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fix(server): managed Codex accounts connect on Windows without Developer Mode#22573

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Problem

On Windows without Developer Mode, a managed Codex account (every "Connect with ChatGPT" account, plus any instance with a shadow home path) shows "Could not check Codex right now." materializeCodexShadowHome links each entry of the shared Codex home into the shadow home with Effect's FileSystem.symlink, which takes no link type, so a standard user gets EPERM. Turning Developer Mode on once does not hold: the entry list is rebuilt from the shared home on every refresh, new entries such as ..codex-global-state.json.bak.tmp-* keep appearing there, and one entry that cannot be linked fails the whole check.

Fixes #14325.

Change

Two changes in CodexHomeLayout.ts, both only on win32. macOS and Linux behave as before.

  • A directory falls back to a junction when Windows refuses the symlink. ensureSymlink still tries FileSystem.symlink first, so every setup that works on main is unchanged, including Developer Mode on and a shared home on a network share, where a junction cannot point. If the symlink fails on win32 and the target is a directory, it calls node:fs symlink(target, link, "junction"), as antigravityAuthSupport.ts does; if that fails too, the original error is reported. A junction pointed at a file is created without error but cannot be opened, so the directory check is needed. Node's readlink returns a junction's absolute target and lstat reports it as a link, so readLinkState, the target comparison and the non-recursive remove work unchanged.
  • An entry found in the shared home that cannot be linked is skipped instead of failing materialization. It is logged at debug level. This covers files Windows refuses to symlink (config.toml, AGENTS.md, installation_id, *.tmp-* and so on). It also covers the files Codex creates in the shadow home itself, which would otherwise raise CodexShadowHomeEntryConflictError on the next refresh. Only a refused symlink and a file Codex already created are skipped. Failures to read or remove an existing link still fail the check, and the known shared directories are excluded, so a real conflict there still fails.

There is no marker file, no mode switching, and no hard link or copy.

Trade-off. On Windows without Developer Mode, top-level files of the shared home are not shared into managed accounts, so a managed account does not see the main config.toml or AGENTS.md. Top-level SQLite files are also kept per account; #21947 moves those to CODEX_SQLITE_HOME and stops linking them, and this change does not touch that path. With Developer Mode on, links are created as on main; the one difference is that a real conflicting top-level file is logged instead of failing.

Scope and approval

Bug fix for #14325, triaged by a maintainer in this comment, which identifies the failure and its constraints. The larger #15277 was closed with a request for a smaller fix proposed in #14325; this is that smaller version. It follows the triage constraints: junctions go through node:fs and only for directories, nothing is hard-linked or copied, and an entry that cannot be linked no longer fails the check. It changes one source file and its tests.

#21947 and #21983 also edit this file. This change stays inside ensureSymlink and the per-entry loop, so it should rebase cleanly beside either.

Related changes

  • #26286 added thread-writer-locks as a shared directory, and Windows hosts without Developer Mode broke again on it (report). With this PR, that directory falls back to a junction like the others. Any shared directory added later is covered the same way.
  • #23472 stops files that Codex creates in the shadow home from disabling the provider, but it still requires config.toml to be a link. Without Developer Mode, Windows cannot create that link, so this PR's handling is still needed for config.toml. If #23472 merges first, I'll rebase and change the test "keeps shared files local when Windows refuses symlinks" to use config.toml instead of installation_id.

Verification

Windows 11 Home 10.0.26300, standard user, Node 24.22.0, codex-cli 0.163.0, verified on main at 05696c6, then rebased onto b76a595 with vp run check:changed and the unit tests re-run.

Unit tests. vp test run src/provider/Drivers/CodexHomeLayout.test.ts in apps/server.

  • 2 new tests fake the refusal with a FileSystem whose symlink fails with the same EPERM Effect reports on Windows, and set HostProcess.Platform to win32, so they run on every OS. One checks that directories are linked, stay linked on a second pass, and pass writes through to the shared home. The other checks that a refused file link (config.toml) and a file Codex already created in the shadow home (installation_id) both stay local without failing the check. With main's CodexHomeLayout.ts, both fail with symlink failed for '…\shadow\sessions' (EPERM); with this change they pass. Narrowing the skip to refused links only makes the second test fail on CodexShadowHomeEntryConflictError, so it covers both cases.
  • With symlinks allowed: 10 passed, and the temporary real-filesystem test below also passes. With Developer Mode off (run before the rebase, when the file still had the 2 tests #22557 removed): 7 passed, 6 skipped (the skipIf(!symlinksSupported) tests).
  • The existing test "rejects shared entries that already exist in the shadow home as real files" now sets HostProcess.Platform to linux, because on win32 that conflict is now skipped.

