# issue 26811 before-fix runtime transcript, main 7632c3dc70, Linux x64, codex-cli 0.163.0, synthetic homes
## run 2: fresh start (A: shadow has its own regular cache; B: cache linked to shared; C: empty shadow)
[04:54:22.741] ERROR (#2): Failed to create provider instance
  {
    instanceId: 'codex_a',
    driver: 'codex',
    detail: "Cannot create Codex shadow home entry 'cloud-config-bundle-cache.json' because '<run>/shadow-a/cloud-config-bundle-cache.json' already exists and is not a symlink."
  }
C after setup: <run>/shadow-c/cloud-config-bundle-cache.json -> <run>/shared/cloud-config-bundle-cache.json
## simulated Codex atomic refresh in shadow-b (write temp, rename over the link), then restart
## run 3
[04:55:30.292] ERROR (#2): Failed to create provider instance
  {
    instanceId: 'codex_a',
    driver: 'codex',
    detail: "Cannot create Codex shadow home entry 'cloud-config-bundle-cache.json' because '<run>/shadow-a/cloud-config-bundle-cache.json' already exists and is not a symlink."
  }
[04:55:30.306] ERROR (#2): Failed to create provider instance
  {
    instanceId: 'codex_b',
    driver: 'codex',
    detail: "Cannot create Codex shadow home entry 'cloud-config-bundle-cache.json' because '<run>/shadow-b/cloud-config-bundle-cache.json' already exists and is not a symlink."
  }