Digest / April 5, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — April 5, 2026
45 new issues filed ·
24 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (45)
- Codex Desktop app spawns Git on launch in read-only mode and leaves massive tmp_pack_/tmp_obj_ garbage in .git/objects on macOS
- Codex Cli MCPs issue when using subagents
- Have to press Shift + Enter twice to put a paragraph in the prompt message input element
- custom-build plugin share
- Linux: long-lived Codex session appears to accumulate memory and can hard-freeze host
- VSCodium + RemoteExplorer + Codex via ssh - Codex crash
- Fast mode toggle doesn’t take effect after switching off
- Codex crashes on startup due to MCP "Method not found" errors (Windows)
- Tagged files with square brackets in the name do not render properly
- Garbled response to SSH query
- Sudden Error
- VS Code extension sometimes appends garbled suffix to auto-generated task titles in Chinese
- Compaction-aware context retention for frequently re-read files
- Chinese text rendering corruption in Linux CLI terminal session
- MCP tool schema mismatch: structured args are surfaced as strings for Hindsight retain
- Codex 5hr limit exhausted too quickly across runs
- AI开发交流
- Notify send in wrong time
- Permission prompt offers misleading "allow commands starting with ..." prefix
- [Bug] Visual ghosting on left sidebar Threads on hover after opening Git Diff panel
- Compaction hit usage limit but /status showing available
- Rate Limits going CRAZY??
- VSCode extension: open-in-targets error loop causes high CPU (Code Helper Renderer 100%+)
- VS Code extension spikes CPU and logs "open-in-target not supported in extension" while rendering diffs after Codex edits files
- Light notepad inside Codex
- Sub Plan cycle doesn't sync with the payment cycle
- Sub Plan cycle doesn't sync with the payment cycle
- Cannot select PowerShell 7
- animations and bell-notifications are not working through tmux
- Very strange response (I smashed and crossed"
- High GPU usage while the app is “thinking” due to tiny useless animation
- Windows: spawn codex ENOENT in app-server.mjs — missing shell/platform handling
- Automations using Worktrees do not run Setup script
- Desktop app: archived child threads still show spinner after archive in sidebar
- Codex replies to the previous message, not to the last one
- Codex CLI leaves orphaned arm64 processes at ~80–100% CPU when terminal window is closed without /exit
- Task status never update throughout session
- Grey screen what chat gets too long
- Codex app always freeze UI on prompt submission and stop
- [BUG] Codex v0.118.0 causes macOS kernel panic (os_refcnt overflow) — 2 crashes in 1 day on Apple Silicon
- Usage Draining Absurdly Fast
- `/resume` not showing the thread name.
- App-Server SDK: allow caller-provided ID on TurnStartParams for steer correlation
- Windows Codex app shows “upgrade to Plus” in Teachers workspace while CLI and Web Codex work
- app-server websocket shared-thread turns complete but rollout never materializes, so sibling thread/resume fails with "no rollout found"
Resolved issues (24)
- Facing frequent stream disconnection issue while using Codex CLI
- /copy copies an older response instead of the most recent one
- Prompt disappears after error "Not available in app-server TUI yet for thread <thread-id-here>"
- ■ Conversation interrupted - tell the model what to do differently. Something went wrong? Hit `/feedback` to report the issue.
- Laptop Hung Up, with just spinning wheel coming up. Couldn't exit or do any other thing.
- `statusline` blanks out when I type anything
- Terminal freezes when generating AGENTS.md
- `/feedback` command dropped text
- `codex resume/resume --all` slow to load, no loading indicator
- Have to press Shift + Enter twice to put a paragraph in the prompt message input element
- VS Code extension sometimes appends garbled suffix to auto-generated task titles in Chinese
- Context compaction regression in CLI v0.118 — 2x more frequent compactions cause token usage explosion
- Sub Plan cycle doesn't sync with the payment cycle
- AI开发交流
- Codex 5hr limit exhausted too quickly across runs
- Codex Truncates Chat Messages When Scrolling
- Rate Limits going CRAZY??
- Sudden Error
- Garbled response to SSH query
- Very strange response (I smashed and crossed"
- Codex replies to the previous message, not to the last one
- animations and bell-notifications are not working through tmux
- macOS app: sent typed prompt reappears in composer after leaving and returning to thread
- Usage Draining Absurdly Fast