The Codex application creates a read-only .codex file
Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Apr 2, 2026 by mw-sebastianzander Closed Apr 2, 2026
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor)
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What version of Codex CLI is running?
codex-cli 0.118.0
What subscription do you have?
Enterprise
Which model were you using?
gpt-5.4
What platform is your computer?
Linux 6.8.0-79-generic x86_64 x86_6
What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?
Terminal (Linux Mint default terminal)
What issue are you seeing?
The Codex application creates a read-only .codex file.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
If I start codex in a new directory, ask it to list the files in the directory, it will show me there's a read-only (444) .codex file.
Every time I use codex it will create that file for me now.
What is the expected behavior?
To not do that.
2 Comments
Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.
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Duplicate. As someone else said, the github search doesn't find the issue when I search for
.codex.