Authentication is not Happening in Runpod

[aniket-professional2025]

I am working on a project and thats why I need to install codex in Runpod Terminal. I am able to install it and start it using the code 'codex'. However, I am using the codex account of another one. Not mine

When the codex tells to sign in, I click the with account, get a link, enter the mail, password as requested. Clicking it accepts the password, but the verification does not happen.

How to solve this issue?

[YitzhakMizrahi]

RunPod is a remote/headless environment, so the normal browser login can fail if the OAuth callback cannot get back to the CLI.

I would try device-code login first:

codex logout
codex login --device-auth

Then open the URL in your browser, sign in, and enter the one-time code.

A couple of important checks:

• Use the account that is actually supposed to run Codex. If it is another person's account/workspace, they or the workspace admin may need to enable or complete the login. Sharing credentials is not a reliable setup.
• Device-code login has to be enabled in the ChatGPT security settings or workspace permissions. If it is not enabled, Codex may fall back to the standard browser flow.
• If device-code auth is unavailable, another documented fallback is to log in on a trusted local machine and copy the Codex auth cache to the remote machine. Treat ~/.codex/auth.json like a password if you do this.

Relevant docs: https://developers.openai.com/codex/auth#login-on-headless-devices