Daemon executable not found loop

“The repair the message suggests — codex app-server daemon start — prints the *same* error and never reinstalls.”

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/13190/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

Daemon start fails with executable not found, repair loops. Running codex app-server daemon start prints the same error and never reinstalls when the current daemon package selection is missing or stale.

Is this your bug?

File my report

Where: app-server daemon
Error text: Error: daemon executable not found at /home/<user>/.codex/packages/app-server-daemon/current/bin/codex; repair the existing installation, or run `codex app-server daemon start` to install a missing daemon
Versions: 0.162.1
Platforms: Linux, Windows
How bad: Breaks a normal workflow.

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Original reports2, newest first

Oct 14, 2026[Linux] Missing daemon current symlink causes circular start/update repair instructions (0.162.1)On GitHub#53935
Oct 12, 2026[Windows] codex app-server daemon start cannot recover from a stale daemon package selection ("daemon executable not found at ...")On GitHub#53546