env variable not found in windows terminal

What version of Codex is running?

0.1.2504251709

Which model were you using?

gemini-2.0-flash

What platform is your computer?

Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26100.0 x64

What steps can reproduce the bug?

I am installing Codex using the npm library, and I want to set up the environment variable for the API key.
In my PowerShell, I run the following command:

setx GEMINI_API_KEY "your_api_key"

This saves the API key in the Windows global environment variables.
I can verify that it was saved correctly by running:

node -e "console.log(process.env.GEMINI_API_KEY)"

This successfully prints my API key.

When I run codex in the terminal, I still get the following error:
` Missing Gemini API key.

Set the environment variable GEMINI_API_KEY and re-run this command.
You can create a GEMINI_API_KEY in the Google AI Studio.
`
Even though the environment variable is set, the error persists.

I also tried setting the environment variable for the current session using:
$env:GEMINI_API_KEY = "your_api_key"

But the problem remains — Codex still does not recognize the API key.

Additionally, I modified the .codex config file located at:
C:\Users\<username>\.codex

In the config file, I manually added the envKey under the Gemini section with my API key.
However, even after these changes, I am still facing the same issue.

What is the expected behavior?

_No response_

What do you see instead?

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Additional information

In windows os how the program see the env variable data. And as I know that when I save the env file in windwos it save on the enviromant variable that you can see by searching the Edit Enviroment Variable and then you see a popup like this

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and then in the inside the enviroment variable you have the data. Am I right?