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Related Issue

No issue filed. Users report that Codex OAuth login fails with:

{ "error": { "message": "Invalid authorize request", "code": "invalid_authorize_request" } }

The browser lands on …/oauth/authorize?client_id=app_EMoamEEZ73f0CkXaXp7hrann — the first query parameter and nothing else.

Problem

openUrl launched the browser on Windows with cmd /c start "" <url>. cmd re-parses its arguments and treats & as a command separator, so the URL is cut at the first &. Every parameter after client_idresponse_type, redirect_uri, scope, code_challenge, state — never reaches OpenAI, and the authorize request is rejected. The generated URL itself is correct and matches the upstream Codex CLI parameter set, so this only affects Windows users.

What changed

openUrl now hands the URL to rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler, which takes the argument verbatim and never runs a command interpreter. The command choice moves into an exported openUrlCommandFor(url, platform) so it can be asserted per platform, matching the shape of openFileCommandFor in packages/server/src/lib/fileLaunch.ts. macOS and Linux keep open and xdg-open.

Verification

  • apps/pythinker-code/test/utils/open-url.test.ts — new; asserts the full URL survives on Windows. Confirmed it fails against the old cmd /c start command and passes after the change.
  • tsc -p apps/pythinker-code/tsconfig.json --noEmit — pass

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  • I have added tests that prove my feature works.
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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Fixed Windows URL opening for links containing query parameters, including OAuth authorization URLs.
    • Improved platform-specific browser launching while preserving existing behavior on macOS and Linux.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage to verify URL handling across Windows, macOS, and Linux.

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Walkthrough

The URL launcher now centralizes platform-specific command selection. Windows uses rundll32 and passes URLs directly, preserving query parameters. macOS and Linux retain their existing launch commands. Tests and a patch changeset document the update.

Changes

Platform-specific URL launching

Layer / File(s) Summary
Platform command selection
apps/pythinker-code/src/utils/open-url.ts
Adds OpenUrlCommand and openUrlCommandFor. Windows uses rundll32; macOS and Linux use open and xdg-open.
Launcher integration and validation
apps/pythinker-code/src/utils/open-url.ts, apps/pythinker-code/test/utils/open-url.test.ts, .changeset/windows-browser-url.md
openUrl uses the helper. Tests verify platform commands and Windows query-parameter preservation. The changeset records a patch release.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 5aad9

The Windows browser-launch fix preserves OAuth query parameters, but its test should assert the exact launcher command and arguments so an incorrectly formed command cannot pass unnoticed. This is a bounded, non-blocking correctness risk requiring owner follow-up.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

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Title check ⚠️ Warning The title uses an approved prefix and imperative wording, but it is 73 characters and exceeds the 72-character limit. Shorten the title to 72 characters or fewer while preserving the fix and Windows OAuth context.
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Description check ✅ Passed The description covers the problem, changes, verification, tests, related-issue explanation, and all required checklist items.
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
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In `@apps/pythinker-code/test/utils/open-url.test.ts`:
- Around line 10-15: Update the openUrlCommandFor Windows assertions in
open-url.test.ts to verify the complete command contract: assert that the
argument list includes url.dll,FileProtocolHandler in the required position,
while preserving the existing rundll32 command and intact AUTHORIZE_URL checks.
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Comment on lines +10 to +15
const { command, args } = openUrlCommandFor(AUTHORIZE_URL, 'win32');
expect(command).toBe('rundll32');
// `cmd /c start` cuts the URL at the first `&`, so the launcher must not
// hand the URL to a command interpreter.
expect(command).not.toBe('cmd');
expect(args.at(-1)).toBe(AUTHORIZE_URL);

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Assert the complete Windows command contract.

The test passes if args[0] is not url.dll,FileProtocolHandler. In that case, rundll32 can fail even though the URL remains intact. Assert the complete command object.

Proposed test update
-    const { command, args } = openUrlCommandFor(AUTHORIZE_URL, 'win32');
-    expect(command).toBe('rundll32');
-    // `cmd /c start` cuts the URL at the first `&`, so the launcher must not
-    // hand the URL to a command interpreter.
-    expect(command).not.toBe('cmd');
-    expect(args.at(-1)).toBe(AUTHORIZE_URL);
+    expect(openUrlCommandFor(AUTHORIZE_URL, 'win32')).toEqual({
+      command: 'rundll32',
+      args: ['url.dll,FileProtocolHandler', AUTHORIZE_URL],
+    });

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const { command, args } = openUrlCommandFor(AUTHORIZE_URL, 'win32');
expect(command).toBe('rundll32');
// `cmd /c start` cuts the URL at the first `&`, so the launcher must not
// hand the URL to a command interpreter.
expect(command).not.toBe('cmd');
expect(args.at(-1)).toBe(AUTHORIZE_URL);
expect(openUrlCommandFor(AUTHORIZE_URL, 'win32')).toEqual({
command: 'rundll32',
args: ['url.dll,FileProtocolHandler', AUTHORIZE_URL],
});
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In `@apps/pythinker-code/test/utils/open-url.test.ts` around lines 10 - 15, Update
the openUrlCommandFor Windows assertions in open-url.test.ts to verify the
complete command contract: assert that the argument list includes
url.dll,FileProtocolHandler in the required position, while preserving the
existing rundll32 command and intact AUTHORIZE_URL checks.

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Closing: merged locally into main; a new PR will follow.

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