Digest / February 16, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — February 16, 2026
34 new issues filed ·
13 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (34)
- Terminal animations use excessive terminal output
- gpt-5.3-codex request is routed to gpt-5.2-2025-12-11 (OAuth / ChatGPT Pro)
- Bug: Weekly usage period countdown starts on first use (not at renewal boundary)
- To use Codex here, create a Codex account and connect to github
- Persona cyber verification precheck failed on Personal Pro account (403)
- workspace-write sandbox ignores approval_policy, always uses on-failure
- Functions.request_user_input should be available in default (ask) mode
- Codex stuck in Loops
- Inline Suggestions / Ghost Text for Codex vscode extension
- Extensive UI flickering when codex is working
- macOS app: voice transcription send fails with 'Error starting conversation' and creates zombie thread
- [UI Bug] Using credits but still display "Selected model is at capacity"
- Allow reviewing past chats for skill creation
- Codex App: add manual refresh button (or auto-sync) for archived and cross-surface conversations
- Codex UI Diff Viewer shows stale dependency for `pre-commit` in `justfile` (shows `e2e` prereq that no longer exists)
- Setting to collapse all threads by default on startup
- Please give us a hook for custom compaction
- Approval mode "read-only" option
- MCP startup is intermittently failing during initialize / Apps dependency unavailable due to Habitat rate limiting
- I’m being incorrectly routed to GPT-5.2. I'm pro user and cyber verified
- Allow codex to see images the code its working on generates
- Internationalization of content / documentation / announcements
- Verified Pro subscriber silently routed to GPT-5.2 instead of requested GPT-5.3-codex
- gpt-5.3-codex works in codex exec but fails in codex mcp-server subagent with same profile/auth
- There was a problem, and it output a bunch of garbled nonsense
- Windows Sandbox docs aren't up-to-date
- Being routed to 5.2 and disallowed to verify my account as a Pro User
- [Regression] gpt-oss no longer has access to apply_patch
- Trapping EXIT really freaks Codex out
- Add option to hide icon in editor tab area on VSCode
- Enable macOS spellcheck (and optionally grammar) in the prompt input box
- Improved handling of config file errors
- Silent downgrade to Codex 5.2.
- Error running remote compact task
Resolved issues (13)
- High invisible output churn when idle (request for regression test or to fix the suppressed bug)
- gpt-5.3-codex request is routed to gpt-5.2-2025-12-11 (OAuth / ChatGPT Pro)
- Still working, but no still working / progress indication, making it look finished/idle
- Bug: Weekly usage period countdown starts on first use (not at renewal boundary)
- Functions.request_user_input should be available in default (ask) mode
- Allow Codex Web to actually see the screenshots which it takes
- Inline Suggestions / Ghost Text for Codex vscode extension
- [UI Bug] Using credits but still display "Selected model is at capacity"
- Codex app unusable at startup
- Codex stuck in Loops
- Abusive Skills/list polling
- Enable macOS spellcheck (and optionally grammar) in the prompt input box
- Silent downgrade to Codex 5.2.