openai/codex · error · io::Error

Interrupted

Interrupted

Error message

filesystem walk cancelled

What it means

Error "filesystem walk cancelled" thrown in openai/codex.

Source

Thrown at codex-rs/exec-server/src/local_file_system.rs:1057

        &'a self,
        source_path: &'a PathUri,
        destination_path: &'a PathUri,
        options: CopyOptions,
        sandbox: Option<&'a FileSystemSandboxContext>,
    ) -> ExecutorFileSystemFuture<'a, ()> {
        Box::pin(DirectFileSystem::copy(
            self,
            source_path,
            destination_path,
            options,
            sandbox,
        ))
    }
}

fn check_walk_cancelled(cancelled: &CancellationToken) -> io::Result<()> {
    if cancelled.is_cancelled() {
        return Err(io::Error::new(
            io::ErrorKind::Interrupted,
            "filesystem walk cancelled",
        ));
    }
    Ok(())
}

fn walk_metadata(path: &PathUri) -> io::Result<(std::fs::Metadata, bool)> {
    let path = path.to_abs_path()?;
    let metadata = std::fs::symlink_metadata(path.as_path())?;
    let is_symlink = metadata.is_symlink();
    let metadata = if is_symlink {
        std::fs::metadata(path.as_path())?
    } else {
        metadata
    };
    Ok((metadata, is_symlink))
}

View on GitHub (pinned to 339751715c)

Solutions

1. Retry the filesystem walk; it was cancelled before completion.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at codex-rs/exec-server/src/local_file_system.rs:1057 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/c086b4add1eeca45. Report an issue: GitHub.