Digest / March 27, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — March 27, 2026
74 new issues filed ·
38 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (74)
- [Bug] /copy command always returns "unavailable" error in WSL Ubuntu
- Git Worktree and Branch Switching
- Spinning Cursor creates accessibility challenge
- Regression after update: custom slash commands disappear and local custom skills are missing from /skill list
- ZW Skeleton Network and openai ControlNet Technology Homology Analysis Report
- Custom prompts in ~/.codex/prompts no longer appear after updating to codex-cli 0.117.0
- Codex frequently responds to the wrong message or drops messages (after compaction?)
- codex resume <name> can fail after a fresh thread is auto-named, and unsaved name entries can shadow older saved sessions
- Web search returns 503 Service Unavailable in both Codex desktop app and CLI; /feedback also fails
- Codex CLI eagerly connects all configured MCP servers at startup
- [Windows App] App reopens itself after closing normally
- Feature request: /loop for live Codex CLI sessions
- The undo function is not working properly
- 'bwrap: loopback: Failed RTM_NEWADDR: Operation not permitted' while running Codex in GitHub action
- [Codex Extension][VS Code][macOS] Renderer CPU spikes after file-changing task completes
- Codex CLI consumed top-up credits and depleted 5-hour limit unexpectedly after latest update
- Add option to automatically expand modified code in Codex App
- footer model information does not get updated when switching to plan mode and back
- Codex App dont find plugins
- Unresponsive for 30s on start
- /copy not working
- Codex use UTF-8 BOM by default and change Chinese to unreadable nonsenese
- It took very long time to create a git commit, longer than 3 hours
- Cannot login using API key in keyring
- Support config.local.toml to override project-shared config.toml
- PR text autogeneration fills in unrelated text from previous session
- custom prompts and custom skills gone on codex-cli 0.117.0
- /ps Background terminals can leak OSC-8 hyperlink state from a session preview
- Codex extension stuck on loading/logo screen after VS Code update on Windows
- codex-cli 0.117.0 ignores custom prompt list in app-server TUI and shows "Not available in app-server TUI yet.
- Linux sandbox fails with `bwrap: loopback: Failed RTM_NEWADDR` even though `unshare -Urn` and manual `bwrap --unshare-net` succeed
- 0.117.0 regression: UserPromptSubmit hook output is not rendered in TUI/app-server path
- VS Code Plus makes skill chips hard to see
- Adding /effort command for faster switching?
- /skills picker only shows 8 items in 0.117.0 and no longer allows browsing the full skill list
- codex cli hang after giving the input and then click ENTER
- process didn't exit successfully: codex-0.117.0
- Agents are always closed
- VS Code extension on native Windows ignores repo-local .codex/config.toml
- VS Code Remote SSH fails on multi-user Linux host
- Show Codex VS Code extension command execution live in integrated terminal
- Wrong icon for Jetbrains IDEs
- Error running remote compact task
- Curated plugin startup sync leaks ~/.codex/.tmp/plugins-clone-* directories on failure
- Codex latest update ( 27/03/2026 ) fails
- Codex App briefly shows 'New Plugin' then falls back to 'Skills' after startup
- Support native PowerShell PreToolUse hooks (not just Bash-wrapped pwsh/powershell commands)
- Small terminal title "annoyance" due to shaking title
- Allow ptrace in the restricted-network Linux sandbox
- Repo-local .agents/skills skill is not injected into session Available skills on a fresh Codex CLI session
- Ability to close a steer
- rg output extremely slow on large binary file search hits
- Compiling codex uses too much memory
- Default bubblewrap sandbox is incompatible with standard unprivileged Replit workspaces and similar restricted container environments
- Regression: /copy fails in 0.117.0 after first Codex output in a normal session
- Laptop Hung Up, with just spinning wheel coming up. Couldn't exit or do any other thing.
- Codex attempts to modify route metrics and activate two saved NetworkManager connections before running normal commands.
