Digest / January 15, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — January 15, 2026
47 new issues filed ·
29 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (47)
- Custom Prompts Drop Additional Message Text
- get the /undo command motherfuck back
- MCP server never emits TurnComplete event - only threadId returned to caller
- Remove 2 leading spaces from cmd suggestion
- Codex CLI cannot log in on headless environments unless Device Code auth is enabled by workspace admin
- Regression (Linux sandbox): 0.81.0+ fails with EPERM on mount remount/bind/ro of .git (0.80.0 OK)
- [FEATURE] Add /release-notes built-in command for viewing Codex CLI changelog
- "edit prev" makes session dead: 0% context left and cannot response any message nor /compact command
- Show available credits in IDE interface
- Prompt hint colours messed up since codex 80
- gpt-5.2 codex underperforms compared to gpt-5.2 for long-running coding tasks
- Add mcp search tool, lazy mcp load, reduce mcp tool occupying a lot of context
- tui2 backticks wrap
- msys tooling support
- Codex stopped working with github actions openai/codex-action@v1
- Approval retention issue on version 0.84.0 was working 0.83.0 on the same machine
- Unexpected 403 forbidden error
- Linux workspace-write sandbox fails under AppArmor unprivileged_userns (EACCES /proc/self/setgroups) since 0.81.0
- Add `codex upgrade` command for self-updates
- problem with codex
- Put back /undo
- CODEX MADE A MISTAKE, NOW WHAT? MY PROJECT IS MESSED UP.
- device auth with business account, missing worspace admin option to enable
- No longer possible to paste paths to images
- App-server thread/resume omits tool-call step history present in .codex rollout logs[/-] [+]Store tool-call steps in rollout logs
- I used to /undo a lot
- Git push --dry-run fails with Bad owner or permissions on /etc/ssh/ssh_config.d/... (SSH config owned by nobody inside sandbox)
- estimate_token_count units bug
- [BUG]: Skill popup blocks $ env vars when no matches
- Codex CLI slow startup / severe input lag (Possibly since 0.84, possibly related to IO / FileProvider churn)
- Linux: codex-cli 0.81+ sandbox fails with landlock; 0.79/0.80 ignore --sandbox flags
- Unable to paste plain text, file path, or anything in Codex CLI V0.81.0
- Requires permissions escalation for every network request even when `network_access = true`
- Codex thinks its running as root
- Quota exceeded with 93% available
- When codex is running a command or tool call, you should be able to see and change the timeout
- Output is disappearing when scrolling back inside a multiplexor
- ERROR log "needs_follow_up: false" on normal turn completion
- Windows sandbox: .git file entries under writable roots are not denied
- Windows sandbox: elevated runner request files are left on disk
- Windows sandbox audit: PATH is split by path separator instead of list separator
- Model uses `git checkout` when asked to undo its recent change.
- TUI: allow stepping forward during backtrack message edit
- not able to connect to codex --- keeps saying reconnecting
- Enable MCP Settings Per Profile
- Markdown not rendering
- Codex device code authentication is not obviously usable in workspace accounts
Resolved issues (29)
- Custom Prompts Drop Additional Message Text
- get the /undo command motherfuck back
- Not able to read/write in directories where the config.toml has configured that directory as a writable root
- Patch fails on special characters
- Approval retention issue on version 0.84.0 was working 0.83.0 on the same machine
- Regression (Linux sandbox): 0.81.0+ fails with EPERM on mount remount/bind/ro of .git (0.80.0 OK)
- Rules are useless
- I used to /undo a lot
- Put back /undo
- CODEX MADE A MISTAKE, NOW WHAT? MY PROJECT IS MESSED UP.
- gpt-5.2 codex underperforms compared to gpt-5.2 for long-running coding tasks
- problem with codex
- Allow symlinked Skill folders/files
- resume --last should scope to current working directory
- Failed to read prompt from stdin: stream did not contain valid UTF-8
- When codex is running a command or tool call, you should be able to see and change the timeout
- Prompt hint colours messed up since codex 80
- Output is disappearing when scrolling back inside a multiplexor
- Support Option+backspace to delete previous word
- ERROR log "needs_follow_up: false" on normal turn completion
- codex is not honoring --dangerously-bypass-approvals-and-sandbox when resumed the session via codex resume <session_id>
- Codex stopped working with github actions openai/codex-action@v1
- Linux workspace-write sandbox fails under AppArmor unprivileged_userns (EACCES /proc/self/setgroups) since 0.81.0
- Linux: codex-cli 0.81+ sandbox fails with landlock; 0.79/0.80 ignore --sandbox flags
- Model uses `git checkout` when asked to undo its recent change.
- TUI: allow stepping forward during backtrack message edit
- Unexpected 403 forbidden error
- Elicitation fails with NoContent error when client sends empty content on Accept
- Codex device code authentication is not obviously usable in workspace accounts