diff --git a/codex-rs/core/src/hook_runtime.rs b/codex-rs/core/src/hook_runtime.rs
index 241e121aa9..a808f0d026 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/hook_runtime.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/hook_runtime.rs
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn run_pre_tool_use_hooks(
 pub(crate) async fn run_permission_request_hooks(
     sess: &Arc<Session>,
     turn_context: &Arc<TurnContext>,
-    run_id_suffix: String,
+    request_id: &str,
     payload: PermissionRequestPayload,
     approval_attempt: PermissionRequestApprovalAttempt,
     retry_reason: Option<String>,
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn run_permission_request_hooks(
         model: turn_context.model_info.slug.clone(),
         permission_mode: hook_permission_mode(turn_context),
         tool_name: payload.tool_name,
-        run_id_suffix,
+        run_id_suffix: format!("{request_id}:{}", approval_attempt.as_wire_value()),
         command: payload.command,
         sandbox_permissions: payload.sandbox_permissions,
         additional_permissions: payload.additional_permissions,
diff --git a/codex-rs/core/src/tools/handlers/unified_exec.rs b/codex-rs/core/src/tools/handlers/unified_exec.rs
index a604e9762c..9c8649cb64 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/tools/handlers/unified_exec.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/tools/handlers/unified_exec.rs
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ impl ToolHandler for UnifiedExecHandler {
                     .exec_command(
                         ExecCommandRequest {
                             command,
+                            hook_command: args.cmd,
                             process_id,
                             yield_time_ms,
                             max_output_tokens,
diff --git a/codex-rs/core/src/tools/orchestrator.rs b/codex-rs/core/src/tools/orchestrator.rs
index fa421e3eaa..2534e4c02c 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/tools/orchestrator.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/tools/orchestrator.rs
@@ -373,11 +373,7 @@ impl ToolOrchestrator {
             match run_permission_request_hooks(
                 approval_ctx.session,
                 approval_ctx.turn,
-                format!(
-                    "{}:{}",
-                    approval_ctx.call_id,
-                    approval_attempt.as_wire_value()
-                ),
+                approval_ctx.call_id,
                 permission_request,
                 approval_attempt,
                 approval_ctx.retry_reason.clone(),
diff --git a/codex-rs/core/src/tools/runtimes/shell/unix_escalation.rs b/codex-rs/core/src/tools/runtimes/shell/unix_escalation.rs
index 07c78d2e79..2cdaf37b27 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/tools/runtimes/shell/unix_escalation.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/tools/runtimes/shell/unix_escalation.rs
@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@ use crate::guardian::guardian_timeout_message;
 use crate::guardian::new_guardian_review_id;
 use crate::guardian::review_approval_request;
 use crate::guardian::routes_approval_to_guardian;
+use crate::hook_runtime::run_permission_request_hooks;
 use crate::sandboxing::ExecOptions;
 use crate::sandboxing::ExecRequest;
 use crate::sandboxing::SandboxPermissions;
 use crate::shell::ShellType;
 use crate::tools::runtimes::build_sandbox_command;
+use crate::tools::sandboxing::PermissionRequestPayload;
 use crate::tools::sandboxing::SandboxAttempt;
 use crate::tools::sandboxing::ToolCtx;
 use crate::tools::sandboxing::ToolError;
@@ -22,6 +24,8 @@ use codex_execpolicy::MatchOptions;
 use codex_execpolicy::Policy;
 use codex_execpolicy::RuleMatch;
 use codex_features::Feature;
+use codex_hooks::PermissionRequestApprovalAttempt;
+use codex_hooks::PermissionRequestDecision;
 use codex_protocol::config_types::WindowsSandboxLevel;
 use codex_protocol::error::CodexErr;
 use codex_protocol::error::SandboxErr;
@@ -320,6 +324,7 @@ enum DecisionSource {
 struct PromptDecision {
     decision: ReviewDecision,
     guardian_review_id: Option<String>,
+    rejection_message: Option<String>,
 }
 
 fn execve_prompt_is_rejected_by_policy(
@@ -394,11 +399,49 @@ impl CoreShellActionProvider {
         let guardian_review_id = routes_approval_to_guardian(&turn).then(new_guardian_review_id);
