Cant use local openweights model through ollama + litellm in codex-cli
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened May 9, 2026 by ACodingfreak Closed May 10, 2026
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor)
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What version of Codex CLI is running?
codex-cli 0.130.0
What subscription do you have?
NA
Which model were you using?
openweights model /devstral:24b under ollama
What platform is your computer?
Ubuntu 22.04
What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?
_No response_
What issue are you seeing?
As shown below on running any requests I end up seeing a command to be executed but not the expected result
$ codex --profile remote
╭───────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ >_ OpenAI Codex (v0.130.0) │
│ │
│ model: ollama/devstral:24b /model to change │
│ directory: ~/workspace │
╰───────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
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⚠ Model metadata for `ollama/devstral:24b` not found. Defaulting to fallback metadata; this can degrade performance and cause issues.
• {"name": "exec_command", "arguments":{"cmd": "find /home/ipi/workspace -type f -name "*.py" | grep -i 'linked'", "justification": "", "login": true,
"max_output_tokens": 1000}}
What steps can reproduce the bug?
As mentioned in description. Find the respective cofnig file as shown below
cat ~/.codex/config.toml
model = "ollama/devstral:24b"
model_provider = "litellm_remote"
[model_providers.litellm_remote]
name = "Remote LiteLLM"
base_url = "http://10.30.0.103:4000/v1"
env_key = "LITELLM_API_KEY"
wire_api = "responses"
[profiles.remote]
model_provider = "litellm_remote"
model = "ollama/devstral:24b"
[projects."/home/ip/workspace"]
trust_level = "trusted"
[tui]
status_line = ["current-dir", "model", "project-name"]
status_line_use_colors = true
[tui.model_availability_nux]
"gpt-5.5" = 4
What is the expected behavior?
Ideally i should be able to use openweight models with codex-cli
Additional information
_No response_
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Well i dont think it is duplicate to the one shared by github-actions. If support for openweight models via proxies like litellm or ollama is no more the capability of the codex then please update the same.
Please report the problem to the maintainers of litellm.