From fe407e3f573fc2437283cee1cf07ffff30df61b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: viyatb-oai <viyatb@openai.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 16:19:25 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix(core): detect network ask denials with zero exit code

---
 codex-rs/core/src/exec.rs | 69 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 68 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/codex-rs/core/src/exec.rs b/codex-rs/core/src/exec.rs
index e627ebec06..45d77209c9 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/exec.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/exec.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ use tokio::io::BufReader;
 use tokio::process::Child;
 use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
 
+use serde::Deserialize;
+
 use crate::error::CodexErr;
 use crate::error::Result;
 use crate::error::SandboxErr;
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@ const SIGKILL_CODE: i32 = 9;
 const TIMEOUT_CODE: i32 = 64;
 const EXIT_CODE_SIGNAL_BASE: i32 = 128; // conventional shell: 128 + signal
 const EXEC_TIMEOUT_EXIT_CODE: i32 = 124; // conventional timeout exit code
+const NETWORK_POLICY_DECISION_PREFIX: &str = "CODEX_NETWORK_POLICY_DECISION ";
 
 // I/O buffer sizing
 const READ_CHUNK_SIZE: usize = 8192; // bytes per read
@@ -530,7 +533,15 @@ pub(crate) fn is_likely_sandbox_denied(
     sandbox_type: SandboxType,
     exec_output: &ExecToolCallOutput,
 ) -> bool {
-    if sandbox_type == SandboxType::None || exec_output.exit_code == 0 {
+    if sandbox_type == SandboxType::None {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if has_network_policy_ask_decision(exec_output) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    if exec_output.exit_code == 0 {
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -583,6 +594,35 @@ pub(crate) fn is_likely_sandbox_denied(
     false
 }
 
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+struct NetworkPolicyDecisionPayload {
+    decision: String,
+    source: String,
+}
+
+fn has_network_policy_ask_decision(exec_output: &ExecToolCallOutput) -> bool {
+    [
+        &exec_output.stderr.text,
+        &exec_output.stdout.text,
+        &exec_output.aggregated_output.text,
+    ]
+    .into_iter()
+    .any(|section| section.lines().any(section_contains_network_policy_ask))
+}
+
+fn section_contains_network_policy_ask(line: &str) -> bool {
+    let payload = line.strip_prefix(NETWORK_POLICY_DECISION_PREFIX);
+    let Some(payload) = payload else {
+        return false;
+    };
+
+    let Ok(payload) = serde_json::from_str::<NetworkPolicyDecisionPayload>(payload) else {
+        return false;
+    };
+
+    payload.decision == "ask" && payload.source == "decider"
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct StreamOutput<T: Clone> {
     pub text: T,
@@ -965,6 +1005,33 @@ mod tests {
         ));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn sandbox_detection_flags_network_policy_ask_with_zero_exit_code() {
+        let output = make_exec_output(
+            0,
+            "",
+            "",
+            r#"CODEX_NETWORK_POLICY_DECISION {"decision":"ask","reason":"not_allowed","source":"decider","protocol":"http","host":"google.com","port":80}"#,
+        );
+
+        assert!(is_likely_sandbox_denied(SandboxType::LinuxSeccomp, &output));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn sandbox_detection_ignores_network_policy_non_decider_with_zero_exit_code() {
+        let output = make_exec_output(
+            0,
+            "",
+            "",
+            r#"CODEX_NETWORK_POLICY_DECISION {"decision":"ask","reason":"not_allowed","source":"baseline_policy","protocol":"http","host":"google.com","port":80}"#,
+        );
+
+        assert!(!is_likely_sandbox_denied(
+            SandboxType::LinuxSeccomp,
+            &output
+        ));
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn read_capped_limits_retained_bytes() {
         let (mut writer, reader) = tokio::io::duplex(1024);