{"record":{"id":"a6a9d88915d0f124","repo":"coleam00/Archon","slug":"codex-will-attempt-to-use-those-credentials-i","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"    Codex will attempt to use those credentials. If they are stale or revoked,","messagePattern":"    Codex will attempt to use those credentials\\. If they are stale or revoked,","errorType":"console","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"info","filePath":"packages/server/src/scripts/setup-auth.ts","lineNumber":41,"sourceCode":"function setupAuth(): void {\n  // Get environment variables\n  const idToken = process.env.CODEX_ID_TOKEN;\n  const accessToken = process.env.CODEX_ACCESS_TOKEN;\n  const refreshToken = process.env.CODEX_REFRESH_TOKEN;\n  const accountId = process.env.CODEX_ACCOUNT_ID;\n\n  // No CODEX_* env vars provided: warn if a persisted auth.json already\n  // exists on the volume (may be stale), otherwise skip with \"unavailable\".\n  if (!idToken || !accessToken || !refreshToken || !accountId) {\n    // /home/appuser is now persisted across restarts in Docker, so a stale\n    // auth.json from a previous run with creds is not automatically wiped.\n    // Surface this so operators don't end up with Codex silently using old/revoked tokens.\n    const persistedAuthPath = path.join(os.homedir(), '.codex', 'auth.json');\n    if (fs.existsSync(persistedAuthPath)) {\n      console.warn(\n        `⚠️  CODEX_* env vars not set, but persisted ${persistedAuthPath} exists from a previous run`\n      );\n      console.warn(\n        '    Codex will attempt to use those credentials. If they are stale or revoked,'\n      );\n      console.warn(\n        '    delete the file inside the container or wipe the archon_user_home volume to reset.'\n      );\n      return;\n    }\n    console.log('⏭️  Skipping Codex auth setup - credentials not provided');\n    console.log('   Codex assistant will be unavailable');\n    return;\n  }\n\n  console.log('🔐 Setting up Codex authentication...');\n\n  // Create auth.json structure\n  const authData: AuthJson = {\n    OPENAI_API_KEY: null,\n    tokens: {","sourceCodeStart":23,"sourceCodeEnd":59,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/coleam00/Archon/blob/0773b9745896ef0612e709c80845a0f7db315b19/packages/server/src/scripts/setup-auth.ts#L23-L59","documentation":"Continuation line of the stale persisted Codex auth warning: after noting CODEX_* env vars are unset but auth.json exists, setupAuth tells the operator that Codex will attempt to use those stored credentials and that they may be stale or revoked. Informational multi-line console.warn output, not a failure by itself.","triggerScenarios":"Same path as error 612: setupAuth runs without CODEX_* env vars while ~/.codex/auth.json persists from a previous run.","commonSituations":"Reading combined console output from setup-auth and wondering whether the run succeeded; codex silently authenticating with old tokens after an env-config regression.","solutions":["Delete ~/.codex/auth.json inside the container or wipe the archon_user_home volume","Restore the CODEX_* env vars and re-run setup-auth to write fresh credentials","Confirm Codex auth works after cleanup before relying on Codex nodes"],"exampleFix":"null","handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":"const persisted = path.join(os.homedir(), '.codex', 'auth.json');\nif (!hasFreshCodexEnv() && fs.existsSync(persisted)) {\n  // stale credentials will be used — delete or re-provision first\n}","typeGuard":"function isStaleCodexAuth(env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv, homedir: string): boolean {\n  return !(env.CODEX_ID_TOKEN && env.CODEX_ACCESS_TOKEN && env.CODEX_REFRESH_TOKEN && env.CODEX_ACCOUNT_ID)\n    && fs.existsSync(path.join(homedir, '.codex', 'auth.json'));\n}","tryCatchPattern":"null","preventionTips":["Automate cleanup of ~/.codex/auth.json when CODEX_* env vars are absent from the deployment","Pin credential provisioning to the same lifecycle as the home volume","Re-run setup-auth with valid env after any container rebuild"],"tags":["auth","codex","docker","persisted-state","setup"],"backgroundTag":"stale-credentials","analyzedSha":"0773b9745896ef0612e709c80845a0f7db315b19","analyzedAt":"2026-09-01T02:28:07.064Z","contentChangedAt":null,"schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-08T05:18:18.240Z"}