automatic approval review did not finish before its deadline

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#36,186 opened on Jul 30, 2026 1 comment 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Assessment

Difficulty: 4/5
Estimated time: 3-5 days
Newbie friendliness: 35/100

Issue type: Bug
Clarity: Needs clarification
Activity status: Quiet
Tech stack: rust
Domain: cli

Research direction

Start with the automatic approval review flow in Codex CLI, focusing on how the deadline is handled under the guardian_approval feature flag. Reproduce the report using codex-cli 0.145.0 on Linux and trace the review until its deadline; done means the approval review finishes before the deadline or reports a clear failure.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Description

bug CLI safety-check sandbox

What version of Codex CLI is running?

codex-cli 0.145.0

What subscription do you have?

Plus

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.6-terra

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)?

Gnome terminal

Codex doctor report

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  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "generatedAt": "1785429641s since unix epoch",
  "overallStatus": "ok",
  "codexVersion": "0.145.0",
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      "category": "app-server",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "background server is not running",
      "details": {
        "control socket": "/home/paul/.codex/app-server-control/app-server-control.sock",
        "daemon state dir": "/home/paul/.codex/app-server-daemon",
        "mode": "ephemeral",
        "pid file": "/home/paul/.codex/app-server-daemon/app-server.pid (missing)",
        "settings": "/home/paul/.codex/app-server-daemon/settings.json (missing)",
        "status": "not running",
        "update-loop pid file": "/home/paul/.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/paul/.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/paul/.codex",
        "config.toml": "/home/paul/.codex/config.toml",
        "config.toml parse": "ok",
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        "feature flag overrides": "none",
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        "log dir": "/home/paul/.codex/log",
        "mcp servers": "0",
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}

What issue are you seeing?

Include:

Exact timeout message: automatic approval review did not finish before its deadline.
That it occurred twice for make test requesting scoped Docker access.
Approximate date/time and timezone.
Codex surface/version and OS.
That local Docker worked and make test passed afterward.
No repository secrets, passwords, or mail data.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Uploaded thread: 019f9fd9-1e02-7192-be97-41147482099f

What is the expected behavior?

Approval should be granted.

Additional information

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