         Ok(stopwatch
             .pause_for(async move {
+                // 1) Run PermissionRequest hooks
+                let permission_request = PermissionRequestPayload {
+                    tool_name: "Bash".to_string(),
+                    command: codex_shell_command::parse_command::shlex_join(&command),
+                    sandbox_permissions: self.approval_sandbox_permissions,
+                    additional_permissions: additional_permissions.clone(),
+                    justification: None,
+                };
+                let effective_approval_id = approval_id.clone().unwrap_or_else(|| call_id.clone());
+                match run_permission_request_hooks(
+                    &session,
+                    &turn,
+                    &effective_approval_id,
+                    permission_request,
+                    PermissionRequestApprovalAttempt::Initial,
+                    /*retry_reason*/ None,
+                    /*network_approval_context*/ None,
+                )
+                .await
+                {
+                    Some(PermissionRequestDecision::Allow) => {
+                        return PromptDecision {
+                            decision: ReviewDecision::Approved,
+                            guardian_review_id: None,
+                            rejection_message: None,
+                        };
+                    }
+                    Some(PermissionRequestDecision::Deny { message }) => {
+                        return PromptDecision {
+                            decision: ReviewDecision::Denied,
+                            guardian_review_id: None,
+                            rejection_message: Some(message),
+                        };
+                    }
+                    None => {}
+                }
+
+                // 2) Route to Guardian if configured
                 if let Some(review_id) = guardian_review_id.clone() {
                     let decision = review_approval_request(
                         &session,
                         &turn,
-                        review_id,
+                        review_id.clone(),
                         GuardianApprovalRequest::Execve {
                             id: call_id.clone(),
                             source,
@@ -413,8 +456,11 @@ impl CoreShellActionProvider {
                     return PromptDecision {
                         decision,
                         guardian_review_id,
+                        rejection_message: None,
                     };
                 }
+
+                // 3) Fall back to regular user prompt
                 let decision = session
                     .request_command_approval(
                         &turn,
@@ -432,6 +478,7 @@ impl CoreShellActionProvider {
                 PromptDecision {
                     decision,
                     guardian_review_id: None,
+                    rejection_message: None,
                 }
             })
             .await)
@@ -487,7 +534,11 @@ impl CoreShellActionProvider {
                             }
                         },
                         ReviewDecision::Denied => {
-                            let message = if let Some(review_id) =
+                            let message = if let Some(message) =
+                                prompt_decision.rejection_message.clone()
+                            {
+                                message
+                            } else if let Some(review_id) =
                                 prompt_decision.guardian_review_id.as_deref()
                             {
                                 guardian_rejection_message(self.session.as_ref(), review_id).await
diff --git a/codex-rs/core/src/tools/runtimes/shell/unix_escalation_tests.rs b/codex-rs/core/src/tools/runtimes/shell/unix_escalation_tests.rs
index f11050f72b..46f0c6412f 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/tools/runtimes/shell/unix_escalation_tests.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/tools/runtimes/shell/unix_escalation_tests.rs
@@ -6,11 +6,16 @@ use super::evaluate_intercepted_exec_policy;
 use super::extract_shell_script;
 use super::join_program_and_argv;
 use super::map_exec_result;
+use crate::codex::make_session_and_context;
+use crate::config::Constrained;
