Bolin abbd74e2be
feat: make sandbox read access configurable with ReadOnlyAccess (#11387)
`SandboxPolicy::ReadOnly` previously implied broad read access and could
not express a narrower read surface.
This change introduces an explicit read-access model so we can support
user-configurable read restrictions in follow-up work, while preserving
current behavior today.

It also ensures unsupported backends fail closed for restricted-read
policies instead of silently granting broader access than intended.

## What

- Added `ReadOnlyAccess` in protocol with:
  - `Restricted { include_platform_defaults, readable_roots }`
  - `FullAccess`
- Updated `SandboxPolicy` to carry read-access configuration:
  - `ReadOnly { access: ReadOnlyAccess }`
  - `WorkspaceWrite { ..., read_only_access: ReadOnlyAccess }`
- Preserved existing behavior by defaulting current construction paths
to `ReadOnlyAccess::FullAccess`.
- Threaded the new fields through sandbox policy consumers and call
sites across `core`, `tui`, `linux-sandbox`, `windows-sandbox`, and
related tests.
- Updated Seatbelt policy generation to honor restricted read roots by
emitting scoped read rules when full read access is not granted.
- Added fail-closed behavior on Linux and Windows backends when
restricted read access is requested but not yet implemented there
(`UnsupportedOperation`).
- Regenerated app-server protocol schema and TypeScript artifacts,
including `ReadOnlyAccess`.

## Compatibility / rollout

- Runtime behavior remains unchanged by default (`FullAccess`).
- API/schema changes are in place so future config wiring can enable
restricted read access without another policy-shape migration.
2026-02-11 18:31:14 -08:00
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src feat: make sandbox read access configurable with ReadOnlyAccess (#11387) 2026-02-11 18:31:14 -08:00
tests feat: make sandbox read access configurable with ReadOnlyAccess (#11387) 2026-02-11 18:31:14 -08:00
BUILD.bazel feat: add support for building with Bazel (#8875) 2026-01-09 11:09:43 -08:00
build.rs feat(linux-sandbox): vendor bubblewrap and wire it with FFI (#10413) 2026-02-02 23:33:46 -08:00
Cargo.toml feat(linux-sandbox): add bwrap support (#9938) 2026-02-04 11:13:17 -08:00
README.md feat(sandbox): enforce proxy-aware network routing in sandbox (#11113) 2026-02-10 07:44:21 +00:00

codex-linux-sandbox

This crate is responsible for producing:

  • a codex-linux-sandbox standalone executable for Linux that is bundled with the Node.js version of the Codex CLI
  • a lib crate that exposes the business logic of the executable as run_main() so that
    • the codex-exec CLI can check if its arg0 is codex-linux-sandbox and, if so, execute as if it were codex-linux-sandbox
    • this should also be true of the codex multitool CLI

On Linux, the bubblewrap pipeline uses the vendored bubblewrap path compiled into this binary.

Current Behavior

  • Legacy Landlock + mount protections remain available as the legacy pipeline.
  • The bubblewrap pipeline is standardized on the vendored path.
  • During rollout, the bubblewrap pipeline is gated by the temporary feature flag use_linux_sandbox_bwrap (CLI -c alias for features.use_linux_sandbox_bwrap; legacy remains default when off).
  • When enabled, the bubblewrap pipeline applies PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS and a seccomp network filter in-process.
  • When enabled, the filesystem is read-only by default via --ro-bind / /.
  • When enabled, writable roots are layered with --bind <root> <root>.
  • When enabled, protected subpaths under writable roots (for example .git, resolved gitdir:, and .codex) are re-applied as read-only via --ro-bind.
  • When enabled, symlink-in-path and non-existent protected paths inside writable roots are blocked by mounting /dev/null on the symlink or first missing component.
  • When enabled, the helper isolates the PID namespace via --unshare-pid.
  • When enabled and network is restricted without proxy routing, the helper also isolates the network namespace via --unshare-net.
  • When enabled, it mounts a fresh /proc via --proc /proc by default, but you can skip this in restrictive container environments with --no-proc.

Notes

  • The CLI surface still uses legacy names like codex debug landlock.