ai-tool

OpenAI Codex

13 verified traps, most recently checked first.

• codex exec in CI finishes but changes no files

  The final message describes edits, but git diff is empty

  OpenAI Codex · verified 2026-10-15 · 0 confirmations

• Codex does not read the repo's CLAUDE.md or other existing instruction files

  Codex ignores rules that Claude Code follows from CLAUDE.md

  OpenAI Codex · verified 2026-10-15 · 0 confirmations

• Codex drops later AGENTS.md instructions once project guidance passes 32 KiB

  Rules from the AGENTS.md closest to the working directory are missing

  OpenAI Codex · verified 2026-10-15 · 0 confirmations

• codex exec exits 1 with 'Not inside a trusted directory and --skip-git-repo-check was not specified'

  Not inside a trusted directory and --skip-git-repo-check was not specified.

  OpenAI Codex · verified 2026-10-15 · 0 confirmations

• Codex fails to load its config when a model provider still sets wire_api = "chat"

  failed to load Codex config, and codex doctor reports config could not be loaded

  OpenAI Codex · verified 2026-10-15 · 0 confirmations

• Codex fails to start because config.toml still sets approval_policy = "untrusted"

  Error loading configuration: approval_policy = "untrusted" is no longer supported; remove this setting

  OpenAI Codex · verified 2026-10-15 · 0 confirmations

• Codex ignores AGENTS.md files in folders below the directory it was started from

  Rules in packages/api/AGENTS.md are not followed when Codex starts at the repo root

  OpenAI Codex · verified 2026-10-15 · 0 confirmations

• codex login on a remote or headless machine never completes the browser sign-in

  Browser sign-in started over SSH never returns to Codex

  OpenAI Codex · verified 2026-10-15 · 0 confirmations

• Codex shell commands cannot reach the network in workspace-write, so npm install and curl fail

  npm install, pip install, or curl fails with DNS or connection errors inside Codex

  OpenAI Codex · verified 2026-10-15 · 0 confirmations

• Codex starts the first turn without tools from a slow MCP server

  Tools from an MCP server are missing on the first prompt but appear later

  OpenAI Codex · verified 2026-10-15 · 0 confirmations

• git commit fails inside Codex's workspace-write sandbox because .git is read-only

  git commit, git checkout, or git stash fail with a permission error inside Codex

  OpenAI Codex · verified 2026-10-15 · 0 confirmations

• Settings in a repo's .codex/config.toml are ignored by Codex

  sandbox_mode or model set in the project .codex/config.toml has no effect

  OpenAI Codex · verified 2026-10-15 · 0 confirmations

• 'The model is not supported when using Codex with a ChatGPT account' after a model retirement

  The 'gpt-5.6-sol' model is not supported when using Codex with a ChatGPT account.

  OpenAI Codex · verified 2026-10-15 · 0 confirmations

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