401 Unauthorized after updating from 0.148.0 -> 0.149.0-alpha.4.1

What version of Codex CLI is running?

0.149.0-alpha.4.1

What subscription do you have?

Pro

Which model were you using?

5.6 Sol

What platform is your computer?

Darwin 25.5.0 arm64 arm

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

ChatGPT Desktop

Codex doctor report

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  "generatedAt": "1787423329s since unix epoch",
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}

What issue are you seeing?

Summary

After updating the ChatGPT Desktop app on macOS, the bundled Codex CLI fails on every request with:

Unexpected status 401 Unauthorized: {"detail":"Unauthorized"},
url: https://chatgpt.com/backend-api/codex/responses

The issue is reproducible specifically with the Codex version bundled inside ChatGPT Desktop.

Replacing the bundled Codex binary with standalone Codex 0.148.0 immediately fixes the issue.

Environment

• macOS, Apple Silicon
• ChatGPT Desktop
• ChatGPT Pro subscription
• Authentication: Sign in with ChatGPT
• No OPENAI_* or CODEX_* environment variables
• codex login status reports:

``text
Logged in using ChatGPT
``

Bundled Codex version:

/Applications/ChatGPT.app/Contents/Resources/codex --version
codex-cli 0.149.0-alpha.4.1

Standalone working version:

codex-cli 0.148.0

Actual behavior

Running the bundled binary directly:

/Applications/ChatGPT.app/Contents/Resources/codex

and entering any prompt results in:

Reconnecting... 2/10
Unexpected status 401 Unauthorized: {"detail":"Unauthorized"},
url: https://chatgpt.com/backend-api/codex/responses

Example request ID:

01a02ab6-0c7a-71ea-a3fe-47b102e23d90

The same error occurs when using Codex through ChatGPT Desktop.

Expected behavior

The bundled Codex should authenticate and send requests successfully using the existing ChatGPT login.

Important reproduction detail

The exact same machine, account and authentication work correctly with Codex 0.148.0.

Available standalone releases:

0.146.0-aarch64-apple-darwin
0.148.0-aarch64-apple-darwin
0.149.0-aarch64-apple-darwin

Running:

~/.codex/packages/standalone/releases/0.148.0-aarch64-apple-darwin/bin/codex

works correctly.

Replacing:

/Applications/ChatGPT.app/Contents/Resources/codex

with the 0.148.0 binary also makes ChatGPT Desktop work correctly.

Restoring the bundled 0.149.0-alpha.4.1 reproduces the 401.

Previous ChatGPT Desktop build bundled:

codex-cli 0.149.0-alpha.4

and had the same problem.

After a later Desktop update it changed to:

codex-cli 0.149.0-alpha.4.1

but the issue remains.

Troubleshooting already performed

• codex logout
• codex login
• Verified a new ~/.codex/auth.json was created
• Verified:

``text
codex login status
Logged in using ChatGPT
``

• Verified:

``bash
env | grep -E 'OPENAI|CODEX'
``

returns nothing

• Reproduced the failure by running the bundled Desktop binary directly
• Verified standalone 0.148.0 works with the same authentication

This strongly suggests a regression between Codex 0.148.0 and the 0.149.0-alpha.4.x builds bundled with ChatGPT Desktop.

Related issues:

• #31459
• #14915

What steps can reproduce the bug?

update 0.148 to 0.149.alpha4.1

What is the expected behavior?

_No response_

Additional information

_No response_