app-server-daemon README describes stale top-level codex remote-control behavior

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Issue type
Documentation
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Clearly specified
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Quiet
Tech stack
rust
Domain
cli, documentation

Research direction

Start with codex-rs/app-server-daemon/README.md, then inspect the current CLI handling for codex remote-control and its explicit subcommands. Update the README so the top-level command is described as launching the foreground remote-control app-server, while daemon lifecycle behavior is attributed to start, stop, and restart.

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Description

app-server CLI documentation remote
What happened?

codex-rs/app-server-daemon/README.md says top-level codex remote-control bootstraps/enables the daemon depending on updater-loop state.

The current CLI code handles codex remote-control with no subcommand by starting an app-server in the foreground with remote control enabled. The daemon lifecycle path is under explicit subcommands such as codex remote-control start.

Expected behavior

The app-server-daemon README should describe the current behavior: top-level codex remote-control runs the foreground remote-control app-server, while daemon start/stop/restart behavior is controlled by the explicit subcommands.

Additional context

I searched open issues and PRs for terms including codex remote-control, foreground, daemon, and app-server-daemon README, and did not find an existing open item that appears to cover this docs mismatch.

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