I can confirm the same issue on Windows 11 x64.
It affects all browser integrations using the shared browser service: the in-app browser, Chrome, and Edge. The failure occurs during initialization, before browser discovery or backend selection.
Environment:
- Codex desktop package: OpenAI.Codex_26.814.5167.0_x64
- Browser plugin bundle: 26.814.41407
- Node.js: v24.19.0
- npm: 11.17.0
- @oai/sky: 0.6.16
Exact error:
Trusted RPC dependency must resolve within a configured trusted code path: file:///C:/Users//.codex/plugins/cache/openai-bundled/browser/26.814.41407/scripts/browser-service.mjs
The referenced file physically exists below the configured trusted root C:\Users.codex. There are no symlinks, junctions, or reparse points in the path, and the file permissions are valid.
I have already tried:
- Windows Repair
- complete uninstall and reinstall
- regenerating the entire cua_node runtime
- regenerating the browser plugin cache
- verifying Node.js and npm
- checking both browser JavaScript bundles with node --check
The regenerated runtime and browser-plugin files were byte-for-byte identical, and the error remained.
This appears to be a Windows path-canonicalization or trusted-root containment regression, or a version mismatch between the desktop app, cua_node runtime, and bundled browser service. It does not appear to be caused by a browser extension, missing dependencies, permissions, or a corrupted cache.