Digest / March 1, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — March 1, 2026
30 new issues filed ·
18 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (30)
- Please make Codex ask fewer questions
- No English option in Codex Mac desktop app UI language setting（Mac System language is Mandarin Chinese）
- Codex CLI TUI colors are different in PowerShell and WSL2
- Show custom session name on status bar
- always foget the rules I set in AGENTS.md of project folder
- Codex extension will not display reasoning chain unless you scroll up and back down in chat
- Codex shell execution does not match real user session (1Password/op + glab), causing auth mismatches
- create a cli help agent
- Thinking messages & info not appearing.
- Make “review → fix → repeat until clean” workflow scriptable
- Codex App for Windows says update required even if it is the latest version already
- I want to be able to specify the shell Codex uses
- Unable to switch interface language to English
- Codex usage got decreased by 2-4 times.
- ChatGPT-auth WebSocket transport always falls back to HTTPS on Linux (0.106.0 + 0.107.0-alpha.8)
- Falling back from WebSockets to HTTPS transport.
- Incorrect syntax highlighting/escaping of Windows backslash paths in terminal output
- Enhancement: Allow Adding External Skill Repositories in Codex App
- CLI: prefix_rule matching fails for shell wrappers and env-prefix commands
- Expose `shell_name` used in `environment_context` as a configuration item.
- Cannot change language to English
- Using subagents exponentially explodes "messages" usage
- Retain queued prompts when temporarily switching to subagent thread
- Can't open new Codex session
- Windows Codex sandbox dotnet solution build fails unless NUGET_PACKAGES is overridden and -m:1 is used
- $ should allow autocomplete from local folder skills in ./skills in addition to ~/.codex/skills
- review is not working on some git issues
- Possible Codex usage metering anomaly on Plus (very small tasks consuming large 5h + weekly quota)
- Make thread context available to environment setup scripts
- Sandbox blocks NAG/Kusari MAC-based license validation
Resolved issues (18)
- No English option in Codex Mac desktop app UI language setting（Mac System language is Mandarin Chinese）
- Codex CLI TUI colors are different in PowerShell and WSL2
- Unable to switch interface language to English
- Plan Mode dialog reappears after switching to another agent and back with /agent
- ChatGPT-auth WebSocket transport always falls back to HTTPS on Linux (0.106.0 + 0.107.0-alpha.8)
- always foget the rules I set in AGENTS.md of project folder
- Codex shell execution does not match real user session (1Password/op + glab), causing auth mismatches
- Thinking messages & info not appearing.
- Codex App for Windows says update required even if it is the latest version already
- Codex usage got decreased by 2-4 times.
- Falling back from WebSockets to HTTPS transport.
- Expose `shell_name` used in `environment_context` as a configuration item.
- CLI: prefix_rule matching fails for shell wrappers and env-prefix commands
- Rate Limits Draining Faster
- Windows Desktop App Stuck on "Update Required" – Update Link Points to Internal go/ URL
- Cannot change language to English
- $ should allow autocomplete from local folder skills in ./skills in addition to ~/.codex/skills
- Sandbox blocks NAG/Kusari MAC-based license validation