earendil-works/pi · error · Error

OpenAI Codex token ${operation} failed (${response.status}):

Error message

OpenAI Codex token ${operation} failed (${response.status}): ${text || response.statusText}

What it means

Error "OpenAI Codex token ${operation} failed (${response.status}): ${text || response.statusText}" thrown in earendil-works/pi.

Source

Thrown at packages/ai/src/auth/oauth/openai-codex.ts:129

		return null;
	}
}

async function fetchWithLoginCancellation(input: string, init: RequestInit): Promise<Response> {
	try {
		return await fetch(input, init);
	} catch (error) {
		if (init.signal?.aborted) {
			throw new Error("Login cancelled");
		}
		throw error;
	}
}

async function readTokenResponse(response: Response, operation: TokenOperation): Promise<OAuthToken> {
	if (!response.ok) {
		const text = await response.text().catch(() => "");
		throw new Error(`OpenAI Codex token ${operation} failed (${response.status}): ${text || response.statusText}`);
	}

	const rawJson = await response.json();
	const json = rawJson as {
		access_token?: string;
		refresh_token?: string;
		expires_in?: number;
	} | null;
	if (!json?.access_token || !json.refresh_token || typeof json.expires_in !== "number") {
		throw new Error(`OpenAI Codex token ${operation} response missing fields: ${JSON.stringify(json)}`);
	}

	return {
		access: json.access_token,
		refresh: json.refresh_token,
		expires: Date.now() + json.expires_in * 1000,
	};
}

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Solutions

1. Check the status and text in the message; retry or re-login.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/ai/src/auth/oauth/openai-codex.ts:129 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of earendil-works/pi@4af9d21d3b (2026-08-24). Data as JSON: /api/errors/10426c1520de9eac. Report an issue: GitHub.