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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
38/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
linux, rust
Domain
cli, security

Research direction

No source file or test path is named in the report. Start by reproducing the result with codex-cli 0.144.6 on Linux and read the 21-comment discussion for a minimal prompt and expected behavior. Done means the reported content-handling problem is resolved and covered by a regression test.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Description

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

codex-cli 0.144.6

What subscription do you have?

pro

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.6-sol-xhigh

What platform is your computer?

#Linux 6.17.0-23-generic x86_64 x86_64

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

gnomeTerminal/bash

Codex doctor report
{
  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "generatedAt": "1784538830s 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/sam/.codex/app-server-control/app-server-control.sock",
        "daemon state dir": "/home/sam/.codex/app-server-daemon",
        "mode": "ephemeral",
        "pid file": "/home/sam/.codex/app-server-daemon/app-server.pid (missing)",
        "settings": "/home/sam/.codex/app-server-daemon/settings.json (missing)",
        "status": "not running",
        "update-loop pid file": "/home/sam/.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/sam/.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/sam/.codex",
        "config.toml": "/home/sam/.codex/config.toml",
        "config.toml parse": "ok",
        "cwd": "/home/sam/code/ClickHouse",
        "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/sam/.codex/log",
        "mcp servers": "1",
        "model": "gpt-5.6-sol",
        "model provider": "openai",
        "sqlite home": "/home/sam/.codex"
      },
      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 0
    },
    "git.environment": {
      "id": "git.environment",
      "category": "git",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "git version 2.43.0",
      "details": {
        ".git entry": "directory",
        "PATH git #1": "/usr/bin/git",
        "PATH git #2": "/bin/git",
        "PATH git entries": "2",
        "git branch": "schema-visualizer-web-ui",
        "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": "true",
        "repo root": "/home/sam/code/ClickHouse",
        "selected git": "/usr/bin/git"
      },
      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 29
    },
    "installation": {
      "id": "installation",
      "category": "install",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "installation looks consistent",
      "details": {
        "PATH codex #1": "/home/sam/.nvm/versions/node/v24.14.1/bin/codex",
        "PATH codex #2": "/usr/local/bin/codex",
        "PATH codex entries": "2",
        "current executable": "/home/sam/.nvm/versions/node/v24.14.1/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-x64/vendor/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/bin/codex",
        "install context": "npm (package /home/sam/.nvm/versions/node/v24.14.1/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-x64/vendor/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl, bin /home/sam/.nvm/versions/node/v24.14.1/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-x64/vendor/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/bin, resources /home/sam/.nvm/versions/node/v24.14.1/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-x64/vendor/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/codex-resources, path /home/sam/.nvm/versions/node/v24.14.1/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-x64/vendor/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/codex-path)",
        "managed by bun": "false",
        "managed by npm": "true",
        "managed by pnpm": "false",
        "managed package root": "/home/sam/.nvm/versions/node/v24.14.1/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex",
        "npm update target": "/home/sam/.nvm/versions/node/v24.14.1/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex"
      },
      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 70
    },
    "mcp.config": {
      "id": "mcp.config",
      "category": "mcp",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "MCP configuration is locally consistent",
      "details": {
        "configured servers": "1",
        "disabled servers": "0",
        "streamable_http servers": "1"
      },
      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 3301
    },
    "network.env": {
      "id": "network.env",
      "category": "network",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "network-related environment looks readable",
      "details": {
        "proxy env vars": "none"
      },
      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 0
    },
    "network.provider_reachability": {
      "id": "network.provider_reachability",
      "category": "reachability",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "active provider endpoints are reachable over HTTP",
      "details": {
        "ChatGPT base URL": "https://chatgpt.com/backend-api/ reachable (HTTP 404)",
        "reachability mode": "ChatGPT auth"
      },
      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 871
    },
    "network.websocket_reachability": {
      "id": "network.websocket_reachability",
      "category": "websocket",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "Responses WebSocket handshake succeeded",
      "details": {
        "DNS": "2 IPv4, 2 IPv6, first IPv4",
        "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",
        "server model present": "false",
        "supports websockets": "true",
        "wire API": "responses"
      },
      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 645
    },
    "runtime.provenance": {
      "id": "runtime.provenance",
      "category": "runtime",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "running npm on linux-x86_64",
      "details": {
        "commit": "unknown",
        "current executable": "/home/sam/.nvm/versions/node/v24.14.1/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-x64/vendor/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/bin/codex",
