Incorrect auth.json update after running codex for few hours
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Jun 26, 2026 by Z-M-Huang Closed Jun 27, 2026
What version of Codex CLI is running?
0.142.2
What subscription do you have?
pro
Which model were you using?
gpt-5.5
What platform is your computer?
Linux 6.6.87.2-microsoft-standard-WSL2 x86_64 x86_64
What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?
VS Code
Codex doctor report
{
"schemaVersion": 1,
"generatedAt": "1782486075s since unix epoch",
"overallStatus": "fail",
"codexVersion": "0.142.2",
"checks": {
"app_server.status": {
"id": "app_server.status",
"category": "app-server",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "background server is not running",
"details": {
"control socket": "/home/mark/.codex/app-server-control/app-server-control.sock",
"daemon state dir": "/home/mark/.codex/app-server-daemon",
"mode": "ephemeral",
"pid file": "/home/mark/.codex/app-server-daemon/app-server.pid (missing)",
"settings": "/home/mark/.codex/app-server-daemon/settings.json (missing)",
"status": "not running",
"update-loop pid file": "/home/mark/.codex/app-server-daemon/app-server-updater.pid (missing)"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"auth.credentials": {
"id": "auth.credentials",
"category": "auth",
"status": "fail",
"summary": "stored credentials could not be read",
"details": {
"Invalid input length": "9 at line 1 column 106"
},
"remediation": "Fix auth storage access or run codex login again.",
"durationMs": 0
},
"config.load": {
"id": "config.load",
"category": "config",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "config loaded",
"details": {
"CODEX_HOME": "/home/mark/.codex",
"config.toml": "/home/mark/.codex/config.toml",
"config.toml parse": "ok",
"cwd": "/home/mark/trading-bot",
"enabled feature flags": "shell_tool, unified_exec, shell_snapshot, terminal_resize_reflow, sqlite, hooks, enable_request_compression, multi_agent, apps, tool_search_always_defer_mcp_tools, tool_suggest, plugins, in_app_browser, browser_use, browser_use_full_cdp_access, browser_use_external, computer_use, plugin_sharing, image_generation, resize_all_images, skill_mcp_dependency_install, mentions_v2, steer, guardian_approval, goals, collaboration_modes, tool_call_mcp_elicitation, personality, fast_mode, tui_app_server, auto_compaction, remote_compaction_v2, workspace_dependencies",
"feature flag overrides": "none",
"feature flags enabled": "33",
"log dir": "/home/mark/.codex/log",
"mcp servers": "3",
"model": "gpt-5.5",
"model provider": "openai",
"sqlite home": "/home/mark/.codex"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"git.environment": {
"id": "git.environment",
"category": "git",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "git version 2.43.0",
"details": {
".git entry": "directory",
"PATH git #1": "/usr/bin/git",
"PATH git #2": "/bin/git",
"PATH git entries": "2",
"git branch": "main",
"git build options": "git version 2.43.0; cpu: x86_64; no commit associated with this build; sizeof-long: 8; sizeof-size_t: 8; shell-path: /bin/sh",
"git exec path": "/usr/lib/git-core",
"git version": "git version 2.43.0",
"repo detected": "true",
"repo root": "/home/mark/trading-bot",
"selected git": "/usr/bin/git"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 19
},
"installation": {
"id": "installation",
"category": "install",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "installation looks consistent",
"details": {
"PATH codex #1": "/usr/bin/codex",
"PATH codex #2": "/bin/codex",
"PATH codex entries": "2",
"current executable": "/usr/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-x64/vendor/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/bin/codex",
"install context": "npm (package /usr/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-x64/vendor/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl, bin /usr/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-x64/vendor/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/bin, resources /usr/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-x64/vendor/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/codex-resources, path /usr/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",
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"npm update target": "/usr/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 82
},
"mcp.config": {
"id": "mcp.config",
"category": "mcp",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "MCP configuration is locally consistent",
"details": {
"configured servers": "3",
"disabled servers": "0",
"stdio servers": "2",
"streamable_http servers": "1"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 289
},
"network.env": {
"id": "network.env",
"category": "network",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "network-related environment looks readable",
"details": {
"proxy env vars": "none"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"network.provider_reachability": {
"id": "network.provider_reachability",
"category": "reachability",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "active provider endpoints are reachable over HTTP",
"details": {
"ChatGPT base URL": "https://chatgpt.com/backend-api/ reachable (HTTP 404)",
"reachability mode": "ChatGPT auth"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 140
},
"network.websocket_reachability": {
"id": "network.websocket_reachability",
"category": "websocket",
"status": "warning",
"summary": "Responses WebSocket failed; HTTPS fallback may still work",
"details": {
"DNS": "2 IPv4, 0 IPv6, first IPv4",
"auth mode": "none",
"connect timeout": "15000 ms",
"endpoint": "wss://api.openai.com/v1/<redacted>",
"handshake transport error": "http 401 Unauthorized: Some(\"{\\n \\\"error\\\": {\\n \\\"message\\\": \\\"Missing bearer or basic authentication in header\\\",\\n \\\"type\\\": \\\"invalid_request_error\\\",\\n \\\"param\\\": null,\\n \\\"code\\\": null\\n }\\n}\")",
"model provider": "openai",
"provider name": "OpenAI",
"proxy env vars": "none",
"supports websockets": "true",
"wire API": "responses"
