Fresh install of openai/codex only gives error
What version of Codex is running?
0.1.2504220136
Which model were you using?
o4-mini
What platform is your computer?
darwin | arm64 | 24.4.0
What steps can reproduce the bug?
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0 reasoning|0 tool
What is the expected behavior?
The code explained.
What do you see instead?
system
⚠️ OpenAI rejected the request (request ID: req_d2e8619e6762aa639b20f95f9f704125). Error details: Status: 400, Code:
invalid_function_parameters, Type: invalid_request_error, Message: 400 Invalid schema for function 'shell': In context=(), 'required' is
required to be supplied and to be an array including every key in properties. Missing 'workdir'.. Please verify your settings and try again.
Additional information
It did have the context of the workdir, so this was a bit suprising:
│ ● OpenAI Codex (research preview) v0.1.2504220136 │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ localhost session: 9f8500b755264a16a7f5790993e3ae7f │
│ ↳ workdir: ~/repos/test/2025/3-mars/ragapp │
│ ↳ model: o4-mini │
│ ↳ provider: openai │
│ ↳ approval: suggest │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
user
explain code to me
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