After os shutdown, have no codex access to project folder

What version of Codex CLI is running?

codex-cli 0.142.5

What subscription do you have?

plus

Which model were you using?

5.4 medium

What platform is your computer?

Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 x64

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

cmd.exe

Codex doctor report

PS C:\Users\LocalAdmin> "$([Environment]::OSVersion | ForEach-Object VersionString) $(if ([Environment]::Is64BitOperatingSystem) { "x64" } else { "x86" })"
Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 x64
PS C:\Users\LocalAdmin> codex doctor --json
^C
PS C:\Users\LocalAdmin> cd \dos
PS C:\dos> cmd
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.26200.8655]
(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\DOS>codex doctor --json
{
  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "generatedAt": "1783341340s since unix epoch",
  "overallStatus": "ok",
  "codexVersion": "0.142.5",
  "checks": {
    "app_server.status": {
      "id": "app_server.status",
      "category": "app-server",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "background server is not running",
      "details": {
        "control socket": "C:\\Users\\LocalAdmin\\.codex\\app-server-control\\app-server-control.sock",
        "daemon state dir": "C:\\Users\\LocalAdmin\\.codex\\app-server-daemon",
        "mode": "ephemeral",
        "pid file": "C:\\Users\\LocalAdmin\\.codex\\app-server-daemon\\app-server.pid (missing)",
        "settings": "C:\\Users\\LocalAdmin\\.codex\\app-server-daemon\\settings.json (missing)",
        "status": "not running",
        "update-loop pid file": "C:\\Users\\LocalAdmin\\.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 configured",
      "details": {
        "auth file": "C:\\Users\\LocalAdmin\\.codex\\auth.json",
        "auth storage mode": "File",
        "stored API key": "false",
        "stored ChatGPT tokens": "true",
        "stored agent identity": "false",
        "stored auth mode": "chatgpt"
      },
      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 0
    },
    "config.load": {
      "id": "config.load",
      "category": "config",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "config loaded",
      "details": {
        "CODEX_HOME": "C:\\Users\\LocalAdmin\\.codex",
        "config.toml": "C:\\Users\\LocalAdmin\\.codex\\config.toml",
        "config.toml parse": "ok",
        "cwd": "C:\\DOS",
        "enabled feature flags": "<redacted>",
        "feature flag overrides": "memories=true",
        "feature flags enabled": "34",
        "log dir": "C:\\Users\\LocalAdmin\\.codex\\log",
        "mcp servers": "1",
        "model": "gpt-5.4",
        "model provider": "openai",
        "sqlite home": "C:\\Users\\LocalAdmin\\.codex"
      },
      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 0
    },
    "git.environment": {
      "id": "git.environment",
      "category": "git",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "git version 2.55.0.windows.2",
      "details": {
        ".git entry": "directory",
        "PATH git #1": "C:\\Program Files\\Git\\cmd\\git.exe",
        "PATH git entries": "1",
        "git branch": "main",
        "git build options": "git version 2.55.0.windows.2; cpu: x86_64; built from commit: c8dff95af823bd04181a583c03f3fbb954551c30; sizeof-long: 4; sizeof-size_t: 8; shell-path: D:/git-sdk-64-build-installers/usr/bin/sh; rust: disabled; feature: fsmonitor--daemon; gettext: enabled; libcurl: 8.21.0; OpenSSL: OpenSSL 3.5.7 9 Jun 2026; zlib: 1.3.2; SHA-1: SHA1_DC; SHA-256: SHA256_BLK; default-ref-format: files; default-hash: sha1",
        "git exec path": "C:/Program Files/Git/mingw64/libexec/git-core",
        "git version": "git version 2.55.0.windows.2",
        "repo detected": "true",
        "repo root": "C:\\DOS",
        "selected git": "C:\\Program Files\\Git\\cmd\\git.exe"
      },
      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 158
    },
    "installation": {
      "id": "installation",
      "category": "install",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "installation looks consistent",
      "details": {
        "PATH codex #1": "C:\\DOS\\bin\\CODEX.CMD",
        "PATH codex #2": "C:\\Users\\LocalAdmin\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\OpenAI\\Codex\\bin\\codex.exe",
