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https://chatgpt.com/codex/install.sh returns 404

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
60/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
rust, shell
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start by checking how the Codex CLI install link is generated and where https://chatgpt.com/codex/install.sh is served; the issue does not name a file or test. Reproduce the reported 404 with the provided curl command, then verify the link returns an install script and the command can use it.

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Description

bug CLI connectivity
What issue are you seeing?
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What steps can reproduce the bug?

Codex CLI offers install link https://chatgpt.com/codex/install.sh to update via:
curl -fsSL https://chatgpt.com/codex/install.sh | CODEX_NON_INTERACTIVE=1 sh

but the provided curl URL return 404, not there

What is the expected behavior?

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Additional information

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