},
"remediation": "Check proxy, VPN, firewall, DNS, custom CA, and WebSocket policy support.",
"durationMs": 301
},
"runtime.provenance": {
"id": "runtime.provenance",
"category": "runtime",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "running npm on linux-x86_64",
"details": {
"commit": "unknown",
"current executable": "/usr/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-x64/vendor/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/bin/codex",
"install method": "npm (package /usr/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-x64/vendor/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl, bin /usr/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-x64/vendor/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/bin, resources /usr/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-x64/vendor/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/codex-resources, path /usr/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-x64/vendor/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/codex-path)",
"platform": "linux-x86_64",
"version": "0.142.2"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"runtime.search": {
"id": "runtime.search",
"category": "search",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "search is OK (bundled)",
"details": {
"search command": "/usr/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/mark/.codex/tmp/arg0/codex-arg0sKOuRj/codex-linux-sandbox",
"execve wrapper helper": "/home/mark/.codex/tmp/arg0/codex-arg0sKOuRj/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/mark/.codex (dir)",
"active rollout files": "286 files, 1744045516 total bytes, 6098061 average bytes",
"archived rollout files": "0 files, 0 total bytes, 0 average bytes",
"goals DB": "/home/mark/.codex/goals_1.sqlite (file)",
"goals DB integrity": "ok",
"log DB": "/home/mark/.codex/logs_2.sqlite (file)",
"log DB integrity": "ok",
"log dir": "/home/mark/.codex/log (dir)",
"memories DB": "/home/mark/.codex/memories_1.sqlite (file)",
"memories DB integrity": "ok",
"sqlite home": "/home/mark/.codex (dir)",
"state DB": "/home/mark/.codex/state_5.sqlite (file)",
"state DB integrity": "ok"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 8328
},
"state.rollout_db_parity": {
"id": "state.rollout_db_parity",
"category": "threads",
"status": "warning",
"summary": "rollout files and state DB thread inventory differ",
"details": {
"default model provider": "openai",
"rollout DB active files": "285",
"rollout DB active rows": "286",
"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": "openai=286",
"rollout DB rows": "286",
"rollout DB scan cap reached": "false",
"rollout DB scan error sample": "/home/mark/.codex/sessions/2026/06/03/rollout-2026-06-03T20-46-42-019e8f3d-0888-7ab0-bf1b-41b518f432b5.jsonl (empty session file)",
"rollout DB scan errors": "1",
"rollout DB sources": "cli=260, subagent:review=22, exec=4",
"rollout DB stale rows": "0"
},
"issues": [
{
"severity": "warning",
"cause": "rollout scan was incomplete or found bad files",
"measured": "1 scan errors, 0 malformed names, scan cap reached: false",
"expected": "rollout directories are fully scannable",
"remedy": "Check file permissions and unexpected files under CODEX_HOME sessions.",
"fields": []
}
],
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 20233
},
"system.environment": {
"id": "system.environment",
"category": "system",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "OS language en-US",
"details": {
"EDITOR": "not set",
"LANG": "en_US.UTF-8",
"VISUAL": "not set",
"os": "Ubuntu 24.4.0 [64-bit]",
"os language": "en-US",
"os type": "Ubuntu",
"os version": "24.4.0"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 2
},
"terminal.env": {
"id": "terminal.env",
"category": "terminal",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "terminal metadata was detected",
"details": {
"COLORTERM": "truecolor",
"DISPLAY": "present",
"TERM_PROGRAM": "vscode",
"VSCODE_IPC_HOOK_CLI": "present",
"color output": "enabled",
"effective locale": "en_US.UTF-8",
"stderr is terminal": "true",
"stdin is terminal": "true",
"stdout is terminal": "true",
"terminal": "VS Code",
"terminal size": "293x76",
"terminal version": "1.126.0"
},
"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": "git repo root",
"terminal title project value": "trading-bot",
"terminal title source": "default"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"updates.status": {
"id": "updates.status",
"category": "updates",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "update configuration is locally consistent",
"details": {
"cached latest version": "0.142.2",
"check for update on startup": "true",
"last checked at": "2026-06-26T11:13:27.432307610Z",
"latest version": "0.142.2",
"latest version status": "current version is not older",
"npm update target": "/usr/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex",
"update action": "npm install -g @openai/codex",
"version cache": "/home/mark/.codex/version.json"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 382
}
}
}What issue are you seeing?
I have been constantly hitting
$ codex
Invalid input length: 9 at line 1 column 106This is an auth issue, after logged in with codex login --device-auth, the auth.json will be populated correctly with token and etc. However, after running codex for period of time, and when I need to start a new codex session in a different project. This above mentioned Invalid input length: 9 at line 1 column 106 will show up. And the auth.json becomes
$ cat ~/.codex/auth.json
{"auth_mode":"chatgpt","tokens":{"access_token":"access-refreshed","id_token":"header.refreshed.signature","refresh_token":"refresh-refreshed"}Which doesn't make sense and blocks the new session from launching
What steps can reproduce the bug?
- Login with device auth
- Run codex for few hours
- Open a new codex session and it shows the error
What is the expected behavior?
The auth.json should be populated with correct information after token refreshes
Additional information
_No response_
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