{
  "id": 19770039,
  "title": "Codex Never Crashed. It Just Quietly Did Nothing.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/codex-never-crashed-it-just-quietly-did-nothing",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-13T07:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/debashish_ghosal/codex-never-crashed-it-just-quietly-did-nothing-1p5c"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Codex quietly failed to function properly, with several bugs affecting its operation. The first issue was that the API it assumed to exist, chat completions, was no longer supported. The second problem was a hang when using codex exec in a headless test script, which printed \"Reading additional input from stdin...\" but didn't produce any output. The third issue was a series of 404 errors returned by the system, which initially seemed to indicate a server problem. The main takeaway is that Codex quietly did nothing, providing no clear indication of failure. The article emphasizes the importance of proactively checking the transport and stdin settings, and interpreting 404 errors as potential client-side issues rather than server problems.",
  "summary": "Codex Never Crashed. It Just Quietly Did Nothing. From the agentpolicy v0.1.0 release: a local-first, Cedar-based policy decision point for AI agents (decide allow, deny, ask, rate-limit, or redact for every agent action, with shipped rule packs). Now on PyPI . This story is journal Group 21 of the v0.1.0 field test report . AI disclosure: this article was drafted and edited with AI assistance.…",
  "key_points": [
    "Codex failed silently due to API changes",
    "Headless test script hung without output",
    "404 errors misinterpreted as server issues"
  ],
  "editors_take": "Silent failures in the Codex system shift the burden of troubleshooting onto developers, who must now distinguish between genuine server outages and client-side configuration errors.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}