openai/codex · error · std::io::Error

requirements.toml permissions profile `{profile_id}` conflic

Error message

requirements.toml permissions profile `{profile_id}` conflicts with a config-defined profile of the same name

What it means

Error "requirements.toml permissions profile `{profile_id}` conflicts with a config-defined profile of the same name" thrown in openai/codex.

Source

Thrown at codex-rs/core/src/config/mod.rs:4528

}

fn merge_managed_permission_profiles(
    configured_permissions: Option<&PermissionsToml>,
    requirements_toml: &ConfigRequirementsToml,
) -> std::io::Result<Option<PermissionsToml>> {
    let managed_profiles = requirements_toml
        .permissions
        .as_ref()
        .map(|permissions| &permissions.profiles)
        .filter(|profiles| !profiles.is_empty());
    let Some(managed_profiles) = managed_profiles else {
        return Ok(configured_permissions.cloned());
    };

    let mut merged_permissions = configured_permissions.cloned().unwrap_or_default();
    for (profile_id, managed_profile) in managed_profiles {
        if merged_permissions.entries.contains_key(profile_id) {
            return Err(std::io::Error::new(
                ErrorKind::InvalidInput,
                format!(
                    "requirements.toml permissions profile `{profile_id}` conflicts with a config-defined profile of the same name"
                ),
            ));
        }
        merged_permissions
            .entries
            .insert(profile_id.clone(), managed_profile.clone());
    }

    Ok(Some(merged_permissions))
}

fn resolve_effective_permission_selection<'a>(
    configured_profiles: Option<&PermissionsToml>,
    default_permissions_override: Option<&'a str>,
    persisted_profile_id: Option<&'a str>,

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Solutions

1. Rename the config-defined profile or the requirements.toml profile `{profile_id}` to resolve the conflict.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at codex-rs/core/src/config/mod.rs:4528 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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