diff --git a/codex-rs/core/src/exec_policy.rs b/codex-rs/core/src/exec_policy.rs
index 0c95af4c02..2208b42d7a 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/exec_policy.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/exec_policy.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ use codex_protocol::permissions::FileSystemSandboxKind;
 use codex_protocol::permissions::FileSystemSandboxPolicy;
 use codex_protocol::protocol::AskForApproval;
 use codex_protocol::protocol::SandboxPolicy;
+use codex_shell_command::command_safety::windows_safe_commands::try_parse_powershell_command_sequence;
 use thiserror::Error;
 use tokio::fs;
 use tokio::task::spawn_blocking;
@@ -627,6 +628,12 @@ fn commands_for_exec_policy(command: &[String]) -> (Vec<Vec<String>>, bool) {
         return (commands, false);
     }
 
+    if let Some(commands) = try_parse_powershell_command_sequence(command)
+        && !commands.is_empty()
+    {
+        return (commands, false);
+    }
+
     if let Some(single_command) = parse_shell_lc_single_command_prefix(command) {
         return (vec![single_command], true);
     }
diff --git a/codex-rs/core/src/exec_policy_tests.rs b/codex-rs/core/src/exec_policy_tests.rs
index fd3fe05e11..69f5f6381d 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/exec_policy_tests.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/exec_policy_tests.rs
@@ -556,6 +556,48 @@ fn commands_for_exec_policy_falls_back_for_whitespace_shell_script() {
     assert_eq!(commands_for_exec_policy(&command), (vec![command], false));
 }
 
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn powershell_single_command_prefix_rules_can_bypass_sandbox() {
+    if which::which("pwsh")
+        .or_else(|_| which::which("powershell"))
+        .is_err()
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    let policy_src = r#"prefix_rule(pattern=["git", "add"], decision="allow")"#;
+    let mut parser = PolicyParser::new();
+    parser
+        .parse("test.rules", policy_src)
+        .expect("parse policy");
+
+    let command = vec![
+        "pwsh".to_string(),
+        "-NoProfile".to_string(),
+        "-Command".to_string(),
+        "git add -A".to_string(),
+    ];
+
+    let requirement = ExecPolicyManager::new(Arc::new(parser.build()))
+        .create_exec_approval_requirement_for_command(ExecApprovalRequest {
+            command: &command,
+            approval_policy: AskForApproval::OnRequest,
+            sandbox_policy: &SandboxPolicy::new_read_only_policy(),
+            file_system_sandbox_policy: &read_only_file_system_sandbox_policy(),
+            sandbox_permissions: SandboxPermissions::RequireEscalated,
+            prefix_rule: None,
+        })
+        .await;
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        requirement,
+        ExecApprovalRequirement::Skip {
+            bypass_sandbox: true,
+            proposed_execpolicy_amendment: None,
+        }
+    );
+}
+
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn evaluates_heredoc_script_against_prefix_rules() {
     let policy_src = r#"prefix_rule(pattern=["python3"], decision="allow")"#;
diff --git a/codex-rs/shell-command/src/command_safety/windows_safe_commands.rs b/codex-rs/shell-command/src/command_safety/windows_safe_commands.rs
index ac479a4d2c..9e124184ac 100644
--- a/codex-rs/shell-command/src/command_safety/windows_safe_commands.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/shell-command/src/command_safety/windows_safe_commands.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ pub fn is_safe_command_windows(command: &[String]) -> bool {
 
 /// Returns each command sequence if the invocation starts with a PowerShell binary.
 /// For example, the tokens from `pwsh Get-ChildItem | Measure-Object` become two sequences.
-fn try_parse_powershell_command_sequence(command: &[String]) -> Option<Vec<Vec<String>>> {
+pub fn try_parse_powershell_command_sequence(command: &[String]) -> Option<Vec<Vec<String>>> {
     let (exe, rest) = command.split_first()?;
     if is_powershell_executable(exe) {
         parse_powershell_invocation(exe, rest)