Failed to use /btw
Open 💬 5 comments Opened Aug 13, 2026 by Rokurolize
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor)
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What version of Codex CLI is running?
codex-cli 0.148.0-alpha.9
What subscription do you have?
Pro 20x
Which model were you using?
gpt-5.6-luna
What platform is your computer?
Linux 6.18.35.2-microsoft-standard-WSL2 x86_64 x86_64
What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?
Windows Terminal (WSL / PowerShell)
Codex doctor report
roku@DESKTOP-U0GHMTQ:~/src/Rokurolize/scp-tag-translation$ codex doctor --json
{
"schemaVersion": 1,
"generatedAt": "1786601757s since unix epoch",
"overallStatus": "warning",
"codexVersion": "0.148.0-alpha.9",
"checks": {
"app_server.status": {
"id": "app_server.status",
"category": "app-server",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "background server is not running",
"details": {
"control socket": "/home/roku/.codex/app-server-control/app-server-control.sock",
"daemon state dir": "/home/roku/.codex/app-server-daemon",
"mode": "ephemeral",
"pid file": "/home/roku/.codex/app-server-daemon/app-server.pid (missing)",
"settings": "/home/roku/.codex/app-server-daemon/settings.json (missing)",
"status": "not running",
"update-loop pid file": "/home/roku/.codex/app-server-daemon/app-server-updater.pid (missing)"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"auth.credentials": {
"id": "auth.credentials",
"category": "auth",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "auth is configured",
"details": {
"auth file": "/home/roku/.codex/auth.json",
"auth storage mode": "File",
"stored API key": "false",
"stored ChatGPT tokens": "true",
"stored agent identity": "false",
"stored auth mode": "chatgpt"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"config.load": {
"id": "config.load",
"category": "config",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "config loaded",
"details": {
"CODEX_HOME": "/home/roku/.codex",
"config.toml": "/home/roku/.codex/config.toml",
"config.toml parse": "ok",
"cwd": "/home/roku/src/Rokurolize/scp-tag-translation",
"enabled feature flags": "shell_tool, view_image, unified_exec, shell_snapshot, code_mode_host, terminal_resize_reflow, sqlite, hooks, enable_request_compression, multi_agent, apps, tool_search_always_defer_mcp_tools, tool_suggest, plugins, in_app_browser, in_app_updates, browser_use, browser_use_full_cdp_access, browser_use_external, computer_use, remote_plugin, plugin_sharing, image_generation, resize_all_images, item_ids, skill_mcp_dependency_install, skill_search, mentions_v2, steer, guardian_approval, goals, collaboration_modes, tool_call_mcp_elicitation, auth_elicitation, personality, fast_mode, tui_app_server, remote_compaction_v2, workspace_dependencies",
"feature flag overrides": "none",
"feature flags enabled": "39",
"log dir": "/home/roku/.codex/log",
"mcp servers": "0",
"model": "gpt-5.6-luna",
"model provider": "openai",
"sqlite home": "/home/roku/.codex"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"git.environment": {
"id": "git.environment",
"category": "git",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "git version 2.43.0",
"details": {
".git entry": "directory",
"PATH git #1": "/usr/bin/git",
"PATH git #2": "/bin/git",
"PATH git entries": "2",
"git branch": "desloppify/score-100",
"git build options": "git version 2.43.0; cpu: x86_64; no commit associated with this build; sizeof-long: 8; sizeof-size_t: 8; shell-path: /bin/sh",
"git exec path": "/usr/lib/git-core",
"git version": "git version 2.43.0",
"repo detected": "true",
"repo root": "/home/roku/src/Rokurolize/scp-tag-translation",
"selected git": "/usr/bin/git"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 74
},
"installation": {
"id": "installation",
"category": "install",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "installation looks consistent",
"details": {
"PATH codex #1": "/home/roku/.local/bin/codex",
"current executable": "/home/roku/.codex/packages/standalone/releases/0.148.0-alpha.9-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/bin/codex",
"install context": "standalone (unix, package /home/roku/.codex/packages/standalone/releases/0.148.0-alpha.9-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl, bin /home/roku/.codex/packages/standalone/releases/0.148.0-alpha.9-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/bin, resources /home/roku/.codex/packages/standalone/releases/0.148.0-alpha.9-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/codex-resources, path /home/roku/.codex/packages/standalone/releases/0.148.0-alpha.9-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/codex-path)",
"managed by bun": "false",
"managed by npm": "false",
"managed by pnpm": "false",
"managed package root": "not set"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 3
},
"mcp.config": {
"id": "mcp.config",
"category": "mcp",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "no MCP servers configured",
"details": {},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"network.env": {
"id": "network.env",
"category": "network",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "network-related environment looks readable",
