Codex cannot execute Cypress command (due to sandboxing?)
Resolved 💬 0 comments Opened Aug 30, 2025 by enriquemorenotent Closed Aug 30, 2025
What version of Codex is running?
v0.25
Which model were you using?
gpt-5
What platform is your computer?
Ubuntu 24.04
What steps can reproduce the bug?
In my case, running a Cypress tests through the command line
What is the expected behavior?
<img width="1059" height="503" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/7ff6a7f6-ea05-4306-8d38-9f7a92abdf15" />
What do you see instead?
user
Run npx cypress run --reporter json --spec cypress/e2e/projects/projects-workflow.cy.js and tell me its
output
codex
I’ll first verify the spec and Cypress install, then attempt the run.
>_
✓ 📂 ls -la
✓ ⌨️ echo ---
✓ 🔎 projects-workflow
✓ ⌨️ echo ---
✓ ⌨️ test -d node_modules/cypress
✓ ⌨️ echo 'cypress installed'
✓ ⌨️ echo 'cypress not found'
✓ ⌨️ echo ---
✓ ⌨️ test -f cypress/e2e/projects/projects-workflow.cy.js
✓ ⌨️ echo 'spec exists'
✓ ⌨️ echo 'spec missing'
✗ ⌨️ echo "Running: npx cypress run --reporter json --spec cypress/e2e/projects/projects-workflow.cy.js"
>&2
npx cypress run --reporter json --spec cypress/e2e/projects/projects-workflow.cy.js
Running: npx cypress run --reporter json --spec cypress/e2e/projects/projects-workflow.cy.js
[125702:0830/122054.738548:FATAL:sandbox_host_linux.cc(41)] Check failed: . shutdown: Operation not
permitted (1)
Additional information
I suspect this is due to some sort of sandboxing.