Real filesystem, Developer Mode off, no fakes. A temporary test builds a home shaped like ~/.codex: a sessions directory plus config.toml, AGENTS.md, state_5.sqlite, installation_id and a *.tmp-* file. It materializes the shadow home, writes the installation_id Codex would create in it, adds another *.tmp-* file to the shared home, and materializes again.

  • main: the first pass fails with CodexShadowHomeFileSystemError (symlink on sessions, EPERM).
  • This branch: both passes succeed. All 10 known directories are Junctions to the shared home, a file written through shadow\sessions appears in the shared home, the unlinked files are absent, and the local installation_id is kept.

End to end, Developer Mode off. vp run dev --home-dir <separate dir> from this branch, against the real ~/.codex.

  • Connect with ChatGPT: the instance shows "Authenticated · ChatGPT" and no "Could not check Codex right now." Over 7 status refreshes the server logged no errors.
  • The shadow home had 30 junctions, one for every directory in ~/.codex. Codex created its own state_5.sqlite, logs_2.sqlite, installation_id and so on in the shadow home, and later refreshes still passed.
  • A thread on that instance ran, and its rollout file was written through the junction into ~/.codex/sessions.

vp fmt --check and vp lint --report-unused-disable-directives pass on both changed files, and tsc-rs --noEmit in apps/server reports no errors in them.

The real-filesystem and end-to-end runs with Developer Mode off used an earlier revision of this branch that created directory junctions directly. The current revision tries the symlink first and reaches the same junction call once Windows refuses it; the unit tests cover that fallback.

Not checked: windows-tests.yml in CI, and a shared home on a network share. With Developer Mode on, that home keeps using symlinks, as on main. Without it, the junction fallback cannot point there either, so it still fails, also as on main.

Claude Opus 5.5, Claude Code (via t3 triage)

Fixes pingdotgg/t3code#14325

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Macroscope's review found this PR requires human approval — This targeted Windows fix changes production shadow-home filesystem behavior by creating directory junctions and leaving unshareable files local, with tests covering the new paths. It also adds a line-level static-analysis suppression around native filesystem access, so the platform-specific behavior merits focused human review.

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Walkthrough

Codex shadow-home materialization now uses Windows junctions for directory targets when symlink creation fails. On Windows, it logs and suppresses link failures for entries outside the known shared-directory set. Tests cover junction reuse, shared-file handling, shadow-local file preservation, and Linux conflict handling.

Changes: Codex shadow-home materialization

Layer / File(s)Summary
Windows link fallback
apps/server/src/provider/Drivers/CodexHomeLayout.ts, apps/server/src/provider/Drivers/CodexHomeLayout.test.ts		Windows directory targets use junctions after symlink creation fails. On Windows, failures for entries outside the known shared-directory set are logged and suppressed; failures for known shared directories and non-Windows entries propagate. Tests cover junction reuse, omitted shared-file links, preservation of shadow-local files, and Linux conflict handling.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Possibly related issues

  • pingdotgg/t3code#24486: This changes Windows shadow-home link behavior but does not add SQLite-specific safeguards.
  • pingdotgg/t3code#23652: This changes which entries link on Windows but does not implement plugin restoration.

Possibly related PRs

  • pingdotgg/t3code#24426: Both changes modify shadow-home entry handling in materializeCodexShadowHome and require reconciliation in that function.

Suggested labels: bugfix

Suggested reviewers: maria-rcks

Merge Risk: External image Moderate · previous review bd708

A managed Codex account can start with configuration linked to an earlier shared home if removal fails. Propagate that failure before merging.

Security architecture risk: External image Moderate · up to a8011

Windows connectivity improves, but startup can now succeed with shared SQLite storage and an unshared maintenance lock. This weakens coordination between processes using the same Codex home. Credential-isolation checks remain in place; credential theft or privilege escalation was not established.