        "PATH codex #3": "C:\\Users\\LocalAdmin\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\WinGet\\Links\\codex.exe",
        "PATH codex entries": "3",
        "current executable": "c:\\ProgramApps\\Npm\\node_modules\\@openai\\codex\\node_modules\\@openai\\codex-win32-x64\\vendor\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\bin\\codex.exe",
        "install context": "npm (package C:\\ProgramApps\\Npm\\node_modules\\@openai\\codex\\node_modules\\@openai\\codex-win32-x64\\vendor\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc, bin C:\\ProgramApps\\Npm\\node_modules\\@openai\\codex\\node_modules\\@openai\\codex-win32-x64\\vendor\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\bin, resources C:\\ProgramApps\\Npm\\node_modules\\@openai\\codex\\node_modules\\@openai\\codex-win32-x64\\vendor\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\codex-resources, path C:\\ProgramApps\\Npm\\node_modules\\@openai\\codex\\node_modules\\@openai\\codex-win32-x64\\vendor\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\codex-path)",
        "managed by bun": "false",
        "managed by npm": "true",
        "managed package root": "c:\\ProgramApps\\Npm\\node_modules\\@openai\\codex",
        "npm update target": "C:\\ProgramApps\\npm\\node_modules\\@openai\\codex"
      },
      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 501
    },
    "mcp.config": {
      "id": "mcp.config",
      "category": "mcp",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "MCP configuration is locally consistent",
      "details": {
        "configured servers": "1",
        "disabled servers": "0",
        "stdio servers": "1"
      },
      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 0
    },
    "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 403)",
        "reachability mode": "ChatGPT auth"
      },
      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 587
    },
    "network.websocket_reachability": {
      "id": "network.websocket_reachability",
      "category": "websocket",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "Responses WebSocket handshake succeeded",
      "details": {
        "DNS": "2 IPv4, 0 IPv6, first IPv4",
        "auth mode": "chatgpt",
        "connect timeout": "15000 ms",
        "endpoint": "wss://chatgpt.com/backend-api/<redacted>",
        "handshake result": "HTTP 101 Switching Protocols",
        "model provider": "openai",
        "models etag present": "true",
        "provider name": "OpenAI",
        "proxy env vars": "none",
        "reasoning header": "false",
        "server model present": "false",
        "supports websockets": "true",
        "wire API": "responses"
      },
      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 1952
    },
    "runtime.provenance": {
      "id": "runtime.provenance",
      "category": "runtime",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "running npm on windows-x86_64",
      "details": {
        "commit": "unknown",
        "current executable": "c:\\ProgramApps\\Npm\\node_modules\\@openai\\codex\\node_modules\\@openai\\codex-win32-x64\\vendor\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\bin\\codex.exe",
        "install method": "npm (package C:\\ProgramApps\\Npm\\node_modules\\@openai\\codex\\node_modules\\@openai\\codex-win32-x64\\vendor\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc, bin C:\\ProgramApps\\Npm\\node_modules\\@openai\\codex\\node_modules\\@openai\\codex-win32-x64\\vendor\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\bin, resources C:\\ProgramApps\\Npm\\node_modules\\@openai\\codex\\node_modules\\@openai\\codex-win32-x64\\vendor\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\codex-resources, path C:\\ProgramApps\\Npm\\node_modules\\@openai\\codex\\node_modules\\@openai\\codex-win32-x64\\vendor\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\codex-path)",
        "platform": "windows-x86_64",
        "version": "0.142.5"
      },
      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 0
    },
    "runtime.search": {
      "id": "runtime.search",
      "category": "search",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "search is OK (bundled)",
      "details": {
        "search command": "C:\\ProgramApps\\Npm\\node_modules\\@openai\\codex\\node_modules\\@openai\\codex-win32-x64\\vendor\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\codex-path\\rg.exe",
