Codex CLI Sandbox Lacks a gVisor Option Alongside Bubblewrap
A gVisor maintainer proposes adding gVisor as an alternative sandbox backend for the Codex CLI alongside the existing bubblewrap option, noting OpenAI already uses gVisor for ChatGPT's own code-execution sandbox. They are adding compatible bubblewrap-style flags to gVisor's runsc and offer to submit the implementation themselves.
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