openai/codex · error · ExecServerError

failed to spawn exec-server: {0}

Error message

failed to spawn exec-server: {0}

What it means

Error "failed to spawn exec-server: {0}" thrown in openai/codex.

Source

Thrown at codex-rs/exec-server/src/client.rs:630

        &self,
        params: crate::HttpRequestParams,
    ) -> BoxFuture<
        '_,
        Result<(crate::HttpRequestResponse, crate::HttpResponseBodyStream), ExecServerError>,
    > {
        async move { self.get().await?.http_request_stream(params).await }.boxed()
    }
}

impl LazyRemoteExecServerClient {
    pub(crate) async fn environment_info(&self) -> Result<EnvironmentInfo, ExecServerError> {
        self.get().await?.environment_info().await
    }
}

#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
pub enum ExecServerError {
    #[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}")]

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Solutions

1. Check the exec-server binary path and permissions; see the underlying spawn error.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at codex-rs/exec-server/src/client.rs:630 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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