codex exec unable to edit on Windows
Resolved 💬 5 comments Opened Sep 5, 2025 by mrairdon-midmark Closed Nov 23, 2025
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (pakrym-oai, contributor)
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What version of Codex is running?
0.29.0
Which model were you using?
gpt-5
What platform is your computer?
Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.22631.0 x64
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Run codex exec with dangerously bypass rules and have it try to edit a file
What is the expected behavior?
It should be able to edit the file
What do you see instead?
It hangs
Additional information
_No response_
5 Comments
Can you share more details, command line or the error?
Command
codex exec --full-auto "make a little hello.md file that just says hello"Error
No error... it just hangs forever.
<img width="574" height="157" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/7b7912b8-b2c1-49c5-bd39-616c6eec508e" />
Happening on Mac too. It boots into read-only mode even when I've passed
--full-auto.!Image
It appears to be unexpected behavior between several different flags. Going down to just --full-auto (and not targeting a different directory) puts
execinto full-auto.I think this bug is no longer relevant. If you're still seeing this with a recent version of codex, please open a new issue and use the
/feedbackslash command to upload details.