“Allow once” button is unresponsive in the file edit permission dialog

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
macos, rust
Domain
authorization, desktop

Research direction

Reproduce the file edit permission dialog in the Codex App on macOS, starting with the handling of the “Allow once” action. Confirm that selecting it applies the proposed file edits, dismisses the dialog, and lets the task continue without restarting the app.

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Description

app bug sandbox
What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?

codex version 26.721.81911

What subscription do you have?

ChatGPT Plus

What platform is your computer?

macOS 26, Apple Silicon ，M3PRo

What issue are you seeing?

Whenever Codex displays the file edit permission dialog asking, “Allow ChatGPT to edit the following files?”, clicking the “Allow once” button has no effect.

The dialog remains open, the proposed file edits are not applied, and Codex cannot continue the task. There is no visible error message or other response after clicking the button.

The only way to leave this state is to close and restart the Codex App. However, restarting does not resolve the underlying issue. As soon as another file edit permission dialog appears, clicking “Allow once” causes the same problem again.

This makes it impossible to use Codex for tasks that require editing files.

What steps can reproduce the bug?
  1. Open the Codex App.
  2. Open a local or remote project.
  3. Ask Codex to perform a task that requires modifying one or more files.
  4. Wait for the dialog asking, “Allow ChatGPT to edit the following files?” to appear.
  5. Click the “Allow once” button.
  6. Observe that nothing happens: the dialog remains open, the files are not modified, and Codex does not continue.
  7. Close and restart the Codex App.
  8. Trigger another task that requires file editing.
  9. Click “Allow once” again.
  10. Observe that the same issue occurs again.

The issue is consistently reproducible.

What is the expected behavior?
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