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Codex can now start a background watcher with monitor_start, finish its turn, and wake when the command emits a complete output line or exits. The authenticated MCP tool schedules native Codex command execution and subscribes before launch, so immediate output is captured without chaining shell and subscription tools. monitor_unsubscribe discards pending wakes while leaving the command running.

The adapter uses the existing task lifecycle and monitoring UI. Output is bounded, wakes wait for foreground work to finish, and Stop cancels pending wakes and terminates managed commands. Commands inherit the session sandbox policy. Monitoring requires Codex 0.153.2+ and is independent of browser permission.

Validation: 43 focused monitoring/MCP tests pass on the latest changes; broader adapter/runtime tests and server typecheck passed during implementation. Targeted lint passes. A live Codex 0.153.2 session scheduled a 30-second watcher through MCP, finished its turn, woke from output, and stopped successfully. Tool selection remains model-driven.

Implemented with GPT-6 and GPT-5.6 Sol through the Codex harness in T3 Code.

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Add background monitoring and wake-from-monitor support for Codex sessions

  • Introduces a new MCP monitor capability and MonitorSessions service with monitor_start and monitor_unsubscribe tools, registered independently from the existing preview capability in ProviderService.ts and McpHttpServer.ts
  • CodexSessionRuntime gains background-task tracking, a single-permit turn lock that serializes user and monitor turns, monitor-wake delivery with rejected-wake retention, and interruption/cleanup that cancels active monitors and cleans background terminals in CodexSessionRuntime.ts
  • CodexAdapter maps native background monitor and task-status notifications into runtime timeline and task events; monitoring is gated to Codex versions >= 0.153.2 via supportsCodexMonitoring
  • Adds extensive integration tests and a deterministic stdio fixture (codexMonitorAppServer.cjs) covering wake delivery, suppression, stall/timeout, and cleanup scenarios
  • Behavioral Change: CodexSessionRuntime now requires a MonitorSessions service in its environment; McpCredentialRequest accepts an optional capability array defaulting to preview when absent. User turns now apply a 10-second start timeout and suppress monitor wakes while a send is pending. Monitor tool discovery returns monitor_start/monitor_unsubscribe only for credentials with the monitor capability.

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  • New Features

    • Added background monitoring for Codex sessions, allowing agents to watch changing processes and respond to new output.
    • Added controls to start monitoring and unsubscribe from background processes.
    • Monitoring activity appears in provider timelines and can wake idle sessions.
    • Added capability-based access for monitoring tools.
    • Stopping a session cancels active monitoring and pending events.
  • Documentation

    • Documented Codex 0.153.2+ requirements, indicators, behavior, and lifecycle.

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Verdict: Not approved

Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This PR introduces a substantial Codex monitoring capability with authenticated MCP command execution, automatic background wake turns, and new synchronization and cleanup behavior in existing runtime paths. It also makes monitoring available by default to Codex sessions, creating broad runtime and authorization impact beyond a small isolated change.

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Addressed the static-analysis suppression called out in the final approval summary in 7a39b4cf6: the runtime test now uses the existing Effect FileSystem and Path services, with no diagnostic override. All 13 runtime tests, server typecheck, and targeted lint pass. The monitoring capability remains enabled for Codex as requested; the repository policy requiring human review for product-default changes still applies.

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The change adds capability-gated MCP monitoring tools, a monitor session registry, Codex background task tracking, wake handling, provider event mapping, runtime wiring, tests, and documentation.

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Codex monitoring

Layer / File(s) Summary
MCP monitoring API
apps/server/src/mcp/*, apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/monitor/*
Adds the monitor capability, monitor session registry, capability-gated monitor_start and monitor_unsubscribe tools, HTTP registration, and MCP coverage.
Background task tracking
apps/server/src/provider/Layers/CodexBackgroundTasks.ts, apps/server/src/provider/Layers/CodexBackgroundTasks.test.ts
Tracks monitored processes, separates stdout and stderr buffering, queues wakes, handles completion and cancellation, and gates support by Codex version.
Codex monitoring runtime
apps/server/src/provider/Layers/CodexSessionRuntime.ts, apps/server/src/provider/Layers/CodexMonitoringRuntime.test.ts, apps/server/src/provider/testFixtures/codexMonitorAppServer.cjs
Registers monitor sessions, captures background command output, serializes wakes with user turns, handles failures, and stops monitor work during interruption and shutdown.
Provider integration and event mapping
apps/server/src/provider/Drivers/*, apps/server/src/provider/Layers/CodexAdapter.ts, apps/server/src/provider/Layers/ProviderService.ts, apps/server/src/provider/Layers/*test.ts
Passes monitor services into Codex runtimes, maps monitor notifications to provider events, issues Codex monitor capabilities, and updates related test layers.
Runtime wiring and environment coverage
apps/server/src/server.ts, apps/server/integration/OrchestrationEngineHarness.integration.ts, apps/server/src/provider/Layers/CodexCollabRuntime.integration.test.ts, apps/server/src/provider/Layers/ProviderRegistry.test.ts, apps/server/src/provider/Layers/ProviderInstanceRegistryLive.test.ts, docs/user/providers-codex.md
Adds MonitorSession.layer to runtime and test compositions and documents Codex background monitoring behavior.

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Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant MCPClient
  participant MonitorToolkitHandlersLive
  participant MonitorSessions
  participant CodexSessionRuntime
  participant CodexBackgroundTasks
  MCPClient->>MonitorToolkitHandlersLive: monitor_start(command)
  MonitorToolkitHandlersLive->>MonitorSessions: start(providerSessionId, command)
  MonitorSessions->>CodexSessionRuntime: start(command)
  CodexSessionRuntime->>CodexBackgroundTasks: register and track process
  CodexBackgroundTasks->>CodexSessionRuntime: queue monitor wake
  CodexSessionRuntime->>MCPClient: deliver monitor event
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A network observer can capture and reuse a monitor-capable credential when the server is bound to a non-loopback HTTP address. Restrict these bindings or require TLS before merging.

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sheehanmunim added a commit to munimtechnologies/mtcode that referenced this pull request Sep 17, 2026
…toring events

Adds the monitor MCP capability with monitor_start and monitor_unsubscribe
tools. Codex sessions track background tasks, serialize user and monitor
turns behind a single-permit lock, and wake from watcher output once the
foreground turn is idle. Stop cancels pending wakes and managed commands.

Fork adaptations: the McpCapability union keeps the fork's thread-metadata,
thread-reference and worktree capabilities alongside monitor; CodexAdapter
keeps the mt-desktop MCP resolver next to the new MonitorSessions service;
the rewritten sendTurn carries the fork's plugin-skill discovery, computer
history context, desktop tool flag and computer-home workspace flag.

(cherry picked from PR pingdotgg#10183, commits d8d319d..2dacc2b squashed)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Thanks for the PR. We're not taking changes to the orchestration and provider layers right now: that part of the server is being rewritten for V2, and merging into the current code would either conflict with or be thrown away by that work.

Closing for now. If this is still an issue once V2 lands, please reopen (or open a fresh PR against the new code) and we'll take a proper look.

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