codex is using random other tools to do file system manipulations like gh cli and chrome (it did an ls by opening the local folder in chrome)

Resolved 💬 1 comment Opened Mar 23, 2026 by gmmeyer Closed Mar 23, 2026

What version of Codex CLI is running?

0.116.0

What subscription do you have?

pro

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.4 high

What platform is your computer?

Darwin 25.3.0 arm64 arm

What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?

ghostty

What issue are you seeing?

codex is using chrome devtools and github mcp/cli to get files that are in the repo, we're in the repo and on the branch, why would it use the chrome mcp to do an ls in the repo ?idk

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Uploaded thread: 019d1c58-019d-7cc0-bf1a-b1d4e64057c6

What is the expected behavior?

using the file system tools

Additional information

seen this 3 times today, only reported on the most recent thread

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