tui: retire /approvals and rename /autoreview to /approve (#21034)

## Why

The TUI currently exposes overlapping command names for the same
permissions flow: `/permissions` and the older `/approvals` alias. It
also uses `/autoreview` for the manual retry flow, even though the
action users take there is approving one denied auto-review request.

This change makes the command surface consistent with the hard rebrand:
- `/permissions` is the only command for permission settings.
- `/approve` is the command for approving a recent auto-review denial.

## What changed

- Removed the legacy `/approvals` slash command and its dispatch path.
- Kept `/permissions` as the single permissions command shown and
accepted by the TUI.
- Renamed the auto-review denial command from `/autoreview` to
`/approve`.
- Updated nearby comments so they refer to `/permissions` rather than
the retired `/approvals` name.

## Verification

- Updated the slash-command unit test to assert that `AutoReview` now
renders and parses as `approve`.

codex-rs/tui/src/app.rs

@@ -302,8 +302,8 @@ struct AutoReviewMode {
 }
 
 /// Enabling the Auto-review experiment in the TUI should also switch the
-/// current `/approvals` settings to the matching Auto-review mode. Users
+/// current `/permissions` settings to the matching Auto-review mode. Users
-/// can still change `/approvals` afterward; this just assumes that opting into
+/// can still change `/permissions` afterward; this just assumes that opting into
 /// the experiment means they want Auto-review enabled immediately.
 fn auto_review_mode() -> AutoReviewMode {
     AutoReviewMode {

codex-rs/tui/src/app/config_persistence.rs

@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ impl App {
                 let previous_approvals_reviewer = feature_config.approvals_reviewer;
                 if effective_enabled {
                     // Persist the reviewer setting so future sessions keep the
-                    // experiment's matching `/approvals` mode until the user
+                    // experiment's matching `/permissions` mode until the user
                     // changes it explicitly.
                     feature_config.approvals_reviewer = auto_review_preset.approvals_reviewer;
                     feature_edits.push(ConfigEdit::SetPath {
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ impl App {
                 .await;
             // This uses `OverrideTurnContext` intentionally: toggling the
             // experiment should update the active thread's effective approval
-            // settings immediately, just like a `/approvals` selection. Without
+            // settings immediately, just like a `/permissions` selection. Without
             // this runtime patch, the config edit would only affect future
             // sessions or turns recreated from disk.
             let op = AppCommand::override_turn_context(

codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/command_popup.rs

@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ use crate::slash_command::SlashCommand;
 
 // Hide alias commands in the default popup list so each unique action appears once.
 // `quit` is an alias of `exit`, so we skip `quit` here.
-// `approvals` is an alias of `permissions`.
+const ALIAS_COMMANDS: &[SlashCommand] = &[SlashCommand::Quit];
-const ALIAS_COMMANDS: &[SlashCommand] = &[SlashCommand::Quit, SlashCommand::Approvals];
 const COMMAND_COLUMN_WIDTH: ColumnWidthConfig = ColumnWidthConfig::new(
     ColumnWidthMode::AutoAllRows,
     /*name_column_width*/ None,

codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget.rs

@@ -8120,7 +8120,7 @@ impl ChatWidget {
             .send(AppEvent::PersistModelSelection { model, effort });
     }
 
-    /// Open the permissions popup (alias for /permissions).
+    /// Open the permissions popup.
     pub(crate) fn open_approvals_popup(&mut self) {
         self.open_permissions_popup();
     }
@@ -8693,8 +8693,8 @@ impl ChatWidget {
         // new permission profile, so downstream policy-change hooks don't
         // re-trigger the warning.
         let mut accept_actions: Vec<SelectionAction> = Vec::new();
-        // Suppress the immediate re-scan only when a preset will be applied (i.e., via /approvals or
+        // Suppress the immediate re-scan only when a preset will be applied via
-        // /permissions), to avoid duplicate warnings from the ensuing policy change.
+        // /permissions, to avoid duplicate warnings from the ensuing policy change.
         if preset.is_some() {
             accept_actions.push(Box::new(|tx| {
                 tx.send(AppEvent::SkipNextWorldWritableScan);

codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget/slash_dispatch.rs

@@ -237,9 +237,6 @@ impl ChatWidget {
             SlashCommand::Agent | SlashCommand::MultiAgents => {
                 self.app_event_tx.send(AppEvent::OpenAgentPicker);
             }
-            SlashCommand::Approvals => {
-                self.open_permissions_popup();
-            }
             SlashCommand::Permissions => {
                 self.open_permissions_popup();
             }
@@ -890,7 +887,6 @@ impl ChatWidget {
             | SlashCommand::Keymap
             | SlashCommand::Agent
             | SlashCommand::MultiAgents
-            | SlashCommand::Approvals
             | SlashCommand::Permissions
             | SlashCommand::ElevateSandbox
             | SlashCommand::SandboxReadRoot

codex-rs/tui/src/slash_command.rs

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ pub enum SlashCommand {
     Model,
     Fast,
     Ide,
-    Approvals,
     Permissions,
     Keymap,
     Vim,
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ pub enum SlashCommand {
     #[strum(serialize = "sandbox-add-read-dir")]
     SandboxReadRoot,
     Experimental,
-    #[strum(to_string = "autoreview")]
+    #[strum(to_string = "approve")]
     AutoReview,
     Memories,
     Skills,
@@ -117,7 +116,6 @@ impl SlashCommand {
             SlashCommand::Collab => "change collaboration mode (experimental)",
             SlashCommand::Agent | SlashCommand::MultiAgents => "switch the active agent thread",
             SlashCommand::Side => "start a side conversation in an ephemeral fork",
-            SlashCommand::Approvals => "choose what Codex is allowed to do",
             SlashCommand::Permissions => "choose what Codex is allowed to do",
             SlashCommand::Keymap => "remap TUI shortcuts",
             SlashCommand::Vim => "toggle Vim mode for the composer",
@@ -184,7 +182,6 @@ impl SlashCommand {
             | SlashCommand::Model
             | SlashCommand::Fast
             | SlashCommand::Personality
-            | SlashCommand::Approvals
             | SlashCommand::Permissions
             | SlashCommand::Keymap
             | SlashCommand::Vim
@@ -274,10 +271,10 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn auto_review_command_is_autoreview() {
+    fn auto_review_command_is_approve() {
-        assert_eq!(SlashCommand::AutoReview.command(), "autoreview");
+        assert_eq!(SlashCommand::AutoReview.command(), "approve");
         assert_eq!(
-            SlashCommand::from_str("autoreview"),
+            SlashCommand::from_str("approve"),
             Ok(SlashCommand::AutoReview)
         );
     }