openai/codex · error · anyhow::Error

failed to initialize WFP setup metrics provider: {err}

Error message

failed to initialize WFP setup metrics provider: {err}

What it means

Error "failed to initialize WFP setup metrics provider: {err}" thrown in openai/codex.

Source

Thrown at codex-rs/windows-sandbox-rs/src/wfp_setup.rs:61

        return Ok(None);
    };
    // The setup helper cannot call codex-core's OTEL builder because core
    // depends on this crate, so the parent process passes only the resolved
    // Statsig environment in the elevation payload. Other exporters are
    // intentionally omitted from this helper path.
    OtelProvider::try_new(&OtelSettings {
        environment: otel.environment.clone(),
        service_name: WFP_SETUP_SERVICE_NAME.to_string(),
        service_version: env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION").to_string(),
        codex_home: codex_home.to_path_buf(),
        exporter: OtelExporter::None,
        trace_exporter: OtelExporter::None,
        metrics_exporter: OtelExporter::Statsig,
        runtime_metrics: false,
        span_attributes: BTreeMap::new(),
        tracestate: BTreeMap::new(),
    })
    .map_err(|err| anyhow::anyhow!("failed to initialize WFP setup metrics provider: {err}"))
}

fn emit_wfp_setup_metric(
    codex_home: &Path,
    otel: Option<&StatsigMetricsSettings>,
    metric: &WfpSetupMetric,
) -> Result<()> {
    let Some(provider) = build_wfp_metrics_provider(codex_home, otel)? else {
        return Ok(());
    };
    if let Some(metrics) = provider.metrics() {
        let target_account = sanitize_setup_metric_tag_value(&metric.target_account);
        match metric.outcome {
            WfpSetupMetricOutcome::Success => {
                let installed_filter_count = metric.installed_filter_count.to_string();
                metrics.counter(
                    WFP_SETUP_SUCCESS_METRIC,
                    /*inc*/ 1,

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Solutions

1. Inspect the inner error, ensure the WFP provider can be registered (elevation required), and retry the sandbox network setup.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at codex-rs/windows-sandbox-rs/src/wfp_setup.rs:61 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/3e83403b9304ca9f. Report an issue: GitHub.