 use crate::sandboxing::SandboxPermissions;
+use anyhow::Context;
 use codex_execpolicy::Decision;
 use codex_execpolicy::Evaluation;
 use codex_execpolicy::PolicyParser;
 use codex_execpolicy::RuleMatch;
+use codex_hooks::Hooks;
+use codex_hooks::HooksConfig;
 use codex_protocol::models::FileSystemPermissions;
 use codex_protocol::models::PermissionProfile;
 use codex_protocol::permissions::FileSystemAccessMode;
@@ -21,6 +26,7 @@ use codex_protocol::permissions::FileSystemSpecialPath;
 use codex_protocol::permissions::NetworkSandboxPolicy;
 use codex_protocol::protocol::AskForApproval;
 use codex_protocol::protocol::GranularApprovalConfig;
+use codex_protocol::protocol::GuardianCommandSource;
 use codex_protocol::protocol::ReadOnlyAccess;
 use codex_protocol::protocol::SandboxPolicy;
 use codex_sandboxing::SandboxType;
@@ -30,8 +36,10 @@ use codex_shell_escalation::ExecResult;
 use codex_shell_escalation::Permissions as EscalatedPermissions;
 use codex_utils_absolute_path::AbsolutePathBuf;
 use pretty_assertions::assert_eq;
+use serde_json::Value;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::time::Duration;
+use tokio::sync::RwLock;
 
 fn host_absolute_path(segments: &[&str]) -> String {
     let mut path = if cfg!(windows) {
@@ -319,6 +327,134 @@ fn shell_request_escalation_execution_is_explicit() {
     );
 }
 
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "current_thread")]
+async fn execve_permission_request_hook_short_circuits_prompt() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let (mut session, mut turn_context) = make_session_and_context().await;
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(&turn_context.config.codex_home)
+        .context("recreate codex home for hook fixtures")?;
+    let script_path = turn_context
+        .config
+        .codex_home
+        .join("permission_request_hook.py");
+    let log_path = turn_context
+        .config
+        .codex_home
+        .join("permission_request_hook_log.jsonl");
+    std::fs::write(
+        &script_path,
+        format!(
+            "#!/bin/sh\ncat > {log_path}\nprintf '%s\\n' '{response}'\n",
+            log_path = shlex::try_quote(log_path.to_string_lossy().as_ref())?,
+            response = "{\"hookSpecificOutput\":{\"hookEventName\":\"PermissionRequest\",\"decision\":{\"behavior\":\"allow\"}}}",
+        ),
+    )
+    .with_context(|| format!("write hook script to {}", script_path.display()))?;
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    {
+        use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
+
+        let mut permissions = std::fs::metadata(&script_path)
+            .with_context(|| format!("read hook script metadata from {}", script_path.display()))?
+            .permissions();
+        permissions.set_mode(0o755);
+        std::fs::set_permissions(&script_path, permissions)
+            .with_context(|| format!("set hook script permissions on {}", script_path.display()))?;
+    }
+    std::fs::write(
+        turn_context.config.codex_home.join("hooks.json"),
+        serde_json::json!({
+            "hooks": {
+                "PermissionRequest": [{
+                    "hooks": [{
+                        "type": "command",
+                        "command": script_path.display().to_string(),
+                    }]
+                }]
+            }
+        })
+        .to_string(),
+    )
+    .context("write hooks.json")?;
+
+    let mut hook_shell_argv = session
+        .user_shell()
+        .derive_exec_args("", /*use_login_shell*/ false);
+    let hook_shell_program = hook_shell_argv.remove(0);
+    let _ = hook_shell_argv.pop();
+    session.services.hooks = Hooks::new(HooksConfig {
+        feature_enabled: true,
+        config_layer_stack: Some(turn_context.config.config_layer_stack.clone()),
+        shell_program: Some(hook_shell_program),
+        shell_args: hook_shell_argv,
+        ..HooksConfig::default()
+    });
+
+    let sandbox_policy = SandboxPolicy::new_read_only_policy();
+    turn_context.approval_policy = Constrained::allow_any(AskForApproval::OnRequest);
+    turn_context.sandbox_policy = Constrained::allow_any(sandbox_policy.clone());
+    turn_context.file_system_sandbox_policy = read_only_file_system_sandbox_policy();
+    turn_context.network_sandbox_policy = NetworkSandboxPolicy::Restricted;
+
