openai/codex · error · io::Error

recursive no-follow removal is unsupported

Error message

recursive no-follow removal is unsupported

What it means

Error "recursive no-follow removal is unsupported" thrown in openai/codex.

Source

Thrown at codex-rs/exec-server/src/no_follow/windows.rs:290

                    open_handle(path, FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES, FILE_OPEN, FILE_DIRECTORY_FILE)?;
                    Ok(())
                }
                Err(error) => Err(error),
            }
        }
        Err(error) => Err(error),
    }
}

pub(super) async fn create_directory(path: PathBuf, recursive: bool) -> io::Result<()> {
    tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || create_directory_sync(&path, recursive))
        .await
        .map_err(|error| io::Error::other(format!("filesystem task failed: {error}")))?
}

fn remove_sync(path: &Path, recursive: bool, force: bool) -> io::Result<()> {
    if recursive {
        return Err(io::Error::new(
            io::ErrorKind::Unsupported,
            "recursive no-follow removal is unsupported",
        ));
    }

    let metadata = match open_entry(path).and_then(|file| file.metadata()) {
        Ok(metadata) => metadata,
        Err(error) if force && error.kind() == io::ErrorKind::NotFound => return Ok(()),
        Err(error) => return Err(error),
    };
    let create_options = if metadata.is_dir() {
        FILE_DIRECTORY_FILE
    } else {
        FILE_NON_DIRECTORY_FILE
    };
    let handle = open_handle(path, DELETE, FILE_OPEN, create_options)?;
    let disposition = FILE_DISPOSITION_INFO {
        DeleteFile: BOOLEAN_TRUE,

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at codex-rs/exec-server/src/no_follow/windows.rs:290 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/6f9e1e8d7b945a35. Report an issue: GitHub.