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viyatb-oai d950543e65 feat: support restricted ReadOnlyAccess in elevated Windows sandbox (#14610)
## Summary
- support legacy `ReadOnlyAccess::Restricted` on Windows in the elevated
setup/runner backend
- keep the unelevated restricted-token backend on the legacy full-read
model only, and fail closed for restricted read-only policies there
- keep the legacy full-read Windows path unchanged while deriving
narrower read roots only for elevated restricted-read policies
- honor `include_platform_defaults` by adding backend-managed Windows
system roots only when requested, while always keeping helper roots and
the command `cwd` readable
- preserve `workspace-write` semantics by keeping writable roots
readable when restricted read access is in use in the elevated backend
- document the current Windows boundary: legacy `SandboxPolicy` is
supported on both backends, while richer split-only carveouts still fail
closed instead of running with weaker enforcement

## Testing
- `cargo test -p codex-windows-sandbox`
- `cargo check -p codex-windows-sandbox --tests --target
x86_64-pc-windows-msvc`
- `cargo clippy -p codex-windows-sandbox --tests --target
x86_64-pc-windows-msvc -- -D warnings`
- `cargo test -p codex-core windows_restricted_token_`

## Notes
- local `cargo test -p codex-windows-sandbox` on macOS only exercises
the non-Windows stubs; the Windows-targeted compile and clippy runs
provide the local signal, and GitHub Windows CI exercises the runtime
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# codex-core
This crate implements the business logic for Codex. It is designed to be used by the various Codex UIs written in Rust.
## Dependencies
Note that `codex-core` makes some assumptions about certain helper utilities being available in the environment. Currently, this support matrix is:
### macOS
Expects `/usr/bin/sandbox-exec` to be present.
When using the workspace-write sandbox policy, the Seatbelt profile allows
writes under the configured writable roots while keeping `.git` (directory or
pointer file), the resolved `gitdir:` target, and `.codex` read-only.
Network access and filesystem read/write roots are controlled by
`SandboxPolicy`. Seatbelt consumes the resolved policy and enforces it.
Seatbelt also supports macOS permission-profile extensions layered on top of
`SandboxPolicy`:
- no extension profile provided:
keeps legacy default preferences read access (`user-preference-read`).
- extension profile provided with no `macos_preferences` grant:
does not add preferences access clauses.
- `macos_preferences = "readonly"`:
enables cfprefs read clauses and `user-preference-read`.
- `macos_preferences = "readwrite"`:
includes readonly clauses plus `user-preference-write` and cfprefs shm write
clauses.
- `macos_automation = true`:
enables broad Apple Events send permissions.
- `macos_automation = ["com.apple.Notes", ...]`:
enables Apple Events send only to listed bundle IDs.
- `macos_launch_services = true`:
enables LaunchServices lookups and open/launch operations.
- `macos_accessibility = true`:
enables `com.apple.axserver` mach lookup.
- `macos_calendar = true`:
enables `com.apple.CalendarAgent` mach lookup.
- `macos_contacts = "read_only"`:
enables Address Book read access and Contacts read services.
- `macos_contacts = "read_write"`:
includes the readonly Contacts clauses plus Address Book writes and keychain/temp helpers required for writes.
### Linux
Expects the binary containing `codex-core` to run the equivalent of `codex sandbox linux` (legacy alias: `codex debug landlock`) when `arg0` is `codex-linux-sandbox`. See the `codex-arg0` crate for details.
Legacy `SandboxPolicy` / `sandbox_mode` configs are still supported on Linux.
They can continue to use the legacy Landlock path when the split filesystem
policy is sandbox-equivalent to the legacy model after `cwd` resolution.
Split filesystem policies that need direct `FileSystemSandboxPolicy`
enforcement, such as read-only or denied carveouts under a broader writable
root, automatically route through bubblewrap. The legacy Landlock path is used
only when the split filesystem policy round-trips through the legacy
`SandboxPolicy` model without changing semantics. That includes overlapping
cases like `/repo = write`, `/repo/a = none`, `/repo/a/b = write`, where the
more specific writable child must reopen under a denied parent.
The Linux sandbox helper prefers `/usr/bin/bwrap` whenever it is available and
falls back to the vendored bubblewrap path otherwise. When `/usr/bin/bwrap` is
missing, Codex also surfaces a startup warning through its normal notification
path instead of printing directly from the sandbox helper.
### Windows
Legacy `SandboxPolicy` / `sandbox_mode` configs are still supported on
Windows.
The elevated setup/runner backend supports legacy `ReadOnlyAccess::Restricted`
for `read-only` and `workspace-write` policies. Restricted read access honors
explicit readable roots plus the command `cwd`, and keeps writable roots
readable when `workspace-write` is used.
When `include_platform_defaults = true`, the elevated Windows backend adds
backend-managed system read roots required for basic execution, such as
`C:\Windows`, `C:\Program Files`, `C:\Program Files (x86)`, and
`C:\ProgramData`. When it is `false`, those extra system roots are omitted.
The unelevated restricted-token backend still supports the legacy full-read
Windows model only. Restricted read-only policies continue to fail closed there
instead of running with weaker read enforcement.
New `[permissions]` / split filesystem policies remain supported on Windows
only when they round-trip through the legacy `SandboxPolicy` model without
changing semantics. Richer split-only carveouts still fail closed instead of
running with weaker enforcement.
### All Platforms
Expects the binary containing `codex-core` to simulate the virtual `apply_patch` CLI when `arg1` is `--codex-run-as-apply-patch`. See the `codex-arg0` crate for details.