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## Why Users and support need a single command that captures the local Codex runtime, configuration, auth, terminal, network, and state shape without asking the user to know which diagnostic depth to choose first. `codex doctor` now runs the useful checks by default and makes the detailed human output the default because the command is usually run when someone already needs context. The command also targets concrete support failure modes we have seen while iterating on the design: - update-target mismatches like #21956, where the installed package manager target can differ from the running executable - terminal and multiplexer issues that depend on `TERM`, tmux/zellij state, color handling, and TTY metadata - provider-specific HTTP/WebSocket connectivity, including ChatGPT WebSocket handshakes and API-key/provider endpoint reachability - local state/log SQLite integrity problems and large rollout directories - feedback reports that need an attached, redacted diagnostic snapshot without asking the user to run a second command ## What Changed - Adds `codex doctor` as a grouped CLI diagnostic report with default detailed output and `--summary` for the compact view. - Adds stable report sections for Environment, Configuration, Updates, Connectivity, and Background Server, plus a top Notes block that promotes anomalies such as available updates, large rollout directories, optional MCP issues, and mixed auth signals. - Adds runtime provenance, install consistency, bundled/system search readiness, terminal/multiplexer metadata, `config.toml` parse status, auth mode details, sandbox details, feature flag summaries, update cache/latest-version state, app-server daemon state, SQLite integrity checks, rollout statistics, and provider-aware network diagnostics. - Adds ChatGPT WebSocket diagnostics that report the negotiated HTTP upgrade as `HTTP 101 Switching Protocols` and include timeout, DNS, auth, and provider context in detailed output. - Makes reachability provider-aware: API-key OpenAI setups check the API endpoint, ChatGPT auth checks the ChatGPT path, and custom/AWS/local providers check configured HTTP endpoints when available. - Adds structured, redacted JSON output where `checks` is keyed by check id and `details` is a key/value object for support tooling. - Integrates doctor with feedback uploads by attaching a best-effort `codex-doctor-report.json` report and adding derived Sentry tags for overall status and failing/warning checks. - Updates the TUI feedback consent copy so users can see that the doctor report is included when logs/diagnostics are uploaded. - Updates the CLI bug issue template to ask reporters for `codex doctor --json` and render pasted reports as JSON. ## Example Output The examples below are sanitized from local smoke runs with `--no-color` so the structure is reviewable in plain text. ### `codex doctor` ```text Codex Doctor v0.0.0 · macos-aarch64 Notes ↑ updates 0.130.0 available (current 0.0.0, dismissed 0.128.0) ⚠ rollouts 1,526 active files · 2.53 GB on disk ⚠ mcp MCP configuration has optional issues ⚠ auth mixed auth signals: ChatGPT login plus API key env var; HTTP reachability uses API-key mode ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Environment ✓ runtime local debug build version 0.0.0 install method other commit unknown executable ~/code/codex.fcoury-doct…x-rs/target/debug/codex ✓ install consistent context other managed by npm: no · bun: no · package root — PATH entries (2) ~/.local/share/mise/installs/node/24/bin/codex ~/.local/share/mise/shims/codex ✓ search ripgrep 15.1.0 (system, `rg`) ✓ terminal Ghostty 1.3.2-main-+b0f827665 · tmux 3.6a · TERM=xterm-256color terminal Ghostty TERM_PROGRAM ghostty terminal version 1.3.2-main-+b0f827665 TERM xterm-256color multiplexer tmux 3.6a tmux extended-keys on tmux allow-passthrough on tmux set-clipboard on ✓ state databases healthy CODEX_HOME ~/.codex (dir) state DB ~/.codex/state_5.sqlite (file) · integrity ok log DB ~/.codex/logs_2.sqlite (file) · integrity ok active rollouts 1,526 files · 2.53 GB (avg 1.70 MB) archived rollouts 8 files · 3.84 MB (avg 491.11 KB) Configuration ✓ config loaded model gpt-5.5 · openai cwd ~/code/codex.fcoury-doctor/codex-rs config.toml ~/.codex/config.toml config.toml parse ok MCP servers 1 feature flags 36 enabled · 7 overridden (full list with --all) overrides code_mode, code_mode_only, memories, chronicle, goals, remote_control, prevent_idle_sleep ✓ auth auth is configured auth storage mode File auth file ~/.codex/auth.json auth env vars present OPENAI_API_KEY stored auth mode chatgpt stored API key false stored ChatGPT tokens true stored agent identity false ⚠ mcp MCP configuration has optional issues — Set the missing MCP env vars or disable the affected server. configured servers 1 disabled servers 0 streamable_http servers 1 optional