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Description

What version of Codex CLI is running?

codex-cli 0.155.0

What subscription do you have?

ChatGPT Plus

Which model were you using?

gpt-6-astra low

What platform is your computer?

Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 x64

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

PowerShell

Codex doctor report
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  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "generatedAt": "1789776322s since unix epoch",
  "overallStatus": "warning",
  "codexVersion": "0.155.0",
  "checks": {
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      "id": "app_server.status",
      "category": "app-server",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "background server is not running",
      "details": {
        "control socket": "C:\\Users\\roybr\\.codex\\app-server-control\\app-server-control.sock",
        "daemon state dir": "C:\\Users\\roybr\\.codex\\app-server-daemon",
        "mode": "ephemeral",
        "pid file": "C:\\Users\\roybr\\.codex\\app-server-daemon\\app-server.pid (missing)",
        "settings": "C:\\Users\\roybr\\.codex\\app-server-daemon\\settings.json (missing)",
        "status": "not running",
        "update-loop pid file": "C:\\Users\\roybr\\.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 env vars present": "OPENAI_API_KEY",
        "auth file": "C:\\Users\\roybr\\.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\\roybr\\.codex",
        "active thread overrides": "not inspected",
        "config.toml": "C:\\Users\\roybr\\.codex\\config.toml",
        "config.toml parse": "ok",
        "configuration load ms": "4",
        "configuration scope": "invocation config, including cloud-managed policy",
        "cwd": "M:\\Auth\\Auth.API",
        "enabled feature flags": "<redacted>",
        "feature flag overrides": "none",
        "feature flags enabled": "48",
        "log dir": "C:\\Users\\roybr\\.codex\\log",
        "mcp servers": "1",
        "model": "gpt-6-astra",
        "model provider": "openai",
        "sqlite home": "C:\\Users\\roybr\\.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": "26.911.7940.0"
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      "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
    },
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      "durationMs": 9
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      "status": "ok",
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      "details": {},
      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 0
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      "category": "install",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "installation looks consistent",
      "details": {
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      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 0
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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
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      "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": 170
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      "status": "ok",
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        "endpoint": "wss://chatgpt.com/backend-api/<redacted>",
        "handshake result": "HTTP 101 Switching Protocols",
        "model provider": "openai",
        "provider name": "OpenAI",
        "proxy env vars": "none",
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        "wire API": "responses"
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      "remediation": null,
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      "category": "runtime",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "running npm on windows-x86_64",
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}
What issue are you seeing?

This error message:
Conversation interrupted - tell the model what to do differently. Something went wrong?

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Uploaded thread: 01a0b6d6-2609-7b02-b0db-fe42065618e6

What is the expected behavior?

Generate .NET 10 solution

Additional information

Here is the prompt I was using:
You are an expert .NET 10 backend engineer.
Create a complete RESTful Web API solution named Auth.API using ASP.NET Core 10, Entity Framework Core, and SQL Server.

You MUST follow all rules in copilot-instructions.md exactly.
This includes:

  • Scope control
  • Repository boundaries
  • API responsibilities
  • Security requirements
  • Error handling rules
  • Testing and verification rules
  • No architectural changes unless required
  • No renaming of public types unless required
  • Reuse existing patterns, services, interfaces, and utilities
  • No secrets committed to source control
  • No logging of sensitive data
  • No duplication of business logic
  • No broad refactors

===========================================================
PROJECT SOLUTION NAME

The solution MUST be named:

Auth.API

All projects, namespaces, and folder structures must follow this solution name.

===========================================================
DATABASE REQUIREMENTS

Use SQL Server with a database named:

Authentication_DB

All EF Core migrations must target this database.

===========================================================
AUTHENTICATION MODEL (Magic-Code)

Implement Magic‑Code authentication with the following rules:

  • Magic code length: exactly 6 characters
  • Allowed characters: A–Z and 0–9
  • Codes must be generated using a cryptographically secure RNG
  • Codes must expire (configurable expiration window)
  • Codes must be single‑use
  • Codes must NOT be stored or logged in plain text
  • Codes must be hashed using a slow, salted hash (Argon2id preferred)
  • Authentication attempts must be rate‑limited
  • All authentication and authorization must be enforced by the API
  • UI must NOT be treated as a security boundary

===========================================================
FORMAL SECURITY PRINCIPLES (from thesis document)

Apply the following formal concepts:

  • Completeness, soundness, liveness
  • Negligible advantage for attackers
  • Entropy-aware validation (36^6 password space)
  • Category-theoretic trust separation: API is the trust boundary
  • No leakage of sensitive information in responses or logs
  • Treat authentication as a formal security game

===========================================================
ARCHITECTURE REQUIREMENTS (copilot-instructions.md)

API Responsibilities:

  • Business operations
  • Data access
  • Server-side validation
  • Authentication and authorization
  • Administrative CRUD operations
  • Security enforcement
  • API contracts and error responses
  • Database migrations and persistence

API Must NOT:

  • Depend on the UI project
  • Expose internal exception details
  • Log sensitive data
  • Duplicate UI logic
  • Introduce new architectural patterns

Scope Control:

  • Only modify files required for this feature
  • Do not rewrite unrelated code
  • Do not add unnecessary dependencies
  • Do not remove existing functionality unless required

===========================================================
FEATURES TO IMPLEMENT

  1. POST /auth/request-code

    • Accepts email/username
    • Generates magic code
    • Hashes and stores code with expiration + single-use flag
    • Uses EF Core to persist MagicCode entity
    • Uses IMagicCodeSender interface (stub implementation)
    • Never logs the code
  2. POST /auth/verify-code

    • Accepts email/username + code
    • Validates expiration, single-use, hash match
    • Issues JWT access token + refresh token
    • Marks code as consumed
    • Uses secure token generation and signing
  3. POST /auth/refresh

    • Rotates refresh tokens
    • Issues new access token
    • Enforces expiration and revocation rules
  4. GET /admin/users

    • Requires authenticated + authorized admin role
    • Returns list of users
    • Uses existing error response format

===========================================================
DATA MODEL

User

  • Id
  • Email
  • Roles
  • CreatedAt

MagicCode

  • Id
  • UserId
  • HashedCode
  • ExpiresAt
  • ConsumedAt
  • CreatedAt

===========================================================
SECURITY REQUIREMENTS (copilot-instructions.md)

  • Never commit secrets
  • Never log magic codes, tokens, or sensitive data
  • Use environment variables or user secrets
  • Use parameterized EF Core access only
  • Enforce authorization at the API boundary
  • Return useful but non-sensitive error information
  • Treat all client-supplied values as untrusted

===========================================================
DELIVERABLES

Generate:

  • Full solution named Auth.API
  • All .cs files
  • EF Core entities, DbContext, migrations targeting Authentication_DB
  • Controllers, services, interfaces, DTOs
  • Program.cs with DI configuration
  • Example appsettings.json (no secrets)
  • Rate-limiting middleware
  • Audit logging (no sensitive data)
  • Unit tests for authentication logic
  • Integration tests for auth endpoints

===========================================================
FINAL REQUIREMENTS

  • Follow copilot-instructions.md exactly.
  • Do NOT modify the UI project.
  • Do NOT generate frontend code.
  • Only generate backend code.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reproducing the interruption with codex-cli 0.155.0 on Windows using PowerShell, then compare the behavior with the provided Codex doctor report and runtime details. The issue does not name a source file, test, reproduction prompt, or expected outcome, so the failing entry point and definition of done must be established before implementation.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
powershell, rust
Domain
cli, operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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