Digest / April 27, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — April 27, 2026
99 new issues filed ·
31 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (99)
- Codex Desktop idle usage drain from background memory generation; stopped after generate_memories=false
- False positive "cybersecurity risk" flags on routine sysadmin/devops work in Codex CLI
- Codex server-side compaction fails
- TMUX Bug: Composer/user-message background pill missing inside tmux (OSC 11 query blocked)
- Codex Desktop automation run is immediately auto-archived after start
- unexpected status 401 Unauthorized
- Remote SSH connection fails when Node.js is installed via nvm: "No codex found in PATH" and silent app-server launch failure
- Responses streams need lifecycle diagnostics for close, timeout, and partial-output failures
- [VS Code extension][Windows] High CPU regression after 26.325.31654
- Codex desktop: Automations sidebar entry disappeared after GPT-5.5 update, language and quick action menu not working
- Account was flagged for potentially high-risk cyber activity.
- Session-scoped active todo reminders for update_plan
- Codex Desktop hangs when clicking a specific drawing/browser-sidebar thread; thread/read succeeds but thread never resumes
- Feature Request: Allow configuring default action for “Implement this plan?” (prefer staying in Plan mode)
- Codex Desktop stuck in Plan Mode despite UI showing Implementation Mode
- Windows Store: splash stuck on personal account; app/list 402 deactivated_workspace; no sign-out/switch-account path
- Windows Codex Desktop: Browser Use IAB backend fails without Codex session metadata
- Topic-based memory directory with agent-initiated writes and /memory slash command
- Codex app plugin show error
- 5.4-mini mistakes the session for Plan Mode even though it is not in Plan Mode
- tool calls sometimes fail because the model emits truncated JSON in `function_call.arguments`
- Codex Desktop Automations cannot use Browser Use plugin
- Stop auto-expanding the task-list
- Add a 10-cell context usage graph status line item
- [Bug] Windows Desktop App (26.422.3464.0) white screen on startup due to workspace_dependencies loop
- codex in vscode does not proceed from and stay at the 'Thinking' status, and is too slow.
- Hooks do not fire in interactive sessions (v0.125.0)
- Codex fails to work even when you have some credits left
- Codex - ChatGPT 5.4 and 5.5 is perfroming like Gemini low level agents
- A JavaScript error occurred in the main process
- Feature Request: Per-project agent environment configuration in Codex Desktop
- Codex app: add a draggable workspace file tree/sidebar
- Linux sandbox mounts linked worktree gitdir read-only after writable ancestor bind
- Codex app: add a repo hygiene agent for dirty worktrees and git state
- Feature Request: Create Codex Task from ChatGPT Conversation or Project
- Traditional Chinese rate limit popover makes weekly 5% look like 5-hour remaining usage
- Codex CLI TUI drops keyboard input in RunPod/JupyterLab terminal; raw /dev/tty reader fixes input loss
- Windows sandbox blocks pytest-xdist temp dirs created with Python 3.14/pytest 0o700 permissions
- Codex Security scan page fails to load with “Invalid URL” after creating a new scan
- A JavaScript error occurred in the main process
- Windows Store Codex App UI localization is partially Chinese and English
- Codex App disables WSL/Windows interop globally
- Feature request: allow configuring local storage path for Codex VS Code sandbox, cache, sessions, and logs on Windows
- Clarify Codex commit co-author attribution behavior
- Open in VS Code silently fails on Windows when VS Code is configured to run as administrator
- Official Figma plugin OAuth stuck after update: 401 Unauthorized / token_revoked
- codex takes ~5 seconds before entering the TUI
- VS Code/Windsurf Codex extension stuck on infinite spinner — refresh_token_reused causes auth loop
- Allow ChatGPT login users to force HTTPS/SSE transport
- detail: "original" token/byte estimates are currently unbounded
- Codex app is stuck on splash screen
- Codex cause error when use VS Code SSH connect to a host
- Codex Desktop shows workspace dependency repair on Windows 10, but install fails because Windows 10 is unsupported
- Codex no longer shows reliable full prompt elapsed time
- codex can not find mcp
- codex exec --output-schema does not apply only to final output
- Official Dev Container Feature
- Mouse drag selection + copy in the TUI
- Responses WebSocket connect failures wait through all stream retries before HTTP fallback
- Codex local history index becomes stale and recent sessions cannot be resumed
- Cyber security flagging
- Windows global npm update can leave codex-win32-x64 stale after @openai/codex update
- Remove the suggested command from the input prompt line
- Filed in error — please delete
- Codex calls sudo and uses residual no-password time to run commands with root privilege
- codex cli startup hangs 20-30s on Linux systems where bwrap bind-mounting / is slow (NFS, autofs)
- Command to clear context in current session
- I purchased additional Codex credits but still can't use it.
