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Fixes two problems the agent-relay@15.0.0-next.4 end-to-end test of relay init --tools codex found.

1. Codex could not reach the session socket from its sandbox, then replied through the wrong route

Root cause. On macOS Codex's default sandbox (workspace-write/read-only, network off) is a Seatbelt profile that denies every Unix-socket connect. The injected reply hint tells Codex to run the probe's own client (agent-relay-probe relay socket-request --socket <session socket> …, piped from printf; relay read <ref> for pointer messages). Both connect to the core's session socket, so they failed inside the sandbox with "Agent Relay's session socket is unavailable". The hint for a session with unknown MCP access also names send_relay_message, and Codex used the account-level codex_apps.agent_relay_in_chatgpt.send_relay_message connector as a fallback. That connector sends as the person's Cloud account into a different workspace.

Mechanism chosen: a Codex exec-policy rules file, not a sandbox widening. I checked this against Codex 0.163.0 (rust-v0.163.0 source, plus the installed binary):

• [sandbox_workspace_write] only has writable_roots, network_access (all or nothing), exclude_tmpdir_env_var and exclude_slash_tmp. It has no Unix-socket allowance.
• A path allowlist (network.allow_unix_sockets, sandboxing/src/seatbelt.rs) does exist, but only in [permissions.<name>.network] permission profiles (selected with default_permissions, which replaces the user's whole sandbox setup) or in managed network policy. Both are too invasive for relay init to write into someone's config.
• In core/src/exec_policy.rs, Decision::Allow gives ExecApprovalRequirement::Skip { bypass_sandbox: true } when every parsed command segment matches an allow rule from $CODEX_HOME/rules/*.rules.

So while codex_stop_hook is on, the core also writes ~/.codex/rules/agent-relay.rules (agent-relay-dev.rules for Dev) with exactly two prefix_rules:

• [<this probe>, "relay", "socket-request", "--socket", <this core's session socket>]
• [<this probe>, "relay", "read"]

Nothing else leaves the sandbox and no network access is granted. socket-request only allows its own method/path list and checks that the peer runs as the same uid. The file starts with an Agent Relay header, and a file of that name without the header is never rewritten or removed. The core rewrites it at start, so a moved or updated probe is picked up. codex execpolicy check confirms both rules match and that a different --socket does not.

Tradeoff: the probe's two client commands run unsandboxed rather than inside a sandbox with a socket hole punched in it. They are our own binary, limited to our own socket, so this is far narrower than network_access = true. A command that is not exactly this shape (another path to the probe, extra pipes) still gets Codex's normal escalation prompt.

Other changes:

• relay socket-request --body <text>. Reply hints (DM, Relay Connect, channel) are now one command with no printf … | pipe, because Codex only bypasses the sandbox when every segment of a command matches a rule.
• Every reply hint now ends with this line:
  [route: answer only as shown above, through this computer's Agent Relay; never through any other Agent Relay connector or app (such as Agent Relay in ChatGPT), which sends as someone else. If that fails, say so instead of sending another way.]
  The session preamble says the same thing.

2. init --uninstall left Codex leftovers

Root cause. Turning codex_stop_hook off only rewrote hooks.json without our hook. That left {"hooks":{}} behind, and that rewrite also created a .relay-desktop-backup copy of Relay's own file, because the backup was taken on every first write. The trust entries Codex's app-server had recorded in config.toml (hooks.state."<hooks.json>:stop:0:0", …) were never removed.

Fix. Turning it off now puts ~/.codex back:

• Our hook's keys are listed through Codex's app-server (hooks/list) while the hook is still in hooks.json. The hook is then taken out, and exactly those hooks.state keys are cleared with config/value/write (value null). [hooks.state] or [hooks] is removed too, but only once it is empty. The person's own trust entries stay.
• The backup is now taken only of a file that does not already hold the hook, so it is always the person's original. If they haven't changed the file since, it is restored byte for byte and the backup is deleted. A hooks.json the core created is deleted once it is empty. An earlier build's self-backup is dropped.
• A config.toml that trusting the hook created (recorded as codex-config-created in the core's data dir) is deleted once nothing else is in it.
• The rules file is removed. rules/ is removed only if it is then empty.

