diff --git a/.bazelrc b/.bazelrc
index 603ad46e4..cc59037b5 100644
--- a/.bazelrc
+++ b/.bazelrc
@@ -136,6 +136,16 @@ common:ci-linux --config=remote
 common:ci-linux --strategy=remote
 common:ci-linux --platforms=//:rbe
 
+# Fork-only Linux jobs that must stay on Bazel but cannot rely on BuildBuddy
+# remote execution should use this explicit local variant instead of trying to
+# partially undo `ci-linux` at the callsite.
+common:ci-linux-local --config=ci-bazel
+common:ci-linux-local --build_metadata=TAG_os=linux
+common:ci-linux-local --extra_execution_platforms=
+common:ci-linux-local --platforms=//:local_linux
+common:ci-linux-local --spawn_strategy=local
+common:ci-linux-local --strategy=local
+
 # On mac, we can run all the build actions remotely but test actions locally.
 common:ci-macos --config=ci-bazel
 common:ci-macos --build_metadata=TAG_os=macos
diff --git a/.github/scripts/run-bazel-ci.sh b/.github/scripts/run-bazel-ci.sh
index 9c95fda15..301e9b2ca 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/run-bazel-ci.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/run-bazel-ci.sh
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ case "${RUNNER_OS:-}" in
     ;;
 esac
 
+force_local_ci_config=
+if [[ "${RUNNER_OS:-}" == "Linux" ]]; then
+  force_local_ci_config=ci-linux-local
+fi
+
 print_bazel_test_log_tails() {
   local console_log="$1"
   local testlogs_dir
@@ -210,7 +215,29 @@ if (( ${#bazel_startup_args[@]} > 0 )); then
   bazel_cmd+=("${bazel_startup_args[@]}")
 fi
 
-if [[ -n "${BUILDBUDDY_API_KEY:-}" ]]; then
+if [[ "${CODEX_BAZEL_FORCE_LOCAL:-0}" == "1" ]]; then
+  echo "CODEX_BAZEL_FORCE_LOCAL=1; using local Bazel configuration."
+  bazel_run_args=(
+    "${bazel_args[@]}"
+    --remote_cache=
+    --remote_executor=
+  )
+  if [[ -n "${force_local_ci_config}" ]]; then
+    bazel_run_args+=("--config=${force_local_ci_config}")
+  fi
+  if (( ${#post_config_bazel_args[@]} > 0 )); then
+    bazel_run_args+=("${post_config_bazel_args[@]}")
+  fi
+  set +e
+  run_bazel "${bazel_cmd[@]:1}" \
+    --noexperimental_remote_repo_contents_cache \
+    "${bazel_run_args[@]}" \
+    -- \
+    "${bazel_targets[@]}" \
+    2>&1 | tee "$bazel_console_log"
+  bazel_status=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
+  set -e
+elif [[ -n "${BUILDBUDDY_API_KEY:-}" ]]; then
   echo "BuildBuddy API key is available; using remote Bazel configuration."
   # Work around Bazel 9 remote repo contents cache / overlay materialization failures
   # seen in CI (for example "is not a symlink" or permission errors while
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 76a8aa014..7fef2f9b3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: facebook/install-dotslash@1e4e7b3e07eaca387acb98f1d4720e0bee8dbb6a # v2
 
