exception
Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Mar 13, 2026 by messpy Closed Mar 13, 2026
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (etraut-openai, contributor)
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What version of Codex CLI is running?
0.114.0
What subscription do you have?
plus
Which model were you using?
etc
What platform is your computer?
Linux
What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?
Terminal
What issue are you seeing?
~/work (main)$ codex
Error loading rules: /home/kennypi/.codex/rules/default.rules:121: starlark error: error: Parse error: unfinished string literal (problem is on or around line 121)
This error is not handled by a try-catch block.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
An error occurs when launching the Codex twice using tmux.
What is the expected behavior?
The exception should be caught by a try-catch block and handled properly.
Additional information
None
2 Comments
This isn't an exception being thrown. It's a parse error that is reported as such. You can eliminate the error by fixing the contents of your rules file.
I apologize, I misunderstood because the launch didn't occur twice. I've fixed it and it's now working. CLOSED.