Tests

• New Rust tests in codex/stop_hook.rs:
  • fresh install → off leaves the Codex home tree identical
  • a person's own hooks.json (non-canonical formatting), config.toml with their own trust entry, and rules/default.rules survive byte for byte
  • a hooks.json edited after install keeps the edit
  • an earlier build's self-backup is removed
  • the rules allow only the two commands
  • a foreign agent-relay.rules is left alone
• An #[ignore]d live test, real_codex_untrust_puts_config_toml_back_byte_for_byte, runs against the real Codex 0.163 app-server and passes.
• cargo test --no-default-features --features production-binaries: lib 2361 passed / 0 failed on a clean run. Every integration test binary passes, including relay_agents (114) and relay_outbound. On a second run, three timing tests (devin/grok startup and leader) flaked under load. They pass when re-run alone and are untouched here.
• cargo clippy --all-targets: no warnings in the touched files.
• init.test.ts: 95/95. tsc --noEmit for packages/cli: clean. eslint on init.ts/init.test.ts: 0 errors (4 warnings, all pre-existing).

End-to-end proof (macOS, Codex 0.163.0, default sandbox, no approval)

Setup was isolated: HOME, AGENT_RELAY_HOME, AGENT_RELAY_INSTALL_DIR and CODEX_HOME under /tmp/arcx, with only auth.json copied in. The project was ~/arcx-project. I used the CLI built from this branch with AGENT_RELAY_PROBE_PATH pointing at the locally built probe, and the local engine on port 8797.

1. relay init --yes --tools codex wrote the hooks, rules/agent-relay.rules and two hooks.state trust entries.
2. Interactive codex (default sandbox, project trusted through Codex's own prompt) auto-joined as codex-arcx-project-reply-just.
3. relay message dm send codex-arcx-project-reply-just "… reply … pong" --as alice sent message 241608806540062720. The injected text ended with the new [route: …] line.
4. Codex ran agent-relay-probe relay socket-request --socket '…/run/relay.sock' --method POST --path '/send?address=alice@direct&reply_to=241608806540062720' --body 'pong' with no escalation request and no approval prompt. The result was {"ok":true, "message_id":"241608826450423808"}. relay message inbox check --as alice shows pong from the Codex session.
5. Control: codex sandbox -- <probe> relay socket-request … --path /agents fails with "Agent Relay's session socket is unavailable", so the sandbox still blocks the socket and only the rule lets the command through.
6. relay init --uninstall: hooks.json, rules/ and every hooks.state entry are gone, with no backup left. config.toml keeps only Codex's own [tui]/[projects] entries, and the marker is removed.
7. Pre-existing user files: hand-written hooks.json, config.toml (with comments) and rules/default.rules, then init → uninstall. cmp shows all three identical.

All processes, tmux servers, the Codex app-server daemon and the directories were removed afterwards.

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The CLI now accepts explicit socket-request bodies and session socket paths. Generated reply instructions specify the Agent Relay route. Codex hook setup installs scoped sandbox rules and manages trust records. Removal restores or removes Relay-managed settings while preserving user-owned changes.

