Editing File in read mode (with request approval) does not Work
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Oct 7, 2025 by Georgeab9 Closed Oct 8, 2025
What version of Codex is running?
codex-cli 0.44.0
Which model were you using?
gpt-codex-high
What platform is your computer?
Darwin 24.6.0 arm64 arm
What steps can reproduce the bug?
- Toggle /approval and set to read with request for approval
- Ask codex to implement change, it fails to edit
- Mention clearly: "YOU CAN ASK FOR EDIT APPROVAL REQUEST so this environemnet is not just readonly !!"
- It keeps failing
<img width="1718" height="1018" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/acdb1c3a-27d7-4788-a189-0a347c1871b3" />
<img width="1719" height="525" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4455b0e8-dfd2-45f0-aad4-501cac4fda6d" />
What is the expected behavior?
Codex should ask for edit approval and actually edit the file.
What do you see instead?
Codex doesn't edit the file.
Additional information
This makes codex unusable
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