Retained concerns

  • Medium · reliability · inferred: Windows can now complete materialization without sharing .sqlite-maintenance.lock while the sqlite directory is shared through a junction. The lock is explicitly classified as guarding shared state, but it is outside the strict known-directory set. If its file symlink is refused, no junction fallback applies and the error becomes debug-only. Unlike the base behavior, runtime creation can continue with an absent or independently recreated lock. This breaks the enforced shared-lock identity and may permit uncoordinated maintenance of the same storage; actual corruption was not demonstrated.
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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The affected scope is Windows auth-overlay homes and processes using their configured shared Codex home. Separate managed instances can have separate shadow homes backed by the same shared home, so synchronization failures can cross those instance boundaries. Direct-mode materialization returns without applying this logic.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — Directory sharing is an existing boundary choice: enumerated nonprivate directories were already selected for symlinking. Junction fallback enables that same target mapping when Windows refuses ordinary symlinks; it does not introduce a new target-root selection mechanism. Attacker write access to the configured shared home was not established.
  • observed — Managed runtime launch still pins the token-sharing provider to the OpenAI API endpoint, sets ACCESS_TOKEN and CODEX_HOME explicitly, and removes ambient launch-argument, API-key and base-URL overrides. These controls are unchanged by the PR.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • observed — Correct existing links are reused, while mismatched links are removed before recreation. This lifecycle already lacks whole-home rollback. The introduced difference is that Windows can now report success after a non-known entry fails during that transition, leaving it missing or divergent rather than blocking runtime creation.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — Classify shared synchronization entries separately from optional per-home files. Require a genuinely shared maintenance-lock mechanism, or retain a startup failure when that guarantee cannot be established; copying a lock file would not preserve shared synchronization.
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Title checkPassedThe title clearly and concisely identifies the Windows Developer Mode issue affecting managed Codex accounts and the fix.
Linked Issues checkPassedIssue #14325 requires managed Codex checks to work on standard Windows users without Developer Mode and to tolerate later entries that cannot be linked. CodexHomeLayout.ts retries refused Windows di…
Out of Scope Changes checkPassedThe diff changes only CodexHomeLayout.ts and its focused test file. The source changes implement the directory-junction fallback and non-fatal entry handling required by #14325. The tests validate t…
Description checkPassedThe description covers the required Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. It explains the Windows failure, the fix and its trade-offs, links the triaged issue and maintainer …
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Issue #14325 requires managed Codex checks to work on standard Windows users without Developer Mode and to tolerate later entries that cannot be linked. CodexHomeLayout.ts retries refused Windows directory symlinks with node:fs junctions. It suppresses and logs failures for non-directory entries on Windows while preserving failures for the 10 known shared directories. The focused tests cover repeated materialization, junction write-through, refused shared files, and shadow-local files. No linked coding requirement remains unmet.

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The diff changes only CodexHomeLayout.ts and its focused test file. The source changes implement the directory-junction fallback and non-fatal entry handling required by #14325. The tests validate that behavior. The diff introduces no hard links, copies, marker files, mode switching, or unrelated behavior.

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The description covers the required Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. It explains the Windows failure, the fix and its trade-offs, links the triaged issue and maintainer approval, and reports test results and checks not completed.

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……@@ -228,20 +232,36 @@ const ensureSymlink = Effect.fn("CodexHomeLayout.ensureSymlink")(function* (inpu
257+ try: () => NodeFSP.symlink(target, link, "junction"),
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259+ });
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If the junction fails, try a symlink before failing the link.

On Windows, createLink now always creates a junction for a directory target. Windows junctions can only point to local volumes. A junction to a UNC path or a mapped network drive fails.

Before this change, a Windows user with Developer Mode on could keep sharedHomePath on a network share, and fileSystem.symlink linked the directories. Now NodeFSP.symlink(target, link, "junction") fails for the 10 known shared directories, such as sessions. Those failures are not caught at Line 430, so materializeCodexShadowHome fails and the provider is disabled. That setup worked before this change.

If the junction fails, try fileSystem.symlink. This keeps the no-privilege path and also keeps the Developer Mode path for remote targets.

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1 if (useJunction) {
2- return yield* Effect.tryPromise({
3- try: () => NodeFSP.symlink(target, link, "junction"),
4- catch: symlinkError,
5- });
6+ return yield* Effect.tryPromise({
7+ try: () => NodeFSP.symlink(target, link, "junction"),
8+ catch: symlinkError,
9+ }).pipe(
10+ // Junctions cannot target remote volumes; a symlink works there when Developer Mode is on.
11+ Effect.orElse(() =>
12+ input.fileSystem
13+ .symlink(target, link)
14+ .pipe(Effect.catchTags({ PlatformError: symlinkError })),
15+ ),
16+ );
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Bbraziliansalsa22d ago

Addressed in a8011fa: ensureSymlink now tries FileSystem.symlink first and uses a junction only when that fails on Windows and the target is a directory. Setups that link today, including a shared home on a network share with Developer Mode on, behave as on main. If the junction also fails, the original symlink error is reported.

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@braziliansalsa Thanks for the fix. The supplied implementation tries FileSystem.symlink first, so successful symlinks keep their existing behavior. It uses a junction only after a symlink failure on Windows for a directory target. If the junction fails, it preserves the original symlink error.

