GitHub update_file blocked by safety checks in normal Chat but succeeds in Work/Codex with identical payload

· Community Openai · Oct. 8, 2026, 12:07 a.m.
Summary
The blog post discusses a bug where a GitHub file update attempted through normal ChatGPT is blocked by OpenAI's safety checks, despite the same update succeeding when attempted through Work and Codex. It provides detailed reproduction steps, diagnostics, and expected versus actual behaviors, indicating a specific issue with the normal ChatGPT's GitHub interaction.
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