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HelperFirewallPolicyIneffective

HelperFirewallPolicyIneffective

Error message

local firewall policy modifications do not apply to every current profile: LocalPolicyModifyState result={result:?}

What it means

Error "local firewall policy modifications do not apply to every current profile: LocalPolicyModifyState result={result:?}" thrown in openai/codex.

Source

Thrown at codex-rs/windows-sandbox-rs/src/bin/setup_main/win/firewall.rs:251

    };
    validate_local_policy_modify_result(result, modify_state)
}

fn validate_local_policy_modify_result(
    result: windows::core::HRESULT,
    modify_state: NET_FW_MODIFY_STATE,
) -> Result<()> {
    if result.is_err() {
        // The COM query itself failed, so Windows never gave us a policy answer.
        return Err(anyhow::Error::new(SetupFailure::new(
            SetupErrorCode::HelperFirewallPolicyAccessFailed,
            format!("INetFwPolicy2::LocalPolicyModifyState failed: {result:?}"),
        )));
    }

    if result != S_OK {
        // S_FALSE means the answer only holds for some active profiles, not all of them.
        return Err(anyhow::Error::new(SetupFailure::new(
            SetupErrorCode::HelperFirewallPolicyIneffective,
            format!(
                "local firewall policy modifications do not apply to every current profile: LocalPolicyModifyState result={result:?}"
            ),
        )));
    }

    if modify_state == NET_FW_MODIFY_STATE_OK {
        return Ok(());
    }

    // Windows answered uniformly, and that answer says local rule edits are ineffective.
    Err(anyhow::Error::new(SetupFailure::new(
        SetupErrorCode::HelperFirewallPolicyIneffective,
        format!(
            "local firewall policy modifications will not take effect: LocalPolicyModifyState={modify_state:?}"
        ),
    )))

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at codex-rs/windows-sandbox-rs/src/bin/setup_main/win/firewall.rs:251 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/07134b1c2f8a98e0. Report an issue: GitHub.