What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
Codex Desktop 26.305.950 (863) 、Codex CLI v0.110.0
What subscription do you have?
ChatGPT Plus
What platform is your computer?
macOS (Apple Silicon)
What issue are you seeing?
Codex Desktop and Codex CLI consistently return:
unexpected status 401 Unauthorized
{"detail":"Unauthorized"}
url: https://chatgpt.com/backend-api/codex/responses
This happens when submitting a prompt or when running codex whoami.
Browser-based Codex works normally with the same ChatGPT account.
The issue reproduces across multiple networks and after reinstalling Codex Desktop and CLI.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
- Launch Codex Desktop or run
codex in CLI
- Wait for the interface to load
- Submit any prompt (for example: "test")
- The request immediately fails with:
unexpected status 401 Unauthorized
https://chatgpt.com/backend-api/codex/responses
Additional detail:
The error does not occur at startup.
Codex launches normally, but the 401 error appears immediately after submitting a prompt.
The same behavior occurs with:
codex whoami
What is the expected behavior?
Codex Desktop and Codex CLI should authenticate successfully with the ChatGPT account and process prompts normally, the same way Codex works in the browser.
Additional information
Environment:
macOS
Codex Desktop version: 26.305.950 (863)
Subscription:
ChatGPT Plus
OpenAI Support confirmed that the account is fully entitled to both Codex App and Codex CLI.
The issue occurs:
• in Codex Desktop
• in Codex CLI
• with codex whoami
but NOT in browser-based Codex.
Recent request IDs:
request_id: d285496c-ed1b-4905-98fc-c089e37a0d2c
cf-ray: 9d830132be1681ce-SIN
request_id: a515f629-6505-49f7-a8cc-b690e705e7f9
cf-ray: 9d83021a3d5812b0-SIN
request_id: fca35f7-1aab-4671-a1bd-a96b997063fa
cf-ray: 9d87dff7db8fd80-SIN
request_id: d4309b0d-9b00-462d-a7a7-6ed9990ea89a
cf-ray: 9d87d3da3c433e65-SIN
Troubleshooting already attempted:
• reinstall Codex Desktop
• reinstall Codex CLI
• logout/login
• multiple networks
• clearing ~/.codex
The issue persists.
What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
Codex Desktop 26.305.950 (863) 、Codex CLI v0.110.0
What subscription do you have?
ChatGPT Plus
What platform is your computer?
macOS (Apple Silicon)
What issue are you seeing?
Codex Desktop and Codex CLI consistently return:
unexpected status 401 Unauthorized
{"detail":"Unauthorized"}
url: https://chatgpt.com/backend-api/codex/responses
This happens when submitting a prompt or when running
codex whoami.Browser-based Codex works normally with the same ChatGPT account.
The issue reproduces across multiple networks and after reinstalling Codex Desktop and CLI.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
codexin CLIunexpected status 401 Unauthorized
https://chatgpt.com/backend-api/codex/responses
Additional detail:
The error does not occur at startup.
Codex launches normally, but the 401 error appears immediately after submitting a prompt.
The same behavior occurs with:
codex whoami
What is the expected behavior?
Codex Desktop and Codex CLI should authenticate successfully with the ChatGPT account and process prompts normally, the same way Codex works in the browser.
Additional information
Environment:
macOS
Codex Desktop version: 26.305.950 (863)
Subscription:
ChatGPT Plus
OpenAI Support confirmed that the account is fully entitled to both Codex App and Codex CLI.
The issue occurs:
• in Codex Desktop
• in Codex CLI
• with
codex whoamibut NOT in browser-based Codex.
Recent request IDs:
request_id: d285496c-ed1b-4905-98fc-c089e37a0d2c
cf-ray: 9d830132be1681ce-SIN
request_id: a515f629-6505-49f7-a8cc-b690e705e7f9
cf-ray: 9d83021a3d5812b0-SIN
request_id: fca35f7-1aab-4671-a1bd-a96b997063fa
cf-ray: 9d87dff7db8fd80-SIN
request_id: d4309b0d-9b00-462d-a7a7-6ed9990ea89a
cf-ray: 9d87d3da3c433e65-SIN
Troubleshooting already attempted:
• reinstall Codex Desktop
• reinstall Codex CLI
• logout/login
• multiple networks
• clearing ~/.codex
The issue persists.