Normalize simple PowerShell execpolicy commands

codex-rs/core/src/exec_policy.rs

@@ -33,9 +33,11 @@ use tracing::instrument;
 use crate::bash::parse_shell_lc_plain_commands;
 use crate::bash::parse_shell_lc_single_command_prefix;
 use crate::config::Config;
+use crate::powershell::extract_powershell_command;
 use crate::sandboxing::SandboxPermissions;
 use crate::tools::sandboxing::ExecApprovalRequirement;
 use codex_utils_absolute_path::AbsolutePathBuf;
+use shlex::split as shlex_split;
 use shlex::try_join as shlex_try_join;
 
 const PROMPT_CONFLICT_REASON: &str =
@@ -642,9 +644,35 @@ fn commands_for_exec_policy(command: &[String]) -> (Vec<Vec<String>>, bool) {
         return (vec![single_command], true);
     }
 
+    if let Some(single_command) = parse_powershell_plain_command(command) {
+        return (vec![single_command], false);
+    }
+
     (vec![command.to_vec()], false)
 }
 
+fn parse_powershell_plain_command(command: &[String]) -> Option<Vec<String>> {
+    let (_, script) = extract_powershell_command(command)?;
+    let script = script.trim();
+    if script.is_empty() {
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    // Only normalize simple wrapper cases where the PowerShell script is
+    // effectively a plain external command invocation. Anything that looks like
+    // real PowerShell syntax should continue to use the opaque argv form.
+    if script.chars().any(|c| {
+        matches!(
+            c,
+            '\n' | '\r' | ';' | '|' | '&' | '(' | ')' | '{' | '}' | '$' | '@' | '`' | '<' | '>'
+        )
+    }) {
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    shlex_split(script).filter(|tokens| !tokens.is_empty())
+}
+
 /// Derive a proposed execpolicy amendment when a command requires user approval
 /// - If any execpolicy rule prompts, return None, because an amendment would not skip that policy requirement.
 /// - Otherwise return the first heuristics Prompt.

codex-rs/core/src/exec_policy_tests.rs

@@ -572,6 +572,73 @@ async fn evaluates_heredoc_script_against_prefix_rules() {
     .await;
 }
 
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn powershell_wrapped_plain_command_matches_prefix_rules() {
+    let policy_src = r#"prefix_rule(pattern=["git", "add"], decision="allow")"#;
+    let mut parser = PolicyParser::new();
+    parser
+        .parse("test.rules", policy_src)
+        .expect("parse policy");
+    let policy = Arc::new(parser.build());
+    let command = vec![
+        "pwsh".to_string(),
+        "-NoProfile".to_string(),
+        "-Command".to_string(),
+        "git add -A".to_string(),
+    ];
+
+    let requirement = ExecPolicyManager::new(policy)
+        .create_exec_approval_requirement_for_command(ExecApprovalRequest {
+            command: &command,
+            approval_policy: AskForApproval::OnRequest,
+            sandbox_policy: &SandboxPolicy::new_read_only_policy(),
+            file_system_sandbox_policy: &read_only_file_system_sandbox_policy(),
+            sandbox_permissions: SandboxPermissions::UseDefault,
+            prefix_rule: None,
+        })
+        .await;
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        requirement,
+        ExecApprovalRequirement::Skip {
+            bypass_sandbox: true,
+            proposed_execpolicy_amendment: None,
+        }
+    );
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn requested_prefix_rule_can_approve_powershell_wrapped_plain_commands() {
+    let command = vec![
+        "pwsh".to_string(),
+        "-NoProfile".to_string(),
+        "-Command".to_string(),
+        "git add -A".to_string(),
+    ];
+
+    let requirement = ExecPolicyManager::default()
+        .create_exec_approval_requirement_for_command(ExecApprovalRequest {
+            command: &command,
+            approval_policy: AskForApproval::UnlessTrusted,
+            sandbox_policy: &SandboxPolicy::new_read_only_policy(),
+            file_system_sandbox_policy: &read_only_file_system_sandbox_policy(),
+            sandbox_permissions: SandboxPermissions::UseDefault,
+            prefix_rule: Some(vec!["git".to_string(), "add".to_string()]),
+        })
+        .await;
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        requirement,
+        ExecApprovalRequirement::NeedsApproval {
+            reason: None,
+            proposed_execpolicy_amendment: Some(ExecPolicyAmendment::new(vec![
+                "git".to_string(),
+                "add".to_string(),
+            ])),
+        }
+    );
+}
+
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn omits_auto_amendment_for_heredoc_fallback_prompts() {
     assert_exec_approval_requirement_for_command(