Unofficial relay service disables sandboxes in OpenAI Codex and Claude Code

Oct 29, 2026 · Issue 13 · 3 sources, 3 articles

According to Dark Reading, an anonymous service delivers Codex and Claude Code to mainland China and other regions where OpenAI and Anthropic do not officially sell them. The service disables the tools' sandbox protection.

Who is affected and how

CTO

Developers should use coding agents only through official channels, and this should be written into policy.

Sources

• Shadowy AI Relay Disables OpenAI Codex, Claude Code Sandboxes - Dark Readingdarkreading.com · Oct 29, 2026
• Unauthorized OpenAI Codex and Claude Code Relays Disable AI Sandboxes and Redirect Enterprise Datacybersecuritynews · Oct 30, 2026
• One Click in OpenAI's Codex or Microsoft's VS Codecyberpresso.com · Nov 1, 2026

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