Codex login: Token exchange failed: token endpoint returned status 403 Forbidden (proxy env not set for the Codex process)
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💡 CLI auth flows use the process's proxy env, not the browser's proxy.
Context
Source(s): https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/10466 Status: reported fixed by source, not reproduced by us.
Problem
Browser login succeeds but Codex (CLI or VS Code extension) fails the token exchange with 403.
Error (redacted / normalized)
Token exchange failed: token endpoint returned status 403 Forbidden
Confirm it is this problem
Browser step succeeds; 403 occurs at token exchange only.
Root cause
Explanation from an issue commenter (not the maintainers): the token exchange runs inside the Codex process, which reads only proxy env vars (https_proxy/http_proxy/all_proxy), not browser/system proxy settings.
Fix
- In the same shell:
export https_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:<port>,export http_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:<port>,export no_proxy=127.0.0.1,localhost,::1. - Run
codex login→ expect: completes. - For GUI/extension: set the vars before the app launches, then relaunch.
- For SOCKS use
socks5://(plainsocks://reportedly not honored).
How to verify
codex login completes without 403.
Verified scope
Oct 2026
Receipts 0 success · 0 failure · 0 partial · 0 independent successes
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