Tried deleting everything as ChatGPT advises and still facing the same issue since yesterday.
This is my environment:
Xcode Codex OAuth login completes successfully and browser shows “Signed in to Codex”, but Xcode immediately returns to “Not Signed In” and shows “Requires Eligible Account or API Key”.
Terminal Codex works with v0.137.0.
Xcode Codex account validation fails after successful OAuth callback.
Xcode version: 26.4 / 17E192.
I’m experiencing the same authentication issue with Codex in Xcode and wanted to share my setup and a temporary workaround that works for me.
Account
ChatGPT Pro (recently upgraded from Plus to Pro)
Environment
macOS 26.5.1 (25F80)
Xcode 26.5 (17F42)
Xcode automatically installs Codex 0.129.0-alpha.9 from Settings
Issue
In Xcode → Settings → Intelligence → Codex → Sign in with ChatGPT account:
A browser window opens for authentication.
I sign in successfully.
The browser shows:
“Signed in to Codex. You may now close this page.”
I close the browser window and return to Xcode.
Xcode still shows “Not signed in”.
I have tried:
Safari
Chrome
Clearing browser cache and cookies related to ChatGPT/OpenAI
Removing related entries from Keychain Access on my Mac and signing in again
None of these resolved the issue.
Temporary Workaround
I found a workaround from this GitHub issue:
Codex 0.129.0-alpha.9 breaks Xcode Coding Assistant with decode error #23109
Instead of using the version that Xcode installs automatically (0.129.0-alpha.9), I manually installed Codex 0.120.0.
I also tested:
0.133.0
0.139.0
but only 0.120.0 worked for me.
The downside is that GPT-5.5 is not available in Codex 0.120.0, so I am currently using GPT-5.4.
I’ve been waiting a couple of days for a fix, and so far this is the only workaround that has worked for me. Hopefully it helps others who are seeing the same behavior.