diff --git a/packages/paperclip-runner/src/drivers/acpx/runtime-sandbox.test.ts b/packages/paperclip-runner/src/drivers/acpx/runtime-sandbox.test.ts
index 9b97e54ba2..f11bfe067b 100644
--- a/packages/paperclip-runner/src/drivers/acpx/runtime-sandbox.test.ts
+++ b/packages/paperclip-runner/src/drivers/acpx/runtime-sandbox.test.ts
@@ -83,6 +83,17 @@ describe("ACPX runtime sandbox", () => {
         sandbox.persistedEnvironment.PAPERCLIP_NATIVE_MCP_TOKEN,
       ).toBeUndefined();
       expect(sandbox.persistedEnvironment.HOME).toBe(sandbox.homeDirectory);
+      if (agent === "codex") {
+        const config = await readFile(
+          join(sandbox.agentHomeDirectory, "config.toml"),
+          "utf8",
+        );
+        expect(config).toContain("shell_snapshot = false");
+        expect(config).toContain(
+          'exclude = ["OPENAI_API_KEY", "CODEX_API_KEY"]',
+        );
+        expect(config).not.toContain("provider-secret");
+      }
       expect(await readFile(sandbox.workspaceRecordPath, "utf8")).toBe(
         `${fixture.binding.workspacePath}\n`,
       );
diff --git a/packages/paperclip-runner/src/drivers/acpx/runtime-sandbox.ts b/packages/paperclip-runner/src/drivers/acpx/runtime-sandbox.ts
index 384f58544c..1bae88ec1d 100644
--- a/packages/paperclip-runner/src/drivers/acpx/runtime-sandbox.ts
+++ b/packages/paperclip-runner/src/drivers/acpx/runtime-sandbox.ts
@@ -376,6 +376,24 @@ export async function prepareAcpxRuntimeSandbox(input: {
       })}\n`,
     );
   }
+  if (input.agent === "codex") {
+    await writePrivateFile(
+      join(agentHomeDirectory, "config.toml"),
+      [
+        // Codex shell snapshots serialize the provider process environment.
+        // The ACPX sidecar receives a short-lived managed credential only so
+        // it can authenticate the provider; that value must never become
+        // durable runtime state or enter a model-invoked shell.
+        "[features]",
+        "shell_snapshot = false",
+        "",
+        "[shell_environment_policy]",
+        'exclude = ["OPENAI_API_KEY", "CODEX_API_KEY"]',
+        "ignore_default_excludes = false",
+        "",
+      ].join("\n"),
+    );
+  }
 
   const sanitizedSpawnInput = createSanitizedAcpxSpawnInput(
     input.environment,