Allow ptrace in the restricted-network Linux sandbox
Resolved 💬 1 comment Opened Mar 27, 2026 by akihikodaki Closed May 10, 2026
What variant of Codex are you using?
IDE Extension
What feature would you like to see?
I would like ptrace to work in restricted-network Linux sandbox sessions.
Without ptrace, Codex is much less useful for debugging native code. My main use case is QEMU/KVM development.
Today, the following command fails, which I would like to succeed:
codex sandbox linux --full-auto -c 'sandbox_workspace_write.network_access=false' strace true
Additional information
For comparison, this already works today when network access is enabled:
codex sandbox linux --full-auto -c 'sandbox_workspace_write.network_access=true' strace true
ptrace also does not work with managed proxy mode, even when network access is enabled:
codex exec -p <managed-proxy-profile> --full-auto 'Run `strace true`.'
However, managed proxy mode is not my use case.
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