windows sandbox: runner error: CreateProcessAsUserW failed: 5

Resolved 💬 1 comment Opened May 15, 2026 by hugoattal Closed May 15, 2026

What version of Codex CLI is running?

codex-cli 0.130.0

What subscription do you have?

Business

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.5 xhigh fast

What platform is your computer?

Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 x64

What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?

_No response_

Codex doctor report

not available

What issue are you seeing?

Codex always fails to retrieve my skills on the first attempt with execution error: Io(Custom { kind: Other, error: "windows sandbox: runner error: CreateProcessAsUserW failed: 5" })

 I’ll use the clean-js-ts and general-code guidance here, then inspect the Vite plugin and make the smallest change that disables it during SSR.

• Running Get-Content -Path docs\vite\importMap.plugin.ts

• Running Get-Content -Path C:\Users\hugoa\.codex\skills\clean-js-ts\SKILL.md

• Ran Get-Content -Path C:\Users\hugoa\.codex\skills\general-code\SKILL.md
  └ execution error: Io(Custom { kind: Other, error: "windows sandbox: runner error: CreateProcessAsUserW failed: 5" })

• Ran Get-Content -Path docs\vite\importMap.plugin.ts
  └ execution error: Io(Custom { kind: Other, error: "windows sandbox: runner error: CreateProcessAsUserW failed: 5" })

• Ran Get-Content -Path C:\Users\hugoa\.codex\skills\clean-js-ts\SKILL.md
  └ execution error: Io(Custom { kind: Other, error: "windows sandbox: runner error: CreateProcessAsUserW failed: 5" })

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Any prompt

What is the expected behavior?

Don't fail with execution error: Io(Custom { kind: Other, error: "windows sandbox: runner error: CreateProcessAsUserW failed: 5" })

Additional information

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