Codex CLI login redirects to /add-phone and rejects an already-used phone number
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Description
What version of Codex CLI is running?
0.147.0
What subscription do you have?
plus
Which model were you using?
No response
What platform is your computer?
Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 x64
What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?
Windows Terminal (WSL / PowerShell)
Codex doctor report
What issue are you seeing?
I cannot log in to Codex CLI because it redirects me to https://auth.openai.com/add-phone and asks me to add a phone number.
However, the phone number associated with my OpenAI account is rejected with:
"This phone number has already been used. Please use a different phone number."
The same issue occurs on two different computers, including the account owner's own computer. ChatGPT web login works normally.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
No idea
What is the expected behavior?
No response
Additional information
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Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the Codex CLI 0.147.0 login flow on Windows Terminal with WSL or PowerShell and observe the redirect to auth.openai.com/add-phone. Compare behavior across the reported computers and verify whether an already-associated phone number is rejected; done means login succeeds or the failure is narrowed to a clear actionable cause.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- authentication, cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100