MCP do not actually load profile

What version of Codex is running?

codex-cli 0.39.0

Which model were you using?

gpt-5-codex

What platform is your computer?

Darwin 24.6.0 arm64 arm

What steps can reproduce the bug?

start mcp server with npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector codex mcp
try send instruction with profile. it wont load the settings for like sanbox or approval-policy. i have to manually set it to make it work.

What is the expected behavior?

it should load settings from config. and allow model write.

What do you see instead?

it ask me to approve the write request.

Additional information

[profiles.coder]
model = "gpt-5-codex"
model_reasoning_effort = "medium"
sandbox_mode = "workspace-write"
approval-policy = "never"