Codex made a very concerning "typo" re: hardcoded superadmin

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Oct 22, 2025 by mattmireles Closed Nov 11, 2025

What version of Codex is running?

codex-cli 0.47.0

What subscription do you have?

ChatGPT Pro

Which model were you using?

GPT-5-Codex

What platform is your computer?

codex-cli 0.47.0

What issue are you seeing?

I'm setting up a new application as the solo developer. I instructed Codex to hard code my email address as the super admin with access to the admin portal—essentially a God view of all users. Later, it spelled out my email address as "matt@gist.si" instead of "matt@gist.is" When I asked where it got that, it claimed it was just a typo, but it worries me!

Maybe I entered it wrong? Maybe i introduced the typo? Totally possible!

I've never seen Codex make a typo before. Given the high stakes involved in getting this right, I'm very worried that the wrong email is in fact hard-coded in the system as the only admin and that this is going to fuck me later.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Uploaded thread: 019a0a64-c10b-7011-a99c-bfdfa5d4ff86

What is the expected behavior?

Codex either spells my email correctly or identifies that the misspelled email was saved in the system

Additional information

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