Empty .codex folder in each repo I work on

What version of Codex CLI is running?

0.120.0

What subscription do you have?

Plus

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.4

What platform is your computer?

Linux 6.6.87.2-microsoft-standard-WSL2 x86_64 x86_64

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

Windows Terminal (WSL)

What issue are you seeing?

Since version 0.118.0 or something, I noticed that Codex CLI always creates an empty .codex in each repository I work on. Why? It’s a bit annoying, also b/c GPT-5.4 wastes a few tokens in every reply to remind me of the stray folder

What steps can reproduce the bug?

1. mkdir foobar && cd foobar
2. git init foobar
3. codex init
4. let Codex do its thing for a while (even creating a simple weather-overview.js function will do)
5. et voilà! You have a stray .codex folder in your repo. You can keep deleting it, and Codex will keep creating it and being bewildered at the existence of it (• The repo is effectively clean. Only the stray untracked .codex file is left.)

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What is the expected behavior?

Don't create an empty .codex folder, or at least be aware that you (Codex) created it, instead of complaining at each output prompt that "there's a stray .codex folder

Additional information

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