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Codex Issues / #36953

Browser site permission remains blocked after rule deletion and restart

Open 💬 4 comments Opened Aug 4, 2026 by dmitryklimansky

Description

Browser Use continues to block access to https://forum.vgd.ru with the following error:

A saved user permission setting blocks this action.

However, no site-specific permission exists in the Codex settings.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Open Codex on Windows.
  2. Go to Settings → Browser.
  3. Set Confirmation to Always ask.
  4. Delete all site-specific rules for https://forum.vgd.ru.
  5. Open or explicitly attach a Chrome tab displaying https://forum.vgd.ru.
  6. Ask Codex to read the page.

Actual behavior

Access is immediately rejected because of a supposedly saved user preference. No permission prompt appears.

Expected behavior

Codex should display a new permission prompt because no site-specific rule exists.

Troubleshooting already attempted

  • Explicitly allowed viewing, downloading, and uploading for the site.
  • Removed the custom site permission completely.
  • Set confirmation to Always ask.
  • Refreshed and reopened the page in a new Chrome tab.
  • Restarted Codex.
  • Restarted the computer.
  • Explicitly attached the Chrome tab to the Codex conversation.

The issue persists after all these steps.

Environment

  • Windows
  • Google Chrome
  • ChatGPT browser extension version: 1.2.27236.6274
  • Affected site: https://forum.vgd.ru

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4 Comments

ronething · 19 days ago

I ran into a similar issue too, it's super weird, and I only noticed it after updating today.

ronething · 19 days ago

I've already downgraded, and it's been resolved.

<img width="380" height="306" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/feb42929-f378-484e-a27c-6ba1b3f37342" />

dmitryklimansky · 19 days ago

Partially solved by using internal browser, but it is a crutch

cestkg · 14 days ago

I can reproduce the same persistent saved-permission failure on macOS using the Codex built-in browser (not the Chrome extension).

Observed error:

Browser Use rejected this action due to browser security policy. Reason: A saved user permission setting blocks this action.

Troubleshooting completed:

  • Confirmed the built-in browser backend connects normally.
  • Removed the site's custom permission rule.
  • Cleared All time → Site settings for the built-in browser while leaving history, cookies, cache, downloads, autofill, and passwords untouched.
  • Fully quit and restarted the ChatGPT/Codex desktop app.
  • Retried in a fresh built-in-browser session and fresh tab.

The same domain remains blocked without a new permission prompt. Other browser initialization succeeds, so this appears to be a stale per-domain denial that survives both rule deletion and site-settings reset.

Environment: macOS; ChatGPT/Codex desktop app; Codex in-app browser. Affected domain in this reproduction: https://retrofete.com.