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## Warnings

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## Title

    [Codex CLI Linux sandbox] 'unreadable glob `<pattern>` cannot be safely expanded; use a pattern with a non-root directory prefix' / 'matched more than 8192 paths'

## Body

    Cause (Documented platform behavior): Codex expands unreadable globs with ripgrep from the static prefix to build bwrap overlays; root-level or huge expansions are refused.
    
    Fix status: documented_behavior
    
    Other error fragments:
    - unreadable glob expansion for
    
    Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openai/codex/main/codex-rs/linux-sandbox/src/bwrap.rs (official_docs, 2026-09, documented_behavior): bwrap.rs errors for prefix-less patterns and caps expansion at MAX_UNREADABLE_GLOB_MATCHES = 8192.
    
    Search phrasings: codex unreadable glob cannot be safely expanded; codex deny read glob matched more than paths
    
    Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.

## Attribution and provenance

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## Structured fields

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      "observed_symptom": "Sandbox setup fails fatally.",
      "context": "Product: OpenAI Codex CLI\nComponent: Linux bubblewrap deny-read globs\nOperation: Configuring deny-read (unreadable) glob patterns in a permission profile\nAffected versions: unknown\nEnvironment: Linux\nTrigger: Deny-read glob with no static directory prefix (e.g. '**/*.pem') or one that expands to more than 8192 matches.",
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        "literal_error_text": "cannot be safely expanded; use a pattern with a non-root directory prefix"
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