unexpected status 401 Unauthorized
Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Apr 27, 2026 by coanor Closed Apr 27, 2026
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor)
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What version of Codex CLI is running?
codex-cli 0.125.0
What subscription do you have?
pro(100$)
Which model were you using?
5.4/5.5
What platform is your computer?
Darwin 23.6.0 arm64 arm
What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?
Ghostty
What issue are you seeing?
■ unexpected status 401 Unauthorized: You have insufficient permissions for this operation. Missing scopes: api.responses.write. Check that you have the correct role in your organiz
ation (Reader, Writer, Owner) and project (Member, Owner), and if you're using a restricted API key, that it has the necessary scopes., url: https://api.openai.com/v1/responses, cf-ray: 9f2a3241884b5f2b-SIN, request id: req_5da8e9df50dd47cb95f81eb2d9e80b13
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Uploaded thread: 019dcc58-bb7f-7b03-b82d-ed433f201b22
What is the expected behavior?
i have almost 60+% usage this week and almost full usage the 5h, should not got 401 error.
Additional information
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it seems that codex has fucked my
config.toml:my original requirement is to disable websocket, it always reconnect about 5 timeous when start new codex session and finally switched to HTTP.
after comment these configure, codex works as expected.