diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/src/run.ts b/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/src/run.ts
index fdf467c876..a75dd4f049 100644
--- a/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/src/run.ts
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/src/run.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export type CodexPermissionMode =
   | 'approve-for-me'
   | 'dangerously-bypass-approvals-and-sandbox'
 
-/** Codex CLI permission modes that cannot wait for a human response. */
+/** Native non-interactive Codex modes mapped to official `thread/start` fields. */
 export const CODEX_PERMISSION_MODES = [
   'never',
   'approve-for-me',
@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ export async function startCodexRun(
     const bytes = typeof chunk === 'string' ? Buffer.from(chunk) : chunk
     wire.observeStderr(bytes.toString())
     try {
+      // Synchronous fd forwarding preserves byte order without owning a
+      // backpressure queue. A slow host sink can block this event-loop turn.
       writeFileSync(process.stderr.fd, bytes)
     } catch {
       // Host stderr is an observation sink, not a child-run failure authority.
@@ -227,6 +229,8 @@ export async function startCodexRun(
           processFailure,
         ])
       } catch (error: unknown) {
+        // Give stderr data already queued in Node one turn to reach the wire
+        // before settlement snapshots the diagnostic; later OS data is best-effort.
         await new Promise<void>((resolve) => { setImmediate(resolve) })
         throw error
       }
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/src/wire.ts b/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/src/wire.ts
index cfb24a7481..cd94695863 100644
--- a/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/src/wire.ts
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/src/wire.ts
@@ -416,6 +416,11 @@ export class CodexAppServerWire {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Validate the request's thread and turn association.
+   * @returns `true` when the matching turn is still provisional, so the caller
+   * defers its diagnostic until `commitTurnId()`.
+   */
   private validateRunIds(
     params: JsonObject,
     nullableTurn = false,