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Problem

Codex reads the system or environment HTTP proxy for every request, including T3's own MCP endpoint at http://127.0.0.1:<port>/mcp. A proxy that answers 502 for loopback (the reporter's macOS system proxy) makes the t3-code and t3-code-direct MCP servers fail at session start, so Codex agents get no T3 tools. Reproduced on main (cefb544) on Linux: vp run dev with HTTP(S)_PROXY pointing at a proxy that tunnels CONNECT and 502s plain HTTP. A new Codex thread logs both T3 MCP servers failed, the proxy logs POST http://127.0.0.1:<port>/mcp, and the agent answers "NO T3 TOOLS".

Change

codexAppServerEnvironment adds 127.0.0.1,localhost,::1 to the Codex app-server's proxy bypass list. It does this for both the session app-server and the probe.

• User already set a bypass list: each spelling (NO_PROXY, no_proxy) is extended with its own hosts, even when it is empty. Codex reads NO_PROXY before no_proxy. A * entry is left as written.
• No bypass list, but other *_proxy variables are set: both spellings are created.
• No proxy variables at all, on macOS: both spellings are created for Codex, which only reads the system proxy's host and never its exceptions list. Agent shells get them blank through -c shell_environment_policy.set.<name>="", because a lone non-empty no_proxy makes Python (pip, requests) skip the macOS system proxy. User launch args still come after and win.
• No proxy variables, on Linux: nothing changes. There is no system proxy there.
• Windows: only a NO_PROXY the user already set is extended. Codex reads the registry bypass list only while NO_PROXY is empty, so creating it would drop that list.

Scope and approval

Fixes #30194

Triaged via the automated issue flow.

Verification

• vp test run apps/server/src/provider/CodexProvider.test.ts apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/CodexAdapterV2.test.ts: 153 passed. The table-driven codexAppServerEnvironment test covers each case above. The first version of the test failed on main with NO_PROXY must exempt 127.0.0.1: expected [ 'intranet.corp.example' ] to include '127.0.0.1'.
• vp run check:changed: format, lint, knip, typecheck (3 packages) and tests (4 files) pass.
• Real app, Linux, Codex CLI 0.163.0, fresh dev databases, same prompt on both sides. Transcript:

Proxy stand-in: proxy_sys.py (below) on 127.0.0.1:17897 tunnels CONNECT and answers 502 to plain-HTTP requests (what the reporter's macOS system proxy does for loopback).
Server: T3CODE_DEV_SEED=0 HTTP_PROXY=HTTPS_PROXY=http_proxy=https_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:17897 vp run dev, fresh DB. Prompt: 'Call the T3 Code MCP tool t3_thread_list once ...'

Before: main cefb544

startupStatus/updated","params":{"name":"t3-code-direct","status":"starting","error":null,"failureReason":null}
startupStatus/updated","params":{"name":"t3-code","status":"starting","error":null,"failureReason":null}
startupStatus/updated","params":{"name":"t3-code-direct","status":"failed","error":"MCP client for `t3-code-direct` failed to start: MCP startup failed: handshaking with MCP server failed: Send messag
startupStatus/updated","params":{"name":"t3-code","status":"failed","error":"MCP client for `t3-code` failed to start: MCP startup failed: handshaking with MCP server failed: Send message error Transp

proxy log (plain HTTP only; excludes one manual curl sanity check before the run):
      6 PROXY POST http://127.0.0.1:14237/mcp
agent reply: NO T3 TOOLS

After: fix/issue-30194 12c1cf4 (the final head be23de1 produces the same environment for this scenario: Linux, HTTP_PROXY set, no NO_PROXY)

startupStatus/updated","params":{"name":"t3-code-direct","status":"starting","error":null,"failureReason":null}
startupStatus/updated","params":{"name":"t3-code","status":"starting","error":null,"failureReason":null}
startupStatus/updated","params":{"name":"t3-code-direct","status":"ready","error":null,"failureReason":null}
startupStatus/updated","params":{"name":"t3-code","status":"ready","error":null,"failureReason":null}
startupStatus/updated","params":{"name":"t3-code","status":"ready","error":null,"failureReason":null}
startupStatus/updated","params":{"name":"t3-code-direct","status":"ready","error":null,"failureReason":null}

proxy log (plain HTTP only): (none; external traffic still went through the proxy: 35 CONNECT tunnels)
agent reply: It returns 1 thread.

