CLI is not picking up environment variable
Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Jun 19, 2026 by cash Closed Jun 21, 2026
What version of Codex CLI is running?
0.137.0
What subscription do you have?
Enterprise
Which model were you using?
gpt-5.4
What platform is your computer?
Linux 7.0.11 x86_64 unknown (docker sandbox codex)
What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?
Gnome terminal
Codex doctor report
{
"schemaVersion": 1,
"generatedAt": "1781834242s since unix epoch",
"overallStatus": "warning",
"codexVersion": "0.137.0",
"checks": {
"app_server.status": {
"id": "app_server.status",
"category": "app-server",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "background server is not running",
"details": {
"control socket": "/home/agent/.codex/app-server-control/app-server-control.sock",
"daemon state dir": "/home/agent/.codex/app-server-daemon",
"mode": "ephemeral",
"pid file": "/home/agent/.codex/app-server-daemon/app-server.pid (missing)",
"settings": "/home/agent/.codex/app-server-daemon/settings.json (missing)",
"status": "not running",
"update-loop pid file": "/home/agent/.codex/app-server-daemon/app-server-updater.pid (missing)"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"auth.credentials": {
"id": "auth.credentials",
"category": "auth",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "auth is provided by the active model provider",
"details": {
"auth file": "/home/agent/.codex/auth.json",
"auth storage mode": "File",
"model provider requires OpenAI auth": "false",
"provider auth env var": "PORTKEY_API_KEY (present)"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"config.load": {
"id": "config.load",
"category": "config",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "config loaded",
"details": {
"CODEX_HOME": "/home/agent/.codex",
"config.toml": "/home/agent/.codex/config.toml",
"config.toml parse": "ok",
"cwd": "/home/costecj1/gitlab/codex-plain",
"enabled feature flags": "shell_tool, unified_exec, shell_snapshot, terminal_resize_reflow, sqlite, hooks, enable_request_compression, multi_agent, apps, tool_suggest, plugins, in_app_browser, browser_use, browser_use_external, computer_use, plugin_sharing, image_generation, skill_mcp_dependency_install, steer, guardian_approval, goals, collaboration_modes, tool_call_mcp_elicitation, personality, fast_mode, tui_app_server, workspace_dependencies",
"feature flag overrides": "none",
"feature flags enabled": "27",
"log dir": "/home/agent/.codex/log",
"mcp servers": "0",
"model": "gpt-5.4",
"model provider": "portkey",
"sqlite home": "/home/agent/.codex"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"git.environment": {
"id": "git.environment",
"category": "git",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "git version 2.53.0",
"details": {
"PATH git #1": "/usr/bin/git",
"PATH git #2": "/bin/git",
"PATH git entries": "2",
"git build options": "git version 2.53.0; cpu: x86_64; no commit associated with this build; sizeof-long: 8; sizeof-size_t: 8; shell-path: /bin/sh; rust: disabled; gettext: enabled; libcurl: 8.18.0; zlib: 1.3.1; SHA-1: SHA1_DC; SHA-256: SHA256_BLK; default-ref-format: files; default-hash: sha1",
"git exec path": "/usr/lib/git-core",
"git version": "git version 2.53.0",
"repo detected": "false",
"selected git": "/usr/bin/git"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 22
},
"installation": {
"id": "installation",
"category": "install",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "installation looks consistent",
"details": {
"PATH codex #1": "/usr/local/share/npm-global/bin/codex",
"current executable": "/usr/local/share/npm-global/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-x64/vendor/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/bin/codex",
"install context": "npm (package /usr/local/share/npm-global/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-x64/vendor/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl, bin /usr/local/share/npm-global/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-x64/vendor/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/bin, resources /usr/local/share/npm-global/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-x64/vendor/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/codex-resources, path /usr/local/share/npm-global/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-x64/vendor/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/codex-path)",
"managed by bun": "false",
"managed by npm": "true",
"managed package root": "/usr/local/share/npm-global/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex",
"npm update target": "/usr/local/share/npm-global/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 326
},
"mcp.config": {
"id": "mcp.config",
"category": "mcp",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "no MCP servers configured",
"details": {},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"network.env": {
"id": "network.env",
"category": "network",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "network-related environment looks readable",
"details": {
"SSL_CERT_FILE": "readable file /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt",
"proxy env vars present": "HTTP_PROXY, HTTPS_PROXY, NO_PROXY, http_proxy, https_proxy, no_proxy"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"network.provider_reachability": {
"id": "network.provider_reachability",
"category": "reachability",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "active provider endpoints are reachable over HTTP",
"details": {
"portkey API base URL": "https://aigateway.jhuapl.edu/v1 reachable (HTTP 401)",
"portkey API route probe": "https://aigateway.jhuapl.edu/v1/<redacted> route exists (HTTP 401)",
"reachability mode": "provider auth"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 242
},
"network.websocket_reachability": {
"id": "network.websocket_reachability",
"category": "websocket",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "Responses WebSocket is not enabled for the active provider",
"details": {
"model provider": "portkey",
"provider name": "Portkey",
"proxy env vars present": "HTTP_PROXY, HTTPS_PROXY, NO_PROXY, http_proxy, https_proxy, no_proxy",
"supports websockets": "false",
"wire API": "responses"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"runtime.provenance": {
"id": "runtime.provenance",
"category": "runtime",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "running npm on linux-x86_64",
"details": {
"commit": "unknown",
"current executable": "/usr/local/share/npm-global/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-x64/vendor/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/bin/codex",
