Digest / April 25, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — April 25, 2026
105 new issues filed ·
40 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (105)
- fix: stdio MCP child process leak causing unbounded memory growth
- codex exec on Windows: every invocation emits `failed to record rollout items: thread <uuid> not found` for the just-created session
- failed to load configuration: ~/.codex/config.toml:228:1: invalid type: map, expected a sequence
- Browser Use / in-app browser fails to navigate to any external URL.
- Codex VScode extension not loading previous conversation
- Running older models fails with Unknown model gpt-5.1 is used
- Local environment cleanup script does not run after archiving Codex-managed worktree
- Support global/default model configuration for subagents in config.toml
- Regression: codex resume picker slowed from 2-3s to 8-60s after updating to 0.124.0
- Reduce user-visible latency from context compaction with pre/background compaction
- [P0 / Blocker] Remote compact task fails 100% with "tools.defer_loading requires tools.tool_search" — GPT-5.5 unusable at context limit, no client-side workaround
- Full access session still launches in workspace-write sandbox without NVIDIA device passthrough
- Microsoft 365 connectors need explicit account and tenant selection
- Slash command popup columns shift while scrolling
- Windows App worktrees stay stuck on "Fetching worktree details", and project chat cannot send the first manual message
- Windows Chinese IME fails in Codex CLI input until the terminal loses and regains focus
- codex rate limit app glitch
- Add Inline search bar option, native titlebar option, and movable floating search bar
- Add full RTL (Right-To-Left) text direction support for Arabic & Hebrew users
- Cyber security issue
- Allow remote connection providers to create/select hosts in Add remote project
- Rewind (double escape) should not be shown if there is no user's message.
- Consult ChatGPT Pro
- Desktop: orphaned codex_chronicle after killed app causes lock-wait loop and high CPU
- `codex resume` picker is slow with many local sessions because thread/list scans rollout files
- Codex Desktop: Setting language to Chinese does not localize top menu or sidebar
- Browser Use iab backend can read tabs but tab.goto fails with nodeRepl.fetch request failed
- Cloud GitHub App reviewer fabricates make_pr follow-up commit narration with non-existent SHAs
- Cannot open codex anymore
- Wrong cyber activity flag
- Memory bug
- WebSocket transport reconnect loop when IPv6 is unavailable
- Codex Desktop: hard-coded 30s timeout for commit_message generation fails on large diffs
- Show time stamp of last interaction / message on mouse-over in side panel
- Codex Desktop: pressing Enter occasionally sends the same message multiple times
- Codex monthly subscription vs 5-hour/weekly limits: request for monthly bank or rollover
- Codex Cli/App "Connections" Issues (Unable to send message to remote project getting access token refresh error)
- Intermittent failed to record rollout items: thread <uuid> not found during sub-agent shutdown / close, more likely with slower models
- False positive cyber-safety flag on benign software engineering work
- Desktop crashes on every launch with "Connection for host ID local not found" after team-leave-during-login
- Codex flickering issue on running "npm build" via it
- Remaining limits and credits suddenly drop to zero
- Codex sometimes fails during automatic context compaction with "stream disconnected before completion"
- Codex terminal flickered and wasted 7% 5h limit without using it.
- Codex App loads after 5mins use 11,27Gb memory usage and 23% of CPU
- Branch selection leaks between threads in the same project
- Creating sub-agent hangs on MCP startup
- Updated to latest version, now constant hangs and no conversations will load
- Homebrew Codex CLI cannot use Computer Use, while Codex.app-bundled CLI works
- The .git folder has been included in the list of file candidates
- Codex App for Windows shows different environment variables between the integrated terminal and the agent shell_command runner.
- Error running remote compact task
- Support Request: Enable compatibility for Windows Server 2022 (21H2)
- Windows Codex runner injects duplicate PATH/Path env vars, breaking pnpm exec local bin resolution
- Code tool calls fail with Powershell 7 installations from Windows Store or Winget
- UI Codex App Bug
- Constant "Reconnecting" during automation runs
- iTerm2: Ctrl+C exit can intermittently leave terminal stuck in CSI-u mode and print `9;5:3u`
- Approval Policy "Never" says it runs without approval but blocks Computer Use approvals
- Show remaining Codex credits / usage in the CLI statusline
- First-turn API call blocks until pending MCP tools/list times out
- It's really really slow.
- Codex Desktop GPT-5.5 remote compaction fails and leaves thread unusable
- install.ps1 Crashes on Windows 10 with PS 5.1
- Codex stopped protected Hermes services during local cleanup
- App not loading
- Windows browser-use external navigation fails when Codex helper bin path is missing
- Desktop thrashes resume/unsubscribe when >4 heartbeat automations have target_thread_id
- Option+Backspace word deletion is very slow
- Support user override translation files for incomplete UI localization
- Codex hides changed-files UI when only one HTML file is edited
- Two historical commandExecution.cwd values decode as invalid Windows drive-relative path
- Codex Desktop renderer CPU loop when projectless/chat root is not a git repository
- Codex VS Code thread title renders but body is empty.
