Give Full Access to codex but repeatedly ask for permission

Open 💬 10 comments Opened Jun 19, 2026 by raterolfrontback
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

What version of Codex CLI is running?

latest

What subscription do you have?

pro 20x

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.5

What platform is your computer?

Windows 11

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

_No response_

Codex doctor report

What issue are you seeing?

Full Access granted but repeatedly ask for permission.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Just give full access and run a long term task, the task should something like grant access to env path or access to C:/user related paths

What is the expected behavior?

_No response_

Additional information

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10 Comments

github-actions[bot] contributor · 1 month ago

Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.

  • #29043
  • #28988
  • #27803
  • #29054
  • #28574

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vdmkotai · 1 month ago

Same for me on macos (desktop app)

daj1980 · 1 month ago

Same here. It only started after recent update.

jvcleave · 1 month ago

same but on macos here. currently on Version 26.616.32156 • Released Jun 19, 2026

arminphamp · 1 month ago

same here so annoying

Vicnovais · 1 month ago

same here!

arkilis · 1 month ago

same thing

jmcward007 · 1 month ago

Same problem. I revoked all privileges on my Mac running Sequoia and then reenable them all and no change was observed. Now I have to monitor everything I'm doing constantly. I keep moving forward. Hopefully there's a fix soon.

jvcleave · 1 month ago

might be fixed? not seeing the issue in Version 26.616.51431 • Released Jun 20, 2026

jmcward007 · 29 days ago
might be fixed? not seeing the issue in Version 26.616.51431 • Released Jun 20, 2026

Hi Jason,

Thanks for the response. I was just about to put the following up.

The path to this on MacOS is: ~/.codex/config.toml

Put 1 of these 2 options at the top of the settings page.

approval_policy = "never"
sandbox_mode = "workspace-write"

or

approval_policy = "never"
sandbox_mode = "danger-full-access"

I used the 2nd one and the problem went away, or maybe the update I did was the difference. Now that you
said yours was fixed I am not positive which one did the trick.