reachability openaiDeveloperDocs: https://developers.openai.com/mcp (HEAD connect failed; GET connect failed) ✓ sandbox restricted fs + restricted network · approval OnRequest approval policy OnRequest filesystem sandbox restricted network sandbox restricted Connectivity ✓ network network-related environment looks readable ✓ websocket connected (HTTP 101 Switching Protocols) · 15s timeout model provider openai provider name OpenAI wire API responses supports websockets true connect timeout 15000 ms auth mode chatgpt endpoint wss://chatgpt.com/backend-api/<redacted> DNS 2 IPv4, 2 IPv6, first IPv6 handshake result HTTP 101 Switching Protocols ✗ reachability one or more required provider endpoints are unreachable over HTTP — Check proxy, VPN, firewall, DNS, and custom CA configuration. reachability mode API key auth openai API https://api.openai.com/v1 connect failed (required) Background Server ○ app-server not running (ephemeral mode) ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 11 ok · 1 idle · 4 notes · 1 warn · 1 fail failed --summary compact output --all expand truncated lists --json redacted report ``` ### `codex doctor --summary` ```text Codex Doctor v0.0.0 · macos-aarch64 Notes ↑ updates 0.130.0 available (current 0.0.0, dismissed 0.128.0) ⚠ rollouts 1,526 active files · 2.53 GB on disk ⚠ mcp MCP configuration has optional issues ⚠ auth mixed auth signals: ChatGPT login plus API key env var; HTTP reachability uses API-key mode ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Environment ✓ runtime local debug build ✓ install consistent ✓ search ripgrep 15.1.0 (system, `rg`) ✓ terminal Ghostty 1.3.2-main-+b0f827665 · tmux 3.6a · TERM=xterm-256color ✓ state databases healthy Configuration ✓ config loaded ✓ auth auth is configured ⚠ mcp MCP configuration has optional issues — Set the missing MCP env vars or disable the affected server. ✓ sandbox restricted fs + restricted network · approval OnRequest Updates ✓ updates update configuration is locally consistent Connectivity ✓ network network-related environment looks readable ✓ websocket connected (HTTP 101 Switching Protocols) · 15s timeout ✗ reachability one or more required provider endpoints are unreachable over HTTP — Check proxy, VPN, firewall, DNS, and custom CA configuration. Background Server ○ app-server not running (ephemeral mode) ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 11 ok · 1 idle · 4 notes · 1 warn · 1 fail failed Run codex doctor without --summary for detailed diagnostics. --all expand truncated lists --json redacted report ``` ### `codex doctor --json` shape ```json { "schema_version": 1, "overall_status": "fail", "checks": { "runtime.provenance": { "id": "runtime.provenance", "category": "Environment", "status": "ok", "summary": "local debug build", "details": { "version": "0.0.0", "install method": "other", "commit": "unknown" } }, "sandbox.helpers": { "id": "sandbox.helpers", "category": "Configuration", "status": "ok", "summary": "restricted fs + restricted network · approval OnRequest", "details": { "approval policy": "OnRequest", "filesystem sandbox": "restricted", "network sandbox": "restricted" } } } } ``` ### `/feedback` new sentry attachment <img width="938" height="798" alt="CleanShot 2026-05-13 at 15 36 14" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/715e62e0-d7b4-4fea-a35a-fd5d5d33c4c0" /> ### New section in CLI issue template <img width="1164" height="435" alt="CleanShot 2026-05-13 at 15 47 24" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/9081dc25-a28c-4afa-8ba1-e299c2b4031d" /> ## How to Test 1. Run `cargo run --bin codex -- doctor --no-color`. 2. Confirm the detailed report is the default and includes promoted Notes, grouped sections, terminal details, state DB integrity, rollout stats, provider reachability, WebSocket diagnostics, and app-server status. 3. Run `cargo run --bin codex -- doctor --summary --no-color`. 4. Confirm the compact view keeps the same sections and summary counts but omits detailed key/value rows. 5. Run `cargo run --bin codex -- doctor --json`. 6. Confirm the output is redacted JSON, `checks` is an object keyed by check id, and each check's `details` is a key/value object. 7. Preview the CLI bug issue template and confirm the `Codex doctor report` field appears after the terminal field, asks for `codex doctor --json`, and renders pasted output as JSON. 8. Start a feedback flow that includes logs. 9. Confirm the upload consent copy lists `codex-doctor-report.json` alongside the log attachments. Targeted tests: - `cargo test -p codex-cli doctor` - `cargo test -p codex-app-server doctor_report_tags_summarize_status_counts` - `cargo test -p codex-feedback` - `cargo test -p codex-tui feedback_view` - `just argument-comment-lint` - `git diff --check`
Codex CLI (Rust Implementation)
We provide Codex CLI as a standalone executable to ensure a zero-dependency install.
