Codex CLI can leave a PTY descendant holding the action's inherited
stdio after the turn completes. The `runCodexExec.ts` wrapper waits on a
`close` event that never fires, so the `Review pull request` step hangs
until the job timeout kills it — discarding the finished review the CLI
already wrote to disk.
The CLI writes the completed review to the `--output-last-message` file
(exposed as `output-file`) **before** the hang. This PR adds a salvage
step that recovers it, and sets the step and job timeouts to preserve
the full 30-minute Codex execution budget.
**Changes (`codex-security-review.yml`):**
- Add `output-file: ${{ runner.temp }}/codex-review.json` to the `Review
pull request` step so the CLI writes the result before the hang.
(`runner` context is valid in `steps.with`; not in `jobs.env`.)
- Add `timeout-minutes: 30` and `continue-on-error: true` to the Codex
step — a hang now costs ≤30 minutes instead of 40, and the salvage step
still runs.
- Set job `timeout-minutes: 40` to give setup, step cancellation, and
salvage sufficient headroom without colliding with the Codex execution
budget. The original 30-minute job timeout was too narrow: evidence from
run
[33114428326](https://github.com/block/buzz/actions/runs/33114428326/job/98665369165)
shows completed output appearing 28m46s after step start, meaning a
20-minute step timeout could kill a legitimate review before the salvage
file exists.
- Add a `Salvage review output` step with `if: always()`: prefers
`steps.run_codex.outputs.final-message` on a clean exit; falls back to
the output file when the step timed out. The output file path is set in
the step's own `env` block (`CODEX_OUTPUT_FILE: ${{ runner.temp
}}/codex-review.json`), where `runner` is valid. Validates shape
(non-empty JSON object, has `overall_risk`); fails the job hard if
neither source is present.
- Wire the job `outputs.review_json` to
`steps.salvage.outputs.review_json`.
**Changes (`Justfile`, `ci.yml`):**
- Add `actionlint .github/workflows/codex-security-review.yml` to
`security-review-check` so expression-validity errors are caught
locally.
- Provision `actionlint` via Hermit (pinned v1.7.12) rather than a
one-off `Install actionlint` curl step, so the same binary is used
locally and in CI.
**Security posture is unchanged:** the salvage step reads the action's
own output and a file written to `runner.temp` — neither is
PR-controlled. Credential-stripping env block on the Codex step is
untouched.
Note this is a temporary workaround until
https://github.com/openai/codex-action/issues/169 is addressed
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Signed-off-by: Will Pfleger <pfleger.will@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Duncan <dcfd242e557282d7a1e2cf2e6877522682f1e5c6156dc92ca7d90eaedd3b0f95@buzz.block.builderlab.xyz>
