Digest / May 2, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — May 2, 2026
86 new issues filed ·
89 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (86)
- Gmail plugin shows installed checkmark while required app connection returns to Connect and exposes no tools
- Shift + Enter don't work in VSCODE integrated terminal
- Codex API / Personal access token
- Windows PowerShell runtime approvals ignore execpolicy prefix_rule for external executables
- Linux sandbox panics when project `.codex` is a symlink into writable workspace.
- Codex Desktop GitHub prompt settings fields clear after save despite being persisted
- Workspace edits always require approval when project `.codex` is a symlink inside writable root. (Linux Bubblewrap sandbox.)
- Let Agents Multitask
- Agent runtime CWD/worktree is not rebound when navigating between project chats
- Display File Diffs not for just `Last Turn`
- Pet overlay should show compact main-agent status
- False positive for cyber flag
- Remote MCP OAuth token exchange omits resource for resource-bound servers
- Custom pets fail to load in WSL environments due to path normalization
- Codex Desktop: show archived chats in the normal chat list as greyed-out rows
- Codex gets stuck in high-CPU idle state after extended use
- /goal failing to parse pasted content
- annotated browser screenshots appear in the thread but plan mode is broken/not working
- Responses WebSocket closes before response.completed
- Codex memory grows to 75GB+ during basic session
- Codex Desktop project chat histories disappeared after recent update
- Error: turn/start: turn/start failed: Input exceeds the maximum length of 1048576 characters.
- Browser Use loses active pane binding after chat/browser detach
- cyber security risks
- Windows Browser Use fails before opening: Node Access Denied / os error 5
- Codex Desktop macOS: Copy button opens right-side panel instead of copying
- Disable right panel on hover
- Pet/avatar overlay and notification tray are clipped on macOS Screen Sharing
- Codex App Git diff panel shows all repository files as deleted even though local and origin branches are identical
- Codex Desktop can remain stuck showing "thinking/running" even after the task has completed
- Mobile companion sync for desktop and cloud tasks
- [UI Render Bug] Text overlapping session task names | VS Code Codex Extension
- Session exists on disk and in index but is missing from sidebar
- plugin issues
- GPT-5.5 needs opt-in 1M context in Codex Desktop; the current 258K effective limit is breaking long-running development workflows
- Feature Request: Markdown List Support for Prompt Input in Desktop App
- Retain custom zoom level across app launch
- The skill-creator skill in codex does not have a feature for evaluation like Claude code.
- Add an option to collapse hook-injected context in the CLI transcript
- Codex Desktop: ESC from CJK IME composition passes through and interrupts the model
- CRIT BUG cant use the GSD 2 CAUSE CODEX AUTH MISSBEHAVIOUR
- Codex App resets Speed from Fast to Standard after restart
- exec_command tool consistently fails with "Failed to create unified exec process: No such file or directory (os error 2)"
- Codex bug: MCP servers load successfully but their tools aren't exposed to the model
- Desktop automations can silently stall or run read-only despite full-access config
- `compact_remote.rs` filter violates Responses item-pairing invariant for `store=true` requests
- ALT+ENTER no longer inserts blank line after update
- Notification updates when Pet is active, cause desktops to switch switching
- Codex CLI TUI can remain stuck after completed turn when in-process notification queue is full on Windows
- Codex Desktop: installed hatch-pet skill is not discoverable from slash command autocomplete
- Pet overlay forces desktop switch and is mispositioned above the dock on Windows
- VS Code Codex extension repeatedly broadcasts huge `thread-stream-state-changed` snapshots for completed long threads, causing extension-host/renderer CPU spikes
- The Install.ps1 doesn't return OSArchitecture correctly for all Windows PowerShell Versions Correctly
- Blocking stop hook continuation can fail with invalid local message id
- Version numbering policy (e.g. reason for missing `0.126.0` and `0.127.0`)?
- Browser Use cannot upload files because file chooser / setInputFiles is not exposed in Codex Desktop IAB
- Quota exceeded. Check your plan and billing details.
- Codex Desktop flickers/shakes for several seconds when switching threads/projects. Video attached
- Scrollback search doesn't work in `foot`
- Reverse Engineering falsely triggering cybersec flag
- /goal-first sessions are missing from resume lists
- Codex false flags normal things as cyber security risk
- High token usage on Codex
- Shift + Enter cannot create a new line normally in Windows
- VS Code: model picker popover in Codex chat is clipped/hidden when chat view is in sidebar (overflow/z-index)
- Slow thread switching / loading on Codex macOS desktop app (v26.429.30905, regression)
- Safety check false positive during benign webpage browsing
- Bug: image-heavy chats repeatedly reconnect and become very slow
- cybersecurity misidentification
- Sandboxed command execution hangs without output for simple commands
- Custom desktop pets show scaling artifacts from forced sprite resampling
- Proactive Auto-Compaction After Response Completion
- Codex Desktop WSL runtime fails to activate WSL fnm Node/npm and falls back to Windows npm
- 'Asian AV' appearing in the final sentence.
- Codex asks for a number despite already having 2fa setup
- Codex Desktop: support project-level pinned conversations
- Codex Desktop: surface chats awaiting permission or recently completed at the top
- Feature request: add Git init, GitHub publish, and easier Git actions access in the Codex app
- Codex Desktop plugins page has large black visual overlay on macOS Intel/AMD
- Windows Codex App no longer shows gpt-5.5 after reinstall; CLI still has access
- No way to export Sora 1 Images. #14653 closed without answer.
