Codex - Benign usage blocked due to safety checks or refusals.

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
rust
Domain
cli, security

Research direction

Start by reviewing the uploaded thread identified as 019f6f9c-7cd6-7951-a2be-093d89760f7d and reproduce the reported refusal with Codex CLI v0.144.1. No source files, tests, or entry points are named in the issue; done means a benign request is no longer incorrectly blocked by safety checks or refusals.

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Description

bug CLI safety-check
What version of Codex CLI is running?

v0.144.1 - ✨ Update available! 0.144.1 -> 0.144.5 ; not updated to the latest when using update now - npm version.

What subscription do you have?

Pro 5x

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.6-sol (reasoning ultra, summaries auto)

What platform is your computer?

No response

What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?

No response

Codex doctor report

What issue are you seeing?

Benign usage blocked due to safety checks or refusals.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Uploaded thread: 019f6f9c-7cd6-7951-a2be-093d89760f7d

What is the expected behavior?

No response

Additional information

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