openai/codex · error · anyhow::Error

ConvertStringSidToSidW failed: {}

Error message

ConvertStringSidToSidW failed: {}

What it means

Error "ConvertStringSidToSidW failed: {}" thrown in openai/codex.

Source

Thrown at codex-rs/windows-sandbox-rs/src/bin/setup_main/win/sandbox_users.rs:358

    unsafe {
        LocalFree(psid as _);
    }
    if ok == 0 {
        return Err(anyhow::anyhow!(
            "LookupAccountSidW failed for {sid_str}: {}",
            unsafe { GetLastError() }
        ));
    }
    let name = String::from_utf16_lossy(&name_buf);
    Ok(name.trim_end_matches('\0').to_string())
}

pub fn sid_bytes_to_psid(sid: &[u8]) -> Result<*mut c_void> {
    let sid_str = string_from_sid_bytes(sid).map_err(anyhow::Error::msg)?;
    let sid_w = to_wide(OsStr::new(&sid_str));
    let mut psid: *mut c_void = std::ptr::null_mut();
    if unsafe { ConvertStringSidToSidW(sid_w.as_ptr(), &mut psid) } == 0 {
        return Err(anyhow::anyhow!(
            "ConvertStringSidToSidW failed: {}",
            unsafe { GetLastError() }
        ));
    }
    Ok(psid)
}

fn random_password() -> String {
    const CHARS: &[u8] =
        b"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789!@#$%^&*()-_=+";
    let mut rng = SmallRng::from_entropy();
    let mut buf = [0u8; 24];
    rng.fill_bytes(&mut buf);
    buf.iter()
        .map(|b| {
            let idx = (*b as usize) % CHARS.len();
            CHARS[idx] as char
        })

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at codex-rs/windows-sandbox-rs/src/bin/setup_main/win/sandbox_users.rs:358 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/c2899dc16c9524f8. Report an issue: GitHub.