openai/codex · error · anyhow::Error

failed to write OAuth tokens to keyring: {}

Error message

failed to write OAuth tokens to keyring: {}

What it means

Error "failed to write OAuth tokens to keyring: {}" thrown in openai/codex.

Source

Thrown at codex-rs/rmcp-client/src/oauth.rs:485

}

fn save_oauth_tokens_to_direct_keyring<K: KeyringStore>(
    keyring_store: &K,
    server_name: &str,
    tokens: &StoredOAuthTokens,
) -> Result<()> {
    let serialized = serde_json::to_string(tokens).context("failed to serialize OAuth tokens")?;

    let key = compute_store_key(server_name, &tokens.url)?;
    match keyring_store.save(KEYRING_SERVICE, &key, &serialized) {
        Ok(()) => Ok(()),
        Err(error) => {
            let message = format!(
                "failed to write OAuth tokens to keyring: {}",
                error.message()
            );
            warn!("{message}");
            Err(Error::new(error.into_error()).context(message))
        }
    }
}

/// Saves one credential while holding the Secrets aggregate-store lock across the mutation.
fn save_oauth_tokens_to_secrets_keyring<K: KeyringStore + Clone + 'static>(
    keyring_store: &K,
    server_name: &str,
    tokens: &StoredOAuthTokens,
) -> Result<()> {
    let serialized = serde_json::to_string(tokens).context("failed to serialize OAuth tokens")?;
    let _store_lock = OAuthStoreLock::acquire_for_write(OAuthStore::Secrets)?;
    save_oauth_tokens_to_secrets_keyring_with_lock_held(
        keyring_store,
        server_name,
        tokens,
        &serialized,
    )

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at codex-rs/rmcp-client/src/oauth.rs:485 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/8c7e96a19f74b622. Report an issue: GitHub.