"details": {
"proxy env vars": "none"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"network.provider_reachability": {
"id": "network.provider_reachability",
"category": "reachability",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "active provider endpoints are reachable over HTTP",
"details": {
"ChatGPT base URL": "https://chatgpt.com/backend-api/ reachable (HTTP 404)",
"reachability mode": "ChatGPT auth"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 355
},
"network.websocket_reachability": {
"id": "network.websocket_reachability",
"category": "websocket",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "Responses WebSocket handshake succeeded",
"details": {
"DNS": "2 IPv4, 2 IPv6, first IPv4",
"auth mode": "chatgpt",
"connect timeout": "15000 ms",
"endpoint": "wss://chatgpt.com/backend-api/<redacted>",
"handshake result": "HTTP 101 Switching Protocols",
"model provider": "openai",
"models etag present": "true",
"provider name": "OpenAI",
"proxy env vars": "none",
"reasoning header": "false",
"server model present": "false",
"supports websockets": "true",
"wire API": "responses"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 685
},
"runtime.provenance": {
"id": "runtime.provenance",
"category": "runtime",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "running standalone on linux-x86_64",
"details": {
"commit": "unknown",
"current executable": "/home/roku/.codex/packages/standalone/releases/0.148.0-alpha.9-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/bin/codex",
"install method": "standalone (unix, package /home/roku/.codex/packages/standalone/releases/0.148.0-alpha.9-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl, bin /home/roku/.codex/packages/standalone/releases/0.148.0-alpha.9-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/bin, resources /home/roku/.codex/packages/standalone/releases/0.148.0-alpha.9-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/codex-resources, path /home/roku/.codex/packages/standalone/releases/0.148.0-alpha.9-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/codex-path)",
"platform": "linux-x86_64",
"version": "0.148.0-alpha.9"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"runtime.search": {
"id": "runtime.search",
"category": "search",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "search is OK (bundled)",
"details": {
"search command": "/home/roku/.codex/packages/standalone/releases/0.148.0-alpha.9-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/codex-path/rg",
"search command readiness": "file exists",
"search provider": "bundled"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"sandbox.helpers": {
"id": "sandbox.helpers",
"category": "sandbox",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "sandbox configuration is readable",
"details": {
"approval policy": "Never",
"codex-linux-sandbox helper": "/home/roku/.codex/tmp/arg0/codex-arg0SEqLd4/codex-linux-sandbox",
"execve wrapper helper": "/home/roku/.codex/tmp/arg0/codex-arg0SEqLd4/codex-execve-wrapper",
"filesystem sandbox": "unrestricted",
"network sandbox": "enabled"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"state.paths": {
"id": "state.paths",
"category": "state",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "state paths and databases are inspectable",
"details": {
"CODEX_HOME": "/home/roku/.codex (dir)",
"active rollout files": "3493 files, 5254524164 total bytes, 1504301 average bytes",
"archived rollout files": "0 files, 0 total bytes, 0 average bytes",
"goals DB": "/home/roku/.codex/goals_1.sqlite (file)",
"goals DB integrity": "ok",
"log DB": "/home/roku/.codex/logs_2.sqlite (file)",
"log DB integrity": "ok",
"log dir": "/home/roku/.codex/log (dir)",
"memories DB": "/home/roku/.codex/memories_1.sqlite (file)",
"memories DB integrity": "ok",
"queue DB": "/home/roku/.codex/queue_1.sqlite (file)",
"queue DB integrity": "ok",
"sqlite home": "/home/roku/.codex (dir)",
"standalone release cache": "54 entries in /home/roku/.codex/packages/standalone/releases",
"state DB": "/home/roku/.codex/state_5.sqlite (file)",
"state DB integrity": "ok",
"thread history DB": "/home/roku/.codex/thread_history_1.sqlite (file)",
"thread history DB integrity": "ok"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 12898
},
"state.rollout_db_parity": {
"id": "state.rollout_db_parity",
"category": "threads",
"status": "warning",
"summary": "rollout files and state DB thread inventory differ",
"details": {
"default model provider": "openai",
"rollout DB active files": "10000",
"rollout DB active rows": "22073",
"rollout DB archive mismatches": "skipped (scan cap reached)",
"rollout DB archived files": "0",
"rollout DB archived rows": "145",
"rollout DB duplicate DB paths": "0",
"rollout DB duplicate rollout thread ids": "0",
"rollout DB malformed file names": "0",
"rollout DB missing active rows": "0",
"rollout DB missing archived rows": "0",
"rollout DB model providers": "openai=20330, openai-https=1887, openai_http=1",
"rollout DB rows": "22218",
"rollout DB scan cap reached": "true",
"rollout DB scan errors": "0",
"rollout DB sources": "subagent:thread_spawn=11669, exec=7592, cli=2141, subagent:other=638, vscode=164, subagent:review=14",
