Its up to date - that is not the issue. Since the issue exists there have also been various updates.
What might be happening are firewall/antivirus issues given that it is a company laptop. I have found logs that indicate that powershell was blocked. however, only twice. so i am not sure that this is the cause for all the times its not working.
further, codex does not appear to be fully stuck but running into certain issues like access violoation, super long reads for small files etc.
i have run a test where i have it read a file that contains only a small comment. it took four minutes to achieve the task. i will append the log, maybe somebody can see something?
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`{“timestamp”:“2026-01-07T11:06:49.823Z”,“type”:“response_item”,“payload”:{“type”:“message”,“role”:“user”,“content”:[{“type”:“input_text”,“text”:“# AGENTS.md instructions for c:\dev\codex-debug\n\n\n## Skills\nThese skills are discovered at startup from multiple local sources. Each entry includes a name, description, and file path so you can open the source for full instructions.\n- skill-creator: Guide for creating effective skills. This skill should be used when users want to create a new skill (or update an existing skill) that extends Codex’s capabilities with specialized knowledge, workflows, or tool integrations. (file: C:/Users/…/.codex/skills/.system/skill-creator/SKILL.md)\n- skill-installer: Install Codex skills into $CODEX_HOME/skills from a curated list or a GitHub repo path. Use when a user asks to list installable skills, install a curated skill, or install a skill from another repo (including private repos). (file: C:/Users/…/.codex/skills/.system/skill-installer/SKILL.md)\n- Discovery: Available skills are listed in project docs and may also appear in a runtime “## Skills” section (name + description + file path). These are the sources of truth; skill bodies live on disk at the listed paths.\n- Trigger rules: If the user names a skill (with $SkillName or plain text) OR the task clearly matches a skill’s description, you must use that skill for that turn. Multiple mentions mean use them all. Do not carry skills across turns unless re-mentioned.\n- Missing/blocked: If a named skill isn’t in the list or the path can’t be read, say so briefly and continue with the best fallback.\n- How to use a skill (progressive disclosure):\n 1) After deciding to use a skill, open its SKILL.md. Read only enough to follow the workflow.\n 2) If SKILL.md points to extra folders such as references/, load only the specific files needed for the request; don’t bulk-load everything.\n 3) If scripts/ exist, prefer running or patching them instead of retyping large code blocks.\n 4) If assets/ or templates exist, reuse them instead of recreating from scratch.\n- Description as trigger: The YAML description in SKILL.md is the primary trigger signal; rely on it to decide applicability. If unsure, ask a brief clarification before proceeding.\n- Coordination and sequencing:\n - If multiple skills apply, choose the minimal set that covers the request and state the order you’ll use them.\n - Announce which skill(s) you’re using and why (one short line). If you skip an obvious skill, say why.\n- Context hygiene:\n - Keep context small: summarize long sections instead of pasting them; only load extra files when needed.\n - Avoid deeply nested references; prefer one-hop files explicitly linked from SKILL.md.\n - When variants exist (frameworks, providers, domains), pick only the relevant reference file(s) and note that choice.\n- Safety and fallback: If a skill can’t be applied cleanly (missing files, unclear instructions), state the issue, pick the next-best approach, and continue.\n”}]}}`
