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Permission issue #35546

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@avlasov-co

What version of Codex CLI is running?

codex-cli 0.145.0

What subscription do you have?

Pro 20x

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.6-sol-ultra

What platform is your computer?

Linux 6.12.95+deb13-amd64 x86_64 unknown

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

tmux

Codex doctor report

codex doctor --json
{
  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "generatedAt": "1785125699s since unix epoch",
  "overallStatus": "ok",
  "codexVersion": "0.145.0",
  "checks": {
    "app_server.status": {
      "id": "app_server.status",
      "category": "app-server",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "background server is not running",
      "details": {
        "control socket": "/home/aleksander/.codex/app-server-control/app-server-control.sock",
        "daemon state dir": "/home/aleksander/.codex/app-server-daemon",
        "mode": "ephemeral",
        "pid file": "/home/aleksander/.codex/app-server-daemon/app-server.pid (missing)",
        "settings": "/home/aleksander/.codex/app-server-daemon/settings.json (missing)",
        "status": "not running",
        "update-loop pid file": "/home/aleksander/.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": "/home/aleksander/.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": "/home/aleksander/.codex",
        "config.toml": "/home/aleksander/.codex/config.toml",
        "config.toml parse": "ok",
        "cwd": "/home/aleksander",
        "enabled feature flags": "shell_tool, unified_exec, shell_snapshot, code_mode_host, terminal_resize_reflow, sqlite, memories, hooks, enable_request_compression, multi_agent, apps, tool_search_always_defer_mcp_tools, tool_suggest, plugins, in_app_browser, browser_use, browser_use_full_cdp_access, browser_use_external, computer_use, remote_plugin, plugin_sharing, image_generation, resize_all_images, skill_mcp_dependency_install, skill_search, mentions_v2, steer, guardian_approval, goals, collaboration_modes, tool_call_mcp_elicitation, auth_elicitation, personality, fast_mode, tui_app_server, remote_compaction_v2, workspace_dependencies",
        "feature flag overrides": "memories=true",
        "feature flags enabled": "37",
        "log dir": "/home/aleksander/.codex/log",
        "mcp servers": "0",
        "model": "gpt-5.6-sol",
        "model provider": "openai",
        "sqlite home": "/home/aleksander/.codex"
      },
      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 0
    },
    "git.environment": {
      "id": "git.environment",
      "category": "git",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "git version 2.47.3",
      "details": {
        ".git entry": "directory",
        "PATH git #1": "/usr/bin/git",
        "PATH git #2": "/bin/git",
        "PATH git entries": "2",
        "git build options": "git version 2.47.3; cpu: x86_64; no commit associated with this build; sizeof-long: 8; sizeof-size_t: 8; shell-path: /bin/sh; libcurl: 8.14.1; zlib: 1.3.1",
        "git exec path": "/usr/lib/git-core",
        "git version": "git version 2.47.3",
        "repo detected": "true",
        "repo root": "/home/aleksander",
        "selected git": "/usr/bin/git"
      },
      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 36
    },
    "installation": {
      "id": "installation",
      "category": "install",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "installation looks consistent",
      "details": {
        "PATH codex #1": "/home/aleksander/.nvm/versions/node/v24.11.1/bin/codex",
        "current executable": "/home/aleksander/.nvm/versions/node/v24.11.1/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-x64/vendor/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/bin/codex",
        "install context": "npm (package /home/aleksander/.nvm/versions/node/v24.11.1/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-x64/vendor/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl, bin /home/aleksander/.nvm/versions/node/v24.11.1/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-x64/vendor/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/bin, resources /home/aleksander/.nvm/versions/node/v24.11.1/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-x64/vendor/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/codex-resources, path /home/aleksander/.nvm/versions/node/v24.11.1/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-x64/vendor/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/codex-path)",
        "managed by bun": "false",
        "managed by npm": "true",
        "managed by pnpm": "false",
        "managed package root": "/home/aleksander/.nvm/versions/node/v24.11.1/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex",
        "npm update target": "/home/aleksander/.nvm/versions/node/v24.11.1/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex"
      },
      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 62
    },
    "mcp.config": {
      "id": "mcp.config",
      "category": "mcp",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "no MCP servers configured",
      "details": {},
      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 0
    },
    "network.env": {
      "id": "network.env",
      "category": "network",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "network-related environment looks readable",
      "details": {
        "proxy env vars": "none"
      },
      "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 base URL": "https://chatgpt.com/backend-api/ reachable (HTTP 403)",
        "reachability mode": "ChatGPT auth"
      },
      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 81
    },
    "network.websocket_reachability": {
      "id": "network.websocket_reachability",
      "category": "websocket",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "Responses WebSocket handshake succeeded",
      "details": {
        "DNS": "2 IPv4, 2 IPv6, first IPv4",
        "auth mode": "chatgpt",
        "connect timeout": "15000 ms",
        "endpoint": "wss://chatgpt.com/backend-api/<redacted>",
        "handshake result": "HTTP 101 Switching Protocols",
        "model provider": "openai",
