Codex Desktop 26.429.61741 invalid signature/entitlements; renderer sandbox fails on macOS arm64
What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
26.429.61741
What subscription do you have?
Unknown - reproduced after successful codex login OAuth
What platform is your computer?
Darwin 25.4.0 arm64 arm; macOS 26.4.1 build 25E253; Apple M2 Pro
What issue are you seeing?
After a fresh install via codex app, Codex Desktop either closes automatically or shows only a minimal "Something went wrong..." page. The renderer helper crashes / does not remain running. Crash evidence points to Chromium sandbox initialization failure:
SeatbeltExec: buffer length read failed
SeatbeltExec: buffer length read failed: Bad file descriptor
SeatbeltExec: buffer length write failed: Broken pipe
Failed to initialize sandbox.
The freshly installed app bundle also fails code-signing verification:
codesign --verify --deep --strict --verbose=4 /Applications/Codex.app
/Applications/Codex.app: invalid signature (code or signature have been modified)
In architecture: arm64
codesign --verify --verbose=4 "/Applications/Codex.app/Contents/Frameworks/Codex Helper (Renderer).app"
/Applications/Codex.app/Contents/Frameworks/Codex Helper (Renderer).app: invalid signature (code or signature have been modified)
In architecture: arm64
codesign -dvvv --entitlements :- /Applications/Codex.app reports:
TeamIdentifier=2DC432GLL2
Notarization Ticket=stapled
Info.plist=not bound
Authority=(unavailable)
warning: binary contains an invalid entitlements blob. The OS will ignore these entitlements.
spctl --assess --type execute --verbose=4 /Applications/Codex.app
/Applications/Codex.app: internal error in Code Signing subsystem
What steps can reproduce the bug?
- Run codex logout.
- Run codex login and complete OAuth in browser.
- Remove /Applications/Codex.app.
- Run codex app <workspace-path> to install and launch a fresh app.
- Observe Codex Desktop opening, then either closing automatically or showing Something went wrong.
- Quit the app.
- Move ~/Library/Application Support/Codex aside to reset the Desktop-only Electron profile.
- Relaunch codex app <workspace-path>.
- The clean profile still reproduces the renderer sandbox failure.
Private Codex feedback upload with logs/dumps: no-active-thread-019dfe96-b963-7823-8c11-34dae4fdd949
What is the expected behavior?
Codex Desktop should launch normally and show the workspace UI.
Additional information
This appears unrelated to MCP region/auth. CLI login succeeded, and the issue reproduced after reinstalling the app and resetting Desktop app state. Crashpad minidumps and the fuller diagnostic bundle were submitted privately through Codex feedback/upload with includeLogs=true. Feedback id: no-active-thread-019dfe96-b963-7823-8c11-34dae4fdd949. Please use that private feedback upload for minidumps; I am not attaching dumps publicly because they may contain process memory.