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fix(sessions): wake subscribed Codex tasks after restart - #685

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Summary

  • persist the Codex task UUID when an in-session webhook subscription is created
  • use that target to send the restart notice to resumed Codex TUI and Remote Control sessions
  • make the notice tell resumed agents to verify both their filter and detached delivery peer
  • clear stale wake targets with subscription/session cleanup

Why

Claude restart notices are injected as a resume prompt, but Codex was explicitly excluded. Codex Remote Control also has no positional prompt, while its local-webhook delivery peer dies with the user service even though the subscription filter survives. The existing codex queue --thread ... --message ... delivery path gives us a safe wake-up mechanism when the task has subscribed.

Tests

  • bash tests/test-webhook-claim.sh modules/src/webhook-cli.sh
  • nix build .#ci-native --no-link
  • nix build -L .#checks.x86_64-linux.sessions --no-link
  • bash -n on changed shell sources
  • python3 -m py_compile modules/src/settings-daemon.py
  • git diff --check

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

restartNotice now supports resumed Claude and Codex sessions. Codex subscriptions persist wake targets, and the supervisor queues restart prompts through codex queue. Cleanup removes stale targets, and documentation explains subscription status checks.

Changes

Codex restart notice delivery

Layer / File(s) Summary
Persist Codex subscription wake targets
modules/src/webhook-cli.sh, modules/src/settings-daemon.py, modules/src/session-cli.sh, modules/agent-box.nix, tests/test-webhook-claim.sh, tests/golden/web/payloads/...
Session subscriptions record valid Codex thread IDs. Idle subscriptions and deleted sessions remove their wake targets.
Select restart targets and launch notices
modules/src/supervisor.sh, modules/agent-box.nix, tests/golden/vm/payloads/agent-box-supervisor
The supervisor selects remote-control or TUI targets and applies harness-specific restart-notice checks.
Queue prompts through the Codex wrapper
modules/src/codex-remote-control.sh, modules/agent-box.nix, tests/sessions.nix, tests/golden/vm/payloads/agent-box-codex-remote-control
The wrapper accepts the wake target and queues the restart prompt with codex queue.
Update documentation and recovery guidance
README.md, modules/agent-box.nix.in, modules/src/default-agents.md, tests/golden/..., tests/native/expected/...
Documentation covers Claude and Codex restart notices, subscription requirements, and agent-box-webhook status.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant CodexTask
  participant WebhookCLI
  participant Supervisor
  participant CodexWrapper
  CodexTask->>WebhookCLI: subscribe session task
  WebhookCLI->>WebhookCLI: persist thread UUID
  Supervisor->>WebhookCLI: read wake target after restart
  Supervisor->>CodexWrapper: pass thread and restart prompt
  CodexWrapper->>CodexTask: queue prompt with codex queue
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Suggested reviewers: lionello

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 8e7a7

Restart notices can be queued to an unsubscribed Codex task while the task still awaiting events remains asleep. The wake-state ownership model should be corrected before merge; the bookkeeping-write error path should also remain best-effort.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the main change: waking subscribed Codex tasks after a session restart.
Description check ✅ Passed The description directly explains the Codex wake-target behavior, restart notices, cleanup, rationale, and tests.
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modules/agent-box.nix (1)

2926-2927: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Update the wrapper comment in the source template.

wake_thread and wake_prompt now precede codex after the rcname re-exec. Update the comment in modules/agent-box.nix.in to describe rcname, wake_thread, wake_prompt, codex, and the remaining app-server daemon start arguments, then regenerate modules/agent-box.nix.

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In `@modules/agent-box.nix` around lines 2926 - 2927, Update the wrapper comment
in the source template to document the post-rcname argument order: rcname,
wake_thread, wake_prompt, codex, followed by the remaining app-server daemon
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Inline comments:
In `@modules/agent-box.nix`:
- Around line 5894-5899: Update the success branch of remember_codex_wake so the
mv -f operation is best-effort and cannot propagate a failure under set -e;
follow the existing guarded move pattern by cleaning up the temporary file if
the move fails, while preserving the current successful write flow.

In `@modules/src/webhook-cli.sh`:
- Line 52: Update the wake-file handling around the “mv -f” operation to persist
subscription ownership per session, and when selecting a restart recipient
choose a UUID that still owns an active topic rather than a partially
unsubscribed session. Add a regression test covering task B unsubscribing while
task A remains subscribed, verifying the wake prompt targets task A.

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In `@modules/agent-box.nix`:
- Around line 2926-2927: Update the wrapper comment in the source template to
document the post-rcname argument order: rcname, wake_thread, wake_prompt,
codex, followed by the remaining app-server daemon start arguments. Then
regenerate the generated modules/agent-box.nix output.

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  • modules/src/session-cli.sh
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defangdevs dismissed coderabbitai[bot]’s stale review September 12, 2026 00:08

both findings addressed: mv -f guard fixed in 6c867c9; the wake-thread-ownership finding was withdrawn by CodeRabbit after clarification that subscriptions are owned per-session/filter, not per-topic (see thread on modules/src/webhook-cli.sh).

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lionello merged commit a4b3313 into master Sep 12, 2026
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