image_generation_user_error
Resolved 💬 32 comments Opened Jun 2, 2026 by PBLIZZ Closed Jun 3, 2026
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What version of Codex CLI is running?
codex-cli 0.136.0
What subscription do you have?
Pro x5
Which model were you using?
gpt 5.5 xhigh
What platform is your computer?
Darwin 25.5.0 arm64 arm
What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?
Antigravity IDE built in terminal
Codex doctor report
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}What issue are you seeing?
<img width="1316" height="593" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0878cd98-0eeb-4b17-827d-c3a112469763" />
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Uploaded thread: 019e8a82-2368-7333-bea4-4dbcea4df77d
What is the expected behavior?
An answer to what i am asking and not just an error message
Additional information
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Came to report this very issue. Literally just started for me a few minutes ago post-update.
The model 'gpt-image-2' does not exist.
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Getting this error as well
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Got this same error with the latest codex app for windows with a plus subscription :/
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It's literally all attempts to use the cli. I'm not even asking for image generation.
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I'm getting this issue on the Mac Codex App: Version 26.601.20914 • Released Jun 2, 2026
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Same issue
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model: gpt 5.4 -medium
Codex-cli: 0.136.0 (updated today)
thread ID 019e8aa7-59c8-7053-962a-e00933afbe3b
https://status.openai.com/incidents/01KT5B2V94YX1T1M88BVQHB58J
I can reproduce the same failure in a normal text-only Codex Desktop conversation: no image request, no attached images, but the turn fails with:
What I found locally:
gpt-image-2is not present in my Codex config or hooks.codex features listshowsimage_generationenabled.After that, restart the Codex session/app.
Suggested code-side fix: the image generation path should not route normal text-only turns through image generation at all. Also, any hard-coded/default fallback model named
gpt-image-2should be replaced or resolved dynamically. The currently documented GPT Image model names aregpt-image-1.5,gpt-image-1, andgpt-image-1-mini;gpt-image-2appears to be an invalid/stale model id.or you can try adding this prompt: Do not use image_generation or any image tool. Answer with text only.
Adding a Windows Codex Desktop datapoint with a workaround that fixed normal text sessions for me.
Environment:
OpenAI.Codex_26.601.1994.0_x64gpt-5.5xhighWhat I observed:
gpt-5.5; this was not caused by the configured model changing togpt-image-2.turn_contextstill showedmodel: "gpt-5.5".I also saw the same structured-turn failure during automatic thread-title generation, which suggests the failing image-generation tool declaration is being attached outside explicit image-generation requests.
Workaround that fixed it:
This added:
After a full Codex Desktop restart, normal text sessions worked again.
One local wrinkle: my config had
service_tier = "priority", and the CLI rejected that while running feature commands. This form worked around that parser issue:Disabling local imagegen skill metadata alone was not the decisive fix; the effective fix was disabling the
image_generationfeature and restarting Codex Desktop.Thanks for reporting the issue. This incident has been mitigated, so you should no longer see the error.