Debugging local Codex: the pain when your inference gateway goes down

TheZachMueller · x · 2026-10-11

Zach Mueller shares the debugging reality of running Codex locally: an "oh god" moment whenever the proxy/inference gateway goes down. Quoting a scenario where only Nemotron 3 Ultra Free in OpenCode was left to bring the gateway back online so Claude and Codex could be used again, he notes the proxy is now more malleable and argues for a proper fallback mechanism to direct model access when the proxy fails.

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