Standalone codex app-server against a minimal local MCP server

no proxy env                      -> ready in 0.5s; MCP server got initialize, notifications/initialized, tools/list
HTTP_PROXY=<502 proxy>            -> failed: handshaking with MCP server failed ... HTTP 502; proxy got 3x POST http://127.0.0.1:17898/mcp; MCP server got 0
HTTP_PROXY + NO_PROXY=127.0.0.1,localhost,::1 -> ready in 0.4s; MCP server got all 3; proxy got only CONNECT api.openai.com:443

• Codex 0.163.0 app-server checks by the step agents: -c shell_environment_policy.set.NO_PROXY="" gives command/exec and thread shells an empty (set) NO_PROXY, and T3's per-thread shell_environment_policy.set still merges with it.
• Server-only change with no render paths, so there are no captures. Before/after screenshots of the chat could not be uploaded from the triage VM.

Not checked, and known limits:

• cannot-verify macos: the reporter's macOS system-proxy path, which is the only path that adds the shell -c args. It is covered by the table test and by running the same args through Linux Codex, not by a Mac.
• cannot-verify windows.
• Windows users behind a proxy who have not set NO_PROXY keep the bug, so that the registry bypass list keeps working.
• On macOS with no proxy variables in T3's environment, a shell_environment_policy.set.NO_PROXY in the user's Codex config.toml is overridden by the blank shell value.
• A server bound to a specific non-loopback IP puts that IP in the MCP URL, which this does not exempt.

Repro scripts (synthetic, not committed):

proxy_sys.py

# Stand-in for the reporter's system proxy: tunnels CONNECT, answers 502 to plain-HTTP requests for loopback.
import http.server, socket, select, sys
class H(http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
    def do_CONNECT(self):
        host, port = self.path.rsplit(":", 1)
        sys.stderr.write(f"PROXY CONNECT {self.path}\n"); sys.stderr.flush()
        try: up = socket.create_connection((host, int(port)), timeout=10)
        except Exception:
            self.send_response(502); self.send_header("Content-Length","0"); self.end_headers(); return
        self.send_response(200, "Connection Established"); self.end_headers()
        conns=[self.connection, up]
        while True:
            r,_,_=select.select(conns,[],[],60)
            if not r: break
            for s in r:
                d=s.recv(65536)
                if not d: up.close(); return
                (up if s is self.connection else self.connection).sendall(d)
    def _r(self):
        sys.stderr.write(f"PROXY {self.command} {self.path}\n"); sys.stderr.flush()
        self.send_response(502); self.send_header("Content-Length","0"); self.end_headers()
    do_GET=do_POST=do_DELETE=_r
    def log_message(self,*a): pass
http.server.ThreadingHTTPServer(("127.0.0.1", int(sys.argv[1])), H).serve_forever()

mcp_min.py

import http.server, sys, json
class H(http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
    def do_POST(self):
        body=json.loads(self.rfile.read(int(self.headers.get("Content-Length","0"))) or b"{}")
        sys.stderr.write(f"MCP {body.get('method')}\n"); sys.stderr.flush()
        if "id" not in body:
            self.send_response(202); self.send_header("Content-Length","0"); self.end_headers(); return
        m=body["method"]
        if m=="initialize": res={"protocolVersion":body["params"].get("protocolVersion","2025-06-18"),"capabilities":{"tools":{}},"serverInfo":{"name":"min","version":"1"}}
        elif m=="tools/list": res={"tools":[{"name":"ping","description":"p","inputSchema":{"type":"object","properties":{}}}]}
        else: res={}
        out=json.dumps({"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":body["id"],"result":res}).encode()
        self.send_response(200); self.send_header("Content-Type","application/json"); self.send_header("Content-Length",str(len(out))); self.end_headers(); self.wfile.write(out)
    def do_GET(self):
        self.send_response(405); self.send_header("Content-Length","0"); self.end_headers()
    do_DELETE=do_GET
    def log_message(self,*a): pass
http.server.ThreadingHTTPServer(("127.0.0.1", int(sys.argv[1])), H).serve_forever()

