diff --git a/codex-rs/app-server/README.md b/codex-rs/app-server/README.md
index 4f1f6886a3c2..81406c1aaf2a 100644
--- a/codex-rs/app-server/README.md
+++ b/codex-rs/app-server/README.md
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ Example with notification opt-out:
 - `externalAgentConfig/import/readHistories` — read completed import histories and connector candidates detected from successfully imported session histories. Connector candidates include a normalized display `name`, the number of imported sessions that used the connector, and the source metadata field used for detection.
 - `config/value/write` — write a single config key/value to the user's config.toml on disk; dotted paths such as `desktop.someKey` use the same generic write surface. Writes that overlap a managed requirement are rejected with `configRequirementReadonly`.
 - `config/batchWrite` — apply multiple config edits atomically to the user's config.toml on disk, with optional `reloadUserConfig: true` to hot-reload loaded threads, including multiple `desktop.*` edits. Session-static model, reasoning-effort, Plan-mode reasoning-effort, service-tier, and personality defaults do not reload existing threads.
-- `configRequirements/read` — fetch loaded requirements constraints from `requirements.toml` and/or MDM (or `null` if none are configured), including exact managed values (`sqliteHome`, `logDir`, `modelCatalogJson`, `checkForUpdateOnStartup`, `allowLoginShell`, `feedback.enabled`, and `windowsSandboxPrivateDesktop`), allow-lists (`allowedApprovalPolicies`, `allowedSandboxModes`, `allowedWebSearchModes`), the layered permission-profile allow map (`allowedPermissionProfiles`), the managed permission-profile default (`defaultPermissions`), lifecycle hook lockdown (`allowManagedHooksOnly`), remote-control policy (`allowRemoteControl`; `false` force-disables remote control while `true` or `null` preserves existing behavior), computer use policy (`computerUse`), Browser Use policy (`browserUse.disableAutoReview`), pinned feature values (`featureRequirements`), managed lifecycle hooks (`hooks`, including each command handler's optional `additionalContextLimit`), `enforceResidency`, managed new-thread defaults (`models.newThread.model`, `models.newThread.modelReasoningEffort`, and `models.newThread.serviceTier`), and `network` constraints such as canonical domain/socket permissions plus `managedAllowedDomainsOnly` and `dangerFullAccessDenylistOnly`.
+- `configRequirements/read` — fetch loaded requirements constraints from `requirements.toml` and/or MDM (or `null` if none are configured), including exact managed values (`sqliteHome`, `logDir`, `modelCatalogJson`, `checkForUpdateOnStartup`, `allowLoginShell`, `feedback.enabled`, and `windowsSandboxPrivateDesktop`), allow-lists (`allowedApprovalPolicies`, `allowedSandboxModes`, `allowedWebSearchModes`), the layered permission-profile allow map (`allowedPermissionProfiles`), the managed permission-profile default (`defaultPermissions`), lifecycle hook lockdown (`allowManagedHooksOnly`), remote-control policy (`allowRemoteControl`; `false` force-disables remote control while `true` or `null` preserves existing behavior), computer use policy (`computerUse`), Browser Use policy (`browserUse.disableAutoReview`), pinned feature values (`featureRequirements`, including the default-allowed `in_app_updates` policy that administrators can set to `false`), managed lifecycle hooks (`hooks`, including each command handler's optional `additionalContextLimit`), `enforceResidency`, managed new-thread defaults (`models.newThread.model`, `models.newThread.modelReasoningEffort`, and `models.newThread.serviceTier`), and `network` constraints such as canonical domain/socket permissions plus `managedAllowedDomainsOnly` and `dangerFullAccessDenylistOnly`.
 
 ### Example: Start or resume a thread
 
diff --git a/codex-rs/app-server/tests/suite/v2/config_rpc.rs b/codex-rs/app-server/tests/suite/v2/config_rpc.rs
index 3f6c1c575d96..cd95082905e5 100644
--- a/codex-rs/app-server/tests/suite/v2/config_rpc.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/app-server/tests/suite/v2/config_rpc.rs
@@ -125,6 +125,39 @@ disable_auto_review = true
     Ok(())
 }
 
