Codex Refuses to Spawn a Computer-Use Subagent to Edit Its Own Security Settings
john__allard · x · 2026-09-10
A developer's lazy workaround backfired: he asked Codex to spawn a computer-use subagent to edit its own security settings so he wouldn't have to get up and walk to his desktop. Codex refused — a funny case of safety guardrails blocking an AI from modifying its own configuration.
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