openai/codex · error · anyhow::Error

client already initializing

Error message

client already initializing

What it means

Error "client already initializing" thrown in openai/codex.

Source

Thrown at codex-rs/rmcp-client/src/rmcp_client.rs:600

    /// https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-06-18/basic/lifecycle#initialization
    #[instrument(level = "trace", skip_all)]
    pub async fn initialize(
        &self,
        params: InitializeRequestParams,
        timeout: Option<Duration>,
        send_elicitation: SendElicitation,
    ) -> Result<ServerPeerInfo> {
        let client_service = ElicitationClientService::new(
            params.clone(),
            send_elicitation,
            self.elicitation_pause_state.clone(),
        );
        let pending_transport = {
            let mut guard = self.state.lock().await;
            match &mut *guard {
                ClientState::Connecting { transport } => match transport.take() {
                    Some(transport) => transport,
                    None => return Err(anyhow!("client already initializing")),
                },
                ClientState::Ready { .. } => return Err(anyhow!("client already initialized")),
                ClientState::Closed => return Err(anyhow!("MCP client is shut down")),
            }
        };

        let (service, oauth_persistor) = self
            .connect_pending_transport_with_initialize_retries(
                pending_transport,
                client_service.clone(),
                timeout,
            )
            .await?;

        let initialize_result_rmcp = service
            .peer()
            .peer_info()
            .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("handshake succeeded but server info was missing"))?;

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at codex-rs/rmcp-client/src/rmcp_client.rs:600 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of openai/codex@339751715c (2026-08-25). Data as JSON: /api/errors/082fa11b3625b355. Report an issue: GitHub.