Codex will just randomly decide it can't do things because 'they require network' access instead of asking permission....
Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Jan 7, 2026 by davidbenhaim Closed Jan 7, 2026
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What version of Codex is running?
codex-cli 0.77.0
What subscription do you have?
max
Which model were you using?
codex 5.2
What platform is your computer?
macos
What issue are you seeing?
Codex will just not run tool calls or ask for permission because it believes for some reason that because the tool call requires network it shouldn't even bother to ask?
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even when I tell it to do it it says "I can't it requires network"
What steps can reproduce the bug?
idk just wait for codex to be lazy
What is the expected behavior?
it should just ask for permission....
Additional information
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