From a3889f92e4ce5ee1f8d1bbe9bea8ba91a8997607 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tomas Cupr <work@tomcupr.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2025 02:00:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: `full-auto` support in quiet mode (#374)

Fixes https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/292

---------

Co-authored-by: Thibault Sottiaux <tibo@openai.com>
---
 codex-cli/src/cli.tsx | 23 ++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/codex-cli/src/cli.tsx b/codex-cli/src/cli.tsx
index 169ead94..08b95cb8 100644
--- a/codex-cli/src/cli.tsx
+++ b/codex-cli/src/cli.tsx
@@ -327,9 +327,6 @@ const additionalWritableRoots: ReadonlyArray<string> = (
 
 // If we are running in --quiet mode, do that and exit.
 const quietMode = Boolean(cli.flags.quiet);
-const autoApproveEverything = Boolean(
-  cli.flags.dangerouslyAutoApproveEverything,
-);
 const fullStdout = Boolean(cli.flags.fullStdout);
 
 if (quietMode) {
@@ -341,12 +338,19 @@ if (quietMode) {
     );
     process.exit(1);
   }
+
+  // Determine approval policy for quiet mode based on flags
+  const quietApprovalPolicy: ApprovalPolicy =
+    cli.flags.fullAuto || cli.flags.approvalMode === "full-auto"
+      ? AutoApprovalMode.FULL_AUTO
+      : cli.flags.autoEdit || cli.flags.approvalMode === "auto-edit"
+      ? AutoApprovalMode.AUTO_EDIT
+      : config.approvalMode || AutoApprovalMode.SUGGEST;
+
   await runQuietMode({
     prompt: prompt as string,
     imagePaths: imagePaths || [],
-    approvalPolicy: autoApproveEverything
-      ? AutoApprovalMode.FULL_AUTO
-      : config.approvalMode || AutoApprovalMode.SUGGEST,
+    approvalPolicy: quietApprovalPolicy,
     additionalWritableRoots,
     config,
   });
@@ -470,7 +474,12 @@ async function runQuietMode({
     getCommandConfirmation: (
       _command: Array<string>,
     ): Promise<CommandConfirmation> => {
-      return Promise.resolve({ review: ReviewDecision.NO_CONTINUE });
+      // In quiet mode, default to NO_CONTINUE, except when in full-auto mode
+      const reviewDecision =
+        approvalPolicy === AutoApprovalMode.FULL_AUTO
+          ? ReviewDecision.YES
+          : ReviewDecision.NO_CONTINUE;
+      return Promise.resolve({ review: reviewDecision });
     },
     onLastResponseId: () => {
       /* intentionally ignored in quiet mode */