Rank, 14 days: 112 on the Codex sheet
7 people reported
All time, since Oct 10, including 6 thumbs-up on GitHub.
Custom model API key not found
“Linux 6.18.40.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2 x86_64 unknown”
Is this your bug? What gets counted gets fixed. Pile on.
Paste this into your agent. It files your report, with your error and version.
I hit this bug: rapsheet.dev/sheets/codex/issues/11029/file Follow it to file my report. Show me the text before you send.
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Custom model provider fails to read API key from environment variable. With a custom model (Qwen3.8-27B), Codex is "unable to find the API key through environment variable" and raises "Missing environment variable: OPENAI_API_KEY".
Is this your bug?
File my report- Where
- Codex CLI
- Error text
Missing environment variable: OPENAI_API_KEY- Versions
- 0.162.1
- Platforms
- Windows
- How bad
- Breaks a normal workflow.
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Original reports1, newest first
- When using a custom model, codex is unable to find the API key through environment variable and raises error:
Missing environment variable: OPENAI_API_KEYOn GitHub#52806