fix(cli): support Codex launcher on native Windows

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What

• Keep the existing ShellTUI path on POSIX, but use Codex's inherited console on native Windows so the launcher never imports Unix-only fcntl/pty modules there.
• Prefer the launchable sibling codex.cmd when npm's extensionless POSIX shim is found on Windows.
• Decode codex debug models --bundled as UTF-8 instead of the active Windows code page.
• Preserve existing proxy bypasses while adding 127.0.0.1 and localhost for the transient Switchyard endpoint.
• Add focused regression coverage for the Windows and POSIX launcher branches, proxy environment, and catalog decoding.

Why

The official v0.2.0 Windows wheel installs successfully, but switchyard launch codex fails before Codex starts because ShellTUI is imported unconditionally and imports fcntl. Continuing through that startup path exposes three more deterministic blockers: npm shim resolution (WinError 193), locale-dependent catalog decoding (UnicodeDecodeError under cp936), and loopback traffic being intercepted when a system proxy is configured.

Together, these changes make the complete Codex launcher path usable on native Windows while leaving the existing POSIX TUI behavior intact.

Closes #440

How tested

• Ruff clean: .venv\Scripts\ruff.exe check .
• uv run mypy switchyard clean: native-Windows mypy reports 25 existing platform-stub errors in unchanged shell_tui.py and launcher_runtime.py; this is also documented in fix(protocol): normalize nested metadata strings #422.
• uv run pytest tests/ green: after installing the missing dev dependency, native-Windows collection reaches the unchanged Claude launcher and fails on its top-level fcntl import.
• Focused tests: .venv\Scripts\python.exe -m pytest tests\test_codex_windows_launcher.py tests\test_launcher_proxy_bypass.py -q (7 passed)
• Manual smoke: reproduced the import failure from a clean official nemo-switchyard==0.2.0 Windows wheel, then ran this branch end to end through native Codex 0.147.0 and an OpenAI-compatible backend (WINDOWS_CODEX_OK, HTTP 200, normal shutdown).

Checklist

• One class per file; filename = snake_case of the primary class. (N/A: no classes added.)
• New public symbols exported from switchyard/__init__.py.__all__ if intended for downstream use. (N/A: no public symbols added.)
• Unit tests added for new components / bug fixes.
• README / --help updated if customer-facing surface changed. (N/A: command syntax and documented surface are unchanged.)
• Commits signed off (Signed-off-by: Your Name <email>) per the DCO.

Notes for reviewers

Native Windows intentionally uses the existing plain supervisor and inherited console instead of emulating the POSIX live-footer PTY. Session cleanup and the final summary remain shared. The POSIX binary lookup and TUI branch are otherwise unchanged, with regression coverage for the lookup behavior.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Improved Codex launching on Windows by correctly resolving command shims.
  • Prevented Unix-only terminal behavior from affecting Windows launches.
  • Preserved existing proxy exclusions while ensuring local addresses bypass proxies.
  • Improved handling of UTF-8 model catalog content across platforms.

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Walkthrough

The Codex launcher now supports native Windows startup. It selects the .cmd shim, avoids POSIX-only TTY imports, preserves loopback proxy exclusions, and decodes Codex model catalogs as UTF-8. Windows-focused tests cover these behaviors.

Changes

Codex Windows compatibility

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Windows launcher execution and environment handling switchyard/cli/launchers/codex_cli_launcher.py, tests/test_codex_windows_launcher.py	Windows lookup selects the adjacent codex.cmd shim. Windows uses the inherited console without ShellTUI. Proxy exclusions preserve existing values and add 127.0.0.1 and localhost. Tests cover lookup, supervision, environment handling, and POSIX lookup preservation.
UTF-8 model catalog decoding switchyard/cli/launchers/codex_model_catalog.py, tests/test_codex_windows_launcher.py	Codex catalog output uses explicit UTF-8 decoding. Tests verify the subprocess options.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 675a7

The Windows launcher changes still leave two concrete merge risks: fallback discovery may select a non-launchable npm shim, and configured proxy exclusions may be lost when both variable names are present. These can prevent Codex from starting or route local traffic through a proxy, so they should be fixed before merge.

Poem

A rabbit hops through Windows bright,
Finds codex.cmd and starts it right.
Loopback paths stay close and clear,
UTF-8 songs the catalog hears.
No POSIX TUI blocks the way!

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 26.67% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The changes address all coding objectives in [#440], including Windows imports, shim selection, UTF-8 decoding, proxy bypasses, and POSIX preservation.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes are focused on the linked issue and include relevant regression tests without unrelated code changes.
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: adding native Windows support to the Codex launcher.

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Inline comments:
In `@switchyard/cli/launchers/codex_cli_launcher.py`:
- Around line 104-110: Merge the values from both NO_PROXY and no_proxy in the
launcher before adding 127.0.0.1 and localhost, preserving distinct entries and
emitting the merged list to both variables; update
tests/test_codex_windows_launcher.py lines 118-127 to verify distinct values
from each input variable remain in both outputs.

Apply the same fix in `@tests/test_codex_windows_launcher.py` around lines 118 -
127.
- Around line 46-50: Update the fallback candidate resolution in
switchyard/cli/launchers/codex_cli_launcher.py lines 46-50 to apply the same
adjacent .cmd selection on Windows before returning the candidate, reusing the
existing shim-resolution behavior. Add a regression test in
tests/test_codex_windows_launcher.py lines 15-49 covering adjacent extensionless
codex and codex.cmd fallback files and asserting the .cmd path is selected.

Apply the same fix in `@tests/test_codex_windows_launcher.py` around lines 15 -
49.

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• switchyard/cli/launchers/codex_cli_launcher.py
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• tests/test_codex_windows_launcher.py