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
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
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
No response
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