- After upgrading Codex Desktop today, two Codex local runtime features are broken.
- Pro plan 5-hour usage limit depleted in ~20 minutes under light Codex workload
- Codex VS Code extension
- /resume failure to load any sessions after update.
- add a desktop appearance setting for alternate pane layout
- codex_apps MCP fails to initialize on Turkey network route with error decoding response body; succeeds from alternate US network egress
- Opening popout window on Windows flickers it twice and draws invisible box around it
- Selected model is at capacity. Please try a different model.
- Add terminal windows in codex desktop and IDE Extension!
- WebSocket fails with non-ASCII workspace paths (UTF-8 in x-codex-turn-metadata header)
- Codex CLI does not interpolate ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT} in plugin .mcp.json args, breaking imessage MCP
- Selected model is at capacity
- TUI transcript scrolling can redraw above itself in long sessions
- Pro weekly usage limit depletes unusually fast on 5.5, worsened by unstable context compaction
- Codex app “Show all files” does not show hidden dotfiles
- flagged for cybersecurity
- Codex App ghost snapshot runs git add -A on trusted home directory and fills disk with tmp_pack files
- Codex Desktop SSH remote can tunnel to another user's app-server when remote port 9234 is already in use
- Add git worktree status-line item (implementation complete on fork)
- False positive cyber-risk flag disrupted Kaggle ONNX Runtime competition workflow
- Windows: codex-tui app test stack overflows on clean HEAD
- Codex Desktop stuck
- Codex sandbox fails to start on Windows mapped drive workspace
- Extreme Python Memory Usage in Codex (135GB RAM / 25GB swap after long session)
- Getting "This chat was flagged for possible cybersecurity risk" on a non-cybersecurity related task.
- Creamos tecnologia a partir de Poryectos
- VS Code extension session sidebar should match Codex CLI resume picker semantics
- Rate limit usage
- VS Code Remote-SSH session resume hangs with app-server outbound queue full
- got flagged as violating but doesnt do anytzhing
- Usage limit reporting is inconsistent: session blocked while /status still shows % left
Resolved issues (40)
- Codex App shows different import options on same version across Macs
- full access permissions lower than auto-review
- /clear in interactive CLI ignores model from config.toml, falls back to gpt-5.4
- failed to load configuration: ~/.codex/config.toml:228:1: invalid type: map, expected a sequence
- Running older models fails with Unknown model gpt-5.1 is used
- Reduce user-visible latency from context compaction with pre/background compaction
- Full access session still launches in workspace-write sandbox without NVIDIA device passthrough
- UX: Codex App - Settings modal should be closed when collapsing the sidebar view
- Subagent's state rendering Markdown content is not rendered correctly in TUI
- `codex-auto-review` doesn't exist in the API
- Minor grammar cleanup in codex-rs README
- `codex resume` picker is slow with many local sessions because thread/list scans rollout files
- Codex App: Clicking on mp4 video files opens them up in diff as garbage text
- Cannot open codex anymore
- Codex monthly subscription vs 5-hour/weekly limits: request for monthly bank or rollover
- Wrong cyber activity flag
- Codex sometimes fails during automatic context compaction with "stream disconnected before completion"
- Codex CLI hangs (sometimes taken over 5-6 minutes thinking) and there are no feedback
- Add a true append-only interactive mode that preserves terminal scrollback
- Codex Desktop: BrowserOS MCP "Always allow" does not persist and permission prompts keep reappearing
- False positive cyber-safety flag on benign software engineering work
- /resume failure to load any sessions after update.
- Codex Desktop renderer CPU loop when projectless/chat root is not a git repository
- Codex App enters high CPU loop when project list contains non-git entries
- VS Code extension enters high-CPU retry loop on non-git workspace
- Selected model is at capacity. Please try a different model.
- Add terminal windows in codex desktop and IDE Extension!
- Option+Backspace word deletion is very slow
- WebSocket fails with non-ASCII workspace paths (UTF-8 in x-codex-turn-metadata header)
- Codex app “Show all files” does not show hidden dotfiles
- flagged for cybersecurity
- thread/resume does not restore model_provider from persisted metadata — breaks cross-provider conversation continuation
- False positive cyber-risk flag disrupted Kaggle ONNX Runtime competition workflow
- Proposal: Use the patched crossterm and completely remove the paste logic that depends on burst.
- Windows: Ctrl+M voice dictation shortcut can minimize window or trigger global hotkey conflicts
- Slash command popup columns shift while scrolling
- Codex Desktop stuck
- Creamos tecnologia a partir de Poryectos
- Getting "This chat was flagged for possible cybersecurity risk" on a non-cybersecurity related task.
- Codex Desktop SSH remote can tunnel to another user's app-server when remote port 9234 is already in use