Digest / April 28, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — April 28, 2026
107 new issues filed ·
42 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (107)
- Azure Auth support
- Organizations for Automations
- Include user identity in Codex OTel standard attributes
- Persistent flickering of loading icon and login failure
- Subagent patch approval prompt omits diff/file details in parent TUI
- Codex macOS app runs git add on entire home directory, 100% CPU
- Codex desktop Plugins page is horizontally clipped on Intel Mac
- Conditional relaxation needed for legitimate biology literature reading and translation workflows
- Feature Request: [App] Make the "Chats" project directory configurable
- Goals: active goal continuation prompt and audit requirements can be lost after mid-turn compaction
- skill management optimizing
- Codex App: add default parent folder setting for Start from scratch projects
- Codex client cannot exit after workspace expires
- Codex Desktop: Codex Helper (Renderer) high CPU when popout window shortcut is enabled
- [BUG] 5 Hour Usage Limit Refresh Despite 0% Weekly Usage Limit
- Expose plan-mode-prompt and approval-requested through top-level notify
- Codex desktop exits the tool call immediately when any MCP tool is invoked
- Codex Windows "not responding" freeze/hang with long chat/thread
- Notion connector exposes SQL query tool in schema, but runtime says tool not found
- Missing message/progression bar
- /copy does not work inside tmux
- Python asyncio subprocess wait can timeout inside Linux bwrap sandbox after child exits with returncode=0
- Intel macOS: persistent blurred overlay in normal launch; --disable-gpu-compositing reveals UI but breaks colors
- Intel macOS: Computer Use unavailable because computer-use bundled plugin is missing
- Session task panics can leave turns without TurnComplete
- Codex app begins freezing in chat with many image generations
- Expose current thread ID to local stdio MCP servers
- IDE extension: offer "Use session directory" or "Use current directory" when reopening a chat from another cwd
- TUI large paste placeholder number increments after Ctrl+C clears draft
- When scrolling up and down the page, avoid making a certain part move around.
- CPU usage problem
- [BUG] Undo/redo often fails in native Windows environment when apply_patch edits are tracked as full-file rewrites
- 5 Hour usage wiped with just 6 prompts in 20 minutes
- codex exec silently crashes with no output when stdio is detached from TTY (0.124.0+)
- Closed: opened from the wrong GitHub connector
- Closed: desktop settings launcher proposal does not address the underlying issue
- Release Notes for the Codex App?
- Codex Desktop stuck after “Error submitting prompt/message”; delayed duplicate prompts became steered and Stop did not work
- Windows app 26.422.8496.0: all shell commands fail with "batch file arguments are invalid" after update
- Codex panel not showing in Dev Container / Remote Containers (Linux)
- Codex panel not showing in Dev Container / Remote Containers (Linux)
- Add tabbed chat/session interface to Codex Desktop
- Curated plugin skill descriptions should be linted to fit the skills metadata budget
- CLI: /status orphan spins at 100% CPU with revoked stdio after interrupted turn on macOS
- Codex macOS desktop app infinite-loads after login
- Unable to adjust the width of sidebar(Settings)
- Unable to add information in the plan mode.
- Provide `/help` in Codex cli
- Codex Desktop scheduled automations create empty sessions with no prompt or task turn
- Add configurable keyboard shortcuts for native voice recording controls
- Can't open codex desktop after update
- Feature request: Allow renaming chats in Codex for VS Code
- Codex App 26.422.62136 on macOS: left nav items flicker/glitch with cursor blink, typing, and hover states
- Codex Desktop replay/fork hides steered user messages and leaves some previous-message bodies expanded
- Codex chat opened at home is not available at work
- [Security] Potential agentic workflow injection risk in `.github/workflows/issue-labeler.yml`
- Codex extension crashed with signal=SIGKILL. Screenshot attached.
- Remote compact task consistently times out on CLI (author login), while API-compatible provider path works
- Hanging (thinking... but no output)
- Feature request: toggle for automatic Plan/Implement mode switching
- Codex App Fast Mode should be configurable per thread/session instead of globally
- `stream disconnected before completion` reproduces after recreating the conversation
- TUI loses or misreports the active turn timer after state replay/restore
- Codex App code/text previews in threads do not wrap long lines, making them unreadable without horizontal scrolling
- Weekly Limits always resets many hours early.
- Codex App: add a None Intelligence/reasoning-effort option for supported models
- Sending feedback from the CLI used up 6% of my 5hr limit
- Feature request: Show bundled/compatible Codex CLI version in VS Code Marketplace Overview notes
- CODEX NOT WORKING OR VERY SLOW TODAY
- Blank GUI window after update on macOS Tahoe (Apple Silicon) while CLI works normally
- [Desktop + CLI] New thread first turn waits on WebSocket retries before falling back to HTTPS
- Repeated Codex CLI startup appears to trigger large token usage without submitted task prompts
- When I type /status into codex CLI the Account line states that I'm on Plus plan despite me being on Pro.
