Emit skill warning only once
Open 💬 1 comment Opened Jun 5, 2026 by msokolov-meta
What version of Codex CLI is running?
.133
What subscription do you have?
API
Which model were you using?
5.5
What platform is your computer?
Reproducible on mac and linux
What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?
_No response_
Codex doctor report
What issue are you seeing?
Warning about an invalid skills being repeated continuously, even if it's left without user interaction.
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What steps can reproduce the bug?
Use this skill
---
name: acd-cli
description: "This project-local skill is intentionally invalid so Codex can reproduce repeated warnings for a SKILL.md description that exceeds the maximum supported length. The body of this description is deliberately verbose and repetitive. It should not be used as a real skill, it should not be copied into a prod$
---
# ACD CLI Repro Skill
This skill is intentionally invalid. It exists only to reproduce Codex skill-loader
warning behavior when a `SKILL.md` front matter `description` is longer than the
allowed 1024 characters.
What is the expected behavior?
Warning prints one time
Additional information
_No response_
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