"rollout DB stale rows": "skipped (scan cap reached)"
},
"issues": [
{
"severity": "warning",
"cause": "rollout scan was incomplete or found bad files",
"measured": "0 scan errors, 0 malformed names, scan cap reached: true",
"expected": "rollout directories are fully scannable",
"remedy": "Check file permissions and unexpected files under CODEX_HOME sessions.",
"fields": []
}
],
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 13355
},
"system.environment": {
"id": "system.environment",
"category": "system",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "OS language en-US",
"details": {
"EDITOR": "set",
"LANG": "en_US.UTF-8",
"VISUAL": "set",
"os": "Ubuntu 24.4.0 (noble) [64-bit]",
"os language": "en-US",
"os type": "Ubuntu",
"os version": "24.4.0"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 7
},
"terminal.env": {
"id": "terminal.env",
"category": "terminal",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "terminal metadata was detected",
"details": {
"COLORTERM": "truecolor",
"DISPLAY": "present",
"WAYLAND_DISPLAY": "present",
"WSL_DISTRO_NAME": "present",
"WSL_INTEROP": "present",
"WT_SESSION": "present",
"color output": "enabled",
"effective locale": "en_US.UTF-8",
"stderr is terminal": "true",
"stdin is terminal": "true",
"stdout is terminal": "true",
"terminal": "Windows Terminal",
"terminal size": "199x61"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"terminal.title": {
"id": "terminal.title",
"category": "title",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "terminal title default",
"details": {
"terminal title activity": "true",
"terminal title items": "activity, project-name",
"terminal title project source": "git repo root",
"terminal title project value": "scp-tag-translation",
"terminal title source": "default"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"updates.status": {
"id": "updates.status",
"category": "updates",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "update configuration is locally consistent",
"details": {
"cached latest version": "0.147.0",
"check for update on startup": "true",
"last checked at": "2026-08-12T11:59:51.141000661Z",
"latest version": "0.147.0",
"latest version status": "current version is not older",
"update action": "standalone installer",
"version cache": "/home/roku/.codex/version.json"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 459
}
}
}
roku@DESKTOP-U0GHMTQ:~/src/Rokurolize/scp-tag-translation$
What issue are you seeing?
■ Failed to start side conversation: thread/fork failed during TUI bootstrap: thread/fork failed: failed to prepare paginated fork: thread-store internal error: thread history projection for 019ff8c4-7408-7a40-b6ea-c8d3b8ee0490 expected ordinal 3107, got 3106 (code -32603)
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Uploaded thread: 019ff8c4-7408-7a40-b6ea-c8d3b8ee0490
What is the expected behavior?
start /btw conversation
Additional information
_No response_
5 Comments
Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.
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I'm also seeing this. thread ID 019ff22a-723c-7412-b8ea-385377c875db
This ordinal-mismatch failure is relevant to something I’m testing. Codex Rescue works directly from local rollout data and does not depend on the thread-store projection, so it may still be able to diagnose the affected history and produce a bounded handoff even when
/btw/ fork preparation fails.If either affected thread is still available, would you be willing to try:
If it picks the right session, sanitized
salvage --fork/verifyoutput would also help. It does not modify the original rollout or claim to repair the thread-store ordinal mismatch itself.Please don’t post raw rollouts, SQLite DBs, prompts, credentials, or private paths.
https://github.com/shleder/codex-rescue
Same underlying defect as #38552 (
expected ordinal 298, got 297there): the SQLite thread-history projection hard-errors whenever a rollout line's persisted ordinal is behind the stored cursor (https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/1f41cc5d92/codex-rs/thread-store/src/local/thread_history_materialization.rs#L186-L192). A duplicate append of an already-projected line — a benign at-least-once artifact from a writer retry after an unacknowledged write — trips it permanently, because same-ordinal retries are only tolerated when the first occurrence was rejected (#L115-L116), and there is no idempotent-skip or rebuild-from-scratch repair path./btwsurfaces it throughthread/fork→paginated fork, which materializes the projection; resume hits the identical wall in #38552, and #38341 shows the same mismatch silently hiding threads fromcodex resume. One fix (skip duplicates + rebuild projection on invariant failure) clears all three.I am seeing the same issue repeatedly when using /btw on macOS.
Environment
Sanitized error
Notes
The thread ID and local paths are intentionally omitted. The N / N-1 ordinal mismatch and the full failure chain match this report. I have encountered this failure repeatedly while using /btw.
Happy to provide additional sanitized diagnostics if useful.