+    let workdir = AbsolutePathBuf::try_from(std::env::current_dir()?)?;
+    let target = std::env::temp_dir().join("execve-hook-short-circuit.txt");
+    let target_str = target.display().to_string();
+    let command = vec!["touch".to_string(), target_str.clone()];
+    let expected_hook_command =
+        codex_shell_command::parse_command::shlex_join(&["/usr/bin/touch".to_string(), target_str]);
+    let provider = CoreShellActionProvider {
+        policy: std::sync::Arc::new(RwLock::new(codex_execpolicy::Policy::empty())),
+        session: std::sync::Arc::new(session),
+        turn: std::sync::Arc::new(turn_context),
+        call_id: "execve-hook-call".to_string(),
+        tool_name: GuardianCommandSource::Shell,
+        approval_policy: AskForApproval::OnRequest,
+        sandbox_policy,
+        file_system_sandbox_policy: read_only_file_system_sandbox_policy(),
+        network_sandbox_policy: NetworkSandboxPolicy::Restricted,
+        sandbox_permissions: SandboxPermissions::RequireEscalated,
+        approval_sandbox_permissions: SandboxPermissions::RequireEscalated,
+        prompt_permissions: None,
+        stopwatch: codex_shell_escalation::Stopwatch::new(Duration::from_secs(1)),
+    };
+
+    let action = tokio::time::timeout(
+        Duration::from_secs(5),
+        codex_shell_escalation::EscalationPolicy::determine_action(
+            &provider,
+            &AbsolutePathBuf::from_absolute_path("/usr/bin/touch")
+                .context("build touch absolute path")?,
+            &command,
+            &workdir,
+        ),
+    )
+    .await
+    .context("timed out waiting for execve permission hook decision")??;
+    assert!(matches!(
+        action,
+        codex_shell_escalation::EscalationDecision::Escalate(
+            codex_shell_escalation::EscalationExecution::Unsandboxed
+        )
+    ));
+
+    let hook_inputs: Vec<Value> = std::fs::read_to_string(&log_path)
+        .with_context(|| format!("read hook log at {}", log_path.display()))?
+        .lines()
+        .map(serde_json::from_str)
+        .collect::<serde_json::Result<_>>()
+        .context("parse hook log")?;
+    assert_eq!(hook_inputs.len(), 1);
+    assert_eq!(
+        hook_inputs[0]["tool_input"]["command"],
+        expected_hook_command
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        hook_inputs[0]["approval_context"]["approval_attempt"],
+        "initial"
+    );
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn evaluate_intercepted_exec_policy_uses_wrapper_command_when_shell_wrapper_parsing_disabled() {
     let policy_src = r#"prefix_rule(pattern = ["npm", "publish"], decision = "prompt")"#;
diff --git a/codex-rs/core/src/unified_exec/mod.rs b/codex-rs/core/src/unified_exec/mod.rs
index 3f3b018df4..4285ef2e51 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/unified_exec/mod.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/unified_exec/mod.rs
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ impl UnifiedExecContext {
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub(crate) struct ExecCommandRequest {
     pub command: Vec<String>,
+    pub hook_command: String,
     pub process_id: i32,
     pub yield_time_ms: u64,
     pub max_output_tokens: Option<usize>,
diff --git a/codex-rs/core/src/unified_exec/process_manager.rs b/codex-rs/core/src/unified_exec/process_manager.rs
index 6710abe0ab..b3705ca07e 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/unified_exec/process_manager.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/unified_exec/process_manager.rs
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ impl UnifiedExecProcessManager {
             .await;
         let req = UnifiedExecToolRequest {
             command: request.command.clone(),
-            hook_command: codex_shell_command::parse_command::shlex_join(&request.command),
+            hook_command: request.hook_command.clone(),
             process_id: request.process_id,
             cwd,
             env,
diff --git a/codex-rs/core/tests/suite/hooks.rs b/codex-rs/core/tests/suite/hooks.rs
index cda757f9f2..3425bbf313 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core/tests/suite/hooks.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/tests/suite/hooks.rs
@@ -1183,6 +1183,100 @@ async fn permission_request_hook_allows_shell_command_without_user_approval() ->
     Ok(())
 }
 
