Can't quit CLI at login menu
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Nov 9, 2025 by etraut-openai Closed Nov 11, 2025
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Discussed in https://github.com/openai/codex/discussions/6414
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<sup>Originally posted by ganjarsetia November 8, 2025</sup>
When I start codex & in the process of sign in, I cant quit. I try CTRL + C few times doesn't work, Pres ESC several times doesn't work. I think it should have 3rd option for quit/cancel.
Also I cant copy paste the link, this is because of codex animation, making select text is hard.
I s this a bug? I attach the screehshot
<img width="1087" height="1068" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1d415adb-8845-410f-8506-ed67bda904fd" />
I'm using wezterm and WSL 2 Ubuntu</div>
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Until recently, Ctrl+C canceled the login menu but didn't quit the app. This left users with a prompt that didn't work because they were not authenticated. I agree that it would be better to not honor Ctrl+C here and quit the app.
This will be fixed in the next release.