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
+async fn config_requirements_read_includes_in_app_updates_policy() -> Result<()> {
+    let codex_home = TempDir::new()?;
+    std::fs::write(
+        codex_home.path().join("requirements.toml"),
+        r#"
+[features]
+in_app_updates = false
+"#,
+    )?;
+    let mut mcp = TestAppServer::builder()
+        .with_codex_home(codex_home.path())
+        .without_auto_env()
+        .build()
+        .await?;
+    timeout(DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT, mcp.initialize()).await??;
+
+    let request_id = mcp.send_config_requirements_read_request().await?;
+    let response: ConfigRequirementsReadResponse =
+        timeout(DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT, mcp.read_response(request_id)).await??;
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        response
+            .requirements
+            .and_then(|requirements| requirements.feature_requirements),
+        Some(std::collections::BTreeMap::from([(
+            "in_app_updates".to_string(),
+            false,
+        )]))
+    );
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
 async fn config_requirements_read_includes_new_thread_model_defaults() -> Result<()> {
     let codex_home = TempDir::new()?;
diff --git a/codex-rs/core/config.schema.json b/codex-rs/core/config.schema.json
index 0e42e3e9aadf..f3fb1b36c631 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core/config.schema.json
+++ b/codex-rs/core/config.schema.json
@@ -573,6 +573,9 @@
             "in_app_browser": {
               "type": "boolean"
             },
+            "in_app_updates": {
+              "type": "boolean"
+            },
             "item_ids": {
               "type": "boolean"
             },
@@ -5123,6 +5126,9 @@
         "in_app_browser": {
           "type": "boolean"
         },
+        "in_app_updates": {
+          "type": "boolean"
+        },
         "item_ids": {
           "type": "boolean"
         },
diff --git a/codex-rs/core/src/config/config_loader_tests.rs b/codex-rs/core/src/config/config_loader_tests.rs
index 5b5622f14ee6..f2cabb753874 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/config/config_loader_tests.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/config/config_loader_tests.rs
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ use codex_config::loader::load_config_layers_state;
 use codex_config::loader::load_requirements_toml;
 use codex_config::test_support::CloudConfigBundleFixture;
 use codex_exec_server::LOCAL_FS;
+use codex_features::Feature;
 use codex_protocol::config_types::EnvironmentVariablePattern;
 use codex_protocol::config_types::TrustLevel;
 use codex_protocol::config_types::WebSearchMode;
@@ -1350,6 +1351,43 @@ personality = true
     Ok(())
 }
 
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn system_requirements_control_in_app_updates() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let tmp = tempdir()?;
+    let codex_home = tmp.path().join("home");
+    tokio::fs::create_dir_all(&codex_home).await?;
+    let cwd = AbsolutePathBuf::from_absolute_path(tmp.path())?;
+
+    let default_config = ConfigBuilder::default()
+        .codex_home(codex_home.clone())
+        .fallback_cwd(Some(cwd.to_path_buf()))
+        .loader_overrides(LoaderOverrides::without_managed_config_for_tests())
+        .build()
+        .await?;
+    assert!(default_config.features.enabled(Feature::InAppUpdates));
+
+    let requirements_path = tmp.path().join("requirements.toml");
+    tokio::fs::write(
+        &requirements_path,
+        r#"
+[features]
+in_app_updates = false
+"#,
+    )
+    .await?;
+    let mut overrides = LoaderOverrides::without_managed_config_for_tests();
+    overrides.system_requirements_path = Some(requirements_path);
+    let managed_config = ConfigBuilder::default()
+        .codex_home(codex_home)
+        .fallback_cwd(Some(cwd.to_path_buf()))
+        .loader_overrides(overrides)
+        .build()
+        .await?;
+
+    assert!(!managed_config.features.enabled(Feature::InAppUpdates));
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn mdm_requirements_take_precedence_over_cloud_config_bundle() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
diff --git a/codex-rs/features/src/lib.rs b/codex-rs/features/src/lib.rs
index 000f2c4bf428..8713496eed22 100644
--- a/codex-rs/features/src/lib.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/features/src/lib.rs
@@ -186,6 +186,10 @@ pub enum Feature {
     ///
     /// Requirements-only gate: this should be set from requirements, not user config.
     InAppBrowser,
+    /// Allow desktop apps to perform in-app updates.
+    ///
+    /// Requirements-only gate: this should be set from requirements, not user config.
+    InAppUpdates,
     /// Allow Browser Use agent integration in desktop apps.
     ///
     /// Requirements-only gate: this should be set from requirements, not user config.
@@ -1181,6 +1185,12 @@ pub const FEATURES: &[FeatureSpec] = &[
         stage: Stage::Stable,
         default_enabled: true,
     },
+    FeatureSpec {
+        id: Feature::InAppUpdates,
+        key: "in_app_updates",
+        stage: Stage::Stable,
+        default_enabled: true,
+    },
     FeatureSpec {
         id: Feature::BrowserUse,
         key: "browser_use",