False positive in development

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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, devtools

Research direction

No source file, failing test, or reproduction steps are named. Start by isolating which Codex doctor warning is the reported false positive, focusing on the state.rollout_db_parity and terminal.env checks in the supplied report; done means the behavior is reproducible and the intended diagnostic result is established.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Description

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

0.144.6

What subscription do you have?

Pro 20

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.6-sol

What platform is your computer?

Linux 6.8.0-136-generic x86_64 x86_64

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

tmux

Codex doctor report
{
  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "generatedAt": "1784427515s since unix epoch",
  "overallStatus": "warning",
  "codexVersion": "0.144.6",
  "checks": {
    "app_server.status": {
      "id": "app_server.status",
      "category": "app-server",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "background server is not running",
      "details": {
        "control socket": "/home/kunorikiku/.codex/app-server-control/app-server-control.sock",
        "daemon state dir": "/home/kunorikiku/.codex/app-server-daemon",
        "mode": "persistent",
        "pid file": "/home/kunorikiku/.codex/app-server-daemon/app-server.pid (missing)",
        "settings": "/home/kunorikiku/.codex/app-server-daemon/settings.json (file)",
        "status": "not running",
        "update-loop pid file": "/home/kunorikiku/.codex/app-server-daemon/app-server-updater.pid (file)"
      },
      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 0
    },
    "auth.credentials": {
      "id": "auth.credentials",
      "category": "auth",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "auth is configured",
      "details": {
        "auth file": "/home/kunorikiku/.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/kunorikiku/.codex",
        "config.toml": "/home/kunorikiku/.codex/config.toml",
        "config.toml parse": "ok",
        "cwd": "/home/kunorikiku",
        "enabled feature flags": "shell_tool, unified_exec, shell_snapshot, code_mode_host, terminal_resize_reflow, sqlite, hooks, enable_request_compression, multi_agent, apps, tool_search_always_defer_mcp_tools, tool_suggest, plugins, in_app_browser, browser_use, browser_use_full_cdp_access, browser_use_external, computer_use, remote_plugin, plugin_sharing, image_generation, resize_all_images, skill_mcp_dependency_install, mentions_v2, steer, guardian_approval, goals, collaboration_modes, tool_call_mcp_elicitation, auth_elicitation, personality, fast_mode, tui_app_server, remote_compaction_v2, workspace_dependencies",
        "feature flag overrides": "none",
        "feature flags enabled": "35",
        "log dir": "/home/kunorikiku/.codex/log",
        "mcp servers": "0",
        "model": "gpt-5.6-sol",
        "model provider": "openai",
        "sqlite home": "/home/kunorikiku/.codex"
      },
      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 0
    },
    "git.environment": {
      "id": "git.environment",
      "category": "git",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "git version 2.43.0",
      "details": {
        "PATH git #1": "/usr/bin/git",
        "PATH git #2": "/bin/git",
        "PATH git entries": "2",
        "git build options": "git version 2.43.0; cpu: x86_64; no commit associated with this build; sizeof-long: 8; sizeof-size_t: 8; shell-path: /bin/sh",
        "git exec path": "/usr/lib/git-core",
        "git version": "git version 2.43.0",
        "repo detected": "false",
        "selected git": "/usr/bin/git"
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      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 18
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    "installation": {
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      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "installation looks consistent",
      "details": {
        "PATH codex #1": "/home/kunorikiku/.local/bin/codex",
        "PATH codex #2": "/home/kunorikiku/.local/bin/codex",
        "PATH codex #3": "/usr/bin/codex",
        "PATH codex #4": "/bin/codex",
        "PATH codex entries": "4",
        "current executable": "/home/kunorikiku/.codex/packages/standalone/releases/0.144.6-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/bin/codex",
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        "managed by bun": "false",
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        "managed package root": "not set"
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      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 0
    },
    "mcp.config": {
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      "category": "mcp",
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      "summary": "no MCP servers configured",
      "details": {},
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      "durationMs": 0
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    "network.env": {
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      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "network-related environment looks readable",
      "details": {
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      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 0
    },
    "network.provider_reachability": {
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      "category": "websocket",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "Responses WebSocket handshake succeeded",
      "details": {
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        "auth mode": "chatgpt",
        "connect timeout": "15000 ms",
        "endpoint": "wss://chatgpt.com/backend-api/<redacted>",
        "handshake result": "HTTP 101 Switching Protocols",
        "model provider": "openai",
        "models etag present": "true",
        "provider name": "OpenAI",
        "proxy env vars": "none",
        "reasoning header": "false",
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        "wire API": "responses"
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      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 909
    },
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      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "running standalone on linux-x86_64",
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      "details": {
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        "goals DB": "/home/kunorikiku/.codex/goals_1.sqlite (missing)",
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    "updates.status": {
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  }
}
What issue are you seeing?

I am developing CUDA-related software and while it was tracing API flow to see how segfault occurred, it yielded such issue of false positives of cybersecurity concern - yet none of the development is even tied to web.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Uploaded thread: 019f7811-4890-7d10-b8d5-032ad7deaf7c

What is the expected behavior?

No response

Additional information

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