Remote SSH connection falsely reports No `codex` found in PATH when `codex` is installed at a custom path

Open 💬 2 comments Opened Apr 23, 2026 by yiteng-guo

What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?

26.422.20832

What subscription do you have?

api

What platform is your computer?

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What issue are you seeing?

Remote connection to SSH host fails with:

No `codex` found in PATH. Please install Codex on the remote machine.

But codex is installed at /home/$USER/bin and that path is added to $PATH in .zshrc. I believe this is a regression in the latest codex app since it worked in the previous version.

To work around it, you need to add /home/$USER/bin to ~/.profile such as

export PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"

What steps can reproduce the bug?

  • Install codex at /home/$USER/bin and add /home/$USER/bin to $PATH in .zshrc
  • Open up codex app and try connecting to the remote host. You will get an error.

What is the expected behavior?

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Additional information

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