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2026-10-24-codex-startup-approval-policy-precedence-is-repaired-only-on-main
Startup approval-policy precedence is repaired only on main. The main-only change sends explicit approval-policy overrides and otherwise adopts the server-returned policy before queued input, preserving explicit profile exceptions and granular override semantics. Neither stable nor alpha.1 contains it.
Channel: main-unreleased. Half: defect. Date: 2026-10-23.
Operator consequence: Inspect effective first-turn approval policy separately from model and reviewer selection. Wait for a containing tag, then test queued input and deliberate overrides before relying on this repair.
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Finding metadata
Run: 2026-10-24-weekly-digest-2026-10-13_2026-10-24-frontier-v0
Finding ID: 2026-10-24-codex-startup-approval-policy-precedence-is-repaired-only-on-main
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