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  • A codex session started without a kickoff prompt has no [agent-box session <id>] marker, so codex_rollout_uuid finds nothing and a respawn/box update starts a fresh thread. A WhatsApp registration bound to the old thread is left pointing at one nothing hosts, and the bridge keeps acking "routed to" (see WhatsApp receipts succeed but Codex delivery stalls on an unregistered session target #819).
  • New codex_registered_thread: when the marker lookup finds nothing, fall back to the thread registered for the session in ~/.local/state/local-whatsapp/codex-threads.json. It is used only if it is a well-formed UUID and its rollout is still on disk; otherwise behaviour is unchanged (start fresh). The marker still wins when it matches.
  • Deliberately minimal: it covers sessions that have a registration. Prompt-less sessions that never registered still start fresh; the fuller "record the thread id after launch" design is left to codex: prompt-less sessions are not resumed after a respawn/update (no marker to find the transcript) #825.

Refs #825, #819. This does not make the bridge notice a dead thread; that is the #819 side.

Test plan

  • tests/test-codex-registered-thread.sh (native, wired into the whatsapp-cli check): registered+present resumes, stale rollout / non-UUID / unregistered / empty / bad JSON all return nothing
  • nix build of whatsapp-cli, module-generated-up-to-date, golden-snapshot, backend-parity, one-spec-both-backends, assemble-module-escaping, multi-user, module-single-file all pass on x86_64-linux
  • tests/test-codex-registered-thread.sh also covers the start_session wiring: a marker-less session falls back to the registration, an unregistered one starts fresh, the marker still wins, and the fallback line stays in start_session
  • nix build --keep-going .#ci-native (the whole native set) exits 0 locally on x86_64-linux at 270d038, and again at 423e158
  • CI at 270d038 and again at 423e158: Native checks, VM (sessions), VM (webhook), VM (browser), VM (host) and Validate module & VM all pass. Note that the VM sessions test has no codex-resume case, so the restart path itself was checked by the native test and by reading start_session, not by a live respawn
  • CodeRabbit review follow-up (423e158): the rollout lookup now uses the session's resolved CODEX_HOME (resolve_codex_home "$sprofile"), not a hard-coded ~/.codex. A new test case covers it, and it fails against the previous supervisor. CodeRabbit withdrew its LOCAL_WHATSAPP_STATE_DIR finding, because the supervised bridge only uses the default state dir, and approved 423e158 with no actionable comments.
  • SonarCloud's 7 new issues are all [-vs-[[ (S7688) in the new test. Left as-is to match every other tests/*.sh, which all use [. The quality gate passes.

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A codex session started without a kickoff prompt carries no
"[agent-box session <id>]" marker, so codex_rollout_uuid finds nothing and a
respawn or box update starts a fresh thread. A WhatsApp registration bound to
the old thread is then left pointing at one nothing hosts.

Fall back to the thread registered for the session in local-whatsapp's
codex-threads.json, provided it is a well-formed UUID and its rollout is
still on disk. The marker lookup still wins when it matches.

Refs #825, #819

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The supervisor now checks WhatsApp-registered Codex thread IDs and uses a valid thread as a fallback for resumed Codex sessions when rollout lookup returns no target. A test script checks valid, missing, stale, and malformed registrations.

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Registered Codex thread fallback

Layer / File(s) Summary
Registered thread lookup and validation
modules/agent-box.nix, modules/src/supervisor.sh, tests/golden/vm/payloads/agent-box-supervisor/bin/agent-box-supervisor, tests/test-codex-registered-thread.sh, flake.nix
The helper returns a registered thread only when its ID matches the UUID pattern and a matching rollout file exists. The test covers valid and invalid registration cases. The whatsapp-cli check runs the test script.
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modules/agent-box.nix, modules/src/supervisor.sh, tests/golden/vm/payloads/agent-box-supervisor/bin/agent-box-supervisor
When rollout lookup returns no target for a resumed Codex session, the supervisor tries the registered thread.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: lionello

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 423e1

The registered-thread fallback is covered at the helper and selection levels, but its actual session-start command is not tested. The source wiring appears correct, so the remaining risk is bounded and suitable for follow-up.

