Codex cannot read github issue
Resolved 💬 6 comments Opened Sep 22, 2025 by r-dev-limited Closed Oct 21, 2025
What version of Codex is running?
web cloud
Which model were you using?
GPT5
What platform is your computer?
WEB
What steps can reproduce the bug?
- Mentioning codex in issue itself does nothing
- Passing issue link in prompt does nothing
- Adding custom instructions does nothing
- Creating custom github personal access token and storing it in secrets + providing instructions does nothing
Any suggestions how to actually use github integration for anything else than code reviews ?
What is the expected behavior?
Use github integration (oauth) to provide full details of issue as base for task
What do you see instead?
Completely hallucinating non existing task
Additional information
Docs even mentions that we can mention @codex to get input on issues, but that does nothing
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