Codex Desktop Full access enabled, but new chats still launch with network disabled
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May 28, 2026
I’m seeing a Codex Desktop permission mismatch where the UI and config show network/full access enabled, but new chats still launch with network disabled.
Environment:
- Codex Desktop:
0.133.0 - macOS app
- Date observed: May 28, 2026 PT
What I did:
- Enabled Full access in Codex Desktop Settings.
- Restarted Codex Desktop multiple times.
- Created a new chat after the toggle and restart.
- Checked the effective runtime environment.
Expected:
- New chats should launch with network access enabled.
CODEX_SANDBOX_NETWORK_DISABLEDshould be absent.
Actual:
- New chats still show:
CODEX_SANDBOX_NETWORK_DISABLED=1 ~/.codex/config.tomlcontains:sandbox_mode = "workspace-write"network_access = true- But Codex’s persisted per-thread state still records the new thread with:
sandboxPolicy.networkAccess:false - The active thread DB also records:
{"type":"workspace-write","network_access":false,...}
Impact:
- Some allowlisted commands like
curl -sS --max-time ...orgit -C ...can still reach GitHub, which makes diagnostics confusing. - But normal sandboxed shell work sees network disabled.
- Project automation that correctly checks
CODEX_SANDBOX_NETWORK_DISABLEDrefuses to run network-dependent finish/push steps.
This looks like Codex Desktop is not translating the Full access UI/config setting into the per-thread sandbox policy used when launching new chats.
Is there another setting or state file that controls heartbeat-thread-permissions-by-id[*].sandboxPolicy.networkAccess, or is this a Codex Desktop bug?
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