Cannot perform online web search or documentation lookup
Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Oct 31, 2025 by guidedways Closed Nov 15, 2025
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor)
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What version of Codex is running?
0.53.0
What subscription do you have?
Pro
Which model were you using?
gpt-codex-high
What platform is your computer?
macOS
What issue are you seeing?
codex is simply unable to read webpages or fetch online documentation or even perform searches with the new features.web_search_request = true and sandbox_workspace_write.network_access = true
🌐 Searched: parameterSummary AppIntent Summary initializer multiple parameters developer.apple.com
🌐 Searched: docs-assets ParameterSummary appintents JSON
• I’m weighing different ways to get accessible API documentation, considering WebSearch for citations, and possibly using shell curl commands since
network is enabled, but focusing on how to stay compliant with citation requirements by relying mostly on search results. I’m also thinking about
searching for specific JSON resources on Apple’s developer site via web.run to get structured data.
🌐 Searched: appintents/parametersummary.json developer.apple.com/tutorials
🌐 Searched: "ParameterSummary" "docs-assets"
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Uploaded thread: 019a3963-a097-7f12-b349-90a9a447a374
What is the expected behavior?
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Additional information
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