Digest / March 6, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — March 6, 2026
105 new issues filed ·
23 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (105)
- Add a feature to view the directory in the Windows Codex App
- Which path is recommended in the Codex App, using native Windows or WSL?
- Codex MCP apps (e.g., Sharepoint) do not autocomplete in the Codex App when typing, but are available
- Feature request: update the current main/master branch from the macOS app
- Sign in with ChatGPT doesn't stick
- Config reference is behind config schema
- Support explicit context-length selection for models with multiple context tiers
- Clickable links don't work right
- Codex app-server exited unexpectedly
- Compaction progress state not clearing in Windows app when compaction task fails (stuck "자동으로 컨텍스트를 압축하는 중")
- Codex CLI: Add fast mode status to the statusline
- Open in Cursor/VSCode from a WSL folder should invoke cursor / code from wsl
- Feature request: Quick button to select the currently active file
- Harness Misclassifying Commands? Yolo not yoloing
- Show explanatory text in plan mode
- Codex stuck in `Thinking` and no response for any prompt
- Japanese localization swaps "Staged" and "Unstaged" labels in the diff scope selector
- Japanese localization makes the "Revert all" and "Stage all" action buttons oversized
- Windows Codex APP installation error
- Codex macOS app loses per-thread model identity after restart and shows misleading compaction warning when switching back
- Desktop app recreates stdio MCP sessions whenever the window regains focus on Windows
- Codex App GUI no longer works with Clash Verge macOS system proxy, while bundled TUI works with env proxy
- Codex VSCode Plugin fetal error: Conersation not found
- TUI Rendering overwriting everything
- Windows app PR button falsely says GitHub CLI is not installed
- Codex app on Windows can not call MCP on WSL
- Support bare `quit` and `exit` commands in TUI
- After using wsl mode codexapp doesn't load the window correctly
- Environment variable pollution in vscode, codex extension sets DEBUG="release"
- Do not jump to bottom when sending follow-up while scrolled up in a thread
- Codex Windows crashed with WSL - WSL config location
- Login error
- @ mentioning codex on PR's doesnt always trigger code reviews
- Test Issue for Task Completion
- How to delete unused thread windows in Codex app？
- Running Obsidian CLI from Codex crashes Obsidian on macOS
- Codex says it is waiting for background terminals, but the ps command shows that no background terminals are running
- Desktop app hangs on Thinking indefinitely on macOS; forcing external codex fixes it
- Codex CLI 0.111.0 times out on WebSocket and falls back to HTTPS, while 0.92.0 works normally
- Local Codex Desktop sessions disappear from sidebar after restart (Windows App)
- Feature request: optional context-aware post-transcription cleanup and separate pre-send reminders for voice dictation
- macOS local Codex clients hang after sending prompts
- Clipboard image paste failure in Codex CLI on Arch Linux despite text content
- [extension] Runaway rg processes + high CPU/RAM after extension update
- VS Code extension: clicking file links in chat opens external browser (`vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net`) instead of navigating to local file/line
- bug[cli] :: gh comment body may post literal \n sequences
- TUI: make "Worked for" cumulative since last user prompt (not per separator/status lifecycle)
- Codex App on Windows/WSL: targeted patch workflow is inconsistent, and review pane can show unstaged diffs while Git stays clean
- no responding even with simpliest question e.g: hello
- In codex app (win) poor quality of rendered text
- old threads broken after update (invalid_encrypted_content / organization_id mismatch)
- keep Reconnecting. start from 2026-03-06. before 0306 it was very fask thinking.
- Codex CLI TUI accepts prompt but renders no assistant response on Linux (exec works)
- Message remains in composer after thread switch
- Allow overriding service_tier for sub-agents in config
- Windows: Ctrl+V multiline paste executes immediately in Codex CLI while Shift+Insert pastes normally
- MacOS app. Copy/pasted text from word documents are pasted into chat as an attached image.
