Skip to content

MCP client timed out at startup #11851

Description

@eduard-ignatev

What version of Codex CLI is running?

0.101.0

What subscription do you have?

free

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.3-codex

What platform is your computer?

Linux 6.6.87.2-microsoft-standard-WSL2 x86_64 x86_64

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

Windows Terminal (WSL)

What issue are you seeing?

⚠ MCP client for `playwright` timed out after 10 seconds. Add or adjust `startup_timeout_sec` in your config.toml:
  [mcp_servers.playwright]
  startup_timeout_sec = XX

⚠ MCP client for `context7` timed out after 10 seconds. Add or adjust `startup_timeout_sec` in your config.toml:
  [mcp_servers.context7]
  startup_timeout_sec = XX

⚠ MCP startup incomplete (failed: playwright, context7)

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Just starting codex

What is the expected behavior?

Successful initialization or meaningful error message

Additional information

config.toml:

[mcp_servers.context7]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@upstash/context7-mcp", "--api-key", "CONTEXT7_API_KEY"]

[mcp_servers.playwright]
command = "npx"
args = ["@playwright/mcp@latest"]

When I run the command in terminal mannually, it works fine:

npx -y @upstash/context7-mcp --api-key CONTEXT7_API_KEY
WARNING: Using default CLIENT_IP_ENCRYPTION_KEY.
Context7 Documentation MCP Server v2.1.1 running on stdio

Metadata

Metadata

Assignees

No one assigned

    Labels

    CLIIssues related to the Codex CLIbugSomething isn't workingmcpIssues related to the use of model context protocol (MCP) serverswindows-osIssues related to Codex on Windows systems

    Type

    No type

    Projects

    No projects

    Milestone

    No milestone

    Relationships

    None yet

    Development

    No branches or pull requests

    Issue actions