openai/codex · error · OpenAiFileError

failed to parse OpenAI file response from {url}: {source}

Error message

failed to parse OpenAI file response from {url}: {source}

What it means

Error "failed to parse OpenAI file response from {url}: {source}" thrown in openai/codex.

Source

Thrown at codex-rs/codex-api/src/files.rs:85

        source: RouteAwareRequestError,
    },
    #[error(
        "OpenAI file blob upload to {host} failed with status {status} (azure_client_request_id={azure_client_request_id}, azure_request_id={azure_request_id}, azure_error_code={azure_error_code})"
    )]
    BlobUploadStatus {
        host: String,
        status: StatusCode,
        azure_client_request_id: String,
        azure_request_id: String,
        azure_error_code: String,
    },
    #[error("OpenAI file request to {url} failed with status {status}: {body}")]
    UnexpectedStatus {
        url: String,
        status: StatusCode,
        body: String,
    },
    #[error("failed to parse OpenAI file response from {url}: {source}")]
    Decode {
        url: String,
        #[source]
        source: serde_json::Error,
    },
    #[error("OpenAI file upload for `{file_id}` is not ready yet")]
    UploadNotReady { file_id: String },
    #[error("OpenAI file upload for `{file_id}` failed: {message}")]
    UploadFailed { file_id: String, message: String },
}

#[derive(Deserialize)]
struct CreateFileResponse {
    file_id: String,
    upload_url: String,
    #[serde(default)]
    pdf_c2pa_reservation: bool,
}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at codex-rs/codex-api/src/files.rs:85 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

Understand the failure class

• Parsing and encoding errors: unexpected token, malformed input — why parsers reject input and how to find the real culprit.

AI-assisted analysis of openai/codex@339751715c (2026-08-25). Data as JSON: /api/errors/7d697749000d0ad6. Report an issue: GitHub.