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OpenAI Codex CLI

container-ishopen sourcecli

The only major coding-agent CLI that is sandboxed by default: workspace-write, network off.

Default sandbox mode is workspace-write, read anywhere, write only in the workspace, no network unless explicitly enabled. On Linux it uses bubblewrap + seccomp, with Landlock as its original mechanism kept as a compatibility fallback (Landlock is the newer kernel feature; 'fallback' refers to Codex's implementation history, not tech age). macOS uses Seatbelt. Codex Cloud runs in OpenAI-managed containers, offline by default during the agent phase.

Isolation tech (linux)

Isolation tech (macos)

Escape hatch

--dangerously-bypass-approvals-and-sandbox (--yolo)

Sources