Again -- Codex client auth forces WhatsApp code to a dead number — but ChatGPT/Codex web log in fine
OpenAI Developer Community
July 3, 2026
I’m experiencing the known Codex phone-verification loop bug
(reported in community thread 1382387 and 1383951).
Codex CLI forces SMS verification to +55 (85) 99727-6542 — a
Brazilian number I have never owned. ChatGPT and all other
OpenAI services work normally on the same account.
Account: ChatGPT Plus, created Dec 2022
Login: Email OAuth via hbaixing@gmail.com
Platform: Codex CLI (macOS), latest version
Please apply the per-account mitigation that Jordan mentioned
in the community thread. I can provide exact timestamps of
the failed login on request.
Thank you.
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