False positive security triggers hiding codex responses in concurrent data structure research code
Open 💬 1 comment Opened Jul 16, 2026 by trbot86
What version of Codex CLI is running?
0.144.0
What subscription do you have?
Pro x20
Which model were you using?
gpt-5.6-sol [max]
What platform is your computer?
Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.19045.0 x64
What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?
Windows terminal -> ubuntu wsl -> tmux -> codex
Codex doctor report
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}What issue are you seeing?
I am getting false positive security errors that are hiding the responses. This is not even security work. I am a concurrency researcher, and I'm just trying to find bugs in a concurrent key-value map / database index as part of the peer review process. I'm having codex implement sanity checks, including what I call checksum validation. It's pretty straightforward code with no real security implication. Something I'd give to a good undergrad... I should have uploaded the entire logs in the thread below via /feedback.
Error I see:
<img width="1080" height="82" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f1ebbb74-366d-4ec3-9cc2-f3aebfee392e" />
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Uploaded thread: 019f6c9c-b3c8-7e41-a398-b38736e953d1
What is the expected behavior?
No security triggers.
Additional information
_No response_
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