- Codex Desktop voice dictation intermittently outputs Simplified Chinese for Traditional Chinese users
- Codex Desktop should preserve local history visibility and continuation across providers/accounts
- [BUG] Session with `usage_limit_exceeded` becomes completely unopenable in VSCode — history is intact on disk but UI refuses to load it
- Windows Icon in Codex App in Mac
- Codex Desktop authenticates OAuth MCP server but never imports tools into threads; auth_status stays unsupported
- Feature request: colored TUI status line style
- Plugins page fails in WSL mode when plugin/list receives Windows cwd
- Codex CLI shell commands hang indefinitely during bwrap sandbox initialization on autofs-backed mounts
- codex-plugin-cc: propagate sub-agent worktree path via --add-dir for autonomous runs
- codex 0.125.0 (Homebrew cask) hangs on startup on macOS — no TUI, no output, no error
- [Persistent multi-version bug for VS Code SSH Linux] enters overload loop and collapse after threads stuck and recovery
- Native AI-Generated Commit Messages with Chat Context
- PR template doesn't exist (docs create a circular reference)
- Support external command-based status line with ANSI colors, similar to Claude Code
- Auto-expand edits in Codex app
- Windows Codex Desktop Browser Use fails to start app-server despite working npm CLI
- Unexpected anomalous Cyrillic characters appended to Codex CLI output
- Codex Mac app shows persistent blurred overlay on Skills / Plugins screen on Intel Mac
- The codex application and extensions cannot be accessed
- Cannot find how to turn off Fast mode in Codex app on macOS Apple Silicon
- Codex desktop: cannot change model or Intelligence in a no-project session
- iTerm2 + zsh: --no-alt-screen still does not produce usable native scrollback
- Codex app does not mention skill(s) names as it uses them
- Codex App Automations on Windows ARM64: “Run now” creates empty read-only session and never submits prompt
- MultiAgentV2 spawn_agent defaults to full-history fork, rejecting agent_type/model overrides
- Allow Codex to automatically switch reasoning level based on task complexity
- Flagged for Cybersecurity risks while making Fallout 4 VR mods
- [regression] `codex exec --ephemeral resume <id>` silently persists rollouts and leaks turns to subsequent non-ephemeral resume (broken since 0.113.0)
- Bring back /cost command
- Codex Desktop: expanding "Ran N commands" summary shows blank body
- GitHub non-review @codex comments report missing environment while direct cloud tasks and reviews work
- Large chats in VSCode extremely slow to load
- Codex silently switches to API key auth when environment variable is present, causing unintended billing
- codex App Unable to open, stuck in the entry interface, interface flashing
Resolved issues (42)
- Codex local history index becomes stale and recent sessions cannot be resumed
- Subagent patch approval prompt omits diff/file details in parent TUI
- No PR template exists -- contributing.md and PR template form a circular reference with no content
- codex exec on Windows: every invocation emits `failed to record rollout items: thread <uuid> not found` for the just-created session
- Intel macOS: persistent blurred overlay in normal launch; --disable-gpu-compositing reveals UI but breaks colors
- Remove the suggested command from the input prompt line
- Can't disable personality in experimental menu, option doesn't exist
- `--remote` resume fails on large saved sessions after large `thread/resume` response
- codex app-server saturates macOS syspolicyd, hanging the terminal
- Add `codex upgrade` command for self-updates
- Rerender scrollback after terminal resize
- Thread name in /statusline
- Closed: opened from the wrong GitHub connector
- Closed: desktop settings launcher proposal does not address the underlying issue
- Can't open codex desktop after update
- MCP servers registered but tools not injected into threads in Codex CLI >=0.120.0
- Codex Desktop idle usage drain from background memory generation; stopped after generate_memories=false
- [Desktop + CLI] New thread first turn waits on WebSocket retries before falling back to HTTPS
- Codex panel not showing in Dev Container / Remote Containers (Linux)
- Add tabbed chat/session interface to Codex Desktop
- TMUX Bug: Composer/user-message background pill missing inside tmux (OSC 11 query blocked)
- Codex chat opened at home is not available at work
- Feature request: Allow renaming chats in Codex for VS Code
- [Security] Potential agentic workflow injection risk in `.github/workflows/issue-labeler.yml`
- iTerm2: Ctrl+C exit can intermittently leave terminal stuck in CSI-u mode and print `9;5:3u`
- Weekly Limits always resets many hours early.
- CODEX NOT WORKING OR VERY SLOW TODAY
- Codex no longer shows reliable full prompt elapsed time
- fix: stdio MCP child process leak causing unbounded memory growth
- MCP child processes leak when McpConnectionManager is replaced
- Codex startup sub-agent will restart a bunch of mcp, but it will not be automatically cleared after closing the sub-agent.
- PR template doesn't exist (docs create a circular reference)
- codex-plugin-cc: propagate sub-agent worktree path via --add-dir for autonomous runs
- Support external command-based status line with ANSI colors, similar to Claude Code
- Unexpected anomalous Cyrillic characters appended to Codex CLI output
- Codex Mac app shows persistent blurred overlay on Skills / Plugins screen on Intel Mac
- Codex desktop: cannot change model or Intelligence in a no-project session
- iTerm2 + zsh: --no-alt-screen still does not produce usable native scrollback
- iTerm2 cannot scroll up in interactive Codex session, including with --no-alt-screen
- Error starting chat - invalid configuration
- Flagged for Cybersecurity risks while making Fallout 4 VR mods
- $skill-creator instructs codex to run package_skill.py. Codex gets confused because it doesn't exist.