openai/codex · error · AmendError

failed to read policy file {path}: {source}

Error message

failed to read policy file {path}: {source}

What it means

Error "failed to read policy file {path}: {source}" thrown in openai/codex.

Source

Thrown at codex-rs/execpolicy/src/amend.rs:51

        path: PathBuf,
        source: std::io::Error,
    },
    #[error("failed to write to policy file {path}: {source}")]
    WritePolicyFile {
        path: PathBuf,
        source: std::io::Error,
    },
    #[error("failed to lock policy file {path}: {source}")]
    LockPolicyFile {
        path: PathBuf,
        source: std::io::Error,
    },
    #[error("failed to seek policy file {path}: {source}")]
    SeekPolicyFile {
        path: PathBuf,
        source: std::io::Error,
    },
    #[error("failed to read policy file {path}: {source}")]
    ReadPolicyFile {
        path: PathBuf,
        source: std::io::Error,
    },
    #[error("failed to read metadata for policy file {path}: {source}")]
    PolicyMetadata {
        path: PathBuf,
        source: std::io::Error,
    },
}

/// Note this thread uses advisory file locking and performs blocking I/O, so it should be used with
/// [`tokio::task::spawn_blocking`] when called from an async context.
pub fn blocking_append_allow_prefix_rule(
    policy_path: &Path,
    prefix: &[String],
) -> Result<(), AmendError> {
    if prefix.is_empty() {

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at codex-rs/execpolicy/src/amend.rs:51 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/ba445adeee14df6a. Report an issue: GitHub.