- Windows npm install can leave Codex silently unable to launch without VC++ runtime
- Codex Desktop pet can start half-cropped when summoned with /pet
- The UI that shows usage / limits is inconsistently not working from time to time
- infinite loop
- Codex Pets overlay clips/mispositions sprite and notification tray on macOS
Resolved issues (89)
- Windows PowerShell runtime approvals ignore execpolicy prefix_rule for external executables
- Shift + Enter don't work in VSCODE integrated terminal
- False positive for cyber flag
- enable creating single-use automations
- Improved sandbox diagnostics
- API / substribsion compatible
- Using spacebar in branch naming to add -
- Accessible diff markers for added and removed lines in Codex App
- UX Inconsitency of Codex App in comparison to ChatGPT while voice input
- Keyboard shortcut to switch models and thinking
- Surface error more prominently when config.toml is broken
- Support ctrl+w / ctrl+u shortcuts for word or paragraph deletion
- A sandbox mode that restricts file access but allows free network access (with or without cached web searches)
- Add timestamp to header printed at end-of-turn output.
- make context switching easier
- Multi-agent token usage: show combined totals and per-agent breakdown in TUI
- Add `bugs` field to VS Code extension package.json
- Allow codex resume to resume exec sessions
- AST Transformations for Deterministic Refactoring
- IDE extension should send file path and line/column metadata for selected editor context
- Upgrade Alt+Up queue navigation into a first-class queued-message selector/editor
- Add /mcp interactive TUI toggle (arrow + space) like /skills option 2
- Toggleable MCPs from project's config.toml
- Add a pause work button for steering.
- Expose tool call for creating new threads
- AI agent runtime should support non-blocking handling of long-running / blocking IO tasks
- support directory referencing
- [TUI] config to set `persist_extended_history` flag
- Limit Codex diff view to the current project subdirectory
- Codex Missing Dwayne from in the subagents name list
- Subagents UI is very nice in codex app, can IDE extension users get that too please?
- Adopt OpenSSF Scorecard and Add Security Badge to codex-universal Repository
- Support bun v1.3 in Codex Web
- Feature: Inter-Agent Communication Channels for Direct Agent-to-Agent Messaging
- Codex App Focus on Input After Window Switch
- close worktree when thread archived and/or offer a button in the UI to close worktree
- [FEATURE] Allow hiding/blocklisting models from the model dropdown
- Windows Notifications to allow direct validation
- Add --json to codex review
- Usage & Rate Limit Widget for macOS
- Add workspace thread combine support
- app-server websocket listener lacks built-in auth; propose optional Basic Auth via env vars
- Feature Request: Add a "refresh" button in Codex App
- Thread-level sandbox in Codex App
- [FEATURE] Preserve "Waiting" green pill until plan is responded to
- TUI: make "Worked for" cumulative since last user prompt (not per separator/status lifecycle)
- make the arrow a underline highlight or diff color or hover effect when using codex resume --all
- Add fork ability before starting session
- Feature request: Project-Specific Visual Anchors to Prevent Context-Switching Errors
- Feature proposal: configurable TUI prompt glyph and background
- [FEATURE] Feature-gate heavy dependencies to reduce 80MB binary size
- app-server: add last_assistant_message to Thread in thread/list response
- Add `developer_instructions_file` for stronger local guidance
- Extend sandbox to allow access to hardware devices
- Support double-Enter continuation prompts
- Speed up the Working pulse animation when Fast mode is enabled
- Unclear if Codex is working
- Support OAuth token registration fails during automated provisioning
- Support click-to-copy and shift-click quote for structured reply sections
- codex-reply should rehydrate sessions from disk when thread not found in memory
- Expose CollabAgentSpawn{Begin,End} as hook events
- cyber security risks
- Codex CLI TUI can remain stuck after completed turn when in-process notification queue is full on Windows
- Mobile companion sync for desktop and cloud tasks
- Feature request: colored TUI status line style
- GPT-5.5 needs opt-in 1M context in Codex Desktop; the current 258K effective limit is breaking long-running development workflows
- Codex bug: MCP servers load successfully but their tools aren't exposed to the model
- CRIT BUG cant use the GSD 2 CAUSE CODEX AUTH MISSBEHAVIOUR
- ALT+ENTER no longer inserts blank line after update
- Version numbering policy (e.g. reason for missing `0.126.0` and `0.127.0`)?
- Reverse Engineering falsely triggering cybersec flag
- Agent ignores explicit tool restriction and loops on exec_command no-ops
- High token usage on Codex
- Shift + Enter cannot create a new line normally in Windows
- Codex false flags normal things as cyber security risk
- Configurable Hotkeys Support
- Desktop app code hyperlinks open the file but do not navigate to the referenced line
- Desktop fork button does nothing
- Scrollback search doesn't work in `foot`
- Safety check false positive during benign webpage browsing
- cybersecurity misidentification
- Sandboxed command execution hangs without output for simple commands
- SSH remote: app-server bootstrap silently fails on macOS-to-macOS, leaving repeated WebSocket 1006 errors
- Codex asks for a number despite already having 2fa setup
- Proactive Auto-Compaction After Response Completion
- Browser Use IAB backend cannot attach: Node REPL runtime missing __codexNativePipe
- 'Asian AV' appearing in the final sentence.
- In-session `/profile` command for Codex CLI
- Codex Desktop shows Readwise MCP/plugin as available when OAuth does not complete and no tools are exposed