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
+async fn permission_request_hook_sees_raw_exec_command_input() -> Result<()> {
+    skip_if_no_network!(Ok(()));
+
+    let server = start_mock_server().await;
+    let call_id = "permissionrequest-exec-command";
+    let marker = std::env::temp_dir().join("permissionrequest-exec-command-marker");
+    let command = format!("rm -f {}", marker.display());
+    let args = serde_json::json!({
+        "cmd": command,
+        "login": true,
+    });
+    let responses = mount_sse_sequence(
+        &server,
+        vec![
+            sse(vec![
+                ev_response_created("resp-1"),
+                core_test_support::responses::ev_function_call(
+                    call_id,
+                    "exec_command",
+                    &serde_json::to_string(&args)?,
+                ),
+                ev_completed("resp-1"),
+            ]),
+            sse(vec![
+                ev_response_created("resp-2"),
+                ev_assistant_message("msg-1", "permission request hook allowed exec_command"),
+                ev_completed("resp-2"),
+            ]),
+        ],
+    )
+    .await;
+
+    let mut builder = test_codex()
+        .with_pre_build_hook(|home| {
+            if let Err(error) = write_permission_request_hook(
+                home,
+                Some("^Bash$"),
+                "allow",
+                "should not be used for allow",
+            ) {
+                panic!("failed to write permission request hook test fixture: {error}");
+            }
+        })
+        .with_config(|config| {
+            config.use_experimental_unified_exec_tool = true;
+            config
+                .features
+                .enable(Feature::CodexHooks)
+                .expect("test config should allow feature update");
+            config
+                .features
+                .enable(Feature::UnifiedExec)
+                .expect("test config should allow feature update");
+        });
+    let test = builder.build(&server).await?;
+
+    fs::write(&marker, "seed").context("create exec command permission request marker")?;
+
+    test.submit_turn_with_policies(
+        "run the exec command after hook approval",
+        AskForApproval::OnRequest,
+        codex_protocol::protocol::SandboxPolicy::DangerFullAccess,
+    )
+    .await?;
+
+    let requests = responses.requests();
+    assert_eq!(requests.len(), 2);
+    requests[1].function_call_output(call_id);
+    assert!(
+        !marker.exists(),
+        "approved exec command should remove marker file"
+    );
+
+    let hook_inputs = read_permission_request_hook_inputs(test.codex_home_path())?;
+    assert_eq!(hook_inputs.len(), 1);
+    assert_eq!(hook_inputs[0]["hook_event_name"], "PermissionRequest");
+    assert_eq!(hook_inputs[0]["tool_name"], "Bash");
+    assert_eq!(hook_inputs[0]["tool_input"]["command"], command);
+    assert_eq!(
+        hook_inputs[0]["approval_context"],
+        serde_json::json!({
+            "sandbox_permissions": "use_default",
+            "additional_permissions": null,
+            "justification": null,
+            "approval_attempt": "initial",
+            "retry_reason": null,
+            "network_approval_context": null,
+        })
+    );
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
 #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
 async fn permission_request_hook_sees_retry_context_after_sandbox_denial() -> Result<()> {
diff --git a/codex-rs/hooks/src/events/permission_request.rs b/codex-rs/hooks/src/events/permission_request.rs
index 24123d5083..10b00c4642 100644
--- a/codex-rs/hooks/src/events/permission_request.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/hooks/src/events/permission_request.rs
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ fn build_command_input(request: &PermissionRequestRequest) -> PermissionRequestC
             sandbox_permissions: request.sandbox_permissions,
             additional_permissions: request.additional_permissions.clone(),
             justification: request.justification.clone(),
-            approval_attempt: request.approval_attempt.clone(),
+            approval_attempt: request.approval_attempt,
             retry_reason: request.retry_reason.clone(),
             network_approval_context: request.network_approval_context.clone(),
         },