Digest / January 17, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — January 17, 2026
11 new issues filed ·
75 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (11)
- Ignore parent gitignore rules in file search
- Pasted image should be accessible by codex
- Severe rendering artifacts in apply_patch diff view when features.tui2 is enabled
- Plan Mode
- deleted
- unified_exec::tests::unified_exec_timeouts fails when run locally
- Context percentage shows zero after compaction
- Context percentage shows zero after compaction
- Unable to enable device code auth
- Autocompact won't turn off
- reload config on SIGUSR1
Resolved issues (75)
- Mouse wheel scroll does not work; only scrollbar works
- connection failed during operation
- Codex Cli freezes executing commands
- codex 0.80 does not run on MacOS
- Agent does not have access permission on Windows
- Windows Terminal/cmd/pwsh: cursor blink speeds up and jumps during Codex TUI redraw
- Can't use Codex 5.2
- unexpected status 502 Bad Gateway - Errors Constantly from Toronto Canada
- Report Azure API Bug [Invalid 'input[2].id']
- linux system commands like `ls` or `pwd` aren't working
- Got blocked for safety reasons when I shouldn't have been
- [BUG]: Skill popup blocks $ env vars when no matches
- Codex thinks its running as root
- not able to connect to codex --- keeps saying reconnecting
- Codex CLI becomes unresponsive
- Code Quality and Developer Experience Issues
- Codex cannot attach to repo when default CI pipeline is failing
- MCP_DOCKER
- Attempts OAuth even when the MCP SSE server does not support oauth
- Git LFS fails to run correctly
- Codex VS Code extension crashes on startup after a single conversation exceeds the session size limit.
- GitHub @codex review fails on PR with 'Script exited with code 1'
- MCP tool parameters show as string instead of full schema when using JSON Schema $ref references
- MCP Server Issue
- Codex cannot cURL localhost APIs
- [WSL] MCP server is running on host OS
- codex keeps hanging out when runs pytest
- Codex CLI running virtual environment in python faces NameResolutionError for request get.
- Using any MCP with Codex CLI leaves many orphaned Node processes that peg CPU
- Codex gets stuck while performing pnpm test, since after running the tests vitest requires the user to press q to exit the testing dialog
- Codex blocked when launching Nx tests with pnpm (pnpm install prompt not managed)
- When using "codex mcp" as an mcp server, the "method" attribute of the notification does not comply with the mcp specification
- Endless Loop on proccess queue
- Fails to see stderr output (of `swift test`)
- Unable to interrupt when Codex stuck on terminal prompt
- Running `codex exec` against the configured MCP server on macOS causes an immediate panic in the `system-configuration` crate
- @ autocomplete menu option highlight is invisible in the VSCode extension when using a light theme
- run `git rebase` using tmux or screen to not get stuck in interactive mode
- In the Win10 system, after uninstalling Codex, deleting the. dex folder and reinstalling it will not start
- Codex unable to run simple npm commands on the workspace
- Unknown char output in response
- Codex Sometimes Breaks Fish Key Bindings
- Using Skills command line function makes codex very slow on first turn
- Persistent Codex MCP Support: ChromaDBserver fails, Claude Code works
- When prime "backtrack" mode, context is often lost
- Input Not Showing
- "sed" command fails when the file path has round brackets in it
- Always thinking when run in wsl mode of the extension
- Harness interrupting shell execution and/or truncating output
- codex approvals issue
- Codex Cloud PR button ignores pull request template
- Codex constantly getting stuck while writing text files
- Context Pollution When Reverting a Task
- [BUG] Escape key suspends Codex session
- CLI -> Cloud Task Error
- Messages sent while final output text is streamed are injected in UI then ignored, rather than properly queued
- Keeps disconnecting and very slow
- Codex taking too long to respond
- repeatedly omitting some tasks in a list of tasks
- Stopped effectively working, although reporting "working"
- TUI apperance configuration to hide startup tips, session header and replace/hide placeholder title
- Filtering `codex resume` sessions if inside trusted repository
- UX: Clarify what happens after a failed test under Testing
- Code and context rollback
- codex-cli : linux kde konsole can not paste image
- Automate winget release
- Add OpenRouter Advanced Provider Routing Support to Codex CLI
- Developer role is Incompatible Locally Deployed Model Interface
- VSCode Extension 0.5.59 doesn't persist the mode "Custom"
- Kitty keyboard protocol escape sequences (`[110;1:3u`) inserted when typing prompts
- Context percentage shows zero after compaction
- unified_exec::tests::unified_exec_timeouts fails when run locally
- Autocompact won't turn off
- Pasted image should be accessible by codex
- codex --model="codex-5.1-mini-high" --yolo review --uncommitted - does not select the model