Hi everyone, quick question. I’m using Codex in allowed repositories with permissions set to auto-approve. I’ve noticed that when Codex needs to run CLI commands or similar actions, it often first hits a sandbox permission error, then retries with an elevated permission request, gets auto-approved,…

Hope this helps! I edited the post to reference the auto-review mode a bit late. Not sure if you have seen it but that’s what I am using nowadays. [image] Auto-review – Codex | OpenAI Developers How Codex routes sandbox-boundary approvals through a reviewer agent …

I run into the same dilemma. After trying several tools and having similar results, I just live with it. From reading many Codex issues, the problem also seems to vary depending on how Codex is being run. I am not sure of all the currently supported ways to run Codex, but personally I use it on Win…

There is also the rules mechanism. This is probably the setting you want to look into. Rules let you allow, prompt, or forbid specific command prefixes when they need to run outside the sandbox. Official docs: Rules – Codex | OpenAI Developers Example: # ~/.codex/rules/default.rules prefix_rule…

That’s pretty much similar runtime for me except that I’m on JetBrains IDEs. When the auto-approve mode is not enabled, Codex, when hitting the sandbox permission, it gives you the option to authorize it once or multiple times. If you authorize it from now on, that stops being a problem. The issue i…

Oh, this one looks like a potential solution. I’ll check it and report here.

Thanks for the link and the update on Docs. I think this one should also be noted as a stand-alone: [image] Rules – Codex | OpenAI Developers Control which commands Codex can run outside the sandbox

How do you guys work with Codex in auto-approval mode?

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EricGT May 12, 2026, 10:01am 6

Thanks for asking!

I too will have to look at what @VeitB noted.

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How do you guys work with Codex in auto-approval mode?

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