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Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 423e1

The fallback preserves existing target precedence and checks that the registered conversation exists. No concrete security regression was established, but registration ownership and cleanup remain unverified.

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No architecture-level concerns identified.

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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The newly affected selection scope is existing rollout identifiers reachable under the resolved Codex home for a marker-less resumed session. A wrong registration could select a different conversation in that scope; remote reachability and any resulting privilege gain were not established.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — The existing WhatsApp wrapper creates private state directories and rejects directory symlinks. Documentation restricts inbound messages to the linked account's Message Yourself chat and describes no shell-command target. These are counterevidence to broad remote exposure, but the external bridge's enforcement and registration writer were not inspected.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • observed — The fallback is read-only and runs before the existing launch critical section. Spawn still requires a listed, non-stopped session and capacity approval, with post-launch checks and registry updates under the session-registry lock. That lock does not establish consistency for the separately owned WhatsApp registration file.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — Establish and verify a producer-consumer contract for authorized registration, atomic replacement, and invalidation when session names are reused. A lifecycle test through the actual supervisor and bridge would strengthen confidence in recovery and cancellation behavior.
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tests/test-codex-registered-thread.sh (1)

31-47: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Exercise the fallback through start_session.

The new test calls only codex_registered_thread, so it stays green if start_session stops using the helper. Add a focused test for a resumed non-remote-control session with no rollout marker and a registered thread whose rollout exists. Assert that the generated command resumes that thread instead of starting a fresh session.

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Review comment at @tests/test-codex-registered-thread.sh around lines 31 - 47:
Extend the test around start_session to cover a resumed non-remote-control
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assert the generated command resumes that thread rather than starting a fresh
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- Around line 31-47: Extend the test around start_session to cover a resumed
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Addressed the CodeRabbit nitpick: the test now covers a marker-less non-RC session falling back to the registered thread, marker precedence, the unregistered case, and that the fallback stays wired into start_session.

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🟡 Minor · Read the registration file from the session’s state directory. · supervisor.sh:848-858

modules/src/supervisor.sh:848-858
🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Read the registration file from the session’s state directory.

When a Codex session profile sets LOCAL_WHATSAPP_STATE_DIR, the documented register codex command runs in that session and writes codex-threads.json under the configured directory. codex_registered_thread reads only $HOME/.local/state/local-whatsapp/codex-threads.json.

If the rollout has no marker for codex_rollout_uuid to find, the registration lookup can return no target. The respawn command can then start a fresh thread, leaving WhatsApp bound to the prior thread. Resolve the session’s effective LOCAL_WHATSAPP_STATE_DIR, including its profile override, before reading the registration file; use the default directory only when the setting is unset.

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Update codex_registered_thread to resolve the effective
LOCAL_WHATSAPP_STATE_DIR, including any session profile override, before
constructing the codex-threads.json path; use the default state directory only
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🟡 Minor · Search registered rollouts under the session’s resolved CODEX_HOME. · supervisor.sh:858-864

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Search registered rollouts under the session’s resolved CODEX_HOME.

start_session applies the profile environment to Codex, but codex_registered_thread checks only $HOME/.codex/sessions. When the session uses a different CODEX_HOME and its registered rollout exists only under that home, the helper returns empty. The caller can then start a fresh thread, leaving the registration bound to a thread that is no longer hosted. Pass the session’s resolved home to this helper and search its sessions directory.

