Benign usage being flagged for security risk

What version of Codex CLI is running?

codex-cli 0.146.0

What subscription do you have?

ChatGPT Pro

Which model were you using?

GPT 5.6 Sol, including subagents

What platform is your computer?

Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 x64

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

Windows Terminal Powershell

Codex doctor report

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  "generatedAt": "1785355969s since unix epoch",
  "overallStatus": "warning",
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      "category": "app-server",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "background server is not running",
      "details": {
        "control socket": "C:\\Users\\emili\\.codex\\app-server-control\\app-server-control.sock",
        "daemon state dir": "C:\\Users\\emili\\.codex\\app-server-daemon",
        "mode": "ephemeral",
        "pid file": "C:\\Users\\emili\\.codex\\app-server-daemon\\app-server.pid (missing)",
        "settings": "C:\\Users\\emili\\.codex\\app-server-daemon\\settings.json (missing)",
        "status": "not running",
        "update-loop pid file": "C:\\Users\\emili\\.codex\\app-server-daemon\\app-server-updater.pid (missing)"
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      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 0
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    "auth.credentials": {
      "id": "auth.credentials",
      "category": "auth",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "auth is configured",
      "details": {
        "auth env vars present": "OPENAI_API_KEY",
        "auth file": "C:\\Users\\emili\\.codex\\auth.json",
        "auth storage mode": "File",
        "stored API key": "true",
        "stored ChatGPT tokens": "false",
        "stored agent identity": "false",
        "stored auth mode": "api_key"
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      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 0
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    "config.load": {
      "id": "config.load",
      "category": "config",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "config loaded",
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        "config.toml": "C:\\Users\\emili\\.codex\\config.toml",
        "config.toml parse": "ok",
        "cwd": "C:\\Users\\emili",
        "enabled feature flags": "<redacted>",
        "feature flag overrides": "none",
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      "category": "git",
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        "git exec path": "C:/Program Files/Git/mingw64/libexec/git-core",
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      "category": "install",
      "status": "ok",
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        "managed by bun": "false",
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      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 0
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      "category": "network",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "network-related environment looks readable",
      "details": {
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      "status": "ok",
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    "network.websocket_reachability": {
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      "category": "websocket",
      "status": "ok",
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        "wire API": "responses"
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      "status": "ok",
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      "details": {
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        "log dir": "C:\\Users\\emili\\.codex\\log (missing)",
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}

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Love your products, but security seems quite unusable for defenders.