Unexpected 401 Unauthorized - Only on daybreak blue - when account is authorized
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Description
What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
26.903.61454
What subscription do you have?
Pro
What platform is your computer?
macOS: Darwin 25.6.0 arm64 arm
What issue are you seeing?
Getting the below for Daybreak Blue requests (started mid session this morning). Account is advanced account security enabled and logged in with secure key:
unexpected status 401 Unauthorized: You are not authorized to access this model., url: https://chatgpt.com/backend-api/codex/responses, cf-ray: a38f956629a13449-DFW, request id: dcc69dba-9697-4b08-9ac1-1dc5c9b969e6
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Model selection as Daybreak Blue
What is the expected behavior?
Normal model interactions
Additional information
Only happening for Daybreak blue not for Astra.
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue in Codex App 26.903.61454 on macOS with a Pro account using advanced account security and selecting Daybreak Blue. Compare the failing requests with Astra requests and verify whether the 401 response is limited to the Daybreak Blue model; done means normal Daybreak Blue interactions work without the authorization error.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos
- Domain
- api, authentication
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100