## Why
An `apply_patch` path can be replaced with a symlink after verification, allowing an unsandboxed patch operation to reach a different file than the one that was approved.
## What changed
- Add `follow_symlinks` options to executor filesystem reads, writes, metadata lookups, directory creation, and removal, including the corresponding `followSymlinks` protocol fields.
- Implement no-follow filesystem operations on Unix and Windows that reject links in any path component and restrict file access to regular files.
- Run `apply_patch` with symlink traversal disabled when an otherwise-required sandbox is bypassed, while retaining the existing follow-symlink default for standalone callers.
## Testing
- Cover leaf and ancestor symlinks across patch add, update, delete, and move operations, including a path swap after verification.
- Exercise local and remote no-follow filesystem behavior, concurrent directory creation, special-file rejection, and Windows reparse points.
GitOrigin-RevId: 43fd479084891493ce13564fbd894b98f329c6dd
## What changed
Add named tracing spans around step environment snapshots, capability and
executor plugin resolution, `AGENTS.md` refreshes, and MCP runtime projection
and refresh operations. Skip recording function arguments to keep these spans
focused on timing and execution flow.
GitOrigin-RevId: 73a452ef1b5da6f7f2b00d24421a815c5d514eaf
## Why
Selected capability roots can live on a different executor and operating
system from app-server. Their connector declarations must therefore be
read through the executor that owns the package, without converting
executor URIs into host paths.
This PR adds that authority-bound reader without activating connectors
or changing thread startup.
## What changed
- Add a small `codex-connectors-extension` crate for executor-owned
connector I/O.
- Read only the app configuration explicitly declared by the resolved
plugin manifest.
- Read through the `ExecutorFileSystem` retained by
`ResolvedExecutorPlugin`; there is no host-filesystem fallback or
default-file probe.
- Keep `PathUri` values intact so Windows, Unix, and remote executor
paths work from any orchestrator OS.
- Return full `AppDeclaration` values so the caller retains declaration
names and categories for routing.
- Preserve the selected plugin ID and exact executor URI in read and
parse errors.
The contract is intentionally narrow: selected packages are trusted,
valid packages and packages that provide connectors explicitly declare
their app configuration.
## Stack scope
This PR is stacked on #29851. It only provides the executor-backed
reader. #29856 resolves selected roots at thread start, freezes their
connector snapshot, and contains the remote-capable end-to-end authority
test for the complete path.
