command line timeout

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Jan 9, 2026 by kymy-k Closed Jan 11, 2026
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

What version of Codex is running?

codex-cli 0.79.0

What subscription do you have?

plus

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.2-codex medium

What platform is your computer?

Linux 5.14.0-570.28.1.el9_6.x86_64 x86_64 x86_64

What issue are you seeing?

codex is unable to use any shell commands. (eg: ls fails and timeout)

<img width="550" height="238" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/61250abf-8209-4c1c-8103-1e0f2286940b" />

<img width="567" height="346" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a53bdf7a-3685-483c-80fa-2b468f5fd586" />

What steps can reproduce the bug?

open codex, make the agent run ls or any shell command

What is the expected behavior?

the command should run properly

Additional information

_No response_

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3 Comments

github-actions[bot] contributor · 7 months ago

Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.

  • #8869
  • #7353
  • #7933

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etraut-openai contributor · 7 months ago

If you're able to repro this, please use the /feedback command to upload your logs and session details, then post the thread ID here so we can investigate further. Thanks!

owenchak · 7 months ago

Reinstall pyenv seemed to work for me.