Codex got stuck waiting for permission but never prompted for approval
What version of Codex CLI is running?
0.105
What subscription do you have?
PLUS
Which model were you using?
gpt-5.3-codex medium
What platform is your computer?
Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 x64
What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?
WSL
What issue are you seeing?
Title: Codex got stuck waiting for permission but never prompted for approval
Description:
While using Codex, it entered a pending state waiting for permission, but no approval prompt was shown.
Expected behavior:
If Codex requires permission, it should explicitly prompt for approval.
If permissions are updated to Full Access, the task should automatically resume or re-request approval properly.
Actual behavior:
Codex remained stuck in a pending state without prompting for approval.
Let me know if you need logs or additional details.
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What steps can reproduce the bug?
I asked for a plan, codex created the plan, then I approved the plan, codex started to do and spawned sub agent, so that happened
What is the expected behavior?
Ask for a permission to me
Additional information
_No response_
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I used
/agent, so the permission prompt was shown to me, but that’s not what I was expectingThis is very stupid. I spent too much time figuring this out.
+1 this is insanely annoying, thank you the /agent command was the solution but the agent request should just appear instead of having to pay attention and then figure out how to list and select the correct agent to approve the request