device auth with business account, missing worspace admin option to enable

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• #9253

The fallback techniques are tedious and much more convoluted than the link based auth in the 0.80.0 version.

Please put an option to use that login flow.

we've located the issue and will be rolling out a fix soon.

The fix has been rolled out. Please give it a try and let us know if you still encounter the problem.

This is still an issue. Fix hasn`t worked.

Yes, still the same

@rafaelreis-r this workaround from this comment works
https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/9253#issuecomment-3760736551

$ unset CI SSH_CONNECTION SSH_CLIENT SSH_TTY $ export DISPLAY=:0 $ codex

Is there something we need to do to enable this? I'm still not seeing it and it's been 5 days

To be clear, the issue is that there is no way to enable "device code authentication" in the admin portal, yes?

Yes, admin portal.
The search field says 13 options available, the number has not changed, none of these enable "device code authentication.
Only 3 can be toggled in Business (vs. Enterprise).

I still have this issue cant find "device code authentication"

Still not working.

We believe this issue has been resolved. You can now enable headless environments in your workspace settings page.

<img width="3288" height="1334" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/80da92bf-7ed6-4b1b-9844-ac1ead1c6ddd" />

Not fixed. It's still an issue, see https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/9253#issuecomment-3802274154
Potential root cause https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/9253#issuecomment-3802593168

Still an issue for me as well. I do not see "Codex Local", nor any of the two options below it. @etraut-openai

@etraut-openai it is not fixed. The whole Codex Local section is missing. Your test environment is not in Business mode as the other points visible in your screenshot are slightly greyed out in Business and labeled Enterprise.
Please reopen.

Can confirm there is no Codex Local section on Business accounts.

@etraut-openai

<img width="894" height="925" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/d4cf1f54-39c9-4daa-85df-86920c4dde2f" />

Temporary workaround for this issue until it’s properly addressed. From a computer with a screen, log in using a browser, and then copy the ~/.codex/auth.json file to the target server. Once you’ve done that, you can run the codex on the target server.

Disclaimer: This information is not from OpenAI’s official source, and I hope it won’t result in an account ban. It doesn’t matter anyway because our team cannot use Codex in the development environment because of this bug, so we are at the brink of canceling the subscription and requesting a refund.

@Chapoly1305, thanks for posting the workaround. This is actually a documented fallback solution, so no worries about using that technique.

We are continuing to investigate the underlying issue for device code auth controls for Business plan subscribers. The issue involves multiple teams within OpenAI, and we're trying to get everyone aligned on the solution. I'm not trying to make excuses, but just explaining why it's taking a while for us to get a fix in place.

@etraut-openai

Business users get a 404 unauthorised here (https://chatgpt.com/backend-api/accounts/<account_id>/beta_features)
Payload:
{feature: "codex_device_code_auth", value: true}
Response:
{"detail":"Enterprise plan required."}

Looks like it just needs to be enabled for business users

@etraut-openai looks like you fixed it, sorted for me now.

We rolled out a fix earlier today. Please let us know if you're still experiencing problems.

Fixed for me.
(Please do not use flashing text or other stuff that causes continuous redraws,
especially if you one needs to copy text, like with the auth code.
Workaround CTRL-S and later CTRL-Q if your terminal / emulator supports it)

Hey,

This still doesn't work for me on a ChatGPT Team/Business plan — the headless sign-in continues to fail, also after the other fixes that were rolled out.

Could you confirm whether the fix was also rolled out for Team/Business plans? On our Team workspace the option to enable headless ("Codex Local") still doesn't appear in the workspace admin settings.

@etraut-openai @mzeng-openai could you take another look at the Team/Business case — and reopen this if needed? Thanks!