MCP do not actually load profile #4000
Description
What version of Codex is running?
codex-cli 0.39.0
Which model were you using?
gpt-5-codex
What platform is your computer?
Darwin 24.6.0 arm64 arm
What steps can reproduce the bug?
start mcp server with npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector codex mcp
try send instruction with profile. it wont load the settings for like sanbox or approval-policy. i have to manually set it to make it work.
What is the expected behavior?
it should load settings from config. and allow model write.
What do you see instead?
it ask me to approve the write request.
Additional information
[profiles.coder]
model = "gpt-5-codex"
model_reasoning_effort = "medium"
sandbox_mode = "workspace-write"
approval-policy = "never"