System prompt not sent to model in codex_app_server
Cluster 74712 · agent. Data as of
Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #115759 on 19 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.
The short answer
- Known?
- Yes. 3 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
- Fix event
- A fix was merged to main in PR #115759. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
- Tracker
- The maintainers' tracker marks this
resolved, deciding PR #115759. That is separate from the fix event. - Still open
- Nothing open on GitHub.
A bug where the system prompt, SOUL.md, memory, and channel overrides were silently ignored in codex_app_server, along with related fixes to ensure the system prompt reaches the model on thread start.
Open issues0
Open PRs0
Fixes on record
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#115759 fix(codex_app_server): SOUL.md and the Hermes system prompt reach the model; built-in personality disabled (#74712, #72104, #26035, salvage #74726 #72106 #27998)
files:
agent/codex_runtime.py,agent/transports/codex_app_server_session.py,contributors/emails/[redacted:email],tests/agent/test_codex_app_server_persist.py,tests/agent/test_codex_runtime_prompt_handoff.py,tests/agent/transports/test_codex_app_server_session.py,website/docs/user-guide/features/codex-app-server-runtime.md
1 PR closed without merging
From the close comments: merged via another change 1
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#74726 fix(codex_app_server): send system prompt to the model on thread/start (#74712) · merged via another change →
85cb1dc,#115759,#74712,#72104,#26035,#74726,#72106,#27998
Closed issues · 1
- Closed#74712[Bug] codex_app_server: the system prompt is never sent to the model — SOUL.md, memory and channel_overrides silently have no effect
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- 19 Sep 2026