diff --git a/codex-rs/hooks/src/engine/command_runner_tests.rs b/codex-rs/hooks/src/engine/command_runner_tests.rs
index a7b90a8c0e..e8e6577a5a 100644
--- a/codex-rs/hooks/src/engine/command_runner_tests.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/hooks/src/engine/command_runner_tests.rs
@@ -512,9 +512,9 @@ fn write_handler(temp: &TempDir, source: &str) -> ConfiguredHandler {
 
 async fn schedule(runtime: &CommandHookRuntime, handler: ConfiguredHandler, cwd: &Path) {
     let engine = ClaudeHooksEngine {
-        handlers: vec![handler],
-        warnings: Vec::new(),
-        required_load_errors: Vec::new(),
+        handlers: Arc::new(vec![handler]),
+        warnings: Arc::default(),
+        required_load_errors: Arc::default(),
         command_runtime: runtime.clone(),
         mcp_executor: mcp_executor(),
     };
diff --git a/codex-rs/hooks/src/engine/mod.rs b/codex-rs/hooks/src/engine/mod.rs
index a007f3b1a4..5f4972d407 100644
--- a/codex-rs/hooks/src/engine/mod.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/hooks/src/engine/mod.rs
@@ -221,9 +221,10 @@ pub struct HookListEntry {
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub(crate) struct ClaudeHooksEngine {
-    pub(crate) handlers: Vec<ConfiguredHandler>,
-    warnings: Vec<String>,
-    required_load_errors: Vec<String>,
+    // Per-turn views share configuration; executor overlays copy handlers on mutation.
+    pub(crate) handlers: Arc<Vec<ConfiguredHandler>>,
+    warnings: Arc<[String]>,
+    required_load_errors: Arc<[String]>,
     pub(crate) command_runtime: CommandHookRuntime,
     pub(crate) mcp_executor: Arc<dyn HookMcpExecutor>,
 }
@@ -240,9 +241,9 @@ impl ClaudeHooksEngine {
     ) -> Self {
         if !enabled && plugin_hook_sources.is_empty() {
             return Self {
-                handlers: Vec::new(),
-                warnings: Vec::new(),
-                required_load_errors: Vec::new(),
+                handlers: Arc::default(),
+                warnings: Arc::default(),
+                required_load_errors: Arc::default(),
                 command_runtime,
                 mcp_executor,
             };
@@ -262,9 +263,9 @@ impl ClaudeHooksEngine {
             discovered.required_load_errors.clear();
         }
         Self {
-            handlers: discovered.handlers,
-            warnings: discovered.warnings,
-            required_load_errors: discovered.required_load_errors,
+            handlers: Arc::new(discovered.handlers),
+            warnings: discovered.warnings.into(),
+            required_load_errors: discovered.required_load_errors.into(),
             command_runtime,
             mcp_executor,
         }
@@ -275,15 +276,26 @@ impl ClaudeHooksEngine {
     }
 
     pub(crate) fn set_executor_hooks(&mut self, executor_hooks: Vec<ExecutorPluginHookSource>) {
-        self.handlers.retain(|handler| {
+        if executor_hooks.is_empty()
+            && !self.handlers.iter().any(|handler| {
+                matches!(
+                    handler.source_path,
+                    HandlerSourcePath::ExecutorScoped { .. }
+                )
+            })
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        let handlers = Arc::make_mut(&mut self.handlers);
+        handlers.retain(|handler| {
             !matches!(
                 handler.source_path,
                 HandlerSourcePath::ExecutorScoped { .. }
             )
         });
 
-        let mut display_order = self
-            .handlers
+        let mut display_order = handlers
             .iter()
             .map(|handler| handler.display_order)
             .max()
@@ -320,7 +332,7 @@ impl ClaudeHooksEngine {
                 if !seen_targets.insert(target) {
                     continue;
                 }
-                self.handlers.push(ConfiguredHandler {
+                handlers.push(ConfiguredHandler {
                     builtin: true,
                     event_name,
                     matcher: None,
diff --git a/codex-rs/hooks/src/engine/mod_tests.rs b/codex-rs/hooks/src/engine/mod_tests.rs
index a185e45029..e7484cc4d6 100644
--- a/codex-rs/hooks/src/engine/mod_tests.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/hooks/src/engine/mod_tests.rs
@@ -115,13 +115,13 @@ fn permission_request_timeout_only_counts_synchronous_handlers() {
         ..synchronous_handler.clone()
     };
 
-    engine.handlers = vec![synchronous_handler, asynchronous_handler.clone()];
+    engine.handlers = Arc::new(vec![synchronous_handler, asynchronous_handler.clone()]);
     assert_eq!(
         engine.max_permission_request_timeout(),
         Duration::from_secs(5)
     );
 
-    engine.handlers = vec![asynchronous_handler];
+    engine.handlers = Arc::new(vec![asynchronous_handler]);
     assert_eq!(engine.max_permission_request_timeout(), Duration::ZERO);
 }
 
@@ -1960,7 +1960,7 @@ fn builtin_cleanup_ignores_disablement_but_preserves_managed_only_policy() {
             }),
             mcp_executor(),
         );
-        assert_eq!(feature_disabled.handlers, expected);
+        assert_eq!(feature_disabled.handlers.as_ref(), &expected);
     }
 }
 
