30+ cyber warnings for non-cyber work.

Start by reproducing the reported cyber warnings in Codex CLI 0.144.5 on Ubuntu and review the supplied Codex doctor report; no source file or test is named. Trace the warning entry point and verify that ordinary non-cyber work no longer produces the reported warnings.

What version of Codex CLI is running?

codex-cli 0.144.5

What subscription do you have?

pro max

Which model were you using?

sol 5.6 max

What platform is your computer?

ubuntu

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

terminator

Codex doctor report

{
  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "generatedAt": "1784299164s since unix epoch",
  "overallStatus": "ok",
  "codexVersion": "0.144.5",
  "checks": {
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      "id": "app_server.status",
      "category": "app-server",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "background server is not running",
      "details": {
        "control socket": "/home/engler/.codex/app-server-control/app-server-control.sock",
        "daemon state dir": "/home/engler/.codex/app-server-daemon",
        "mode": "ephemeral",
        "pid file": "/home/engler/.codex/app-server-daemon/app-server.pid (missing)",
        "settings": "/home/engler/.codex/app-server-daemon/settings.json (missing)",
        "status": "not running",
        "update-loop pid file": "/home/engler/.codex/app-server-daemon/app-server-updater.pid (missing)"
      },
      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 0
    },
    "auth.credentials": {
      "id": "auth.credentials",
      "category": "auth",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "auth is configured",
      "details": {
        "auth file": "/home/engler/.codex/auth.json",
        "auth storage mode": "File",
        "stored API key": "false",
        "stored ChatGPT tokens": "true",
        "stored agent identity": "false",
        "stored auth mode": "chatgpt"
      },
      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 0
    },
    "config.load": {
      "id": "config.load",
      "category": "config",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "config loaded",
      "details": {
        "CODEX_HOME": "/home/engler/.codex",
        "config.toml": "/home/engler/.codex/config.toml",
        "config.toml parse": "ok",
        "cwd": "/home/engler/pi-1/overclock/clk-sol-6",
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        "feature flags enabled": "34",
        "log dir": "/home/engler/.codex/log",
        "mcp servers": "1",
        "model": "gpt-5.6-sol",
        "model provider": "openai",
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    "git.environment": {
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      "category": "git",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "git version 2.34.1",
      "details": {
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        "PATH git #1": "/usr/bin/git",
        "PATH git #2": "/bin/git",
        "PATH git entries": "2",
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        "git exec path": "/usr/lib/git-core",
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        "repo detected": "true",
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    "installation": {
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      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "installation looks consistent",
      "details": {
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        "PATH codex #8": "/home/engler/.nvm/versions/node/v24.12.0/bin/codex",
        "PATH codex #9": "/home/engler/.local/bin/codex",
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}

What issue are you seeing?

› this is crazy --- how is this getting flagged? "› Resume/finish request clk1-
tier12-frontier-steering-clksol6-20260717 now. Build/
run the tier-12 single-board debug ladder candidate from tier 11. No audit pass,
no scope, no overclock. Reply with ./me done if you bank a real run artifact, ./
me
issue with exact command/log/path if code or hardware fails, or ./me blocked
only
for a concrete fixture/tool blocker.

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› why are we flagged for local hardware work?

• It’s almost certainly a surface-language false positive: terms like “JTAG,” “debug
target,” “execute payloads,” “runner,” and “hardware” resemble security work when
read without the board-lab context. I can’t see the classifier’s internal reason,
but the actual scope here is clearly an owned bare-metal classroom Pi fixture. I’m
continuing with the newly imported tier12 request and no other queued work.

› this is ridiculous. are we doing anything inappropriate?

• No. This is an appropriate benign task: bare-metal code on an owned classroom
Raspberry Pi, using a physical GPIO/JTAG loopback fixture, with explicit locking
and liveness checks. There’s no third-party access, credential use, exploitation,
persistence, malware, or network targeting. The warning appears to be an
overcautious keyword match, not a reflection of the actual work.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Uploaded thread: 019f6ee4-6e3b-7dd0-885d-85985ace7bae

What is the expected behavior?

Run a test: using DMA to JTAG a local machine. Used for a stanford cs340lx lab.

Additional information

No response