       - name: Stage npm package
+        if: ${{ github.repository == 'openai/codex' }}
         id: stage_npm_package
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "pack_output=$PACK_OUTPUT" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - name: Upload staged npm package artifact
+        if: ${{ github.repository == 'openai/codex' }}
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f # v7
         with:
           name: codex-npm-staging
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/rust-ci.yml
index 3a9eadc8b..b26e63502 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust-ci.yml
@@ -134,19 +134,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        include:
-          - name: Linux
-            runner: ubuntu-24.04
-            timeout_minutes: 30
-          - name: macOS
-            runner: macos-15-xlarge
-            timeout_minutes: 30
-          - name: Windows
-            runner: windows-x64
-            timeout_minutes: 30
-            runs_on:
-              group: codex-runners
-              labels: codex-windows-x64
+        include: ${{ fromJSON(github.repository == 'openai/codex' && '[{"name":"Linux","runner":"ubuntu-24.04","timeout_minutes":30},{"name":"macOS","runner":"macos-15-xlarge","timeout_minutes":30},{"name":"Windows","runner":"windows-x64","timeout_minutes":30,"runs_on":{"group":"codex-runners","labels":"codex-windows-x64"}}]' || '[{"name":"Linux","runner":"ubuntu-24.04","timeout_minutes":120}]') }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6
       - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-bazel-ci
@@ -159,8 +147,60 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get update
           sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends pkg-config libcap-dev
+      - name: Run argument comment lint on codex-rs via source wrapper
+        if: ${{ runner.os == 'Linux' && github.repository != 'openai/codex' }}
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          heartbeat() {
+            while true; do
+              sleep 60
+              echo "argument comment lint still running via source wrapper ($(date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ'))"
+            done
+          }
+
+          heartbeat &
+          heartbeat_pid=$!
+          cleanup() {
+            kill "$heartbeat_pid" 2>/dev/null || true
+          }
+          trap cleanup EXIT
+
+          rustup toolchain install nightly-2025-09-18 \
+            --profile minimal \
+            --component llvm-tools-preview \
+            --component rustc-dev \
+            --component rust-src \
+            --no-self-update
+          cargo install --locked cargo-dylint dylint-link
+
+          set +e
+          timeout --foreground --signal=TERM --kill-after=30s 110m \
+            ./tools/argument-comment-lint/run.py
+          status=$?
+          set -e
+
+          if [[ $status -eq 124 ]]; then
+            echo "argument comment lint source-wrapper step exceeded 110 minutes; failing explicitly before the 120-minute job timeout so shared CI follow-up can diagnose it."
+          fi
+
+          exit "$status"
+      - name: Run argument comment lint on codex-rs via Bazel
+        if: ${{ runner.os == 'Linux' && github.repository == 'openai/codex' }}
+        env:
+          BUILDBUDDY_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.BUILDBUDDY_API_KEY }}
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          bazel_targets="$(./tools/argument-comment-lint/list-bazel-targets.sh)"
+          ./.github/scripts/run-bazel-ci.sh \
+            -- \
+            build \
+            --config=argument-comment-lint \
+            --keep_going \
+            --build_metadata=COMMIT_SHA=${GITHUB_SHA} \
+            -- \
+            ${bazel_targets}
       - name: Run argument comment lint on codex-rs via Bazel
-        if: ${{ runner.os != 'Windows' }}
+        if: ${{ runner.os == 'macOS' }}
         env:
           BUILDBUDDY_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.BUILDBUDDY_API_KEY }}
         shell: bash
diff --git a/codex-rs/Cargo.lock b/codex-rs/Cargo.lock
index 5cc4fe2ee..1143b4088 100644
--- a/codex-rs/Cargo.lock
+++ b/codex-rs/Cargo.lock
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "objc2-foundation",
  "parking_lot",
  "percent-encoding",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.60.2",
  "wl-clipboard-rs",
  "x11rb",
 ]
@@ -2514,7 +2514,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "icu_provider",
  "landlock",
  "pretty_assertions",
- "quick-xml",
+ "quick-xml 0.39.2",
  "reqwest",
  "schemars 0.8.22",
  "seccompiler",
@@ -3956,7 +3956,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "option-ext",
  "redox_users 0.5.2",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4201,7 +4201,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "39cab71617ae0d63f51a36d69f866391735b51691dbda63cf6f96d042b63efeb"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5122,7 +5122,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project-lite",
- "socket2 0.5.10",
+ "socket2 0.6.2",
  "system-configuration",
  "tokio",
  "tower-service",
@@ -5628,7 +5628,7 @@ checksum = "3640c1c38b8e4e43584d8df18be5fc6b0aa314ce6ebf51b53313d4306cca8e46"
 dependencies = [
  "hermit-abi",
  "libc",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6406,7 +6406,7 @@ version = "0.50.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7957b9740744892f114936ab4a57b3f487491bbeafaf8083688b16841a4240e5"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6582,7 +6582,7 @@ version = "5.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "51e219e79014df21a225b1860a479e2dcd7cbd9130f4defd4bd0e191ea31d67d"
 dependencies = [
- "base64 0.21.7",
+ "base64 0.22.1",
  "chrono",
  "getrandom 0.2.17",
  "http 1.4.0",
@@ -7050,7 +7050,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7d8fae84b431384b68627d0f9b3b1245fcf9f46f6c0e3dc902e9dce64edd1967"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "windows-sys 0.45.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -7271,7 +7271,7 @@ checksum = "740ebea15c5d1428f910cd1a5f52cebf8d25006245ed8ade92702f4943d91e07"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "indexmap 2.13.0",
- "quick-xml",
+ "quick-xml 0.38.4",
  "serde",
  "time",
 ]
@@ -7578,6 +7578,15 @@ name = "quick-xml"
 version = "0.38.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b66c2058c55a409d601666cffe35f04333cf1013010882cec174a7467cd4e21c"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "quick-xml"
+version = "0.39.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "958f21e8e7ceb5a1aa7fa87fab28e7c75976e0bfe7e23ff069e0a260f894067d"
 dependencies = [
  "memchr",
  "serde",
@@ -7596,7 +7605,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "quinn-udp",
  "rustc-hash 2.1.1",
  "rustls",
- "socket2 0.5.10",
+ "socket2 0.6.2",
  "thiserror 2.0.18",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
@@ -7633,9 +7642,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg_aliases 0.2.1",
  "libc",
  "once_cell",
- "socket2 0.5.10",
+ "socket2 0.6.2",
  "tracing",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.60.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -8471,7 +8480,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "errno",
  "libc",
  "linux-raw-sys 0.11.0",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -9905,7 +9914,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.3.4",
  "once_cell",
  "rustix 1.1.3",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -11193,7 +11202,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5423e94b6a63e68e439803a3e153a9252d5ead12fd853334e2ad33997e3889e3"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
- "quick-xml",
+ "quick-xml 0.38.4",
  "quote",
 ]
 
@@ -11351,7 +11360,7 @@ version = "0.1.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c2a7b1c03c876122aa43f3020e6c3c3ee5c05081c9a00739faf7503aeba10d22"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/codex-rs/Cargo.toml b/codex-rs/Cargo.toml
index 16329276c..ad0bec2e4 100644
--- a/codex-rs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/codex-rs/Cargo.toml
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ portable-pty = "0.9.0"
 predicates = "3"
 pretty_assertions = "1.4.1"
 pulldown-cmark = "0.10"
-quick-xml = "0.38.4"
+quick-xml = "0.39.2"
 rand = "0.9"
 ratatui = "0.29.0"
 ratatui-macros = "0.6.0"