[yaacovcorcos]

Problem

makeCodexAppServerSpawnCommand builds the app-server's ChildProcess.make without
forceKillAfter. When the session's scope closes, Effect's spawner sends SIGTERM to the process
group and then waits for it to exit with no limit, so an app-server that does not exit on SIGTERM
holds session close, and server shutdown, for as long as it runs. Reproduction and details: #34458.

Change

The app-server's ChildProcess.make sets forceKillAfter: "2 seconds", the deadline the Codex
probe in CodexProvider already uses, so the spawner escalates to SIGKILL after the grace. One
constant, one option, one test.

Scope and approval

Fixes #34458. A small, focused fix for an unbounded wait: one spawn option matching an existing
deadline in the same provider, with no setting, contract, or change for an app-server that exits
normally. Submitted under the focused obvious-bug exception in CONTRIBUTING.md; no maintainer
approval is claimed. #20973 (closed, unmerged) addressed the same mechanism for ProcessRunner
and helpers, not this direct spawn.

Verification

• New test stops an app-server that ignores SIGTERM within its kill deadline
  (CodexAdapterV2.test.ts): spawns a stand-in that traps SIGTERM through
  makeCodexAppServerSpawnCommand, waits for it to be ready, and closes its scope. A 10 s watchdog
  kills the stand-in if the close hangs, so a regression fails instead of hanging; the test asserts
  the watchdog was not needed and that the process is gone.
  • On main: fails after the watchdog fires (about 11 s), with nothing left running.
  • With the change: passes.
  • Skipped on Windows, where the spawner uses taskkill /T /F.
• vp test run src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/CodexAdapterV2.test.ts -t "app-server process",
  server typecheck, and vp lint / vp fmt on apps/server/src, on macOS. Not run on Linux or
  Windows.

Written with Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code; reviewed with gpt-6.1-sol in Codex.

[chatgpt-codex-connector]

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[macroscopeapp]

Approvability

Verdict: Needs Human Approval

Macroscope's review found this PR requires human approval — Codex app-server shutdown now escalates to force-kill after two seconds. The regression test adds an oxlint suppression for its watchdog timer, which requires human review under the configured approval requirements.

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Walkthrough

The Codex app-server spawn now uses a two-second force-kill deadline. A live non-Windows test checks that closing its scope stops a child process that ignores SIGTERM.

Changes: Codex app-server shutdown

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Configure and verify the shutdown deadline apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/CodexAdapterV2.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/CodexAdapterV2.test.ts	The app-server spawn options now set a two-second force-kill deadline. A live non-Windows test checks that scope closure stops a child that ignores SIGTERM.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

Suggested labels: bugfix

Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge, macroscopeapp

Merge Risk: Low · up to 2a0a2

The change bounds Codex app-server shutdown to two seconds when the process ignores SIGTERM. Production risk is low. The new test should assert that the child is ready before the scope closes, so that it keeps catching regressions.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: stopping a Codex app-server that ignores SIGTERM.
Description check		The description includes complete Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. It explains the failure, the fix, the scope rationale, test coverage, observed results, and platform l…
Linked Issues check		Issue #34458 requires bounded shutdown for the directly spawned Codex app-server. makeCodexAppServerSpawnCommand now sets forceKillAfter to "2 seconds", matching the Codex probe deadline. The ad…
Out of Scope Changes check		The diff changes the Codex app-server spawn option and adds a focused regression test for issue #34458. The constant and comment support the shutdown fix. No unrelated behavior, public API, or product…

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Explanation

The description includes complete Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. It explains the failure, the fix, the scope rationale, test coverage, observed results, and platform limitations.

Full details: Linked Issues check

Explanation

Issue #34458 requires bounded shutdown for the directly spawned Codex app-server. makeCodexAppServerSpawnCommand now sets forceKillAfter to "2 seconds", matching the Codex probe deadline. The added live test starts a SIGTERM-ignoring process, closes its scope, and verifies that the deadline stops the process without the watchdog.

Full details: Out of Scope Changes check

Explanation

The diff changes the Codex app-server spawn option and adds a focused regression test for issue #34458. The constant and comment support the shutdown fix. No unrelated behavior, public API, or product area changes are present.

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@apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/CodexAdapterV2.test.ts:
- Line 10049: Update the child stdout readiness wait in this test to verify that
it receives the expected ready marker before proceeding to close the scope.
Treat stdout ending before that marker as a test failure so the stopped-child
assertion cannot pass without exercising SIGTERM escalation.

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Require the readiness marker before closing the scope.

If the child exits before writing, Stream.runDrain succeeds on EOF. The later stopped-child assertion can then pass without testing SIGTERM escalation. Read and assert the ready marker, and fail if stdout ends first.

As per coding guidelines, “Backend behavior changes ship with focused tests for that behavior.”

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/CodexAdapterV2.test.ts at line 10049:
Update the child stdout readiness wait in this test to verify that it receives the expected ready marker before proceeding to close the scope. Treat stdout ending before that marker as a test failure so the stopped-child assertion cannot pass without exercising SIGTERM escalation.

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Evidence

Linux x86_64, real T3 servers in separate worktrees, fresh isolated homes, no copied data. Complete a real Codex turn through T3's CLI, suspend its server-owned app-server with SIGSTOP, then send SIGTERM to T3 and observe shutdown using the same driver.

The base remained blocked for eight seconds with SIGTERM pending on the stopped child; rescue SIGKILL released cleanup. On the fix, the child exited between 2.0 and 2.5 seconds and T3 exited by four seconds without rescue. Videos replay captured command output at its original timing; these are server-output recordings, not GUI recordings.

Before	After
31eea883c7	2a0a2d8fc5
Before recording	After recording
Before transcript	After transcript

Shutdown driver used on both commits. Recording renderer.

AI-assisted; verified with the tests and tools listed above.

Not shown:

• The separate session-close action and macOS behavior were not exercised; this proof covers graceful shutdown of the real Linux server.
• Signal syscalls were not traced. Pending SIGTERM was directly observed; escalation is inferred from the stopped child's termination between 2.0 and 2.5 seconds without rescue.