Codex unable to edit files
Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Oct 8, 2025 by mrxbox98 Closed Oct 22, 2025
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor)
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What version of the VS Code extension are you using?
0.4.19
Which IDE are you using?
VS Code
What platform is your computer?
Linux 5.4.0-216-generic x86_64 x86_64
What steps can reproduce the bug?
- Connect to remote ssh instance using vscode
- Install codex
- Ask to to do anything that requires it to write code
What is the expected behavior?
Codex writes the code to a file (asks for permission if needed)
What do you see instead?
Codex doesn't write any data, then instead asks to run some command (sometimes not even compatible on the system) to write the data to the file.
Additional information
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Can you elaborate? Other people have successfully used Codex while SSHing into a Linux machine.