CLI installer silently drops back to the command-line when attempting to "Launching Codex"

What version of Codex CLI is running?

0.153.2

What subscription do you have?

Pro

Which model were you using?

No response

What platform is your computer?

Linux 6.8.0-137-generic x86_64 x86_64

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

Konsole

Codex doctor report

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  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "generatedAt": "1788516001s since unix epoch",
  "overallStatus": "fail",
  "codexVersion": "0.153.2",
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      "category": "app-server",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "background server is not running",
      "details": {
        "control socket": "/root/.codex/app-server-control/app-server-control.sock",
        "daemon state dir": "/root/.codex/app-server-daemon",
        "mode": "ephemeral",
        "pid file": "/root/.codex/app-server-daemon/app-server.pid (missing)",
        "settings": "/root/.codex/app-server-daemon/settings.json (missing)",
        "status": "not running",
        "update-loop pid file": "/root/.codex/app-server-daemon/app-server-updater.pid (missing)"
      },
      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 0
    },
    "auth.credentials": {
      "id": "auth.credentials",
      "category": "auth",
      "status": "fail",
      "summary": "no Codex credentials were found",
      "details": {
        "auth file": "/root/.codex/auth.json",
        "auth storage mode": "File"
      },
      "remediation": "Run codex login or provide an API key through a supported auth env var.",
      "durationMs": 0
    },
    "config.load": {
      "id": "config.load",
      "category": "config",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "config loaded",
      "details": {
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        "config.toml": [
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          "missing"
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        "cwd": "/",
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        "feature flag overrides": "none",
        "feature flags enabled": "47",
        "log dir": "/root/.codex/log",
        "mcp servers": "0",
        "model": "<default>",
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        "sqlite home": "/root/.codex"
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      "durationMs": 0
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    "git.environment": {
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      "category": "git",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "git executable not found",
      "details": {
        "PATH git entries": "0",
        "repo detected": "false",
        "selected git": "not found"
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      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 0
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    "installation": {
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      "category": "install",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "installation looks consistent",
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      "category": "mcp",
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    "network.env": {
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      "category": "network",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "network-related environment looks readable",
      "details": {
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        "respect system proxy": "disabled"
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      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 0
    },
    "network.provider_reachability": {
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      "category": "reachability",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "active provider endpoints are reachable over HTTP",
      "details": {
        "ChatGPT inference URL": "https://chatgpt.com/backend-api/<redacted> reachable (HTTP 405)",
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      "category": "websocket",
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      "summary": "Responses WebSocket failed; HTTPS fallback may still work",
      "details": {
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        "connect timeout": "15000 ms",
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      "category": "runtime",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "running standalone on linux-x86_64",
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    "sandbox.helpers": {
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      "status": "ok",
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      "details": {
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        "codex-linux-sandbox helper": "/root/.codex/tmp/arg0/codex-arg0D9MUKy/codex-linux-sandbox",
        "execve wrapper helper": "/root/.codex/tmp/arg0/codex-arg0D9MUKy/codex-execve-wrapper",
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        "network sandbox": "restricted"
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      "summary": "endpoint protection is not inspected on this platform",
      "details": {
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      "remediation": null,
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      "summary": "state paths and databases are inspectable",
      "details": {
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        "archived rollout files": "0 files, 0 total bytes, 0 average bytes",
        "goals DB": "/root/.codex/goals_1.sqlite (missing)",
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        "log DB integrity": "skipped (missing)",
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        "memories DB": "/root/.codex/memories_1.sqlite (missing)",
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      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "OS language unavailable",
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      "status": "ok",
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    },
    "updates.status": {
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      "category": "updates",
      "status": "ok",
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        "latest version": "0.153.2",
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    }
  }
}

What issue are you seeing?

The installer failed to launch the installed CLI and silently dropped back to the shell:

brlin@host:/workdir$ curl -fsSL https://chatgpt.com/codex/install.sh | sh
==> Installing Codex CLI
==> Detected platform: Linux (x64)
==> Resolved version: 0.153.2
==> Downloading Codex CLI
==> Installing standalone package to /home/brlin/.codex/packages/standalone/releases/0.153.2-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
==> Current terminal: export PATH="/home/brlin/.local/bin:$PATH" && codex
==> Future terminals: open a new terminal and run: codex
==> PATH was added to /home/brlin/.bashrc
Codex CLI 0.153.2 installed successfully.
Start Codex now? [y/N] y
==> Launching Codex
brlin@host:/workdir$ echo $?
1

What steps can reproduce the bug?

1. docker container run --rm -it ubuntu:24.04
2. apt update && apt install -y curl
3. curl -fsSL https://chatgpt.com/codex/install.sh | sh

What is the expected behavior?

Codex CLI launched normally.

Additional information

It doesn't seem to be related to whether ~/.local/bin is currently in the command search PATHs, in both cases CLI failed to launch.

Reproduce the failure on Ubuntu 24.04 with Codex CLI 0.153.2 from the standalone executable at /root/.codex/packages/standalone/releases/0.153.2-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/bin/codex, using Konsole. Trace the "Launching Codex" path and verify that it either launches the intended interface or reports the reason for returning to the command line instead of failing silently.