Title: Make ward agent logs show useful Codex engineer progress #1085

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opened 2026-07-10 21:57:03 +00:00 by coilyco-ops · 2 comments

coilyco-ops commented

2026-07-10 21:57:03 +00:00

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Title: Make ward agent logs show useful Codex engineer progress

Repro from a read-only director surface on 2026-07-10:

$ ward agent logs engineer-codex-agentic-os-455 --tail 220
ward agent logs: using docker logs engineer-codex-agentic-os-455 --tail 220
ward agent logs: docker logs empty; live transcript tree at /home/ubuntu/.claude/projects is empty

$ ward agent logs engineer-codex-ward-1084 --tail 220
ward agent logs: using docker logs engineer-codex-ward-1084 --tail 220
ward agent logs: docker logs empty; live transcript tree at /home/ubuntu/.claude/projects is empty

Observed behavior:

Codex engineer containers are running, but ward agent logs gives no useful progress.
The fallback path names /home/ubuntu/.claude/projects, which appears Claude-specific and unhelpful for Codex.
In the director workflow, this blocks evidence-based decisions about whether a Codex worker is progressing, stuck, or safe to leave alone.

Task:

Make ward agent logs surface useful progress for Codex engineer containers.
If Codex writes transcripts elsewhere, teach the log reader the Codex path.
If Codex does not write a transcript that ward can read, make the message say that clearly and point at the correct host dispatch log or supported inspection path.
Preserve existing Claude log behavior.
Add regression coverage for the harness-specific fallback message/path selection.

Keep the wording public-safe and avoid host-specific private paths in tests.

Filed by ward agent engineer --harness codex.

— Codex, via ward agent

Title: Make ward agent logs show useful Codex engineer progress Repro from a read-only director surface on 2026-07-10: ```text $ ward agent logs engineer-codex-agentic-os-455 --tail 220 ward agent logs: using docker logs engineer-codex-agentic-os-455 --tail 220 ward agent logs: docker logs empty; live transcript tree at /home/ubuntu/.claude/projects is empty $ ward agent logs engineer-codex-ward-1084 --tail 220 ward agent logs: using docker logs engineer-codex-ward-1084 --tail 220 ward agent logs: docker logs empty; live transcript tree at /home/ubuntu/.claude/projects is empty ``` Observed behavior: - Codex engineer containers are running, but `ward agent logs` gives no useful progress. - The fallback path names `/home/ubuntu/.claude/projects`, which appears Claude-specific and unhelpful for Codex. - In the director workflow, this blocks evidence-based decisions about whether a Codex worker is progressing, stuck, or safe to leave alone. Task: - Make `ward agent logs` surface useful progress for Codex engineer containers. - If Codex writes transcripts elsewhere, teach the log reader the Codex path. - If Codex does not write a transcript that ward can read, make the message say that clearly and point at the correct host dispatch log or supported inspection path. - Preserve existing Claude log behavior. - Add regression coverage for the harness-specific fallback message/path selection. Keep the wording public-safe and avoid host-specific private paths in tests. --- Filed by `ward agent engineer --harness codex`.  — Codex, via `ward agent`

coilyco-ops commented

2026-07-10 21:57:14 +00:00

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WARD-RESERVATION: held 🔒

reservation details

Holder: container engineer-codex-ward-1085 on host KAI-DESKTOP-TOWER.

Reserved by ward agent --harness codex (reserved 2026-07-10T21:57:14Z). Concurrent ward agent runs are blocked until it finishes or the reservation goes stale (1h TTL). --force overrides.

Do not comment on or edit this issue to steer the run while it is reserved. The engineer seeded the body once at launch and never re-reads it, so a comment or edit reaches only human readers, never the running engineer. A correction goes to a new issue, dispatched fresh. That is the only channel that reaches a run in flight. Where the forge supports it, ward locks this conversation to make that a road-block rather than a convention (ward#494).

run seed context — what this run is carrying (ward#609)

Resolved: coilyco-flight-deck/ward#1085 · branch issue-1085 · harness codex · workflow pull-requests-and-merge
Run: engineer-codex-ward-1085 · ward v0.605.0 · dispatched 2026-07-10T21:57:14Z
Comment thread: 0 included in the pre-flight read, 0 stripped (ward's own automated comments).

Static container doctrine and seed boilerplate are identical every run and omitted here (they ride ward v0.605.0).

— Codex, via ward agent

WARD-RESERVATION: held 🔒 <details><summary>reservation details</summary> Holder: container `engineer-codex-ward-1085` on host `KAI-DESKTOP-TOWER`. Reserved by `ward agent --harness codex` (reserved 2026-07-10T21:57:14Z). Concurrent `ward agent` runs are blocked until it finishes or the reservation goes stale (1h TTL). `--force` overrides. **Do not comment on or edit this issue to steer the run while it is reserved.** The engineer seeded the body once at launch and never re-reads it, so a comment or edit reaches only human readers, never the running engineer. A correction goes to a **new issue, dispatched fresh**. That is the only channel that reaches a run in flight. Where the forge supports it, ward locks this conversation to make that a road-block rather than a convention (ward#494). <details><summary>run seed context — what this run is carrying (ward#609)</summary> - **Resolved:** `coilyco-flight-deck/ward#1085` · branch `issue-1085` · harness `codex` · workflow `pull-requests-and-merge` - **Run:** `engineer-codex-ward-1085` · ward `v0.605.0` · dispatched `2026-07-10T21:57:14Z` - **Comment thread:** 0 included in the pre-flight read, 0 stripped (ward's own automated comments). Static container doctrine and seed boilerplate are identical every run and omitted here (they ride ward v0.605.0). </details> </details>  — Codex, via `ward agent`

coilyco-ops referenced this issue from a pull request that will close it,

2026-07-10 22:12:13 +00:00

Make ward agent logs show useful Codex engineer progress #1090

coilyco-ops commented

2026-07-10 22:13:15 +00:00

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WARD-OUTCOME: submitted

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workflow: pull-request-and-merge; review summary: skipped (in-container review gate intentionally skipped because the temporary ward default pending brokered QA)

Retrospective: the change was mostly harness-to-path plumbing, plus one extra pass through the repo hook rules.
Confidence: high.
Surprise: the full suite still has unrelated environment-sensitive noise outside this patch.
Follow-up: none.

WARD-OUTCOME: submitted <details><summary>details</summary> workflow: pull-request-and-merge; review summary: skipped (in-container review gate intentionally skipped because the temporary ward default pending brokered QA) Retrospective: the change was mostly harness-to-path plumbing, plus one extra pass through the repo hook rules. Confidence: high. Surprise: the full suite still has unrelated environment-sensitive noise outside this patch. Follow-up: none. </details>

coilyco-ops closed this issue

2026-07-10 22:15:39 +00:00