Codex won't retain login information, keeps saying reconnecting and fails
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Nov 22, 2025 by steve8918 Closed Nov 23, 2025
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What version of Codex is running?
codex-cli 0.63.0
What subscription do you have?
plus
Which model were you using?
gpt-5.1
What platform is your computer?
debian
What issue are you seeing?
I can't run codex. It makes me reauthenticate every time, and then I run into:
■ exceeded retry limit, last status: 401 Unauthorized, request id: 9a2b6187cf6c15b2-SJC
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Uploaded thread: 019aad61-bb1f-71d0-9600-e6501fe9469b
What is the expected behavior?
_No response_
Additional information
_No response_
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Duplicate: https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/7156
The service outage has been resolved.