diff --git a/server/gemini-cli.js b/server/gemini-cli.js
index 0a35634a..1f45682c 100644
--- a/server/gemini-cli.js
+++ b/server/gemini-cli.js
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ let activeGeminiProcesses = new Map(); // Track active processes by session ID
 
 function mapGeminiExitCodeToMessage(exitCode) {
     switch (exitCode) {
-        case 41:
-            return 'Gemini authentication failed (exit code 41). Run `gemini` in a terminal to choose an auth method, or configure a valid `GEMINI_API_KEY`.';
         case 42:
             return 'Gemini rejected the request input (exit code 42).';
         case 44:
@@ -103,7 +101,7 @@ async function loadGeminiUserLevelEnv() {
 
 async function buildGeminiProcessEnv() {
     const processEnv = { ...process.env };
-    if (GEMINI_AUTH_ENV_KEYS.every((key) => processEnv[key])) {
+    if (processEnv.GEMINI_API_KEY || processEnv.GOOGLE_API_KEY || processEnv.GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS) {
         return processEnv;
     }
 
@@ -265,9 +263,6 @@ async function spawnGemini(command, options = {}, ws) {
 
     // Try to find gemini in PATH first, then fall back to environment variable
     const geminiPath = process.env.GEMINI_PATH || 'gemini';
-    console.log('Spawning Gemini CLI:', geminiPath, args.join(' '));
-    console.log('Working directory:', workingDir);
-
     let spawnCmd = geminiPath;
     let spawnArgs = args;
 
@@ -525,7 +520,7 @@ async function spawnGemini(command, options = {}, ws) {
 
                     terminalFailureReason =
                         'Gemini authentication failed (exit code 41). '
-                        + 'Run `gemini` in a terminal to choose an auth method, or configure `GEMINI_API_KEY`.'
+                        + 'Run `gemini` in a terminal to choose an auth method, or configure a valid `GEMINI_API_KEY`.'
                         + authErrorSuffix;
                     ws.send(createNormalizedMessage({ kind: 'error', content: terminalFailureReason, sessionId: socketSessionId, provider: 'gemini' }));
                 } else {
diff --git a/server/openai-codex.js b/server/openai-codex.js
index 825ee179..03497c30 100644
--- a/server/openai-codex.js
+++ b/server/openai-codex.js
@@ -232,21 +232,17 @@ export async function queryCodex(command, options = {}, ws) {
       thread = codex.startThread(threadOptions);
     }
 
-    console.log(`[Codex] Started thread, sandboxMode: ${sandboxMode}, approvalPolicy: ${approvalPolicy}`);
-
     const registerSession = (id) => {
       if (!id) {
         return;
       }
-      if (!activeCodexSessions.has(id)) {
-        activeCodexSessions.set(id, {
-          thread,
-          codex,
-          status: 'running',
-          abortController,
-          startedAt: new Date().toISOString()
-        });
-      }
+      activeCodexSessions.set(id, {
+        thread,
+        codex,
+        status: 'running',
+        abortController,
+        startedAt: new Date().toISOString()
+      });
     };
 
     // Existing sessions can be tracked immediately; new sessions are tracked after thread.started.
diff --git a/src/components/chat/hooks/useChatComposerState.ts b/src/components/chat/hooks/useChatComposerState.ts
index bbf188b9..000cd33f 100644
--- a/src/components/chat/hooks/useChatComposerState.ts
+++ b/src/components/chat/hooks/useChatComposerState.ts
@@ -533,12 +533,6 @@ export function useChatComposerState({
       const effectiveSessionId =
         currentSessionId || selectedSession?.id || sessionStorage.getItem('cursorSessionId');
 
-      console.log('Submitting message', {
-        content: messageContent,
-        sessionId: effectiveSessionId,
-        images: uploadedImages,
-      });
-
       const userMessage: ChatMessage = {
         type: 'user',
         content: currentInput,