openai/codex · error · ApplyPatchError

patch detected without explicit call to apply_patch. Rerun a

Error message

patch detected without explicit call to apply_patch. Rerun as ["apply_patch", "<patch>"]

What it means

Error "patch detected without explicit call to apply_patch. Rerun as ["apply_patch", "<patch>"]" thrown in openai/codex.

Source

Thrown at codex-rs/apply-patch/src/lib.rs:111

        Ok("1") => ApplyPatchFileUpdateMode::PreserveLineEndings,
        _ => ApplyPatchFileUpdateMode::NormalizeToLf,
    }
}

#[derive(Debug, Error, PartialEq)]
pub enum ApplyPatchError {
    #[error(transparent)]
    ParseError(#[from] ParseError),
    #[error(transparent)]
    IoError(#[from] IoError),
    /// Error that occurs while computing replacements when applying patch chunks
    #[error("{0}")]
    ComputeReplacements(String),
    /// A patch path could not be resolved as a path URI.
    #[error(transparent)]
    PathUri(#[from] PathUriParseError),
    /// A raw patch body was provided without an explicit `apply_patch` invocation.
    #[error(
        "patch detected without explicit call to apply_patch. Rerun as [\"apply_patch\", \"<patch>\"]"
    )]
    ImplicitInvocation,
}

impl From<std::io::Error> for ApplyPatchError {
    fn from(err: std::io::Error) -> Self {
        ApplyPatchError::IoError(IoError {
            context: "I/O error".to_string(),
            source: err,
        })
    }
}

impl From<&std::io::Error> for ApplyPatchError {
    fn from(err: &std::io::Error) -> Self {
        ApplyPatchError::IoError(IoError {
            context: "I/O error".to_string(),

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at codex-rs/apply-patch/src/lib.rs:111 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/c13ab85e2fa9d429. Report an issue: GitHub.