- Concurrent `codex mcp remove` silently loses updates in ~/.codex/config.toml
- Codex Drains Token Quota and Context Window at Startup with Simple "Hi" Prompt
- 0.114.0 upgrade to 0.116.0/0.117.0/0.118.0 somewhat breaks MCP
- Codex's in-progress status is expanding the transcript and creating excessive scrolling
- Make v8 dependecy optional
- Auto-compaction never triggers
- `View now` button intermittently unclickable after unarchiving thread
- Add machine-readable status output (for example: /status --json or codex status --json)
- 0.117.0 regression: default tui_app_server hides MCP startup failures/warnings on startup
- AlmaLinux 9 local VS Code: remote compact task times out waiting for child process to exit
- Unbelievable sudden token usage
- Regression (>=0.115): after `context_compacted` auto-compaction Codex outputs handoff/summary and stops (CLI + Windows App)
- bug: -c 'mcp_servers={}' silently no-ops instead of clearing MCP servers
- Plan Mode updates are destructive: existing sections are rewritten/condensed instead of preserved
- ERROR: No saved session found with ID <session_name> After Upgrade to 0.117.0
- Sub-agent accepts task but returns handoff failure instead of requested payload
- codex login fails: Cloudflare challenge blocks CLI token exchange (Australia/Linux)
Resolved issues (38)
- Command T to switch conversation tabs
- Regression after update: custom slash commands disappear and local custom skills are missing from /skill list
- ZW Skeleton Network and openai ControlNet Technology Homology Analysis Report
- Custom prompts in ~/.codex/prompts no longer appear after updating to codex-cli 0.117.0
- Codex frequently responds to the wrong message or drops messages (after compaction?)
- bwrap: Failed RTM_NEWADDR: Operation not permitted
- Playwright MCP no longer offers or remembers "approve for this session"
- Codex CLI eagerly connects all configured MCP servers at startup
- Event Hooks
- Support admitted OPENAI error caused increased rate limit consumption - zero help
- Zellij Incompatibility
- MCP handshake fails with JetBrains idea server: Unexpected content type "missing-content-type"
- 'bwrap: loopback: Failed RTM_NEWADDR: Operation not permitted' while running Codex in GitHub action
- Feature request: /loop for live Codex CLI sessions
- [Codex Extension][VS Code][macOS] Renderer CPU spikes after file-changing task completes
- Consider using 'bwrap' dynamically instead of a fixed "/usr/bin/bwrap" path
- /copy not working
- [Bug] /copy command always returns "unavailable" error in WSL Ubuntu
- codex-cli 0.117.0 ignores custom prompt list in app-server TUI and shows "Not available in app-server TUI yet.
- Linux sandbox fails with `bwrap: loopback: Failed RTM_NEWADDR` even though `unshare -Urn` and manual `bwrap --unshare-net` succeed
- Error running remote compact task
- Support config.local.toml to override project-shared config.toml
- custom prompts and custom skills gone on codex-cli 0.117.0
- /skills picker only shows 8 items in 0.117.0 and no longer allows browsing the full skill list
- Show Codex VS Code extension command execution live in integrated terminal
- Support native PowerShell PreToolUse hooks (not just Bash-wrapped pwsh/powershell commands)
- Small terminal title "annoyance" due to shaking title
- Codex is looking for bwrap in wrong place
- Compiling codex uses too much memory
- Default bubblewrap sandbox is incompatible with standard unprivileged Replit workspaces and similar restricted container environments
- Repo-local .agents/skills skill is not injected into session Available skills on a fresh Codex CLI session
- Codex Drains Token Quota and Context Window at Startup with Simple "Hi" Prompt
- AlmaLinux 9 local VS Code: remote compact task times out waiting for child process to exit
- Unbelievable sudden token usage
- Regression: /mcp can show Tools: (none) for hyphenated MCP server names
- 0.117.0 regression: UserPromptSubmit hook output is not rendered in TUI/app-server path
- Plan Mode updates are destructive: existing sections are rewritten/condensed instead of preserved
- sub agent causing improper turn end