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Description
What version of Codex CLI is running?
6-astra
What subscription do you have?
plus
Which model were you using?
6-astra
What platform is your computer?
Windows11
What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?
PowerShell
Codex doctor report
Windows PowerShell
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
PS C:\Users\Administrator> codex doctor --json
{
"schemaVersion": 1,
"generatedAt": "1788952066s since unix epoch",
"overallStatus": "warning",
"codexVersion": "0.153.4",
"checks": {
"app_server.status": {
"id": "app_server.status",
"category": "app-server",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "background server is not running",
"details": {
"control socket": "C:\\Users\\Administrator\\.codex\\app-server-control\\app-server-control.sock",
"daemon state dir": "C:\\Users\\Administrator\\.codex\\app-server-daemon",
"mode": "ephemeral",
"pid file": "C:\\Users\\Administrator\\.codex\\app-server-daemon\\app-server.pid (missing)",
"settings": "C:\\Users\\Administrator\\.codex\\app-server-daemon\\settings.json (missing)",
"status": "not running",
"update-loop pid file": "C:\\Users\\Administrator\\.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": "C:\\Users\\Administrator\\.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": "C:\\Users\\Administrator\\.codex",
"config.toml": "C:\\Users\\Administrator\\.codex\\config.toml",
"config.toml parse": "ok",
"cwd": "C:\\Users\\Administrator",
"enabled feature flags": "<redacted>",
"feature flag overrides": "none",
"feature flags enabled": "48",
"log dir": "C:\\Users\\Administrator\\.codex\\log",
"mcp servers": "1",
"model": "gpt-5.6-sol",
"model provider": "openai",
"sqlite home": "C:\\Users\\Administrator\\.codex"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"desktop.app.version": {
"id": "desktop.app.version",
"category": "desktop",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "the desktop application is installed",
"details": {
"log directory": "$HOME\\AppData\\Local\\Codex/Logs",
"running": "false",
"version": "26.903.8094.0"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"desktop.app_server.handshake": {
"id": "desktop.app_server.handshake",
"category": "desktop",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "the desktop application is not running",
"details": {},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"desktop.security.enforcement": {
"id": "desktop.security.enforcement",
"category": "desktop",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "no locally visible recent Codex security enforcement was found",
"details": {},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"git.environment": {
"id": "git.environment",
"category": "git",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "git version 2.55.0.windows.3",
"details": {
"PATH git #1": "C:\\Program Files\\Git\\cmd\\git.exe",
"PATH git entries": "1",
"git build options": "git version 2.55.0.windows.3; cpu: x86_64; built from commit: 52ca1113d651127f89477a8763f86ab20f645e1d; sizeof-long: 4; sizeof-size_t: 8; shell-path: D:/git-sdk-64/usr/bin/sh; rust: disabled; feature: fsmonitor--daemon; gettext: enabled; libcurl: 8.21.0; OpenSSL: OpenSSL 3.5.7 9 Jun 2026; zlib: 1.3.2; SHA-1: SHA1_DC; SHA-256: SHA256_BLK; default-ref-format: files; default-hash: sha1",
"git exec path": "C:/Program Files/Git/mingw64/libexec/git-core",
"git version": "git version 2.55.0.windows.3",
"repo detected": "false",
"selected git": "C:\\Program Files\\Git\\cmd\\git.exe"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 43
},
"git.worktree.dev_drive": {
"id": "git.worktree.dev_drive",
"category": "git",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "no Git worktree is active",
"details": {},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"installation": {
"id": "installation",
"category": "install",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "installation looks consistent",
"details": {
"PATH codex #1": "C:\\Users\\Administrator\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\OpenAI\\Codex\\bin\\codex.exe",
"current executable": "C:\\Users\\Administrator\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\OpenAI\\Codex\\bin\\codex.exe",
"install context": "standalone (windows, package C:\\Users\\Administrator\\.codex\\packages\\standalone\\releases\\0.153.4-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc, bin C:\\Users\\Administrator\\.codex\\packages\\standalone\\releases\\0.153.4-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\bin, resources C:\\Users\\Administrator\\.codex\\packages\\standalone\\releases\\0.153.4-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\codex-resources, path C:\\Users\\Administrator\\.codex\\packages\\standalone\\releases\\0.153.4-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\codex-path)",
"managed by Vite+": "false",
"managed by bun": "false",
"managed by npm": "false",
"managed by pnpm": "false",
"managed package root": "not set"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 31
