Failed to write file - Permission denied (os error 13)

Resolved 💬 4 comments Opened Aug 4, 2025 by kelso Closed Aug 12, 2025

What version of Codex is running?

codex-cli 0.11.0

Which model were you using?

codex-mini-latest

What platform is your computer?

Linux 5.15.167.4-microsoft-standard-WSL2 aarch64 aarch64

What steps can reproduce the bug?

  1. run codex as codex -a never
  2. enter any prompt that will modify project files

What is the expected behavior?

Files are modified/created,

What do you see instead?

applying patch
(...)

event
PatchApplyEnd(PatchApplyEndEvent { call_id: "call_pNSNkpWbKeW6yIryVZNy1aiw", stdout: "", stderr: "Failed to write file app/views/dashboard/media_items/_media_item.html.erb\n\nCaused by:\n    Permission denied (os error 13)\n", success: true })

And btw the result is taking too much time - like minutes for basic question, i.e. "create new file example.txt"

Additional information

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