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Agents.MD being ignored #4466

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Agents.MD being ignored#4466
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bugSomething isn't workingwindows-osIssues related to Codex on Windows systems

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@jamneutrino
jamneutrino
opened on Sep 29, 2025

What version of Codex is running?

0.42

Which model were you using?

GPT5Codex Medium

What platform is your computer?

Windows with WSL

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Agents.MD has "always begin your first response by reading the changelog and readme" plus other instructions.

What is the expected behavior?

First message of chat should start with reading those files

What do you see instead?

Model does NOT read the changelog and readme or follow other AGENTS.md instructions

Additional information

This seemed to have broken for me recently. I have simple things like on your first response read the README and CHANGELOG files which it used to do. But now it ignores my agents file

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  1. jamneutrino
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    bugSomething isn't working
    on Sep 29, 2025

  2. PaulRBerg commented on Oct 3, 2025

    @PaulRBerg
    PaulRBerg
    on Oct 3, 2025

    I have an ~/.codex/AGENTS.md file but it is not read by codex v0.44:

  3. PaulRBerg commented on Oct 3, 2025

    @PaulRBerg
    PaulRBerg
    on Oct 3, 2025

    Related: #3793

  4. aibrahim-oai
    self-assigned this
    on Oct 6, 2025
  5. etraut-openai
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    contextIssues related to context management (including compaction)
    on Nov 16, 2025
  6. etraut-openai
    added
    windows-osIssues related to Codex on Windows systems
    and removed
    contextIssues related to context management (including compaction)
    on Dec 9, 2025
  7. etraut-openai
    unassigned
    aibrahim-oai
    on Dec 9, 2025

  8. etraut-openai commented on Dec 23, 2025

    @etraut-openai
    etraut-openai
    on Dec 23, 2025
    Contributor

    I think this was fixed long ago. Closing.

  9. etraut-openai
    closed this as completedon Dec 23, 2025

  10. inancgumus commented on Feb 5, 2026

    @inancgumus
    inancgumus
    on Feb 5, 2026

    This still happens for me.

  11. etraut-openai commented on Feb 5, 2026

    @etraut-openai
    etraut-openai
    on Feb 5, 2026
    Contributor

    @inancgumus, if you suspect a bug here, please use the /feedback slash command to upload your logs and session details and file a new bug report with details including the thread ID.

  12. openai
    locked as resolved and limited conversation to collaborators on Feb 5, 2026
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