},
"mcp.config": {
"id": "mcp.config",
"category": "mcp",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "MCP configuration is locally consistent",
"details": {
"configured servers": "1",
"disabled servers": "0",
"stdio servers": "1"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"network.env": {
"id": "network.env",
"category": "network",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "network-related environment looks readable",
"details": {
"managed proxy": "not configured",
"proxy env vars": "none",
"respect system proxy": "disabled"
},
"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 inference URL": "https://chatgpt.com/backend-api/<redacted> reachable (HTTP 405)",
"desktop assets CDN": "https://persistent.oaistatic.com/codex-app-prod/<redacted> reachable (HTTP 200)",
"reachability mode": "ChatGPT auth"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 868
},
"network.websocket_reachability": {
"id": "network.websocket_reachability",
"category": "websocket",
"status": "warning",
"summary": "Responses WebSocket timed out; HTTPS fallback may still work",
"details": {
"DNS": "1 IPv4, 0 IPv6, first IPv4",
"auth mode": "chatgpt",
"connect timeout": "15000 ms",
"endpoint": "wss://chatgpt.com/backend-api/<redacted>",
"model provider": "openai",
"provider name": "OpenAI",
"proxy env vars": "none",
"supports websockets": "true",
"wire API": "responses"
},
"notes": [
"handshake timed out"
],
"remediation": "Check proxy, VPN, firewall, DNS, custom CA, and WebSocket policy support.",
"durationMs": 15032
},
"runtime.provenance": {
"id": "runtime.provenance",
"category": "runtime",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "running standalone on windows-x86_64",
"details": {
"commit": "unknown",
"current executable": "C:\\Users\\Administrator\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\OpenAI\\Codex\\bin\\codex.exe",
"install method": "standalone (windows, package C:\\Users\\Administrator\\.codex\\packages\\standalone\\releases\\0.153.4-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc, bin C:\\Users\\Administrator\\.codex\\packages\\standalone\\releases\\0.153.4-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\bin, resources C:\\Users\\Administrator\\.codex\\packages\\standalone\\releases\\0.153.4-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\codex-resources, path C:\\Users\\Administrator\\.codex\\packages\\standalone\\releases\\0.153.4-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\codex-path)",
"platform": "windows-x86_64",
"version": "0.153.4"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"runtime.search": {
"id": "runtime.search",
"category": "search",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "search is OK (bundled)",
"details": {
"search command": "C:\\Users\\Administrator\\.codex\\packages\\standalone\\releases\\0.153.4-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\codex-path\\rg.exe",
"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": "none",
"denied-read restrictions": "false",
"execve wrapper helper": "none",
"filesystem sandbox": "restricted",
"network sandbox": "restricted",
"sandbox backend": "elevated",
"sandbox provisioning": "complete"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 1
},
"security.endpoint": {
"id": "security.endpoint",
"category": "security",
"status": "warning",
"summary": "endpoint protection detected; Codex exclusions are unverified",
"details": {
"Codex exclusions": "not verified",
"endpoint products": "Microsoft Defender",
"exclusion targets": "signed Codex app; codex.exe; codex-windows-sandbox-setup.exe; codex-command-runner.exe; codex-code-mode-host.exe"
},
"issues": [
{
"severity": "warning",
"cause": "Microsoft Defender can interfere with Codex. Verify Codex exclusions.",
"measured": "not verified",
"expected": "Codex application and helper exclusions",
"remedy": "Microsoft Defender: Add a certificate or executable-path exclusion for Codex and its helpers. If Attack Surface Reduction blocks Codex, add a rule exclusion. If Controlled Folder Access blocks Codex, allow the app.",
"fields": [
"Codex exclusions"
]
}
],
"remediation": "ask your security administrator to verify Codex exclusions and required helper allowances",
"durationMs": 17
},
"state.paths": {
"id": "state.paths",
"category": "state",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "state paths and databases are inspectable",
"details": {
"CODEX_HOME": "C:\\Users\\Administrator\\.codex (dir)",
"active rollout files": "64 files, 336993844 total bytes, 5265528 average bytes",
"archived rollout files": "0 files, 0 total bytes, 0 average bytes",
"goals DB": "C:\\Users\\Administrator\\.codex\\goals_1.sqlite (file)",
"goals DB integrity": "ok",
"log DB": "C:\\Users\\Administrator\\.codex\\logs_2.sqlite (file)",
"log DB integrity": "ok",
"log dir": "C:\\Users\\Administrator\\.codex\\log (missing)",
"memories DB": "C:\\Users\\Administrator\\.codex\\memories_1.sqlite (file)",
"memories DB integrity": "ok",
