Digest / March 8, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — March 8, 2026
65 new issues filed ·
21 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (65)
- Conflict between Codex and Antivirus (Bitdefender)
- Codex desktop app cannot reliably connect to local Streamable HTTP MCP servers on macOS
- Viewing `Codex Security` reports in the desktop application
- can't create automation inside popup session window
- enable creating single-use automations
- macOS 26.3.1 arm64: terminal runner fails because node-pty spawn-helper segfaults immediately
- Encountered an argument format issue while executing the shell command.
- Codex native binary persists after session exit and consumes ~100% CPU per process (Rosetta/Apple Silicon) Labels: bug, performance
- Bug in quota accounting
- Preserve Plan
- Codex IDE does not automatically switch to the Conda environment selected in VS Code
- already granted full access before，but why now the permissions suddenly changed to Custom (workspace-write, on-request)
- Add a project-level "Archive all threads" action in Codex App
- Codex APP（windows）can not open jetbrains IDEA
- There is defiantly a usage draining bug . my usage for the week went down 30% in one 5 hours session.
- Codex fails to load a valid `SKILL.md` when front matter `description` exceeds 1024 characters.
- Config option to start in Plan mode by default
- bug: Windows PTY backend inverts TerminateProcess success/failure handling
- bug: Compaction can overwrite concurrent history writes and loop indefinitely
- bug: Collab subagents leak spawn slots, lack cascading cancellation, and wait is wait-any
- bug: Agent-job finalization uses a brittle 250ms grace period that misclassifies successful workers
- bug: WebSocket transport disconnects are handled as fatal termination with multiple abrupt disconnect paths
- Model behavior: GPT-5.4 still stops early on long-running tasks
- Codex App sessions can be mislabeled as vscode
- Desktop app: add search bar/filter in Settings on macOS
- Agent can't edit files when running in sandbox
- Notion MCP stuck after refresh token invalid_grant; Codex Desktop doesn't prompt re-auth
- dotnet build command immediately crashing when called by Codex CLI
- Windows desktop app: apply_patch fails because wrapper launches packaged resources\\codex.exe and gets "Access is denied"
- fast_mode not active when launching cli by default
- Community contrib: Agent Team Orchestrator — multi-agent coordination runtime
- Codex issues sequential commands in parallel, causing races
- config.schema.json incorrectly says agents.max_threads is unbounded when unset
- apply_patch fails on Windows because Codex cannot spawn codex.exe from WindowsApps (CreateProcessAsUserW failed: 5)
- Codex App on Windows doesn't respect WSL distro selection from VS Code
- Codex Desktop hides automation when automation.toml is UTF-8 with BOM
- Add queued commands alongside queued messages in Codex CLI
- MCP tool calls fail permanently after server-side session expiry (rmcp does not re-initialize on HTTP 404)
- Codex Windows app leaves at least 5 running processes after exit every time
- Codex Windows app crashes on startup with "SqliteError: attempt to write a readonly database"
- Add blocking commands back optionally
- Assertion failed in node-pty conpty.cc line 106: remove_pty_baton(baton->id)
- Codex usage limit calculation is erratic
- Codex should treat canceled or denied tool calls as first-class context
- Add a pause work button for steering.
- Disable forced focus when a notification appears, but keeping the notification
- Codex CLI Regression: Model ignores explicit prompt instructions, defaults to asking questions instead of executing
- GPT 5.4 hallucinates paths and files
- Dictation is lost if I leave the chat before transcription finishes
- Please add a button to manually compress context
- Provide model preset options for third-party API bases, similar to codexcli
- Allow hiding / disabling unused models in Codex app and Codex CLI
- [Windows] read-only sandbox mode causes MCP shell_command to stall indefinitely — no function_call_output returned
- Codex App reconnect loop when stale deleted workspace path is still referenced (ENOENT in git-origins)
- Add a chat auto-title strategy option: “first words of the first message” or “summary-based”
- Collaboration: Complementary governance layer for Codex execution policies
- "Ehh... Alright" option for inconsequential bugs found on pull requests
- Support standalone Windows installer (`codex-setup.exe`)
- Prevent scary Powershell usage (Triggering a Virus warning)
- hang for over 6 hours
- Desktop app: archiving and unarchiving does not recover zombie threads stuck on Thinking
- Desktop app: unarchiving an old thread reorders it to the top of the thread list
- Windows sandbox may auto-apply NTFS deny ACE on world-writable workspace paths
- Model selection in desktop app reverts to gpt-5.3-codex — server-side Statsig config overrides user choice
- Mac Desktop App Window Resize Minimum Width
Resolved issues (21)
- wrong display result of context window after adjusting gpt5.4 to 1M context window size
- Governance hooks: configurable policies, threat detection, and audit trails
- Bug in quota accounting
- There is defiantly a usage draining bug . my usage for the week went down 30% in one 5 hours session.
- Codex fails to load a valid `SKILL.md` when front matter `description` exceeds 1024 characters.
- Model behavior: GPT-5.4 still stops early on long-running tasks
- Community contrib: Agent Team Orchestrator — multi-agent coordination runtime
- Windows desktop app: apply_patch fails because wrapper launches packaged resources\\codex.exe and gets "Access is denied"
- apply_patch fails on Windows because Codex cannot spawn codex.exe from WindowsApps (CreateProcessAsUserW failed: 5)
- Codex mcp login fails with OAuth providers that require resource (eg. MarketingCloud MCP)
- Codex usage limit calculation is erratic
- Codex CLI Regression: Model ignores explicit prompt instructions, defaults to asking questions instead of executing
- GPT 5.4 hallucinates paths and files
- Please add a button to manually compress context
- Disable forced focus when a notification appears, but keeping the notification
- Allow hiding / disabling unused models in Codex app and Codex CLI
- config.schema.json incorrectly says agents.max_threads is unbounded when unset
- Collaboration: Complementary governance layer for Codex execution policies
- Prevent scary Powershell usage (Triggering a Virus warning)
- Desktop app: archiving and unarchiving does not recover zombie threads stuck on Thinking
- CLI, App, and IDE: Clean up the model picker