Constant sqlite writes when using API key auth about no remote control support
Open 💬 1 comment Opened Jun 26, 2026 by lattwood
What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
Version 26.623.31921 • Released Jun 26, 2026
What subscription do you have?
API Key
What platform is your computer?
Darwin 25.5.0 arm64 arm
What issue are you seeing?
> sqlite3 -readonly ./.codex/logs_2.sqlite 'select * from logs order by ts desc limit 10'
66298694|1782487142|422302000|INFO|codex_app_server_transport::transport::remote_control::websocket|waiting to resolve remote control preference until authentication is available error=remote control requires ChatGPT authentication; API key auth is not supported|codex_app_server_transport::transport::remote_control::websocket|app-server-transport/src/transport/remote_control/websocket.rs|609||pid:98402:3d95747d-29a0-4e51-a155-d5bfac6bc982|356
66298693|1782487141|420619000|INFO|codex_app_server_transport::transport::remote_control::websocket|waiting to resolve remote control preference until authentication is available error=remote control requires ChatGPT authentication; API key auth is not supported|codex_app_server_transport::transport::remote_control::websocket|app-server-transport/src/transport/remote_control/websocket.rs|609||pid:98402:3d95747d-29a0-4e51-a155-d5bfac6bc982|356
66298692|1782487140|418696000|INFO|codex_app_server_transport::transport::remote_control::websocket|waiting to resolve remote control preference until authentication is available error=remote control requires ChatGPT authentication; API key auth is not supported|codex_app_server_transport::transport::remote_control::websocket|app-server-transport/src/transport/remote_control/websocket.rs|609||pid:98402:3d95747d-29a0-4e51-a155-d5bfac6bc982|356
66298691|1782487139|416587000|INFO|codex_app_server_transport::transport::remote_control::websocket|waiting to resolve remote control preference until authentication is available error=remote control requires ChatGPT authentication; API key auth is not supported|codex_app_server_transport::transport::remote_control::websocket|app-server-transport/src/transport/remote_control/websocket.rs|609||pid:98402:3d95747d-29a0-4e51-a155-d5bfac6bc982|356
66298690|1782487138|414970000|INFO|codex_app_server_transport::transport::remote_control::websocket|waiting to resolve remote control preference until authentication is available error=remote control requires ChatGPT authentication; API key auth is not supported|codex_app_server_transport::transport::remote_control::websocket|app-server-transport/src/transport/remote_control/websocket.rs|609||pid:98402:3d95747d-29a0-4e51-a155-d5bfac6bc982|356
66298689|1782487137|412992000|INFO|codex_app_server_transport::transport::remote_control::websocket|waiting to resolve remote control preference until authentication is available error=remote control requires ChatGPT authentication; API key auth is not supported|codex_app_server_transport::transport::remote_control::websocket|app-server-transport/src/transport/remote_control/websocket.rs|609||pid:98402:3d95747d-29a0-4e51-a155-d5bfac6bc982|356
66298688|1782487136|410670000|INFO|codex_app_server_transport::transport::remote_control::websocket|waiting to resolve remote control preference until authentication is available error=remote control requires ChatGPT authentication; API key auth is not supported|codex_app_server_transport::transport::remote_control::websocket|app-server-transport/src/transport/remote_control/websocket.rs|609||pid:98402:3d95747d-29a0-4e51-a155-d5bfac6bc982|356
66298687|1782487135|408504000|INFO|codex_app_server_transport::transport::remote_control::websocket|waiting to resolve remote control preference until authentication is available error=remote control requires ChatGPT authentication; API key auth is not supported|codex_app_server_transport::transport::remote_control::websocket|app-server-transport/src/transport/remote_control/websocket.rs|609||pid:98402:3d95747d-29a0-4e51-a155-d5bfac6bc982|356
66298686|1782487134|406999000|INFO|codex_app_server_transport::transport::remote_control::websocket|waiting to resolve remote control preference until authentication is available error=remote control requires ChatGPT authentication; API key auth is not supported|codex_app_server_transport::transport::remote_control::websocket|app-server-transport/src/transport/remote_control/websocket.rs|609||pid:98402:3d95747d-29a0-4e51-a155-d5bfac6bc982|356
66298685|1782487133|405072000|INFO|codex_app_server_transport::transport::remote_control::websocket|waiting to resolve remote control preference until authentication is available error=remote control requires ChatGPT authentication; API key auth is not supported|codex_app_server_transport::transport::remote_control::websocket|app-server-transport/src/transport/remote_control/websocket.rs|609||pid:98402:3d95747d-29a0-4e51-a155-d5bfac6bc982|356
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Use Codex app with API Key.
Look at sqlite.
What is the expected behavior?
It shouldn't do this?
Additional information
I stumbled onto this when trying to figure out why dictation didn't work with API Key auth
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