# Codex in Github Not Reviewing PRs **URL:** \ **Category:** Codex\ **Tags:** codex\ **Created:** [September 19, 2025, 4:17am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/codex-in-github-not-reviewing-prs/1358847 "2025-09-19T04:17:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![omeileo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e56c9b/32.png) [@omeileo](https://community.openai.com/u/omeileo)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 4:17am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/codex-in-github-not-reviewing-prs/1358847/1 "2025-09-19T04:17:13Z")
After adding Codex to my GitHub repo, granting it permission to review all repos, and submitting a PR, I’m not seeing where Codex is automatically review my PRs as advertised. Upon submitting a comment in the discussion section (@codex review), I get the following error: “To use Codex here, create a Codex account and connect to github.” I have a ChatGPT Plus account and I’ve been able to use Codex locally via the IDE extension. Anyone knows how to resolve this issue? ---
**Author:** ![VeitB](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/veitb/32/712987_2.png) [@VeitB](https://community.openai.com/u/VeitB)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 4:55am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/codex-in-github-not-reviewing-prs/1358847/2 "2025-09-19T04:55:31Z")
Hi and welcome to the community! This is a strange error message because as of today there are no separate codex accounts. Instead Codex can be used with an API key or a ChatGPT subscription. Can you confirm that you are using OpenAI Codex and not a third party app with a confusingly similar name? ---
**Author:** ![omeileo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e56c9b/32.png) [@omeileo](https://community.openai.com/u/omeileo)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 5:17am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/codex-in-github-not-reviewing-prs/1358847/3 "2025-09-19T05:17:07Z")
We are in agreement that it is strange. However, it is the right extension that is integrated in GitHub. ![Screenshot 2025-09-19 at 12.12.56 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/original/4X/2/9/a/29a1b4749b52d4f4234b40abbc04c027c6e48dee.png) When I click on the link, it takes me to the official ChatGPT Codex site (the forum is blocking me from posting links). ---
**Author:** ![omeileo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e56c9b/32.png) [@omeileo](https://community.openai.com/u/omeileo)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 5:17am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/codex-in-github-not-reviewing-prs/1358847/4 "2025-09-19T05:17:42Z")
![Screenshot 2025-09-19 at 12.13.13 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/original/4X/c/6/5/c65cbdf12e9d5e778ac0dc249e240128d58c4502.png) ---
**Author:** ![VeitB](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/veitb/32/712987_2.png) [@VeitB](https://community.openai.com/u/VeitB)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 5:42am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/codex-in-github-not-reviewing-prs/1358847/5 "2025-09-19T05:42:05Z")
Indeed this looks interesting. I will ping staff to get some clarification. Unfortunately, in the meantime I have no better suggestion than to ~~turn it off and back on again~~ uninstall and reinstall the GitHub app. ---
**Author:** ![omeileo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e56c9b/32.png) [@omeileo](https://community.openai.com/u/omeileo)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 4:22pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/codex-in-github-not-reviewing-prs/1358847/6 "2025-09-19T16:22:21Z")
😃 Good suggestion. I’ve tried that and it yielded the same results, I’m afraid. Definitely hoping you guys solve this soon so I can look into cancelling my Cursor Bugbot subscription lol ---
**Author:** ![VeitB](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/veitb/32/712987_2.png) [@VeitB](https://community.openai.com/u/VeitB)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 2:54pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/codex-in-github-not-reviewing-prs/1358847/7 "2025-09-20T14:54:12Z")
I learned that pinging @ codex will actually work when the ChatGPT account is connected to the GitHub account. This needs to be done from inside ChatGPT → Settings → Connectors The team also updated the description of the [codex organization on GitHub](https://github.com/codex). This organization is separate from the OpenAI organization and exists only to allow pinging @ codex on GitHub. I hope this helps! ---
**Author:** ![omeileo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e56c9b/32.png) [@omeileo](https://community.openai.com/u/omeileo)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/codex-in-github-not-reviewing-prs/1358847/8 "2025-09-20T15:34:45Z")
I had already connected My GitHub account to my ChatGPT account. ![Screenshot 2025-09-20 at 10.27.49 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/original/4X/a/7/d/a7d65cdb9090cae9c8f56998ad6f485b735abf8c.png) I tried disconnecting my GitHub account and then reconnecting it and that worked! ---
**Author:** ![VeitB](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/veitb/32/712987_2.png) [@VeitB](https://community.openai.com/u/VeitB)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/codex-in-github-not-reviewing-prs/1358847/9 "2025-09-20T17:19:18Z")
Great! On my side I noted a prompt to confirm additional permissions required by the app. Most likely because I connected it shortly after the Codex GitHub app was released and there have been feature upgrades in the meantime. ---
