Error using /copy

[cvjxendra]

Using /copy for the first time. Gives me this error:

■ Failed to copy to clipboard: clipboard unavailable: Unknown error while interacting with the clipboard: X11 server
connection timed out because it was unreachable

https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/new?template=2-bug-report.yml&steps=Uploaded%20thread:%20019c9712-c6de-7cf0-9167-8ca95680ff26

[won-openai]

may i ask for more information on the context?

[won-openai]

are you on ssh by any chance?

[cvjxendra]

I'm using WSL2 on Windows 10. Junior Em qua., 25 de fev. de 2026, 21:20, Won Park ***@***.***> escreveu:

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[won-openai]

ok, will update

[niebayes]

Same issue.

Failed to copy to clipboard: clipboard unavailable: Unknown error while interacting with the clipboard: X11 server connection timed out because it was unreachable

Codex version: v0.105.0
OS: Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS

[nvictor]

The /copy command did not work at all for me in version codex-cli 0.44.0.

[etraut-openai]

@nvictor, can you confirm the version you're using? 0.44.0 is half a year old. The latest version is 0.106.0.

[thomas-gandy]

I get this error too. Specifically, when using codex 0.106.0 in VS Code on Ubuntu 25.10 when inside a dev container. I appreciate that 25.10 drops X11 support in favour of Wayland.

[won-openai]

hi all! /copy currently assumes native clipboard access. that breaks in environments like WSL2, SSH, and VS Code dev containers where the Linux process cannot directly reach the user’s local clipboard. Currently working on a follow-up and should be out next release!

[nvictor]

I really did have an old version. I can use the /copy command now.