Installing Codex
Today, the easiest way to install Codex is via npm:
npm i -g @openai/codex
codex
You can also install via Homebrew (brew install --cask codex) or download a platform-specific release directly from our GitHub Releases.
Documentation quickstart
- First run with Codex? Start with
docs/getting-started.md(links to the walkthrough for prompts, keyboard shortcuts, and session management). - Want deeper control? See
docs/config.mdanddocs/install.md.
What's new in the Rust CLI
The Rust implementation is now the maintained Codex CLI and serves as the default experience. It includes a number of features that the legacy TypeScript CLI never supported.
Config
Codex supports a rich set of configuration options. Note that the Rust CLI uses config.toml instead of config.json. See docs/config.md for details.
Model Context Protocol Support
MCP client
Codex CLI functions as an MCP client that allows the Codex CLI and IDE extension to connect to MCP servers on startup. See the configuration documentation for details.
MCP server (experimental)
Codex can be launched as an MCP server by running codex mcp-server. This allows other MCP clients to use Codex as a tool for another agent.
Use the @modelcontextprotocol/inspector to try it out:
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector codex mcp-server
Use codex mcp to add/list/get/remove MCP server launchers defined in config.toml, and codex mcp-server to run the MCP server directly.
Notifications
You can enable notifications by configuring a script that is run whenever the agent finishes a turn. The notify documentation includes a detailed example that explains how to get desktop notifications via terminal-notifier on macOS. When Codex detects that it is running under WSL 2 inside Windows Terminal (WT_SESSION is set), the TUI automatically falls back to native Windows toast notifications so approval prompts and completed turns surface even though Windows Terminal does not implement OSC 9.
codex exec to run Codex programmatically/non-interactively
To run Codex non-interactively, run codex exec PROMPT (you can also pass the prompt via stdin) and Codex will work on your task until it decides that it is done and exits. If you provide both a prompt argument and piped stdin, Codex appends stdin as a <stdin> block after the prompt so patterns like echo "my output" | codex exec "Summarize this concisely" work naturally. Output is printed to the terminal directly. You can set the RUST_LOG environment variable to see more about what's going on.
Use codex exec --ephemeral ... to run without persisting session rollout files to disk.
Experimenting with the Codex Sandbox
To test to see what happens when a command is run under the sandbox provided by Codex, we provide the following subcommands in Codex CLI:
# macOS
codex sandbox macos [--log-denials] [COMMAND]...
# Linux
codex sandbox linux [COMMAND]...
# Windows
codex sandbox windows [COMMAND]...
# Legacy aliases
codex debug seatbelt [--log-denials] [COMMAND]...
codex debug landlock [COMMAND]...
To try a writable legacy sandbox mode with these commands, pass an explicit config override such
as -c 'sandbox_mode="workspace-write"'.
Selecting a sandbox policy via --sandbox
The Rust CLI exposes a dedicated --sandbox (-s) flag that lets you pick the sandbox policy without having to reach for the generic -c/--config option:
# Run Codex with the default, read-only sandbox
codex --sandbox read-only
# Allow the agent to write within the current workspace while still blocking network access
codex --sandbox workspace-write
# Danger! Disable sandboxing entirely (only do this if you are already running in a container or other isolated env)
codex --sandbox danger-full-access
The same setting can be persisted in ~/.codex/config.toml via the top-level sandbox_mode = "MODE" key, e.g. sandbox_mode = "workspace-write".
In workspace-write, Codex also includes ~/.codex/memories in its writable roots so memory maintenance does not require an extra approval.
Code Organization
This folder is the root of a Cargo workspace. It contains quite a bit of experimental code, but here are the key crates:
core/contains the business logic for Codex. Ultimately, we hope this becomes a library crate that is generally useful for building other Rust/native applications that use Codex.exec/"headless" CLI for use in automation.tui/CLI that launches a fullscreen TUI built with Ratatui.cli/CLI multitool that provides the aforementioned CLIs via subcommands.
If you want to contribute or inspect behavior in detail, start by reading the module-level README.md files under each crate and run the project workspace from the top-level codex-rs directory so shared config, features, and build scripts stay aligned.