Add a dedicated codex agents dashboard command (#39114)

## What changed

- Add `codex agents` to open the shared agents overview without creating a new session.
- Start the local background app server automatically on Unix, or connect to a server supplied with `--remote`.
- Reject invocation-specific session overrides that cannot apply to shared sessions.
- When the overview is opened from an embedded session, offer to start the background server without moving or interrupting the current session.

## Testing

- Cover command-line parsing and rejection of incompatible overrides.
- Snapshot the embedded-session background-server prompt.

GitOrigin-RevId: 60845dfebc48d820dc4ff090626d30452127f062
This commit is contained in:
Eric Traut
2026-08-18 00:31:51 +00:00
committed by copyberry
parent 13dfaab446
commit fd5018e044
14 changed files with 343 additions and 30 deletions
+128 -4
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@@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ struct MultitoolCli {
#[derive(Debug, clap::Subcommand)]
enum Subcommand {
/// Browse all agent sessions on the shared local app-server daemon.
Agents(AgentsCommand),
/// Run Codex non-interactively.
#[clap(visible_alias = "e")]
Exec(ExecCli),
@@ -323,6 +326,20 @@ struct DebugTraceReduceCommand {
output: Option<PathBuf>,
}
#[derive(Debug, Parser)]
struct AgentsCommand {
#[clap(flatten)]
remote: InteractiveRemoteOptions,
/// Use this directory for new tasks on a remote server.
#[arg(long = "cd", short = 'C', value_name = "DIR")]
cwd: Option<PathBuf>,
/// Disable alternate screen mode.
#[arg(long = "no-alt-screen", default_value_t = false)]
no_alt_screen: bool,
}
#[derive(Debug, Parser)]
struct ResumeCommand {
/// Session id (UUID) or session name. UUIDs take precedence if it parses.
@@ -1009,8 +1026,27 @@ async fn cli_main(
// Fold --enable/--disable into config overrides so they flow to all subcommands.
let toggle_overrides = feature_toggles.to_overrides()?;
root_config_overrides.raw_overrides.extend(toggle_overrides);
let root_remote = remote.remote;
let root_remote_auth_token_env = remote.remote_auth_token_env;
let agents_options = match &subcommand {
Some(Subcommand::Agents(options)) => Some(options),
_ => None,
};
if let Some(options) = agents_options
&& let Some(root_endpoint) = &remote.remote
&& let Some(agents_endpoint) = &options.remote.remote
&& root_endpoint != agents_endpoint
{
anyhow::bail!("`codex agents` received conflicting remote server endpoints");
}
let root_remote = agents_options
.and_then(|options| options.remote.remote.clone())
.or(remote.remote);
let root_remote_auth_token_env = agents_options
.and_then(|options| options.remote.remote_auth_token_env.clone())
.or(remote.remote_auth_token_env);
if let Some(options) = agents_options {
interactive.cwd = options.cwd.clone().or(interactive.cwd.take());
interactive.no_alt_screen |= options.no_alt_screen;
}
let root_strict_config = interactive.strict_config;
interactive
.shared
@@ -1020,8 +1056,45 @@ async fn cli_main(
profile_v2_for_subcommand(&interactive, subcommand)?;
}
let open_agents_overview = matches!(&subcommand, Some(Subcommand::Agents(_)));
match subcommand {
None => {
None | Some(Subcommand::Agents(_)) => {
if open_agents_overview {
if !root_config_overrides.raw_overrides.is_empty()
|| root_strict_config
|| interactive.prompt.is_some()
|| !interactive.images.is_empty()
|| interactive.model.is_some()
|| interactive.oss
|| interactive.oss_provider.is_some()
|| interactive.config_profile_v2.is_some()
|| interactive.sandbox_mode.is_some()
|| interactive.dangerously_bypass_approvals_and_sandbox
|| interactive.bypass_hook_trust
|| interactive.cwd.is_some() && root_remote.is_none()
|| !interactive.add_dir.is_empty()
|| interactive.approval_policy.is_some()
|| interactive.web_search
{
anyhow::bail!(
"`codex agents` cannot attach to shared sessions with invocation-specific configuration overrides"
);
}
if is_workload_identity_selected() {
anyhow::bail!(
"`codex agents` is unavailable while workload identity is active"
);
}
if root_remote.is_none() {
resolve_remote_endpoint(
/*remote*/ None,
root_remote_auth_token_env.clone(),
)?;
#[cfg(not(unix))]
anyhow::bail!("`codex agents` requires `--remote` on this platform");
}
interactive.agents_overview = true;
}
prepend_config_flags(
&mut interactive.config_overrides,
root_config_overrides.clone(),
@@ -1721,7 +1794,8 @@ fn profile_v2_for_subcommand<'a>(
};
match subcommand {
Subcommand::Exec(_)
Subcommand::Agents(_)
| Subcommand::Exec(_)
| Subcommand::Review(_)
| Subcommand::Resume(_)
| Subcommand::Queue(_)
@@ -2288,6 +2362,7 @@ fn unsupported_subcommand_name_for_strict_config(
) -> Option<&'static str> {
match subcommand {
None
| Some(Subcommand::Agents(_))
| Some(Subcommand::Exec(_))
| Some(Subcommand::Review(_))
| Some(Subcommand::McpServer(_))
@@ -2459,6 +2534,22 @@ async fn run_interactive_tui(
}
}
#[cfg(unix)]
if interactive.agents_overview && remote.is_none() {
if !std::io::stdin().is_terminal() {
return Ok(AppExitInfo::fatal("stdin is not a terminal"));
}
if !std::io::stdout().is_terminal() {
return Ok(AppExitInfo::fatal("stdout is not a terminal"));
}
cloud_config::load_config(&interactive.config_overrides, LoaderOverrides::default())
.await
.map_err(std::io::Error::other)?;
codex_app_server_daemon::run(AppServerLifecycleCommand::Start)
.await
.map_err(std::io::Error::other)?;
}
let remote_endpoint = match resolve_remote_endpoint(remote, remote_auth_token_env) {
Ok(remote_endpoint) => remote_endpoint,
Err(err) if is_remote_auth_usage_error(&err) => {
@@ -4030,6 +4121,39 @@ mod tests {
assert_eq!(remote.remote.as_deref(), Some("unix://codex.sock"));
}
#[test]
fn agents_subcommand_accepts_remote_session_options() {
let cli = MultitoolCli::try_parse_from([
"codex",
"agents",
"--remote",
"ws://127.0.0.1:4500",
"--remote-auth-token-env",
"CODEX_REMOTE_AUTH_TOKEN",
"--cd",
"/workspace",
"--no-alt-screen",
])
.expect("parse");
let Some(Subcommand::Agents(options)) = cli.subcommand else {
panic!("expected agents subcommand");
};
assert_eq!(
options.remote.remote.as_deref(),
Some("ws://127.0.0.1:4500")
);
assert_eq!(
options.remote.remote_auth_token_env.as_deref(),
Some("CODEX_REMOTE_AUTH_TOKEN")
);
assert_eq!(
options.cwd.as_deref(),
Some(std::path::Path::new("/workspace"))
);
assert!(options.no_alt_screen);
}
#[test]
fn reject_remote_mode_for_non_interactive_subcommands() {
let err = reject_remote_mode_for_subcommand(