Digest / March 9, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — March 9, 2026
90 new issues filed ·
27 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (90)
- Codex can't run echo $env:PATH
- Node and npm aren't available in Codex's shell path on Windows using a version manager
- Does Codex have a similar Ralph project?
- cloud-tasks: support Forgejo/Gitea remotes in by-repo environment detection
- "Weekly limit % left" dropping suddenly without any usage occurring.
- Feature Request: Branch conversation from a previous message
- Allow switching/adding working directories within a Codex CLI session
- Always in a "thinking" state, unable to stop.
- stuck in "thinking" state in VS Code, unable to stop
- VS Code keeps saying it is in Plan Mode and refuses to implement, even after switching back
- Windows: failing `msbuild /m /v:minimal` can return blank output in Codex while local PowerShell shows compiler errors
- Codex Extension crashed
- TUI: Add support for Ctrl-P/N navigation in remaining surfaces
- Allow per-subagent model/provider/profile selection
- Debounce popup accelerators while the user is typing
- Add contextual continuation hints and ephemeral refresh prompts
- Support double-Enter continuation prompts
- Expose a custom statusline widget API for the CLI airline
- Add optional dynamic conversation titles via a model rename capability
- Sticky prompt textbox when scrolling chat history
- `apply_patch` broken for Azure-hosted GPT-4.1 since v0.80.0 (regression from #593 fix)
- Support multiple bottom airline/statusline rows in the CLI
- All models — Codex CLI hangs indefinitely on all prompts, no response generated
- Missing documentation for Codex git commit attribution?
- Codex scheduled automation returns exit 134 when invoking Obsidian CLI, while the same command works in an interactive Codex chat
- Steering Message After Compaction Won't Work
- `codex app-server` fails with 503 while `codex exec` works
- Windows: PowerShell fails with error 8009001d (NTE_PROVIDER_DLL_FAIL) in sandbox
- Limits: data not available yet + huge quota drain
- Why does it always reconnect 5 times before I start answering?
- Error running remote compact task: stream disconnected before completion: error sending request for url (https://chatgpt.com/backend-api/codex/responses/compact)
- Codex desktop shell tool calls do not inherit terminal auth/session environment
- Cargo.lock isn't updated along with workspace.package.version in releases
- Allow changing the associated directory to a project
- codex app-server tool commands run in read-only sandbox despite --dangerously-bypass-approvals-and-sandbox
- Codex Windows App ignores commit message instructions
- Codex App for Windows - crash, lags, error for new tasks in running threads after restarted.
- Codex CLI wont do anything
- Bug: Undefined 'summaryParts' error when using GPT-5.4 model
- Feature Request: Version Control for Codex Threads
- Allow thread/start to accept a caller-supplied thread ID for a new session
- Add option to disable preambles
- Feature Request: Add `/archive` command to Codex CLI
- /review fails after long session and multiple retries
- Text does not reflow after terminal window resizing
- Codex Windows App Renders Local File Paths Incorrectly, Breaking File and Folder Links
- Responses websocket is unstable on macOS launchd/system-proxy setups while HTTP works
- Queue /fast while running
- Regression: Terminal doesn't receive keyboard focus anymore when pressing command+j
- Codex CLI hangs indefinitely on prompt (no response) on Fedora with Node 22 – affects `codex` and `codex exec`
- Codex seems down right now - intermittent issues and timeouts
- Completely frozen, reinstallation doesn't help
- Automations crashing Codex macOS app
- Uninstalling Codex Desktop App (Microsoft Store) breaks Codex CLI — no response to any prompt
- Codex CLI hangs after sending message
- Weekly Pro Sub Drained in 1 Day Unacceptable!
- Hebrew words showing up in response
- Weekly Pro Sub Gone in a Day!
- Pro Sub Weekly Usage gone in one day!
- Prompt permanently stuck on "Thinking", even after pressing stop and restarting the Codex app
- Very long wait times without any progress
- 0.112.0 hangs / shows extreme latency on WSL after tool execution; 0.111.x is stable
- Expose stable per-agent metadata on every tool/subprocess invocation
- Preserve viewport/context when exiting transcript overlay
- Pasting is really slow on the CLI Windows
- Composer text becomes unreadable after live terminal theme switch
- already on plus, why prompting to upgrade to plus?
- API / substribsion compatible
- Persistent Callback orchestration/Loop
- usage is very high on light usage
- Rework the `apply_patch` edit/create developer prompt guardrail
- codex exec on macOS initializes external MCP and lists tools but never sends tools/call
- Regression around 0.111.0: usage drain spikes with Fast mode default + more aggressive multi-agent spawning
- Regression around 0.111.0: usage drain spikes with Fast mode default + more aggressive multi-agent spawning
- codex just compacts repeatedly for hours at a time before it is able to make a change
- Explorer subagents keep forgetting the read-only requirement and try to modify code
- Blank lines when using "suppress code comments when thinking"
- VS Code extension crash can leave a thread permanently stuck in "thinking" with queued input
- Using spacebar in branch naming to add -
- Reading and Copying transcripts
- codex not being given the correct messages in the payload (thus responding to an old request)
- Codex Desktop local threads ignore ~/.codex/config.toml and stay at model_context_window=258400
- Previous response visually overwritten by next turn
- Bug: app-server can retain orphaned threads after last-subscriber disconnect
- todo tool in gui codex should show at least 3 items clearly without inset box-shadow covering
- Incorrect tool provisioning across Codex sessions: missing shell/filesystem-read tools prevents local file access
- Hand off option missing on worktree threads
- Conversation interrupted
- Error loading configuration: failed to load your workspace-managed config
- MCP OAuth reauth succeeds but active session still uses stale refresh token (invalid_grant)
Resolved issues (27)
- Does Codex have a similar Ralph project?
- "Weekly limit % left" dropping suddenly without any usage occurring.
- Add a chat auto-title strategy option: “first words of the first message” or “summary-based”
- Allow thread/start to accept a caller-supplied thread ID for a new session
- Codex Error: stream disconnected before completion: error sending request for url (https://chatgpt.com/backend-api/codex/responses)
- Limits: data not available yet + huge quota drain
- Allow changing the associated directory to a project
- Codex Windows App ignores commit message instructions
- Completely frozen, reinstallation doesn't help
- Uninstalling Codex Desktop App (Microsoft Store) breaks Codex CLI — no response to any prompt
- Codex seems down right now - intermittent issues and timeouts
- Codex CLI wont do anything
- Codex CLI hangs indefinitely on prompt (no response) on Fedora with Node 22 – affects `codex` and `codex exec`
- Codex CLI hangs after sending message
- Weekly Pro Sub Drained in 1 Day Unacceptable!
- Hebrew words showing up in response
- Weekly Pro Sub Gone in a Day!
- Text does not reflow after terminal window resizing
- Pro Sub Weekly Usage gone in one day!
- Codex App fails to load "Recommended Skills"
- Very long wait times without any progress
- 0.112.0 hangs / shows extreme latency on WSL after tool execution; 0.111.x is stable
- Bug: Undefined 'summaryParts' error when using GPT-5.4 model
- Error in Install from Microsoft Store with path unicode chars
- usage is very high on light usage
- fast_mode not active when launching cli by default
- Regression around 0.111.0: usage drain spikes with Fast mode default + more aggressive multi-agent spawning