openai/codex · error · Error

Unsupported target triple: ${targetTriple}

Error message

Unsupported target triple: ${targetTriple}

What it means

Error "Unsupported target triple: ${targetTriple}" thrown in openai/codex.

Source

Thrown at sdk/typescript/src/exec.ts:401

          break;
        case "arm64":
          targetTriple = "aarch64-pc-windows-msvc";
          break;
        default:
          break;
      }
      break;
    default:
      break;
  }

  if (!targetTriple) {
    throw new Error(`Unsupported platform: ${platform} (${arch})`);
  }

  const platformPackage = PLATFORM_PACKAGE_BY_TARGET[targetTriple];
  if (!platformPackage) {
    throw new Error(`Unsupported target triple: ${targetTriple}`);
  }

  let vendorRoot: string;
  try {
    const codexPackageJsonPath = moduleRequire.resolve(`${CODEX_NPM_NAME}/package.json`);
    const codexRequire = createRequire(codexPackageJsonPath);
    const platformPackageJsonPath = codexRequire.resolve(`${platformPackage}/package.json`);
    vendorRoot = path.join(path.dirname(platformPackageJsonPath), "vendor");
  } catch {
    throw new Error(
      `Unable to locate Codex CLI binaries. Ensure ${CODEX_NPM_NAME} is installed with optional dependencies.`,
    );
  }

  const codexBinaryName = process.platform === "win32" ? "codex.exe" : "codex";
  const nativePackage = resolveNativePackage(vendorRoot, targetTriple, codexBinaryName);
  if (!nativePackage) {
    throw new Error(

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Solutions

1. Use a supported Rust target triple for the packaged Codex binaries.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at sdk/typescript/src/exec.ts:401 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/c22a46495d0d9ec8. Report an issue: GitHub.