Changes: Relay Replies and Codex Setup

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Socket command arguments and session selection crates/probe/src/probe/relay_commands.rs, crates/probe/src/probe/main.rs, crates/probe/src/relay/cli.rs, crates/probe/src/relay/message_pointer.rs, crates/probe/src/relay/local/plugins.rs	The CLI accepts an optional request body and an explicit session socket for message reads. Local message pointers and Codex settings use the configured relay socket.
Reply bodies and route instructions crates/probe/src/relay/outbound.rs, crates/probe/src/relay/outbound/channels.rs, crates/probe/src/relay/connect.rs, crates/probe/src/relay/hosted_mcp.rs, crates/probe/src/relay/delivery/policy/frame.rs, crates/probe/tests/relay_agents.rs	Reply commands pass bodies directly as arguments instead of using shell pipelines. Reply hints and channel instructions specify the Agent Relay route. Route-like sender lines are included in framing protection.
Codex hook and sandbox installation crates/probe/src/relay/codex/stop_hook.rs, crates/probe/src/relay/codex/stop_hook/trust.rs, crates/probe/src/relay/local/plugins.rs, CHANGELOG.md, docs/probe-move.md	Codex hook settings install scoped socket rules, preserve existing files, and record trust-related configuration state. The changelog and documentation describe the setup.
Codex trust and settings removal crates/probe/src/relay/codex/stop_hook.rs, crates/probe/src/relay/codex/stop_hook/trust.rs, docs/probe-move.md, CHANGELOG.md	Removal clears matching trust records and restores or removes eligible Relay-managed settings. Tests cover restoration and preservation of user edits.

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Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant RelayInit
  participant CodexStopHookSettings
  participant CodexHomeFiles
  participant CodexAppServer
  RelayInit->>CodexStopHookSettings: Configure hook with session socket
  CodexStopHookSettings->>CodexHomeFiles: Write hook and scoped sandbox rules
  CodexStopHookSettings->>CodexAppServer: Trust installed hook
  CodexStopHookSettings->>CodexAppServer: List matching hooks before removal
  CodexStopHookSettings->>CodexHomeFiles: Remove hook and restore eligible backup
  CodexStopHookSettings->>CodexAppServer: Clear matching trust keys

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• AgentWorkforce/relay#2016: Adds the relay-init delivery path through the Agent Relay core and probe injection path, which this PR extends for Codex replies and settings cleanup.

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Codex setup can leave replies unavailable or require manual cleanup, while uninstall can report success with sandbox rules still present. Resolve these lifecycle failures and the broader-than-intended settings access before merging.

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Summary

This PR lets Codex use Agent Relay's local reply route and cleans up Codex files when the hook is disabled.

• Codex reads and replies through its session socket inside the default sandbox.
• Reply instructions keep sessions on this computer’s Agent Relay route.
• Turning off the Codex hook restores the files it changed.

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%%{init: {'theme': 'neutral'}}%%
flowchart TD
  A[Enable Codex hook] --> B[Write hooks and local command rules]
  B --> C[Trust hooks through Codex]
  C --> D[Codex reads and replies through the local socket]
  D --> E[Disable Codex hook]
  E --> F[Remove Relay hooks and trust entries]
  F --> G[Remove Relay rules and restore unchanged user files]

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Major · Restrict the probe's session-socket routes for Codex-sandbox calls. · stop_hook.rs:423

crates/probe/src/relay/codex/stop_hook.rs:423
🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Restrict the probe's session-socket routes for Codex-sandbox calls.

The sandbox rule matches the relay socket-request --socket <socket> prefix and allows trailing arguments. The probe then accepts any route in its allowlist, including PATCH /settings. Codex can therefore run socket-request --method PATCH --path /settings outside the sandbox without a prompt, and the probe forwards the request to the session socket. The reply routes do not need PATCH /settings, so the rule grants more than the reply use the PR describes.

A prefix rule cannot restrict method and path values, because reply paths include query strings that vary. Narrow this in the probe. Either remove the PATCH /settings route from the set that Codex can reach, or move the reply commands into a dedicated subcommand with its own narrow rule. Confirm first that no legitimate caller relies on PATCH /settings through socket-request.

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Review comment at @crates/probe/src/relay/codex/stop_hook.rs at line 423:
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Minor · Roll back hooks.json when sandbox-rule installation fails. · stop_hook.rs:790-804

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Roll back hooks.json when sandbox-rule installation fails.

install() writes hooks.json before write_rules(). If all nine rule names are occupied, the operation returns an error after leaving an untrusted hook installed. The setting reports off, but default_on() sees the hook and returns no retry. The user must manually disable the setting or run uninstall to remove the stale hook.

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