Codex cannot cURL localhost APIs #4279
Description
What version of Codex is running?
codex-cli 0.39.0
Which model were you using?
gpt-5-codex
What platform is your computer?
Linux 5.15.167.4-microsoft-standard-WSL2 x86_64 x86_64
What steps can reproduce the bug?
just asked it to hit localhost:8081
What is the expected behavior?
It should be able to print the response of the local API
koshy@hp:~$ curl localhost:8081
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Error</title>
</head>
<body>
<pre>Cannot GET /</pre>
</body>
</html>
What do you see instead?
• Ran curl localhost:8081
└ % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0
0
curl: (7) Failed to connect to localhost port 8081 after 0 ms: Couldn't connect to server
> Ran curl localhost:8081 in this environment and it still returns curl: (7) Failed to connect to localhost port 8081; there’s no listener on 8081 inside
the sandbox.
Additional information
No response