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……@@ -241,6 +245,23 @@ const ensureSymlink = Effect.fn("CodexHomeLayout.ensureSymlink")(function* (inpu
257+ ));
258+ if (!isDirectory) return yield* error;
259+ return yield* Effect.tryPromise({
260+ try: () => NodeFSP.symlink(target, link, "junction"),
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fileSystem.stat(target) checks the injected filesystem, but NodeFSP.symlink creates the junction on the host filesystem. If a test or runtime supplies a different filesystem implementation, the fallback cannot link the directory it checked. Put junction creation behind an Effect-environment filesystem capability so both operations use the same backend. As per path instructions, “Dependencies should come from the Effect environment, not hidden globals or runtime-backed singleton closures.”

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Bbraziliansalsa22d ago

Leaving this as is, deliberately. The maintainer triage on #14325 notes that junctions "have to go through node:fs because Effect cannot pass "junction"": Effect's FileSystem.symlink takes only (fromPath, toPath). antigravityAuthSupport.ts uses the same split, with the injected FileSystem for readLink/remove/makeDirectory and NodeFSP.symlink(..., "junction") for the link, under the same nodeBuiltinImport exception. In production the server provides NodeServices.layer, and all three shadow-home call sites take FileSystem from the environment, so stat and the junction act on the same filesystem. The tests' fake only overrides symlink on top of the real one. Moving junction creation behind a new filesystem service would touch those three call sites and is out of scope for this fix; happy to do it if maintainers prefer that.

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Propagate state-inspection and removal failures for optional entries.

When an existing optional link, such as config.toml, points to an earlier shared home, a failed remove(link) leaves that link active. The Windows catch at CodexHomeLayout.ts:430-438 suppresses this error, so materializeCodexShadowHome succeeds and adapter startup can continue with stale configuration. Suppress only a failed optional symlink operation. Propagate readLink and remove failures.

Suggested fix
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1 return isWindows && !KNOWN_SHARED_DIRECTORY_NAMES.has(entryName)
2 ? linked.pipe(
3- Effect.catch((error) =>
4+ Effect.catchIf(
5+ (error): error is CodexShadowHomeFileSystemError =>
6+ error._tag === "CodexShadowHomeFileSystemError" &&
7+ error.operation === "symlink",
8+ (error) =>
9 Effect.logDebug("Codex shadow home entry is not shared.", {
10 entryName,
11 detail: error.message,
12 }),
13+ ),
14 )
15 : linked;
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1 return isWindows && !KNOWN_SHARED_DIRECTORY_NAMES.has(entryName)
2 ? linked.pipe(
3 Effect.catchIf(
4 (error): error is CodexShadowHomeFileSystemError =>
5 error._tag === "CodexShadowHomeFileSystemError" &&
6 error.operation === "symlink",
7 (error) =>
8 Effect.logDebug("Codex shadow home entry is not shared.", {
9 entryName,
10 detail: error.message,
11 }),
12 ),
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6Review comment at @apps/server/src/provider/Drivers/CodexHomeLayout.ts around
7lines 430 - 437:
8Update the Windows `linked.pipe` error handler in `materializeCodexShadowHome`
9to suppress only `CodexShadowHomeFileSystemError` failures whose operation is
10`symlink`; let `readLink` and `remove` failures propagate so startup cannot
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Bbraziliansalsa16d ago

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🤖 Claude Opus 5.5 responding on behalf of @braziliansalsa

Fixed in 17e4510, with a different predicate than suggested. The Windows catch now handles only CodexShadowHomeEntryConflictError and CodexShadowHomeFileSystemError with operation: "symlink". readLink and remove failures propagate as on main.

The suggested symlink-only predicate would bring the recurring failure back. A file Codex creates in the shadow home after an earlier refused link (installation_id) raises CodexShadowHomeEntryConflictError on the next refresh. With that predicate, keeps shared files local when Windows refuses symlinks fails.

Checked locally: the existing tests pass. In a throwaway test where removing a stale config.toml link fails on win32, the previous catch-all succeeded; with this change it fails with operation: "remove".

Added 2 commits

  • fix(server): managed Codex accounts connect on Windows without Developer Modeb6a4f9a
  • Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main' into fix/codex-shadow-home-junctionsa17303c
JJulius Marminge1d ago

The automated pipeline stopped on this pull request and will not merge it:

the proof has no capture anyone can open:

  • Permanent blocker: the required standard Windows 11 account with Developer Mode disabled is unavailable on this Linux VM.
  • Permanent blocker: first-party ChatGPT OAuth is explicitly unavailable on this VM, preventing managed-account sign-in and a real Codex turn.
  • Base provider-check failure, head account readiness, Codex execution, and refresh after adding a shared-home file remain unverified. Replay scenarios cannot establish this provider-specific behavior.
  • No capture exists, so no ghdrop upload was attempted and there is no public evidence URL.

It stays open for a person to finish or close.