        "models etag present": "true",
        "provider name": "OpenAI",
        "proxy env vars": "none",
        "reasoning header": "false",
        "server model present": "false",
        "supports websockets": "true",
        "wire API": "responses"
      },
      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 669
    },
    "runtime.provenance": {
      "id": "runtime.provenance",
      "category": "runtime",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "running npm on linux-x86_64",
      "details": {
        "commit": "unknown",
        "current executable": "/home/aleksander/.nvm/versions/node/v24.11.1/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-x64/vendor/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/bin/codex",
        "install method": "npm (package /home/aleksander/.nvm/versions/node/v24.11.1/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-x64/vendor/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl, bin /home/aleksander/.nvm/versions/node/v24.11.1/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-x64/vendor/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/bin, resources /home/aleksander/.nvm/versions/node/v24.11.1/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-x64/vendor/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/codex-resources, path /home/aleksander/.nvm/versions/node/v24.11.1/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-x64/vendor/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/codex-path)",
        "platform": "linux-x86_64",
        "version": "0.145.0"
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      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 0
    },
    "runtime.search": {
      "id": "runtime.search",
      "category": "search",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "search is OK (bundled)",
      "details": {
        "search command": "/home/aleksander/.nvm/versions/node/v24.11.1/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-x64/vendor/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/codex-path/rg",
        "search command readiness": "file exists",
        "search provider": "bundled"
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      "durationMs": 0
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    "sandbox.helpers": {
      "id": "sandbox.helpers",
      "category": "sandbox",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "sandbox configuration is readable",
      "details": {
        "approval policy": "OnRequest",
        "codex-linux-sandbox helper": "/home/aleksander/.codex/tmp/arg0/codex-arg00k2fA9/codex-linux-sandbox",
        "execve wrapper helper": "/home/aleksander/.codex/tmp/arg0/codex-arg00k2fA9/codex-execve-wrapper",
        "filesystem sandbox": "restricted",
        "network sandbox": "restricted"
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      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 0
    },
    "state.paths": {
      "id": "state.paths",
      "category": "state",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "state paths and databases are inspectable",
      "details": {
        "CODEX_HOME": "/home/aleksander/.codex (dir)",
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        "archived rollout files": "0 files, 0 total bytes, 0 average bytes",
        "goals DB": "/home/aleksander/.codex/goals_1.sqlite (file)",
        "goals DB integrity": "ok",
        "log DB": "/home/aleksander/.codex/logs_2.sqlite (file)",
        "log DB integrity": "ok",
        "log dir": "/home/aleksander/.codex/log (dir)",
        "memories DB": "/home/aleksander/.codex/memories_1.sqlite (file)",
        "memories DB integrity": "ok",
        "sqlite home": "/home/aleksander/.codex (dir)",
        "state DB": "/home/aleksander/.codex/state_5.sqlite (file)",
        "state DB integrity": "ok",
        "thread history DB": "/home/aleksander/.codex/thread_history_1.sqlite (missing)",
        "thread history DB integrity": "skipped (missing)"
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      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 66
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      "status": "ok",
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      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "OS language en-US",
      "details": {
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        "VISUAL": "set",
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      "durationMs": 6
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        "SSH_CONNECTION": "present",
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    "terminal.title": {
      "id": "terminal.title",
      "category": "title",
      "status": "ok",
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      "details": {
        "terminal title activity": "true",
        "terminal title items": "activity, project-name",
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        "terminal title project value": "aleksander",
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      "durationMs": 0
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      "status": "ok",
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        "check for update on startup": "true",
        "last checked at": "2026-07-27T03:35:30.275566171Z",
        "latest version": "0.145.0",
        "latest version status": "current version is not older",
        "npm update target": "/home/aleksander/.nvm/versions/node/v24.11.1/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex",
        "update action": "npm install -g @openai/codex",
        "version cache": "/home/aleksander/.codex/version.json"
      },
      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 338
    }
  }
}

What issue are you seeing?

Permission issue:
After setting "Full Access" and agreeing to the warning message, it explicitly says "Permissions updated", after 2 mins working it asks for my approval.
Happens the same on macos codex app, but in a different way:
After a codex app crash (OOM), the same happens, even after setting the option of full access several times

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Uploaded thread: 019fa1a5-a5c9-7661-a5fd-f49eb7993462

What is the expected behavior?

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