codex cli suddenly stuck and couldn't continue
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Sep 6, 2025 by nativeas Closed Dec 23, 2025
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (etraut-openai, contributor)
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What version of Codex is running?
codex-cli 0.30.0
Which model were you using?
cant login
What platform is your computer?
Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26100.0 x64
What steps can reproduce the bug?
PS C:\Users\nativeas> codex
Error: Cannot create a file when that file already exists. (os error 183)
PS C:\Users\nativeas>
When I input "codex", it shows this, and I cannot continue
What is the expected behavior?
_No response_
What do you see instead?
_No response_
Additional information
_No response_
3 Comments
I also have this problem, how should I solve it?
<img width="616" height="45" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/06797a07-7bf7-4cdc-9d76-ac41c94a6172" /> You can try to delete the following files and restart, I succeeded
I assume this bug is no longer relevant. If you are still experiencing problems, let us know.