drive.mjs

// node drive.mjs <mcpPort> ; env passed through. Starts codex app-server, a thread, prints MCP startup status.
import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
import { mkdtempSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
const port = process.argv[2];
const home = mkdtempSync("/tmp/issue-lead-30194-r1/repro/codexhome-");
writeFileSync(`${home}/config.toml`, `[mcp_servers.t3-code]\nurl = "http://127.0.0.1:${port}/mcp"\n`);
const cp = spawn("codex", ["app-server"], { env: { ...process.env, CODEX_HOME: home }, stdio: ["pipe", "pipe", "pipe"] });
let buf = ""; let id = 0; const t0 = Date.now();
const send = (method, params) => cp.stdin.write(JSON.stringify({ jsonrpc: "2.0", id: ++id, method, params }) + "\n");
cp.stdout.on("data", (d) => {
  buf += d; let i;
  while ((i = buf.indexOf("\n")) >= 0) {
    const line = buf.slice(0, i); buf = buf.slice(i + 1);
    let msg; try { msg = JSON.parse(line); } catch { continue; }
    if (msg.id === 1) { cp.stdin.write(JSON.stringify({ jsonrpc: "2.0", method: "initialized" }) + "\n"); send("thread/start", { cwd: "/tmp" }); }
    if (msg.method && /mcp/i.test(msg.method)) {
      console.log(`${((Date.now()-t0)/1000).toFixed(1)}s`, msg.method, JSON.stringify(msg.params).slice(0, 400));
      if (msg.params?.status === "ready" || msg.params?.status === "failed") { cp.kill(); process.exit(0); }
    }
  }
});
cp.stderr.on("data", (d) => { if (/mcp|proxy|502/i.test(String(d))) process.stderr.write("STDERR " + String(d).slice(0, 300)); });
send("initialize", { clientInfo: { name: "repro", title: "repro", version: "0" }, capabilities: { experimentalApi: true } });
setTimeout(() => { console.log("TIMEOUT 60s"); cp.kill(); process.exit(1); }, 60000);

Model and harness: Claude Opus 5.5 (Claude Code via T3 Code) as lead, implementer and reviewer B; GPT-6.1-Sol (Codex) as reviewer A.

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Approvability

Verdict: Needs Human Approval

Macroscope's review found this PR requires human approval — Codex will automatically bypass proxies for loopback traffic, restoring access to T3’s local MCP tools. Human review is needed for this default routing change and its platform-specific shell environment handling.

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Thread transfer impact

✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

Provider	Metric	Main baseline	This PR	Impact	PR ceiling
Codex	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.5 KiB	21.5 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	24.4 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	1	1	0 (0.0%)	8	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.9 KiB	21.9 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	24.4 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	1	1	0 (0.0%)	8	✅

Baseline: d91915d · PR result: 947550a · Source CI: success

Scenario and decoded snapshot size

10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.

• Codex decoded thread snapshot: 108.5 KiB
• Claude decoded thread snapshot: 108.8 KiB

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Walkthrough

Codex app-server startup now reads the selected Codex home’s config.toml, prepares platform-specific loopback proxy bypasses, and passes the resulting environment and configuration arguments to the launched process.

Changes: Codex proxy handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Prepare the Codex proxy environment apps/server/src/provider/CodexProvider.ts, apps/server/src/provider/CodexProvider.test.ts, apps/server/package.json	codexAppServerEnvironment adds loopback hosts to proxy bypass variables according to platform and proxy settings. It returns configuration arguments when no proxy variable is active and the Codex config does not set NO_PROXY. Tests cover platform-specific behavior and bypass-list values. codexProcessEnvironment uses the host environment when no environment is provided. The server package adds the TOML parser dependency.
Load configuration and launch the app-server apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/CodexAdapterV2.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/CodexAdapterV2.test.ts, apps/server/src/provider/codexLaunchArgs.ts	The adapter resolves the Codex home, reads its config.toml, and passes the prepared environment and configuration arguments to the app-server. codexAppServerArgs inserts configuration arguments after app-server. The adapter factory test layer provides NodeServices.layer.

