awaiter sub-agent approval prompt did not surface

Resolved 💬 9 comments Opened Feb 25, 2026 by rwagner3 Closed Feb 27, 2026

💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

Version and model details:

╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ >_ OpenAI Codex (v0.105.0)                       │
│                                                  │
│ model:     gpt-5.3-codex high   /model to change │
│ directory: ~                                     │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

Codex described the issue like so:

• You’re right. What happened:

  - I launched the benchmark via the awaiter sub-agent.
  - That command needed escalated permissions (tailnet network access).
  - The approval prompt didn’t surface correctly in the sub-agent panel, so it looked stuck.

edit: Ubuntu 24.04

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9 Comments

github-actions[bot] contributor · 4 months ago

Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.

#12713

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etraut-openai contributor · 4 months ago

Please use /feedback to upload the logs and session details, then post the thread ID here.

rwagner3 · 4 months ago

While I did use /feedback and let it upload the logs and session details as well as followed the URL it provided here to open the ticket, I didn't realize I needed to capture the thread ID. Please close if I haven't provided enough info. I'll know to retain the thread ID next time.

etraut-openai contributor · 4 months ago

If you still have the thread around, you can look up its ID using /status. If you're able to find it, post it here and I'll dig into the logs. If not, please feel free to file a new issue if you see it again.

Roxiun · 4 months ago

If you still have the thread around, you can look up its ID using /status. If you're able to find it, post it here and I'll dig into the logs. If not, please feel free to file a new issue if you see it again.

I ran into the same issue 019c97c6-91a4-7612-9afb-28d70a10a8b2

• Spawned Basil [awaiter]
└ Run some command
• Waiting for Basil [awaiter]
! Approval needed in Basil [awaiter]

romeroadrian · 4 months ago

Same here, ID 019c9a27-94fe-7051-8417-3bf655736fe0

oursy · 4 months ago

Confirmed on the latest version (v0.106.0). Downgrading to v0.104.0 (npm install -g @openai/codex@0.104.0) resolves the problem and restores normal behavior.

jif-oai contributor · 4 months ago

https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/12995

leograba · 4 months ago

Not sure if I had the same issue as described here, but in any case my thread ID is 019ca20b-361b-7980-bc52-e3b1e88b9e0e