[Windows] apply_patch always prompts for approval
Resolved 💬 10 comments Opened Aug 26, 2025 by tomasmarekk Closed Sep 6, 2025
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (Sing303, contributor)
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What version of Codex is running?
codex-cli 0.24.0-alpha.9
Which model were you using?
gpt-5
What platform is your computer?
Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26100.0 x64
What steps can reproduce the bug?
There is still a critical issue on Windows with approving file creation and edits. It prompts the user for approval every time.
In my config.toml I have:
projects = { 'C:\' = { trust_level = "trusted" } }
approval_policy = "never"
sandbox_mode = "danger-full-access"
yet it is not respected. In WSL and Linux distributions it works fine. Could you please fix this issue?
As a temporary workaround I removed the approval block entirely from the Rust files. It works, but it is probably not an ideal solution.
What is the expected behavior?
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What do you see instead?
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Additional information
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10 Comments
same issue here
same issue
Well... funnily enough codex-cli can actually fix this bug because I tried it and recompiled it and confirmed it worked
same
same here
Made a PR to fix https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/2988
can someone merge?
Same issue... :/
Fix now available in 0.30.0! https://github.com/openai/codex/releases
npm install -g @openai/codex@latest
Windows is so back:)