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Editing File in read mode (with request approval) does not Work #4892
Description
What version of Codex is running?
codex-cli 0.44.0
Which model were you using?
gpt-codex-high
What platform is your computer?
Darwin 24.6.0 arm64 arm
What steps can reproduce the bug?
- Toggle /approval and set to read with request for approval
- Ask codex to implement change, it fails to edit
- Mention clearly: "YOU CAN ASK FOR EDIT APPROVAL REQUEST so this environemnet is not just readonly !!"
- It keeps failing
What is the expected behavior?
Codex should ask for edit approval and actually edit the file.
What do you see instead?
Codex doesn't edit the file.
Additional information
This makes codex unusable
Activity
github-actions commentedon Oct 7, 2025
Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.
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vmotta8 commentedon Oct 8, 2025
I looked into this and found that the "Don't Trust" option wasn't applying the approval policy correctly. Opened a PR to fix it: #4941
dylan-hurd-oai commentedon Oct 8, 2025
(Note: this comment was generated by Codex.)
Thank you for reporting this! This seems to match #4940, which covers approval/request flows blocking writes instead of prompting. We’ll consolidate discussion in #4940. If you think this is an incorrect diagnosis, please reply and we’ll re‑evaluate.
Handle "Don't Trust" directory selection in onboarding (#4941)
Handle "Don't Trust" directory selection in onboarding (openai#4941)
Handle "Don't Trust" directory selection in onboarding (openai#4941)