"queue DB": "C:\\Users\\Administrator\\.codex\\queue_1.sqlite (file)",
"queue DB integrity": "ok",
"sqlite home": "C:\\Users\\Administrator\\.codex (dir)",
"standalone release cache": "4 entries in C:\\Users\\Administrator\\.codex\\packages\\standalone\\releases",
"state DB": "C:\\Users\\Administrator\\.codex\\state_5.sqlite (file)",
"state DB integrity": "ok",
"thread history DB": "C:\\Users\\Administrator\\.codex\\thread_history_1.sqlite (file)",
"thread history DB integrity": "ok"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 398
},
"state.rollout_db_parity": {
"id": "state.rollout_db_parity",
"category": "threads",
"status": "warning",
"summary": "rollout files and state DB thread inventory differ",
"details": {
"default model provider": "openai",
"rollout DB active files": "64",
"rollout DB active rows": "63",
"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 id sample": "01a084b8-82ba-7223-a585-17bc48c6031d",
"rollout DB duplicate rollout thread ids": "1",
"rollout DB malformed file names": "0",
"rollout DB missing active rows": "1",
"rollout DB missing active sample": "C:\\Users\\Administrator\\.codex\\sessions\\2026\\09\\09\\rollout-2026-09-09T13-51-19-01a084b8-82ba-7223-a585-17bc48c6031d.jsonl",
"rollout DB missing archived rows": "0",
"rollout DB model providers": "OpenAI=51, openai=11, custom=1",
"rollout DB rows": "63",
"rollout DB scan cap reached": "false",
"rollout DB scan errors": "0",
"rollout DB sources": "subagent:thread_spawn=33, cli=30",
"rollout DB stale rows": "0"
},
"issues": [
{
"severity": "warning",
"cause": "rollout files are missing from the state DB",
"measured": "1 active, 0 archived",
"expected": "every rollout file has a matching threads row",
"remedy": null,
"fields": []
},
{
"severity": "warning",
"cause": "duplicate thread inventory entries found",
"measured": "1 duplicate rollout thread ids, 0 duplicate DB paths",
"expected": "one rollout path and thread id per thread",
"remedy": "Attach the doctor report to a bug report so support can inspect samples.",
"fields": []
}
],
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 40
},
"system.disk": {
"id": "system.disk",
"category": "disk",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "sufficient free disk space (344.1 GiB)",
"details": {
"CODEX_HOME available": "344.1 GiB",
"failure threshold": "1.0 GiB",
"warning threshold": "5.0 GiB",
"worktree available": "344.1 GiB"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"system.environment": {
"id": "system.environment",
"category": "system",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "OS language zh-CN",
"details": {
"EDITOR": "not set",
"VISUAL": "not set",
"os": "Windows 10.0.26200 (Windows 11 Professional) [64-bit]",
"os language": "zh-CN",
"os type": "Windows",
"os version": "10.0.26200"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"terminal.env": {
"id": "terminal.env",
"category": "terminal",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "terminal metadata was detected",
"details": {
"WT_SESSION": "present",
"color output": "enabled",
"console input code page": "65001",
"console output code page": "65001",
"stderr console mode": "0x00000007 (VT processing: true)",
"stderr is terminal": "true",
"stdin is terminal": "true",
"stdout console mode": "0x00000007 (VT processing: true)",
"stdout is terminal": "true",
"terminal": "Windows Terminal",
"terminal size": "120x30"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"terminal.title": {
"id": "terminal.title",
"category": "title",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "terminal title default",
"details": {
"terminal title activity": "true",
"terminal title items": "activity, project-name",
"terminal title project source": "cwd",
"terminal title project value": "Administrator",
"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": "0.153.4",
"check for update on startup": "true",
"dismissed version": "0.153.0",
"last checked at": "2026-09-09T10:37:10.645071100Z",
"latest version": "0.153.4",
"latest version status": "current version is not older",
"update action": "standalone installer",
"version cache": "C:\\Users\\Administrator\\.codex\\version.json"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 719
}
}
}
PS C:\Users\Administrator>
PS C:\Users\Administrator>
What issue are you seeing?
■ stream disconnected before completion: Transport error: network error: error decoding response body
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Uploaded thread: 01a084b8-82ba-7223-a585-17bc48c6031d
What is the expected behavior?
Additional information
No response
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
Reproduce the lag with Codex CLI 0.153.4 on Windows 11 from PowerShell, then run codex doctor --json and review the reported WebSocket timeout and Defender warnings. Done means the lag has a documented reproduction and a verified fix or a confirmed environmental cause.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- powershell, rust
- Domain
- cli, networking, performance
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100