        "install method": "npm (package /home/sam/.nvm/versions/node/v24.14.1/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-x64/vendor/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl, bin /home/sam/.nvm/versions/node/v24.14.1/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-x64/vendor/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/bin, resources /home/sam/.nvm/versions/node/v24.14.1/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-x64/vendor/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/codex-resources, path /home/sam/.nvm/versions/node/v24.14.1/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-x64/vendor/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/codex-path)",
        "platform": "linux-x86_64",
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      },
      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 0
    },
    "runtime.search": {
      "id": "runtime.search",
      "category": "search",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "search is OK (bundled)",
      "details": {
        "search command": "/home/sam/.nvm/versions/node/v24.14.1/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-x64/vendor/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/codex-path/rg",
        "search command readiness": "file exists",
        "search provider": "bundled"
      },
      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 0
    },
    "sandbox.helpers": {
      "id": "sandbox.helpers",
      "category": "sandbox",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "sandbox configuration is readable",
      "details": {
        "approval policy": "OnRequest",
        "codex-linux-sandbox helper": "/home/sam/.codex/tmp/arg0/codex-arg0Nyq0Sg/codex-linux-sandbox",
        "execve wrapper helper": "/home/sam/.codex/tmp/arg0/codex-arg0Nyq0Sg/codex-execve-wrapper",
        "filesystem sandbox": "unrestricted",
        "network sandbox": "enabled"
      },
      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 0
    },
    "state.paths": {
      "id": "state.paths",
      "category": "state",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "state paths and databases are inspectable",
      "details": {
        "CODEX_HOME": "/home/sam/.codex (dir)",
        "active rollout files": "381 files, 1100372503 total bytes, 2888116 average bytes",
        "archived rollout files": "0 files, 0 total bytes, 0 average bytes",
        "goals DB": "/home/sam/.codex/goals_1.sqlite (file)",
        "goals DB integrity": "ok",
        "log DB": "/home/sam/.codex/logs_2.sqlite (file)",
        "log DB integrity": "ok",
        "log dir": "/home/sam/.codex/log (dir)",
        "memories DB": "/home/sam/.codex/memories_1.sqlite (file)",
        "memories DB integrity": "ok",
        "sqlite home": "/home/sam/.codex (dir)",
        "state DB": "/home/sam/.codex/state_5.sqlite (file)",
        "state DB integrity": "ok"
      },
      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 385
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      "id": "state.rollout_db_parity",
      "category": "threads",
      "status": "warning",
      "summary": "rollout files and state DB thread inventory differ",
      "details": {
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        "rollout DB archive mismatches": "0",
        "rollout DB archived files": "0",
        "rollout DB archived rows": "0",
        "rollout DB duplicate DB paths": "0",
        "rollout DB duplicate rollout thread ids": "0",
        "rollout DB malformed file names": "0",
        "rollout DB missing active rows": "2",
        "rollout DB missing active sample": [
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          "/home/sam/.codex/sessions/2026/03/28/rollout-2026-03-28T01-01-14-019d31f5-a181-7f02-9a99-bceab3f1f62a.jsonl"
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        "rollout DB scan errors": "0",
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        "rollout DB stale rows": "0"
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          "measured": "2 active, 0 archived",
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          "remedy": null,
          "fields": []
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      ],
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      "durationMs": 8100
    },
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      "id": "system.environment",
      "category": "system",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "OS language en-US",
      "details": {
        "EDITOR": "set",
        "LANG": "en_US.UTF-8",
        "VISUAL": "set",
        "os": "Ubuntu 24.4.0 (noble) [64-bit]",
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      "category": "terminal",
      "status": "ok",
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        "color output": "enabled",
        "effective locale": "en_US.UTF-8",
        "stderr is terminal": "true",
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    "terminal.title": {
      "id": "terminal.title",
      "category": "title",
      "status": "ok",
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      "details": {
        "terminal title activity": "true",
        "terminal title items": "activity, project-name",
        "terminal title project source": "git repo root",
        "terminal title project value": "ClickHouse",
        "terminal title source": "default"
      },
      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 0
    },
    "updates.status": {
      "id": "updates.status",
      "category": "updates",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "update configuration is locally consistent",
      "details": {
        "cached latest version": "0.144.6",
        "check for update on startup": "true",
        "dismissed version": "0.144.4",
        "last checked at": "2026-07-19T18:19:01.826726566Z",
        "latest version": "0.144.6",
        "latest version status": "current version is not older",
        "npm update target": "/home/sam/.nvm/versions/node/v24.14.1/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex",
        "update action": "npm install -g @openai/codex",
        "version cache": "/home/sam/.codex/version.json"
      },
      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 764
    }
  }
}
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