diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e6a6f26..f510c3d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -255,9 +255,17 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 # build pulls latest, which is non-reproducible and skips the patch
 # auto-merge gate.
 # renovate: datasource=npm depName=@anthropic-ai/claude-code
-ARG CLAUDE_CODE_VERSION=2.1.133
+ARG CLAUDE_CODE_VERSION=2.1.139
 # renovate: datasource=npm depName=@openai/codex
-ARG OPENAI_CODEX_VERSION=0.129.0
+ARG OPENAI_CODEX_VERSION=0.130.0
+
+# Disable Claude Code's runtime auto-updater. Version is pinned via the
+# ARG above and bumped by Renovate PRs, not at runtime — that matches
+# the rest of the codex-shell pinning model. The auto-updater also can't
+# succeed inside the container anyway (npm rename within /usr/bin/
+# requires root, which the agent user is not), so leaving it enabled
+# just produces a noisy banner at TUI startup.
+ENV DISABLE_AUTOUPDATER=true
 # Install as root (writes to /usr/lib/node_modules), then chown the
 # scope directory + entrypoint symlink to uid/gid 10001 so the agent
 # user can run `npm install -g` for auto-updates without EACCES on the
diff --git a/bin/entrypoint.sh b/bin/entrypoint.sh
index 91fe3ef..4112074 100644
--- a/bin/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/bin/entrypoint.sh
@@ -93,7 +93,11 @@ claude)
     INSTRUCTIONS_LINK="${AGENT_CONFIG_DIR}/CLAUDE.md"
     # Continue the most recent session; fall back to fresh claude if
     # none exists, then bash if claude exits.
-    AGENT_LAUNCH_CMD='claude --continue 2>/dev/null || claude; exec bash -l'
+    # --dangerously-skip-permissions: the pod is the sandbox boundary,
+    # and the agent is meant to operate without per-tool approval
+    # prompts. Without this flag every session has to re-enable it
+    # manually post-restart, which breaks unattended task execution.
+    AGENT_LAUNCH_CMD='claude --dangerously-skip-permissions --continue 2>/dev/null || claude --dangerously-skip-permissions; exec bash -l'
 
     mkdir -p "${AGENT_CONFIG_DIR}"
     # Claude Code uses interactive `/login` on first connect; credentials