Elevation approval window stuck open
OpenAI Developer Community
February 9, 2026
There is a reported issue
github.com/openai/codex
macOS app: Stuck "Awaiting approval" prompt - Cannot be approved
opened 03:40PM - 05 Feb 26 UTC
STAlfsen
bug extension sandbox app
What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)? Ve…rsion 260204.1342 (531) ### What subscription do you have? Pro ### What issue are you seeing? Ran a session which was not running dangerously, after several approved commands, and after tabbing out to another agent, returned to approve this command: "" Can I update the SSD Windows relay guide so it reflects the corrected non-preset Linux build steps? cat > "/Volumes/T7 Touch/ik_llama_update/windows_winscp_putty_update_plan.txt" <<'EOF' Windows relay plan (SSD -> WinSCP -> PuTTY) "" However, the approval got stuck. Pressing "Yes" or any of the other options did nothing, although the interface highlighted the chosen option. Pressing submit did nothing. Tried restarting the app, which lead to the reasoning process thus far being deleted and having to restart from last message sent. codex://threads/019c2e49-2527-76e2-b1ac-913cfbf0e797 ### What steps can reproduce the bug? Not sure, happened spontaneously after approving a number of commands ### What is the expected behavior? Pressing "Yes" approves the command. ### Additional information No response
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