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

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant CodexAdapterV2
  participant FileSystem
  participant codexAppServerEnvironment
  participant CodexAppServer
  CodexAdapterV2->>FileSystem: Read config.toml from resolved Codex home
  CodexAdapterV2->>codexAppServerEnvironment: Prepare environment and configArgs
  codexAppServerEnvironment-->>CodexAdapterV2: Return env and configArgs
  CodexAdapterV2->>CodexAppServer: Launch with env and app-server arguments

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Possibly related PRs

• pingdotgg/t3code#30885: Adds isolated Codex homes; this PR reads configuration from the selected Codex home.
• pingdotgg/t3code#29507: Applies CODEX_HOME when deriving effective Codex settings; this PR uses the selected home to locate config.toml.

Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg, maria-rcks

Merge Risk: Low · up to 94755

A temporary config read failure could remove an agent shell’s configured proxy bypass. This narrow risk is mergeable with owner awareness and follow-up.

Pre-merge checks: 3 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Description check		The description explains the problem, the platform-specific changes, and detailed verification results. The scope section links issue #30194 and says it was triaged, but it does not include explicit m…	Add the maintainer approval comment that confirms the fix’s direction and scope, or explain why this focused fix qualifies for the template’s exception for a small, obvious bug.

Passed checks: 3 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly summarizes the main change: helping Codex reach T3’s MCP tools when an HTTP proxy is present.
Linked Issues check		The changes meet the coding requirement in #30194. codexAppServerEnvironment adds loopback hosts to applicable bypass variables and handles the macOS system-proxy case. The launch path passes the pr…
Out of Scope Changes check		The listed changes support #30194. TOML parsing preserves existing Codex shell configuration, launch-argument wiring applies the bypass settings, and the dependency and tests support that behavior. Th…

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The changes meet the coding requirement in #30194. codexAppServerEnvironment adds loopback hosts to applicable bypass variables and handles the macOS system-proxy case. The launch path passes the prepared environment and config arguments to both the app-server and probe. Parameterized tests cover platform and proxy-variable cases.

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The listed changes support #30194. TOML parsing preserves existing Codex shell configuration, launch-argument wiring applies the bypass settings, and the dependency and tests support that behavior. The reviewed summary shows no unrelated changes.

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

the reviewers still had findings after 3 rounds (the work is on main...fix/issue-30194):

1. [major] apps/server/src/provider/CodexProvider.ts:514: Worse than main: finding either configured spelling suppresses all shell cleanup, leaving the other injected spelling inherited. With NO_PROXY configured as an empty string, main gives Python an empty environment-proxy map and permits its macOS system-proxy fallback. This head leaves lowercase no_proxy nonempty, suppressing that fallback. Python commands then connect directly and fail where external access requires the system proxy. Preserve configured shell values without leaking an injected sibling spelling.
   Fails with: macOS with a required system HTTP(S) proxy, no *_proxy environment variables, and config.toml containing [shell_environment_policy.set] followed by NO_PROXY = "". Run a Python network command through Codex. Real Codex command/exec on Linux confirmed main produces only NO_PROXY="", whereas head produces NO_PROXY="" plus no_proxy="127.0.0.1,localhost,::1". Python's environment-proxy result changes from {} to {"no":"127.0.0.1,localhost,::1"}; its macOS implementation uses environment proxies or system proxies, so the latter suppresses system-proxy discovery.

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apps/server/src/provider/CodexProvider.ts: 1

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codexProcessEnvironment drops the new configArgs, and it does not read config.toml.

This path calls codexAppServerEnvironment and keeps only .env. It passes no codexConfig. The probe launched by withCodexAppServerClient then gets loopback bypass entries, but codexAppServerArgs(input.launchArgs) receives no configArgs.

On macOS without proxy variables, the probe is not affected by the shell-blanking override. This is harmless, because the probe runs no agent shells. The two launch paths still differ without any explanation.

Add a short comment here saying the probe intentionally ignores configArgs. The next maintainer then will not assume this is an omission.

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