openai/codex · error · ExecServerError

failed to serialize or deserialize exec-server JSON: {0}

Error message

failed to serialize or deserialize exec-server JSON: {0}

What it means

Error "failed to serialize or deserialize exec-server JSON: {0}" thrown in openai/codex.

Source

Thrown at codex-rs/exec-server/src/client.rs:648

    #[error("failed to spawn exec-server: {0}")]
    Spawn(#[source] std::io::Error),
    #[error("timed out connecting to exec-server websocket `{url}` after {timeout:?}")]
    WebSocketConnectTimeout { url: String, timeout: Duration },
    #[error("failed to connect to exec-server websocket `{url}`: {source}")]
    WebSocketConnect {
        url: String,
        #[source]
        source: tokio_tungstenite::tungstenite::Error,
    },
    #[error("failed to configure exec-server websocket: {0}")]
    WebSocketConfiguration(String),
    #[error("timed out waiting for exec-server initialize handshake after {timeout:?}")]
    InitializeTimedOut { timeout: Duration },
    #[error("exec-server transport closed")]
    Closed,
    #[error("{0}")]
    Disconnected(String),
    #[error("failed to serialize or deserialize exec-server JSON: {0}")]
    Json(#[from] serde_json::Error),
    #[error("HTTP request failed: {0}")]
    HttpRequest(String),
    #[error("exec-server protocol error: {0}")]
    Protocol(String),
    #[error(
        "environment `{environment_id}` is already registered with a different provisioning mode"
    )]
    ProvisioningModeConflict { environment_id: String },
    #[error("exec-server rejected request ({code}): {message}")]
    Server { code: i64, message: String },
    #[error("environment registry request failed ({status}{code_suffix}): {message}", code_suffix = .code.as_ref().map(|code| format!(", {code}")).unwrap_or_default())]
    EnvironmentRegistryHttp {
        status: http::StatusCode,
        code: Option<String>,
        message: String,
    },
    #[error("environment registry configuration error: {0}")]

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Solutions

1. Check protocol version compatibility between the client and exec-server.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at codex-rs/exec-server/src/client.rs:648 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/119f2f681e1e4ad3. Report an issue: GitHub.