Error: "state db missing rollout path" received when running codex exec resume <SESSION_ID> "..."
Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Feb 12, 2026 by tlonny Closed Feb 13, 2026
What version of Codex CLI is running?
codex-cli 0.99.0
What subscription do you have?
Plus
Which model were you using?
gpt-5.3-codex
What platform is your computer?
Darwin 23.5.0 arm64 arm
What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?
iTerm
What issue are you seeing?
I see the error:
2026-02-12T20:29:52.847775Z ERROR codex_core::rollout::list: state db missing rollout path for thread 019c538b-8d9d-78d1-891c-a9b09f3f47b6
When I try and resume a session that I've just created via codex exec
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Following a fresh wipe:
rm -rf ~/.codex
Once I log-in to Codex, I run:
codex exec "hi"
The output is:
OpenAI Codex v0.99.0 (research preview)
--------
workdir: /Users/timlonsdale/Code/halls
model: gpt-5.3-codex
provider: openai
approval: never
sandbox: workspace-write [workdir, /tmp, $TMPDIR]
reasoning effort: none
reasoning summaries: auto
session id: 019c538b-8d9d-78d1-891c-a9b09f3f47b6
--------
user
hi
mcp startup: no servers
codex
Hi.
tokens used
1,368
Hi.
I try and resume the conversation via:
codex exec resume 019c538b-8d9d-78d1-891c-a9b09f3f47b6 "hi"
And I see the following output:
2026-02-12T20:29:52.847775Z ERROR codex_core::rollout::list: state db missing rollout path for thread 019c538b-8d9d-78d1-891c-a9b09f3f47b6
OpenAI Codex v0.99.0 (research preview)
--------
workdir: /Users/timlonsdale/Code/halls
model: gpt-5.3-codex
provider: openai
approval: never
sandbox: workspace-write [workdir, /tmp, $TMPDIR]
reasoning effort: none
reasoning summaries: auto
session id: 019c538b-8d9d-78d1-891c-a9b09f3f47b6
--------
user
hi
mcp startup: no servers
codex
Hi.
tokens used
3,863
Hi.
Specifically, I see the error:
2026-02-12T20:29:52.847775Z ERROR codex_core::rollout::list: state db missing rollout path for thread 019c538b-8d9d-78d1-891c-a9b09f3f47b6
I have confirmed that ~/.codex/sessions/2026/02/12/rollout-2026-02-12T20-29-40-019c538b-8d9d-78d1-891c-a9b09f3f47b6.jsonl exists as a file
What is the expected behavior?
I expect to not see any error
Additional information
rollout-2026-02-12T20-29-40-019c538b-8d9d-78d1-891c-a9b09f3f47b6.txt
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