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`{“timestamp”:“2026-01-07T11:06:49.970Z”,“type”:“response_item”,“payload”:{“type”:“message”,“role”:“user”,“content”:[{“type”:“input_text”,“text”:“<environment_context>\n <sandbox_mode>workspace-write</sandbox_mode>\n <network_access>restricted</network_access>\n <writable_roots>\n c:\dev\codex-debug\n </writable_roots>\n powershell\n</environment_context>”}]}}`
`{“timestamp”:“2026-01-07T11:06:49.971Z”,“type”:“response_item”,“payload”:{“type”:“message”,“role”:“user”,“content”:[{“type”:“input_text”,“text”:“# Context from my IDE setup:\n\n## Active file: debug.py\n\n## Open tabs:\n- debug.py: debug.py\n- debug_tools.ps1: debug_tools.ps1\n\n## My request for Codex:\nread C:\dev\codex-debug\debug.py and summarize its content\n”}]}}`
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`{“timestamp”:“2026-01-07T11:06:49.971Z”,“type”:“turn_context”,“payload”:{“cwd”:“c:\dev\codex-debug”,“approval_policy”:“on-request”,“sandbox_policy”:{“type”:“workspace-write”,“writable_roots”:[“c:\dev\codex-debug”],“network_access”:false,“exclude_tmpdir_env_var”:false,“exclude_slash_tmp”:false},“model”:“gpt-5.2”,“effort”:“medium”,“summary”:“auto”}}`
`{“timestamp”:“2026-01-07T11:06:53.176Z”,“type”:“event_msg”,“payload”:{“type”:“token_count”,“info”:null,“rate_limits”:{“primary”:{“used_percent”:3.0,“window_minutes”:300,“resets_at”:1767791403},“secondary”:{“used_percent”:1.0,“window_minutes”:10080,“resets_at”:1768378203},“credits”:{“has_credits”:false,“unlimited”:false,“balance”:null},“plan_type”:null}}}`
`{“timestamp”:“2026-01-07T11:06:58.119Z”,“type”:“event_msg”,“payload”:{“type”:“agent_reasoning”,“text”:“`**`Preparing to read a file`**`\n\nI want to use a tool to read the file, and there’s no need for extra planning here. I’ll run a shell command using either Get-Content or cat, depending on what’s appropriate. I’ll make sure to use the functions.shell_command when executing this. That should get me the file contents in a straightforward way. Let’s do this and see what information we can pull from it!”}}`
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`{“timestamp”:“2026-01-07T11:06:58.239Z”,“type”:“response_item”,“payload”:{“type”:“function_call”,“name”:“shell_command”,“arguments”:“{“command”:“Get-Content -Path ‘C:\\dev\\codex-debug\\debug.py’”}”,“call_id”:“…”}}`
`{“timestamp”:“2026-01-07T11:06:58.241Z”,“type”:“event_msg”,“payload”:{“type”:“token_count”,“info”:{“total_token_usage”:{“input_tokens”:7262,“cached_input_tokens”:6272,“output_tokens”:70,“reasoning_output_tokens”:34,“total_tokens”:7332},“last_token_usage”:{“input_tokens”:7262,“cached_input_tokens”:6272,“output_tokens”:70,“reasoning_output_tokens”:34,“total_tokens”:7332},“model_context_window”:258400},“rate_limits”:{“primary”:{“used_percent”:3.0,“window_minutes”:300,“resets_at”:1767791403},“secondary”:{“used_percent”:1.0,“window_minutes”:10080,“resets_at”:1768378203},“credits”:{“has_credits”:false,“unlimited”:false,“balance”:null},“plan_type”:null}}}`
`{“timestamp”:“2026-01-07T11:11:05.984Z”,“type”:“response_item”,“payload”:{“type”:“function_call_output”,“call_id”:“…”,“output”:“Exit code: 0\nWall time: 0.3 seconds\nOutput:\n#hey codex - can you read this?\r\n”}}`
`{“timestamp”:“2026-01-07T11:11:05.984Z”,“type”:“turn_context”,“payload”:{“cwd”:“c:\dev\codex-debug”,“approval_policy”:“on-request”,“sandbox_policy”:{“type”:“workspace-write”,“writable_roots”:[“c:\dev\codex-debug”],“network_access”:false,“exclude_tmpdir_env_var”:false,“exclude_slash_tmp”:false},“model”:“gpt-5.2”,“effort”:“medium”,“summary”:“auto”}}`
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`{“timestamp”:“2026-01-07T11:11:08.310Z”,“type”:“event_msg”,“payload”:{“type”:“agent_message”,“message”:“C:\\dev\\codex-debug\\debug.py contains a single comment line: #hey codex - can you read this?”}}`
`{“timestamp”:“2026-01-07T11:11:08.311Z”,“type”:“response_item”,“payload”:{“type”:“message”,“role”:“assistant”,“content”:[{“type”:“output_text”,“text”:“C:\\dev\\codex-debug\\debug.py contains a single comment line: #hey codex - can you read this?”}]}}`
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