Reconnect loop hides real error

“IO error: Connection refused (os error 61)”

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/11493/file
Follow it to file my report. Show me the text before you send.

No install. No account. Public and anonymous. The link asks your agent for one report, nothing else. What it sends

Generic reconnect loop hides refused custom endpoint connection. Shows "Reconnecting... waiting for network" when openai_base_url points to a local endpoint with nothing listening on the port.

Is this your bug?

File my report

Where: Desktop app and CLI
Error text: IO error: Connection refused (os error 61)
Connection refused (os error 61)Pasted in 2 reports
Versions: 0.40.4 to 0.162.1
Platforms: macOS

Not quite your bug?

Original reports2, newest first

Oct 15, 2026[Workaround] Codex Desktop reconnection loop — Starting Ollama restored connectivityOn GitHub#54491
Oct 11, 2026Reconnecting 5/5 hides actual connection failure and endpoint, causing misleading network troubleshootingOn GitHub#53222