**Author:** ![yann6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/6a8cbe/32.png) [@yann6](https://community.openai.com/u/yann6)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 11:34am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/codex-in-github-not-reviewing-prs/1358847/10 "2025-10-30T11:34:00Z")
i have the same issue in Code Review settings its telling me ```auto Action required Some repos require updated GitHub permissions for code reviews to work ``` so i click the “Update” button which takes me to the github install page, and there everythign is set properly (it has access to my repo) however as many times as i save and confirm this, mentioning @codex doesnt work in a PR (i get the same message back as OP) ![CleanShot 2025-10-30 at 12.33.04@2x](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/original/4X/0/3/1/031cb453b0ddc0c5b05f324d0069a1b0ff354475.png) some more context: this used to work for me but then it just stopped one day ---
**Author:** ![TiagoGouvea](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/tiagogouvea/32/295491_2.png) [@TiagoGouvea](https://community.openai.com/u/TiagoGouvea)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 2:33pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/codex-in-github-not-reviewing-prs/1358847/11 "2025-12-16T14:33:48Z")
Same here. ![SCR-20251216-klps](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/original/4X/3/e/6/3e6894c8bbcc7c9541a4f9f37195e2a4b7f7a067.png) It shows “Action require” “Some repos require updated GitHub permissions for code reviews to work” but when I open it theres nothing to change. Already disconnected and connected again, removed and added the repo as well, and still the same. ---
**Author:** ![Sergey\_Tokarev](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/sergey_tokarev/32/709117_2.png) [@Sergey\_Tokarev](https://community.openai.com/u/Sergey_Tokarev)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/codex-in-github-not-reviewing-prs/1358847/12 "2025-12-17T18:59:48Z")
I had to disconnect and then reconnect GitHub to Codex. Then the problem was solved. ---
**Author:** ![n3ronite](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/n3ronite/32/709795_2.png) [@n3ronite](https://community.openai.com/u/n3ronite)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/codex-in-github-not-reviewing-prs/1358847/13 "2025-12-19T21:30:17Z")
I had the same issue as well. I had to disconnect and then reconnect GitHub to Codex. Worked for me. It seems to happen anytime I “add” a new repository for PR review. A bit annoying, might want to take this product. ---
**Author:** ![wallawalla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/db5fbb/32.png) [@wallawalla](https://community.openai.com/u/wallawalla)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2026, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/codex-in-github-not-reviewing-prs/1358847/14 "2026-01-14T19:12:42Z")
This still doesn’t work. Uninstalling from GitHub and reinstalling just wastes my time. ---
**Author:** ![harold.martin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/harold.martin/32/686619_2.png) [@harold.martin](https://community.openai.com/u/harold.martin)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 5:48pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/codex-in-github-not-reviewing-prs/1358847/15 "2026-01-16T17:48:25Z")
I’m still having this same issue. ---
**Author:** ![albertleao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3bc359/32.png) [@albertleao](https://community.openai.com/u/albertleao)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 10:24pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/codex-in-github-not-reviewing-prs/1358847/16 "2026-01-21T22:24:00Z")
+1 for this not working. Tried disconnecting and reconnecting, deleting all permissions and reinstalling, nothing works. ---
**Author:** ![Hagai\_Samoilovich](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/hagai_samoilovich/32/717558_2.png) [@Hagai\_Samoilovich](https://community.openai.com/u/Hagai_Samoilovich)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 11:02pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/codex-in-github-not-reviewing-prs/1358847/17 "2026-01-21T23:02:49Z")
The PR Review feature is tightly coupled with the **Branch format** input field in **Settings \> General** (Codex web-app). It defaults to `codex/{feature}`. Rename it to your actual repo name (e.g., `myrepo/{feature}`). Once saved, go to your open PR on GitHub and tag Codex in a new comment. It should respond with an eyes emoji, indicating Codex has started reviewing your PR. Also, on the **Connectors** tab (Codex web-app), ensure the GitHub account associated with Codex is correct. Click the **Settings** button, go to GitHub, and verify your account has access to the necessary repos. The same applies to organization repos. You don’t need to configure granular repo access to get it working. ---
**Author:** ![VeitB](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/veitb/32/712987_2.png) [@VeitB](https://community.openai.com/u/VeitB)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 6:56am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/codex-in-github-not-reviewing-prs/1358847/18 "2026-01-22T06:56:47Z")
Hi and welcome to the community! I don’t see any options to configure these parameters on GitHub when selecting the Codex app via the settings. ---
**Author:** ![Hagai\_Samoilovich](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/hagai_samoilovich/32/717558_2.png) [@Hagai\_Samoilovich](https://community.openai.com/u/Hagai_Samoilovich)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 7:30am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/codex-in-github-not-reviewing-prs/1358847/19 "2026-01-22T07:30:43Z")
That’s within the Codex web-app (/codex/settings/general). Sorry for not being more specific earlier. ![20260122_093021](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/original/4X/f/f/d/ffd72034d120d0b40ba7ce757c9eb0c7f2ef7f8f.png) ---
**Author:** ![George\_Kal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/george_kal/32/717745_2.png) [@George\_Kal](https://community.openai.com/u/George_Kal)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/codex-in-github-not-reviewing-prs/1358847/20 "2026-01-22T19:05:14Z")
also having the same issue , disconnecting GitHub in Codex settings and reconnecting it DID NOT solved the problem , and indeed it used to work [Next page](https://community.openai.com/t/codex-in-github-not-reviewing-prs/1358847.md?page=2)