codex - 💡(How to fix) Fix Now the Codex app keeps launching calc.exe??

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What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?

26.519.41501

What subscription do you have?

NA

What platform is your computer?

Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 x64

What issue are you seeing?

Codex app with approval policy set to "On request", sandbox = "elevated" (the default), and no "trusted" projects in the config.toml

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Download or clone https://github.com/pointed-stick/surprise and open it up in the codex app. Send any message in the chat window, and calculator will pop up??

<img width="1143" height="644" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6bbd42dc-5760-4292-b735-6cbb3cb1608d" />

What is the expected behavior?

I was expecting to inspect the contents of the repo safely, but the repo got added to my trusted projects automatically. How can i vibe like this??

Additional information

A distinctly different issue from https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/24506

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