Digest / March 16, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — March 16, 2026
49 new issues filed ·
34 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (49)
- An error occurred while using Codex for app automation detection.
- context failure on simple issue / lack of differentiation on tasks in simple issue
- Codex App: app-owned @playwright/mcp can leave Google Chrome Helper running until app restart
- Clarify the interaction between `allow_login_shell` and `shell_environment_policy` in documentation
- CLI bug: bundled skill-creator helper scripts are not self-contained for YAML parsing
- Chinese locale renders plan option numbers as `1。` instead of `1.`
- codex cli , codex Destop, vscode codex ，all can not send any message and no response
- ■ codex-cli 0.115.0-alpha.24: Error running remote compact task: timeout waiting for child process to exit
- [new] codex cli , codex Destop, vscode codex ，all can not send any message and no response
- Custom skills do not show up
- Codex App worktree setup does not seem to load rc files (fine during tool calls)
- Extension enters prompt loop after queued follow-up prompt, restarts even after Stop, and consumes usage unfairly
- Why can't I drag and drop files or folders into the dialog box when using CodeX in VS Code? This is very inconvenient.
- Weekly usage not resetting after upgrading to Pro even though billing cycle is a fresh one.
- apply_patch keeps writing literal “+” into files when patch context contains inline “+” (editing error risk)
- [Windows] Ctrl+F search box overlaps window close button
- MCP handshake fails with JetBrains idea server: Unexpected content type "missing-content-type"
- VS Code Codex extension sandbox makes writable devcontainer workspace appear read-only in Linux
- gpt-5.4: new-thread first turn is still extremely slow
- Shell Commands not working
- JetBrains / IntelliJ terminal renders Codex CLI user-vs-assistant distinction too weak compared to Ghostty/iTerm
- Feature Request: Add a "refresh" button in Codex App
- Native LSP support or first-class project-scoped LSP via MCP would significantly improve Codex for multi-language microservices
- Enterprise protected context injection for monorepo policy enforcement
- Enterprise protected context injection for monorepo policy enforcement
- Can't start chat nor select model
- Send to cloud not available
- Model outputs the same response twice
- Couldn't set up admin sandbox
- Feature Request: Mobile and Windows Simultaneous Access for Codex
- Feature Request: Add Credit Purchase History on Website
- Cosmético
- VS Code extension loses thread history after restart on Linux even though auth session is restored
- Expose approval-requested event to external notify hook
- Add a native pre-turn dynamic context hook for time-sensitive metadata
- Different accounts = different weekly limits?
- Codex App (or codex response) inconsistently includes screenshots inline on response
- Withdrawal
- CLI/TUI session can restart during long tool-heavy turns after repeated 'Function call output is missing for call id'
- Long-running (idle?) codex sessions have bwrap failures
- CLI version on arch is not responding to any commands
- bwrap: Can't mkdir /home/$USER: No such file or directory
- VS Code extension `@` file mention does not reliably refresh after additional files are created while chat is open
- o3-mini / 4o-mini: codex cli agent repeatedly spawns same subagent and hits thread limit
- Bug: @openai/codex 0.115.0 fails on macOS Apple Silicon with missing optional dependency @openai/codex-darwin-arm64
- Hotkey for diff panel expanded review mode
- Theme font settings remain stuck after switching away from themes with custom UI/code fonts
- Expose tool call for creating new threads
- Error running remote compact task
Resolved issues (34)
- CLI bug: bundled skill-creator helper scripts are not self-contained for YAML parsing
- Stream Disconnected Before Completion (max_output_tokens)
- codex cli , codex Destop, vscode codex ，all can not send any message and no response
- [new] codex cli , codex Destop, vscode codex ，all can not send any message and no response
- Why can't the environment variables I set in Windows be read every time?
- I asked codex to do a /review and it started editing files and making changes to the codebase that was never requested
- apply_patch keeps writing literal “+” into files when patch context contains inline “+” (editing error risk)
- Weekly usage not resetting after upgrading to Pro even though billing cycle is a fresh one.
- Why can't I drag and drop files or folders into the dialog box when using CodeX in VS Code? This is very inconvenient.
- Native LSP support or first-class project-scoped LSP via MCP would significantly improve Codex for multi-language microservices
- Enterprise protected context injection for monorepo policy enforcement
- Explorer subagents keep forgetting the read-only requirement and try to modify code
- Keeps forgetting that it's already using Powershell
- Session ID not saving
- Race condition between subagent async notification and main agent turn lifecycle
- Very slow, very buggy
- Codex not work in WSL
- Latest Codex broke Arabic
- Working behind proxy ... what are "working" settings?
- Sub-agent `[[skills.config]]` in agent TOML is ignored for both disable and enable overrides
- Pause running agent without starting next queued message
- Sub-agent role top-level reasoning settings are overridden by inherited parent profile
- Subagent Custom Agent Model/Reasoning Config Not being Respected
- Worker spawn inheritance broken: child worker agents do not inherit parent runtime/ network policy
- bug: Collab subagents leak spawn slots, lack cascading cancellation, and wait is wait-any
- Feature Request: Mobile and Windows Simultaneous Access for Codex
- Expose approval-requested event to external notify hook
- Agent does not read AGENTS.override.md
- Azure Responses API: Bad Request when Codex sends tool output (shell_tool). function_call_output expects string, Codex appears to send object
- Withdrawal
- Cannot submit a prompt depending on its context
- bwrap: Can't mkdir /home/$USER: No such file or directory
- o3-mini / 4o-mini: codex cli agent repeatedly spawns same subagent and hits thread limit
- Search past conversations in codex app