- Codex VSCode extension shows excessive amount of ads on Plus account
- fast: on/off in CLI status bar
- Background process polling wastes tokens: each write_stdin poll triggers full API turn with complete history
- stream disconnected before completion: response.failed event received
- [FEATURE] Allow hiding/blocklisting models from the model dropdown
- VS Code extension still shows a 258K token context limit for GPT-5.4, while the model is documented as supporting 1M tokens
- Feature request: allow a separate model for context compaction
- Sidebar stuck on infinite loading spinner on macOS (app version 26.305.950)
- Windows PowerShell sessions are being steered by Unix/bash startup instructions
- Codex writing special characters like norwegain æåø as mojibake
- Add an update command
- [BUG] Unable to disable fast mode in desktop app after activating it
- MCP tool schema with $defs/$ref is exposed incorrectly to the model
- Codex App bundles codex-cli 0.108.0-alpha.12 and fails on macOS, while standalone codex-cli 0.105.0 works on the same machine
- Cannot paste text into Codex CLI in VS Code integrated terminal on macOS
- Windows App causes elevated Desktop Window Manager (dwm.exe) GPU usage when visible on multi-monitor high-refresh setup
- Limits draining fast
- CLI, App, and IDE: Clean up the model picker
- Error when downloading the app from microsoft store or with winget
- False Turkish encoding corruption warnings during code review on Windows PowerShell
- [Bug]: Terminal panel won't automatically close on exit
- Easier file picking in Windows/WSL2 folder
- Codex CLI fails to start on Linux x64 with "Missing optional dependency @openai/codex-linux-x64" when running codex resume
- Codex can't access MCP
- App no longer stays open in taskbar; automations don't run
- Windows desktop in WSL mode uses the Windows CODEX_HOME inside WSL and creates/stores worktrees on /mnt/c instead of the WSL filesystem
- Windows App: WSL agent causes severe lag when running threads (agent restart / high resource usage)
- Pressing space to use voice mode works but no transcription is shown
- Codex CLI MCP handshake timeout with Dart MCP server (dart mcp-server)
- MCP tool schemas not propagated properly
- Desktop app: context overflow can terminate a turn before any compaction runs, then reset status to '100% left (0 used / 760K)' and finish with no agent message
- [BUG] Built-in edit/patch actions fail with gpt-5.4 (xhigh), but work with gpt-5.3-codex (xhigh)
- codex hanging for a couple minutes after prompt
- Add Windsurf to "Open in" menu on Windows (win32Detect not defined)
- Very long reasoning of the simple promt
- Codex reading files like .env!
- use tab for /compact
- Error running remote compact task
- Windows App: Not picking WSL thread history
- Windows App: stale processes
- Create worktree in the same WSL environment when running the agent in WSL in Codex App for Windows
- Expose /fast mode usage in session logs
- Low Framerate while typing
- Codex with GPT-5.4 (1M context window, set to compact at 500k) keeps stopping for no apparent reason, and forgetting to wait on subagents.
- Support FreeBSD
- Auth window in codex (windows app) is not
- Long git diffs create lag in Codex App
- Codex Error: stream disconnected before completion: error sending request for url (https://chatgpt.com/backend-api/codex/responses)
Resolved issues (23)
- Paste image not working in Windows WSL
- Codex stuck in `Thinking` and no response for any prompt
- Which path is recommended in the Codex App, using native Windows or WSL?
- The conversation remained stuck in a thought process, unable to stop.
- VS Code extension: wrong working directory after automatic context compaction
- Test Issue for Task Completion
- Codex slows down randomly in long runs
- Codex CLI 0.111.0 times out on WebSocket and falls back to HTTPS, while 0.92.0 works normally
- no responding even with simpliest question e.g: hello
- keep Reconnecting. start from 2026-03-06. before 0306 it was very fask thinking.
- Backtracking after a `/review` causes a total loss of context
- Usage limits warning message appears despite limits not being close to exhaused
- bwrap: Can't mkdir .codex/memories: No such file or directory
- stream disconnected before completion: response.failed event received
- [BUG] Unable to disable fast mode in desktop app after activating it
- Add an update command
- VS Code extension: clicking file links in chat opens external browser (`vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net`) instead of navigating to local file/line
- fast: on/off in CLI status bar
- Limits draining fast
- VS Code extension still shows a 258K token context limit for GPT-5.4, while the model is documented as supporting 1M tokens
- Codex CLI fails to start on Linux x64 with "Missing optional dependency @openai/codex-linux-x64" when running codex resume
- Pressing space to use voice mode works but no transcription is shown
- brew codex 0.110.0 triggering Apple verification