- My Codex got stuck in a thinking loop, drained all my usage, and I think it messed up all my code
- Codex should clearly identify stale marketplace repository clones
- Enhancement to MCPs
- `--remote` resume fails on large saved sessions after large `thread/resume` response
- File tree Flickers after project directory rename
- Codex CLI runs out of context instead of compacting/resuming long thread with many tool calls
- VS Code Remote SSH to Windows host without WSL fails: extension runs wsl.exe --status and crashes with ENOENT
- Codex desktop repeatedly spawns duplicate STDIO MCP server processes and leaves them running
- Unable to Open Codex
- ⌘ ⇧ M opens the menu but I can't navigate it via the keyboard
- No PR template exists -- contributing.md and PR template form a circular reference with no content
- Codex Desktop leaks MCP server processes from internal title-generation sessions on Windows
- My Codex app automatically switched to using my API and consumed my quota.
- Agent image-gen tool: no reference image input / no way to reproduce or iterate
- feature request: codex login status expose plan tier and add --json output
- bug: spark usage limited when global usage limited
- Show remaining usage limit in Codex app chat
- MCP tool invocation regressed for custom/local providers (Ollama Responses API) in v0.117.0+
- bug: auto top-up does not top up when weekly limit is spent
- Windows Desktop: sidebar/project list lost after update; search still finds threads; projectless-thread-ids workaround restores flat chats but project grouping remains broken
- Codex Desktop approval notification opens blank/error route for ambient suggestion command
- Warn before switching models in a long-running session
- A bug from today's update -windows codex stuck at the codex logo page
- Plugins need declarative router-selection metadata for broad host workflows
- codex app-server saturates macOS syspolicyd, hanging the terminal
- Implement Chromium Extension Support for Integrated Browser
- Remote Control is blocking full migration from Claude Code to Codex
- /status Plan Mismatch: /status shows my account is on Plus plan while I am on Pro plan
- First Codex prompt wiped out my entire week of usage
- [FEATURE] Include pid/pgid in terminal_info ACP metadata for orphan process detection
- Regression: Codex app “For coding” view now hides edited file names and commands behind aggregate summaries
Resolved issues (31)
- False positive "cybersecurity risk" flags on routine sysadmin/devops work in Codex CLI
- unexpected status 401 Unauthorized
- Account was flagged for potentially high-risk cyber activity.
- Windows Store: splash stuck on personal account; app/list 402 deactivated_workspace; no sign-out/switch-account path
- Hooks do not fire in interactive sessions (v0.125.0)
- Codex fails to work even when you have some credits left
- Codex - ChatGPT 5.4 and 5.5 is perfroming like Gemini low level agents
- Feature Request: Per-project agent environment configuration in Codex Desktop
- codex in vscode does not proceed from and stay at the 'Thinking' status, and is too slow.
- Clarify Codex commit co-author attribution behavior
- Allow ChatGPT login users to force HTTPS/SSE transport
- Codex becomes unresponsive on startup if the `~/.ssh/config` is large
- I am unable to set remote Connections in Settings
- Filed in error — please delete
- Feature request: allow configuring local storage path for Codex VS Code sandbox, cache, sessions, and logs on Windows
- codex takes ~5 seconds before entering the TUI
- Rewind (double escape) should not be shown if there is no user's message.
- Bash mode history
- Subagent hit sandbox, TUI wouldn't show me the command
- Cyber security flagging
- Enhancement to MCPs
- Codex desktop repeatedly spawns duplicate STDIO MCP server processes and leaves them running
- [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
- detail: "original" token/byte estimates are currently unbounded
- Codex Desktop leaks MCP server processes from internal title-generation sessions on Windows
- Regression: codex resume picker slowed from 2-3s to 8-60s after updating to 0.124.0
- Typing next message activates approval shortcuts
- TUI markdown renderer collapses loose list spacing after code blocks
- Unable to Open Codex
- bug: spark usage limited when global usage limited
- Remote Control is blocking full migration from Claude Code to Codex