diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 994a74f..63533ab 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ loosely follows [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
   doesn't advertise itself when it has nothing to dismiss.
 
 ### Fixed
+- Auto-summary no longer fails immediately with `codex summarizer:
+  error: unexpected argument '--ask-for-approval' found`. The codex
+  CLI dropped that flag; we now rely on `--sandbox read-only` (which
+  already implies no approvals) instead of passing it.
 - Toast box no longer flickers / half-erases while the focused
   child (claude, codex, opencode, etc.) repaints its TUI. The
   overlay is now stitched onto the end of the per-chunk PTY write
diff --git a/internal/app/app.go b/internal/app/app.go
index 17e0054..86e122f 100644
--- a/internal/app/app.go
+++ b/internal/app/app.go
@@ -187,9 +187,7 @@ func Run(ctx context.Context, opts Options) error {
 	}, func(_ string, result summaryState) {
 		if result.Error != "" {
 			st.flashError(fmt.Sprintf("summary: %v", result.Error))
-			return
 		}
-		st.flashTransient("summary updated")
 	})
 	sess.SetMetrics(metrics)
 	host.attention = st
diff --git a/internal/app/summarizer.go b/internal/app/summarizer.go
index 8765f8d..d7ab8c2 100644
--- a/internal/app/summarizer.go
+++ b/internal/app/summarizer.go
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ func runSummarizerCommand(ctx context.Context, cfg autoSummarySettings, projectD
 	case "claude":
 		cmd = exec.CommandContext(ctx, "claude", "--print", "--model", model, prompt)
 	default:
-		cmd = exec.CommandContext(ctx, "codex", "exec", "--ephemeral", "--skip-git-repo-check", "--sandbox", "read-only", "--ask-for-approval", "never", "--model", model, "-")
+		cmd = exec.CommandContext(ctx, "codex", "exec", "--ephemeral", "--skip-git-repo-check", "--sandbox", "read-only", "--model", model, "-")
 		cmd.Stdin = strings.NewReader(prompt)
 	}
 	cmd.Dir = projectDir