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-codex_registered_thread() {
+codex_registered_thread() {
+  _codex_home=${2:-$HOME/.codex}
   # The Codex thread a WhatsApp registration binds to session $1
   # (local-whatsapp's codex-threads.json, keyed by session name), if its
   # rollout is still on disk. A session started without a kickoff prompt has
@@
-  [ -n "$($FIND "$HOME"/.codex/sessions -name "rollout-*-$_thread.jsonl" 2>/dev/null | head -n1)" ] \
+  [ -n "$($FIND "$_codex_home"/sessions -name "rollout-*-$_thread.jsonl" 2>/dev/null | head -n1)" ] \
     || return 0
   printf '%s' "$_thread"
 }
@@
-      [ -n "$codex_target" ] || codex_target="$(codex_registered_thread "$sname")"
+      [ -n "$codex_target" ] || codex_target="$(codex_registered_thread "$sname" "$(resolve_codex_home "$sprofile")")"
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Update codex_registered_thread to accept the session’s resolved Codex home and
search its sessions directory for the registered rollout instead of always using
$HOME/.codex. Update its caller in start_session to pass resolve_codex_home for
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- Around line 848-858: Update codex_registered_thread to resolve the effective
LOCAL_WHATSAPP_STATE_DIR, including any session profile override, before
constructing the codex-threads.json path; use the default state directory only
when the setting is unset. Keep the existing session lookup and missing-file
behavior unchanged.
- Around line 858-864: Update codex_registered_thread to accept the session’s
resolved Codex home and search its sessions directory for the registered rollout
instead of always using $HOME/.codex. Update its caller in start_session to pass
resolve_codex_home for the session profile, preserving the existing fallback
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…_HOME

A profile that sets CODEX_HOME makes its codex write rollouts there, so
checking only ~/.codex/sessions made the registered-thread fallback start
a fresh thread for exactly those sessions. Pass resolve_codex_home's answer
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@coderabbitai Replies to the two outside-diff findings in review 5404583021:

  1. CODEX_HOME (supervisor.sh:858-864): fixed in 423e158. start_session now passes resolve_codex_home "$sprofile" and the helper searches <that>/sessions, falling back to ~/.codex when the argument is empty. The test now covers a rollout that lives only under a profile's CODEX_HOME, and a ~/.codex rollout that must not count for a different home. Run against the previous supervisor, that new case fails.

  2. LOCAL_WHATSAPP_STATE_DIR (supervisor.sh:848-858): declined. The bridge daemon agent-box supervises does not get a state-dir override. whatsapp-cli.py (STATE = HOME / ".local/state/local-whatsapp") and the supervisor's own ready check use the default directory too. A profile that set LOCAL_WHATSAPP_STATE_DIR would make register codex write a codex-threads.json that the box's bridge never reads, so routing would already be broken, and reading that file here would only resume a thread the bridge doesn't know about. The registration that matters is in the default directory. I added a comment saying so.

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@defangdevs Thanks for the clarification.

  1. CODEX_HOME: addressed. I inspected 423e158. start_session passes resolve_codex_home "$sprofile" to codex_registered_thread. The helper searches that home’s sessions directory and uses ~/.codex when the argument is empty. The test covers both a profile-only rollout and rejection of a default-home rollout for a different home. I did not run the tests.

  2. LOCAL_WHATSAPP_STATE_DIR: withdrawn. The fallback must read the registration that the supervised bridge uses. whatsapp-cli.py and the supervisor’s ready check use the default state directory. Your explanation and the new comment establish why a profile override must not redirect this lookup.


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Timestamp: 2026-10-04T06:15:13.064Z
Learning: In defangdevs/agent-box, modules/src/supervisor.sh codex_registered_thread must read $HOME/.local/state/local-whatsapp/codex-threads.json, not a profile's LOCAL_WHATSAPP_STATE_DIR. The supervised WhatsApp bridge does not receive a profile state-directory override. modules/src/whatsapp-cli.py defines STATE as HOME / ".local/state/local-whatsapp", and supervise_whatsapp checks ready in that default directory. Reading a profile-specific registration would select a thread the supervised bridge does not know about. This state-directory contract is separate from CODEX_HOME: rollout lookup must use the session's resolved CODEX_HOME.

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