openai/codex · error · io::Error

directory already exists

Error message

directory already exists

What it means

Error "directory already exists" thrown in openai/codex.

Source

Thrown at codex-rs/exec-server/src/no_follow/unix.rs:264

fn unix_time_ms(seconds: i64, nanoseconds: impl TryInto<i64>) -> i64 {
    let nanoseconds = nanoseconds.try_into().unwrap_or_default();
    seconds
        .saturating_mul(1_000)
        .saturating_add(nanoseconds / 1_000_000)
}

pub(super) async fn metadata(path: PathBuf) -> io::Result<FileMetadata> {
    tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || metadata_sync(&path))
        .await
        .map_err(|error| io::Error::other(format!("filesystem task failed: {error}")))?
}

pub(super) async fn create_directory(path: PathBuf, recursive: bool) -> io::Result<()> {
    tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
        let components = components(&path)?;
        if components.is_empty() && !recursive {
            return Err(io::Error::new(
                io::ErrorKind::AlreadyExists,
                "directory already exists",
            ));
        }
        let mut directory = root()?;
        for (index, component) in components.iter().enumerate() {
            let is_leaf = index + 1 == components.len();
            if !recursive && is_leaf {
                mkdirat(&directory, component, Mode::from_raw_mode(0o777))
                    .map_err(io::Error::from)?;
                return Ok(());
            }
            match open_directory(&directory, component) {
                Ok(next) => directory = next,
                Err(error) if recursive && error.kind() == io::ErrorKind::NotFound => {
                    match mkdirat(&directory, component, Mode::from_raw_mode(0o777)) {
                        Ok(()) | Err(rustix::io::Errno::EXIST) => {}
                        Err(error) => return Err(io::Error::from(error)),

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at codex-rs/exec-server/src/no_follow/unix.rs:264 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/bd426fb97a0a7547. Report an issue: GitHub.