The log file name should not use the colon character
Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened May 18, 2025 by doggy8088 Closed Aug 7, 2025
What version of Codex is running?
0.1.2505171619
Which model were you using?
o4-mini
What platform is your computer?
Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.19045.0 x64
What steps can reproduce the bug?
$env:DEBUG='true'
codex
What is the expected behavior?
The log file should be created successfully.
What do you see instead?
Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\oai-codex\codex-cli-2025-05-18T11:08:47.log'
at Module.writeFileSync (node:fs:2426:20)
at hD (file:///C:/ProgramData/nvm/v22.14.0/node_modules/@openai/codex/dist/cli.js:163:3080)
at file:///C:/ProgramData/nvm/v22.14.0/node_modules/@openai/codex/dist/cli.js:1014:771 {
errno: -4058,
code: 'ENOENT',
syscall: 'open',
path: 'C:\\Users\\user\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\oai-codex\\codex-cli-2025-05-18T11:08:47.log'
}
Additional information
Don't use the colon character in the filename.
2 Comments
Same issue as described in https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/877
Will this ever be fixed? The problem persists...
Thank you for the feedback! Please try again on the latest version of Codex CLI, as we're primarily focusing on the native/Rust implementation. If the issue persists, let us know!