{"record":{"id":"eab73efbbc96188f","repo":"affaan-m/ECC","slug":"codex-review-failed-detail-detail","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Codex review failed${detail ? `: ${detail}` : ''}","messagePattern":"Codex review failed(.+?)` : ''\\}","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"Error","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"skills/council-multi-model/scripts/review-with-codex.js","lineNumber":219,"sourceCode":"  try {\n    const result = spawn('codex', buildCodexArgs(tempDir, outputFile), {\n      cwd: tempDir,\n      env: environment,\n      input: prompt,\n      encoding: 'utf8',\n      timeout: options.timeoutMs,\n      maxBuffer: 1024 * 1024,\n      windowsHide: true,\n    });\n\n    if (result.error) {\n      if (result.error.code === 'ETIMEDOUT') throw new Error('Codex review timed out');\n      if (result.error.code === 'ENOENT') throw new Error('Codex CLI is not installed');\n      throw new Error(`Codex invocation failed: ${result.error.message}`);\n    }\n    if (result.status !== 0) {\n      const detail = (result.stderr || '').trim().split('\\n').slice(-1)[0];\n      throw new Error(`Codex review failed${detail ? `: ${detail}` : ''}`);\n    }\n\n    let text;\n    try {\n      text = readFile(outputFile, 'utf8').trim();\n    } catch (error) {\n      throw new Error(`Codex returned no final response: ${error.message}`);\n    }\n    if (!text) throw new Error('Codex returned an empty final response');\n    return `${providerLabel(options.hostProvider)}\\n${text}`;\n  } finally {\n    remove(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true });\n  }\n}\n\nfunction runStdinReview(options, dependencies = {}) {\n  const stdin = dependencies.stdin || process.stdin;\n  const stdout = dependencies.stdout || process.stdout;","sourceCodeStart":201,"sourceCodeEnd":237,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC/blob/8321021c54d670126ce3b2969d5deb880b4b0c2a/skills/council-multi-model/scripts/review-with-codex.js#L201-L237","documentation":"When the spawned Codex process finishes but exits with a non-zero status code (result.status !== 0, with no result.error), the library treats it as a review failure. It takes the last line of the process's stderr as detail and throws 'Codex review failed: <detail>'.","triggerScenarios":"The codex CLI runs to completion but exits non-zero — invalid/missing API key, refused request, malformed invocation arguments the library passed, or an internal Codex error — with no spawn-level error object.","commonSituations":"Expired or missing OpenAI credentials; Codex CLI version changed its CLI flags so the constructed arguments are rejected; rate limit or quota exhaustion printing an error to stderr; the review prompt triggering a content refusal.","solutions":["Read the detail appended to the error message — it is the final stderr line from Codex and names the real cause.","Verify Codex authentication (run `codex` interactively or check its auth/config; re-login if needed).","Update the Codex CLI to the version this script targets (`npm update -g @openai/codex`) — flag mismatches after upgrades are common.","Check quota/rate limits if the detail mentions 429/limit.","Re-run with a smaller prompt if the detail suggests payload or content issues."],"exampleFix":"// before\nthrow new Error(`Codex review failed: ${detail}`); // e.g. 'Unauthorized: invalid api key'\n// after (user side)\ncodex auth login   # refresh credentials, then re-run the review","handlingStrategy":"try-catch","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"try {\n  return runReview(opts);\n} catch (e) {\n  if (e.message.startsWith('Codex review failed')) {\n    const detail = e.message.replace('Codex review failed: ', '');\n    if (/auth|unauthorized|api key/i.test(detail)) await refreshCodexAuth();\n    else if (/429|rate limit/i.test(detail)) await backoff();\n  }\n  throw e;\n}","preventionTips":["Keep Codex CLI credentials refreshed; validate with an interactive `codex` run before automation.","Pin the Codex CLI version the script targets; read its changelog before upgrading.","Monitor quota/rate limits in CI and add backoff between reviews.","Always read the stderr detail in the message — it names the true root cause."],"tags":["cli","exit-code","stderr","api"],"backgroundTag":"http-error-response","analyzedSha":"8321021c54d670126ce3b2969d5deb880b4b0c2a","analyzedAt":"2026-09-16T10:08:13.343Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-09-16T10:08:13.343Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-23T08:17:48.524Z"}