        "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": "none",
        "execve wrapper helper": "none",
        "filesystem sandbox": "restricted",
        "network sandbox": "restricted"
      },
      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 0
    },
    "state.paths": {
      "id": "state.paths",
      "category": "state",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "state paths and databases are inspectable",
      "details": {
        "CODEX_HOME": "C:\\Users\\LocalAdmin\\.codex (dir)",
        "active rollout files": "116 files, 171549339 total bytes, 1478873 average bytes",
        "archived rollout files": "38 files, 145217419 total bytes, 3821511 average bytes",
        "goals DB": "C:\\Users\\LocalAdmin\\.codex\\goals_1.sqlite (file)",
        "goals DB integrity": "ok",
        "log DB": "C:\\Users\\LocalAdmin\\.codex\\logs_2.sqlite (file)",
        "log DB integrity": "ok",
        "log dir": "C:\\Users\\LocalAdmin\\.codex\\log (dir)",
        "memories DB": "C:\\Users\\LocalAdmin\\.codex\\memories_1.sqlite (file)",
        "memories DB integrity": "ok",
        "sqlite home": "C:\\Users\\LocalAdmin\\.codex (dir)",
        "state DB": "C:\\Users\\LocalAdmin\\.codex\\state_5.sqlite (file)",
        "state DB integrity": "ok"
      },
      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 388
    },
    "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": "openai",
        "rollout DB active files": "116",
        "rollout DB active rows": "116",
        "rollout DB archive mismatches": "0",
        "rollout DB archived files": "38",
        "rollout DB archived rows": "38",
        "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=154",
        "rollout DB rows": "154",
        "rollout DB scan cap reached": "false",
        "rollout DB scan errors": "0",
        "rollout DB sources": "vscode=98, cli=37, subagent:thread_spawn=12, subagent:other=6, subagent:review=1",
        "rollout DB stale rows": "0"
      },
      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 5158
    },
    "system.environment": {
      "id": "system.environment",
      "category": "system",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "OS language en-US",
      "details": {
        "EDITOR": "not set",
        "VISUAL": "not set",
        "os": "Windows 10.0.26200 (Windows 11 Core) [64-bit]",
        "os language": "en-US",
        "os type": "Windows",
        "os version": "10.0.26200"
      },
      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 0
    },
    "terminal.env": {
      "id": "terminal.env",
      "category": "terminal",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "terminal metadata was detected",
      "details": {
        "WT_SESSION": "present",
        "color output": "enabled",
        "console input code page": "437",
        "console output code page": "437",
        "stderr console mode": "0x00000007 (VT processing: true)",
        "stderr is terminal": "true",
        "stdin is terminal": "true",
        "stdout console mode": "0x00000007 (VT processing: true)",
        "stdout is terminal": "true",
        "terminal": "Windows Terminal",
        "terminal size": "220x30"
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      "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": "DOS",
        "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": "0.142.5",
        "check for update on startup": "true",
        "last checked at": "2026-07-05T18:13:51.249814900Z",
        "latest version": "0.142.5",
        "latest version status": "current version is not older",
        "npm update target": "C:\\ProgramApps\\npm\\node_modules\\@openai\\codex",
        "update action": "npm install -g @openai/codex",
        "version cache": "C:\\Users\\LocalAdmin\\.codex\\version.json"
      },
      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 1617
    }
  }
}

C:\DOS>

What issue are you seeing?

have to run codex from a subfolder, not the parent folder. not an ACL type issue. pretty sure it is sandbox stuff.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Uploaded thread: 019f3761-b003-7190-8ee6-1e5e454b0e42

What is the expected behavior?

just try to read the parent folder

Additional information

_No response_