@@ -1996,7 +1996,10 @@ fn disabled_hooks_feature_keeps_builtin_cleanup_but_not_trusted_plugin_hooks() {
         }),
         mcp_executor(),
     );
-    assert_eq!(engine.handlers, vec![discovered.handlers[0].clone()]);
+    assert_eq!(
+        engine.handlers.as_slice(),
+        &[discovered.handlers[0].clone()]
+    );
 }
 
 #[tokio::test]
@@ -2310,8 +2313,8 @@ fn executor_stop_hook_fixture() -> (
     };
     engine.set_executor_hooks(vec![source.clone()]);
     assert_eq!(
-        engine.handlers,
-        vec![ConfiguredHandler {
+        engine.handlers.as_slice(),
+        &[ConfiguredHandler {
             builtin: true,
             event_name: HookEventName::Stop,
             matcher: None,
@@ -2400,7 +2403,7 @@ async fn executor_stop_hooks_run_unless_regular_hooks_block_without_stopping() {
         vec![expected_executor_call.clone()]
     );
 
-    engine.handlers.push(ConfiguredHandler {
+    Arc::make_mut(&mut engine.handlers).push(ConfiguredHandler {
         builtin: false,
         event_name: HookEventName::Stop,
         matcher: None,
@@ -2435,7 +2438,7 @@ async fn executor_stop_hooks_run_unless_regular_hooks_block_without_stopping() {
         ]
     );
 
-    engine.handlers.push(ConfiguredHandler {
+    Arc::make_mut(&mut engine.handlers).push(ConfiguredHandler {
         builtin: false,
         event_name: HookEventName::Stop,
         matcher: None,
@@ -2493,7 +2496,8 @@ async fn executor_stop_hooks_run_unless_regular_hooks_block_without_stopping() {
 #[test]
 fn executor_stop_hooks_register_each_target_environment_once() {
     let (mut engine, _, _, _, first_source) = executor_stop_hook_fixture();
-    let mut expected_handlers = engine.handlers.clone();
+    let previous = engine.clone();
+    let mut expected_handlers = engine.handlers.as_ref().clone();
     let mut duplicate_target = first_source.clone();
     duplicate_target.plugin_id = PluginId::parse("chrome@openai-bundled").expect("valid plugin ID");
     let mut second_source = first_source.clone();
@@ -2508,7 +2512,8 @@ fn executor_stop_hooks_register_each_target_environment_once() {
     expected_handlers.push(second_handler);
     engine.set_executor_hooks(vec![first_source, duplicate_target, second_source]);
 
-    assert_eq!(engine.handlers, expected_handlers);
+    assert_eq!(engine.handlers.as_ref(), &expected_handlers);
+    assert_eq!(previous.handlers.as_slice(), &expected_handlers[..1]);
 }
 
 #[tokio::test]
@@ -2558,7 +2563,7 @@ fn executor_hooks_register_events_from_each_environment() {
     let (mut engine, _, _, _, mut first_source) = executor_stop_hook_fixture();
     first_source.hooks.interrupt = std::mem::take(&mut first_source.hooks.stop);
     engine.set_executor_hooks(vec![first_source.clone()]);
-    let mut expected_handlers = engine.handlers.clone();
+    let mut expected_handlers = engine.handlers.as_ref().clone();
     let mut second_source = first_source.clone();
     second_source.environment_id = "executor-b".to_string();
     second_source.hooks.stop = std::mem::take(&mut second_source.hooks.interrupt);
@@ -2574,7 +2579,7 @@ fn executor_hooks_register_events_from_each_environment() {
 
     engine.set_executor_hooks(vec![first_source, second_source]);
 
-    assert_eq!(engine.handlers, expected_handlers);
+    assert_eq!(engine.handlers.as_ref(), &expected_handlers);
 }
 
 #[tokio::test]
@@ -2624,7 +2629,7 @@ async fn memory_consolidation_stop_preserves_policy_and_executor_cleanup() {
             tool: policy_call.tool.clone(),
             input: policy_call.input.clone(),
         };
-        engine.handlers.push(handler);
+        Arc::make_mut(&mut engine.handlers).push(handler);
         assert_eq!(
             engine.preview_stop(&request).len(),
             usize::from(runs_policy)
diff --git a/codex-rs/hooks/src/registry.rs b/codex-rs/hooks/src/registry.rs
index 2049ac6c95..b8703bf9c9 100644
--- a/codex-rs/hooks/src/registry.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/hooks/src/registry.rs
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ pub struct Hooks {
     // TODO: Once legacy `notify` is removed, capture this snapshot in `CommandHookRuntime::new`
     // and remove the environment plumbing from `Hooks` and `from_config`.
     environment: Arc<Vec<(OsString, OsString)>>,
-    after_agent: Vec<Hook>,
+    after_agent: Arc<[Hook]>,
     engine: ClaudeHooksEngine,
-    plugin_hook_sources: Vec<PluginHookSource>,
-    plugin_hook_load_warnings: Vec<String>,
+    plugin_hook_sources: Arc<[PluginHookSource]>,
+    plugin_hook_load_warnings: Arc<[String]>,
 }
 
 impl Hooks {
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ impl Hooks {
             environment,
             after_agent,
             engine,
-            plugin_hook_sources: config.plugin_hook_sources,
-            plugin_hook_load_warnings: config.plugin_hook_load_warnings,
+            plugin_hook_sources: config.plugin_hook_sources.into(),
+            plugin_hook_load_warnings: config.plugin_hook_load_warnings.into(),
         }
     }