"install method": "npm (package /usr/local/share/npm-global/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-x64/vendor/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl, bin /usr/local/share/npm-global/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-x64/vendor/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/bin, resources /usr/local/share/npm-global/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-x64/vendor/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/codex-resources, path /usr/local/share/npm-global/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-x64/vendor/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/codex-path)",
"platform": "linux-x86_64",
"version": "0.137.0"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"runtime.search": {
"id": "runtime.search",
"category": "search",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "search is OK (bundled)",
"details": {
"search command": "/usr/local/share/npm-global/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-x64/vendor/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/codex-path/rg",
"search command readiness": "file exists",
"search provider": "bundled"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"sandbox.helpers": {
"id": "sandbox.helpers",
"category": "sandbox",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "sandbox configuration is readable",
"details": {
"approval policy": "Never",
"codex-linux-sandbox helper": "/home/agent/.codex/tmp/arg0/codex-arg0dYo6RI/codex-linux-sandbox",
"execve wrapper helper": "/home/agent/.codex/tmp/arg0/codex-arg0dYo6RI/codex-execve-wrapper",
"filesystem sandbox": "unrestricted",
"network sandbox": "enabled"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"state.paths": {
"id": "state.paths",
"category": "state",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "state paths and databases are inspectable",
"details": {
"CODEX_HOME": "/home/agent/.codex (dir)",
"active rollout files": "6 files, 164623 total bytes, 27437 average bytes",
"archived rollout files": "0 files, 0 total bytes, 0 average bytes",
"goals DB": "/home/agent/.codex/goals_1.sqlite (file)",
"goals DB integrity": "ok",
"log DB": "/home/agent/.codex/logs_2.sqlite (file)",
"log DB integrity": "ok",
"log dir": "/home/agent/.codex/log (missing)",
"memories DB": "/home/agent/.codex/memories_1.sqlite (file)",
"memories DB integrity": "ok",
"sqlite home": "/home/agent/.codex (dir)",
"state DB": "/home/agent/.codex/state_5.sqlite (file)",
"state DB integrity": "ok"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 33
},
"state.rollout_db_parity": {
"id": "state.rollout_db_parity",
"category": "threads",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "rollout files and state DB thread inventory agree",
"details": {
"default model provider": "portkey",
"rollout DB active files": "6",
"rollout DB active rows": "6",
"rollout DB archive mismatches": "0",
"rollout DB archived files": "0",
"rollout DB archived rows": "0",
"rollout DB duplicate DB paths": "0",
"rollout DB duplicate rollout thread ids": "0",
"rollout DB malformed file names": "0",
"rollout DB missing active rows": "0",
"rollout DB missing archived rows": "0",
"rollout DB model providers": "portkey=5, openai=1",
"rollout DB rows": "6",
"rollout DB scan cap reached": "false",
"rollout DB scan errors": "0",
"rollout DB sources": "cli=6",
"rollout DB stale rows": "0"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 22
},
"system.environment": {
"id": "system.environment",
"category": "system",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "OS language unavailable",
"details": {
"os": "Ubuntu 26.4.0 [64-bit]",
"os language": "unavailable",
"os type": "Ubuntu",
"os version": "26.4.0"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"terminal.env": {
"id": "terminal.env",
"category": "terminal",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "terminal metadata was detected",
"details": {
"COLORTERM": "truecolor",
"TERM": "xterm-256color",
"WAYLAND_DISPLAY": "present",
"color output": "disabled (stdout is not a terminal)",
"stderr is terminal": "true",
"stdin is terminal": "true",
"stdout is terminal": "false",
"terminal": "unknown",
"terminal size": "135x31"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"terminal.title": {
"id": "terminal.title",
"category": "title",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "terminal title default",
"details": {
"terminal title activity": "true",
"terminal title items": "activity, project-name",
"terminal title project source": "project config",
"terminal title project value": "codex-plain",
"terminal title source": "default"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"updates.status": {
"id": "updates.status",
"category": "updates",
"status": "warning",
"summary": "update configuration is locally consistent",
"details": {
"check for update on startup": "true",
"latest version probe": "curl: (60) SSL certificate OpenSSL verify result: unable to get local issuer certificate (20)\nMore details here: https://curl.se/docs/<redacted>\n\ncurl failed to verify the legitimacy of the server and therefore could not\nestablish a secure connection to it. To learn more about this situation and\nhow to fix it, please visit the webpage mentioned above.",
"npm update target": "/usr/local/share/npm-global/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex",
"update action": "npm install -g @openai/codex",
"version cache": [
"/home/agent/.codex/version.json",
"missing"
]
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 430
}
}
}What issue are you seeing?
I'm using docker sandbox version 0.33.0.
I create a sandbox with the codex template and configure a provider with an
[model_providers.portkey]
name = "Portkey"
base_url = "https://aigateway.jhuapl.edu/v1"
env_key = "PORTKEY_API_KEY"
wire_api = "responses"I then run the sandbox: sbx run --name [sandbox name]
I see the codex CLI. I type a prompt and get the error message: Missing environment variable: PORTKEY_API_KEY.
I then type !env and in the output I see:
PORTKEY_API_KEY=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxWhat steps can reproduce the bug?
Steps that I took above. Note that the codex doctor report was collected from running the sandbox as sbx exec -it [sandbox] bash
If I run codex after connecting to the sandbox that way, codex works. In either case, when I type !env the environment variable is there in the shell environment.
Let me know if there is any additional debug output you'd like me to gather.
What is the expected behavior?
_No response_
Additional information
_No response_
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