fix: use --sandbox danger-full-access for Codex review mode (#616)

## Summary

- Switch Codex review mode from `--sandbox read-only` to `--sandbox
danger-full-access` to fix CI reviews failing on large diffs
- The bwrap sandbox (used by both `read-only` and `workspace-write`
modes) blocks loopback networking, causing git commands to fail with
`bwrap: loopback: Failed RTM_NEWADDR: Operation not permitted` — this
makes Codex unable to inspect diffs, so reviews report the code is
inaccessible
- `workspace-write` has the same bwrap loopback bug
([openai/codex#15496](openai/codex#15496)), so
`danger-full-access` is the only working option
- Update `review_guidelines` to document the rationale so security
reviewers don't flag it
- Update `scripts/changelog.sh` to match

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: wesm

.roborev.toml

@@ -45,14 +45,17 @@ security findings:
 
 ## Agent tool permissions
 
-Review agents run with shell access to inspect diffs and source files. The
-allow-all-tools plus deny-list approach used by agents like Copilot is
-intentional — it matches the trust level of Codex (--sandbox read-only still
-permits arbitrary shell execution) and Gemini (--approval-mode plan). The
+Review agents run with shell access to inspect diffs and source files. Codex
+runs with --sandbox danger-full-access because the bwrap sandbox (used by both
+read-only and workspace-write modes) blocks loopback networking, which prevents
+git commands (git diff, git log, git show) from working in CI review jobs.
+This is intentional — roborev is a local-only tool that runs in trusted
+environments where the code is the operator's own. The allow-all-tools plus
+deny-list approach used by agents like Copilot matches this trust level. The
 deny-list is defense-in-depth, not a security boundary. Users reviewing
 untrusted code are expected to run roborev in a sandboxed environment
-(container, VM). Do not flag agent tool permission patterns as security
-vulnerabilities when they follow this model.
+(container, VM). Do not flag agent sandbox or tool permission patterns as
+security vulnerabilities when they follow this model.
 
 ## Config loading and filesystem fallback
 

internal/agent/codex.go

@@ -141,10 +141,12 @@ func (a *CodexAgent) commandArgs(opts codexArgOptions) []string {
 		args = append(args, codexDangerousFlag)
 	}
 	if opts.autoApprove {
-		// Use read-only sandbox for review mode instead of --full-auto
-		// (which implies --sandbox workspace-write). Background review
-		// jobs run in the user's repo and must not take index.lock.
-		args = append(args, "--sandbox", "read-only")
+		// Use full-access sandbox for review mode. The read-only
+		// sandbox blocks loopback networking, which prevents git
+		// commands from working in CI review jobs. roborev runs in
+		// trusted environments where the code is the operator's own,
+		// so sandbox enforcement is unnecessary.
+		args = append(args, "--sandbox", "danger-full-access")
 	}
 	if !opts.preview {
 		args = append(args, "-C", opts.repoPath)
@@ -181,7 +183,7 @@ func codexSupportsDangerousFlag(ctx context.Context, command string) (bool, erro
 }
 
 // codexSupportsNonInteractive checks that codex supports --sandbox,
-// needed for non-agentic review mode (--sandbox read-only).
+// needed for non-agentic review mode (--sandbox danger-full-access).
 func codexSupportsNonInteractive(ctx context.Context, command string) (bool, error) {
 	if cached, ok := codexAutoApproveSupport.Load(command); ok {
 		return cached.(bool), nil
@@ -210,8 +212,8 @@ func (a *CodexAgent) Review(ctx context.Context, repoPath, commitSHA, prompt str
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Non-agentic review mode uses --sandbox read-only for
-	// non-interactive execution without writing to the working tree.
+	// Non-agentic review mode uses --sandbox danger-full-access for
+	// non-interactive execution that can still run git commands.
 	autoApprove := false
 	if !agenticMode {
 		supported, err := codexSupportsNonInteractive(ctx, a.Command)

internal/agent/codex_test.go

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func TestCodex_buildArgs(t *testing.T) {
 			name:             "NonAgenticAutoApprove",
 			agentic:          false,
 			autoApprove:      true,
-			wantFlags:        []string{"--sandbox", "read-only", "--json"},
+			wantFlags:        []string{"--sandbox", "danger-full-access", "--json"},
 			wantMissingFlags: []string{codexDangerousFlag, codexAutoApproveFlag},
 		},
 		{
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func TestCodexCommandLineOmitsRuntimeOnlyArgs(t *testing.T) {
 
 	assert.Contains(t, cmdLine, "exec resume --json")
 	assert.Contains(t, cmdLine, "session-123")
-	assert.Contains(t, cmdLine, "--sandbox read-only")
+	assert.Contains(t, cmdLine, "--sandbox danger-full-access")
 	assert.NotContains(t, cmdLine, " -C ")
 	assert.False(t, strings.HasSuffix(cmdLine, " -"), "command line should omit stdin marker: %q", cmdLine)
 }
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func TestCodexReviewUnsafeMissingFlagErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "does not support")
 }
 
-func TestCodexReviewUsesReadOnlySandbox(t *testing.T) {
+func TestCodexReviewUsesSandboxNone(t *testing.T) {
 	a, mock := setupMockCodex(t, false, MockCLIOpts{
 		HelpOutput:  "usage --sandbox",
 		CaptureArgs: true,
@@ -133,10 +133,10 @@ func TestCodexReviewUsesReadOnlySandbox(t *testing.T) {
 	args, err := os.ReadFile(mock.ArgsFile)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	argsStr := string(args)
-	assert.Contains(t, argsStr, "--sandbox read-only",
-		"expected --sandbox read-only in args, got %s", strings.TrimSpace(argsStr))
+	assert.Contains(t, argsStr, "--sandbox danger-full-access",
+		"expected --sandbox danger-full-access in args, got: %s", strings.TrimSpace(argsStr))
 	assert.NotContains(t, argsStr, codexAutoApproveFlag,
-		"expected no %s in review mode, got %s", codexAutoApproveFlag, strings.TrimSpace(argsStr))
+		"expected no %s in review mode, got: %s", codexAutoApproveFlag, strings.TrimSpace(argsStr))
 }
 
 func TestCodexReviewWithSessionResumePassesResumeArgs(t *testing.T) {

scripts/changelog.sh

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ case "$AGENT" in
     codex)
         CODEX_RUST_LOG="${CHANGELOG_CODEX_RUST_LOG:-${RUST_LOG:-error,codex_core::rollout::list=off}}"
         set +e
-        RUST_LOG="$CODEX_RUST_LOG" codex exec --json --skip-git-repo-check --sandbox read-only -c reasoning_effort=high -o "$TMPFILE" - >/dev/null < "$PROMPTFILE" 2>"$ERRFILE"
+        RUST_LOG="$CODEX_RUST_LOG" codex exec --json --skip-git-repo-check --sandbox danger-full-access -c reasoning_effort=high -o "$TMPFILE" - >/dev/null < "$PROMPTFILE" 2>"$ERRFILE"
         AGENT_EXIT=$?
         set -e
         ;;