Digest / May 3, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — May 3, 2026
65 new issues filed ·
26 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (65)
- Codex Desktop project sidebar hides older workspace conversations despite existing local thread data
- Codex IDE Extension: latest chat becomes inaccessible after restarting VS Code
- File tree toggle unresponsive tree doesn't show up
- Codex Desktop /pet is sent as a normal chat message instead of triggering pet command
- Built-in image_gen tool should accept explicit parameters: size, quality, output_format, filename/path
- GPU usage still high, battery killer
- Failed to read thread goal: thread/goal/get failed in TUI
- Switch model mid-prompt
- TUI redraw pattern triggers macOS kernel `kalloc.1024` (vfs.namei) zone leak — 0.128.0 on macOS 26.4.1
- Windows: ChatGPT-login Codex App and Codex CLI are unstable with SOCKS5 proxy, but recover when switched to HTTP_PROXY/HTTPS_PROXY
- Windows: /mcp prints taskkill “SUCCESS” process termination logs
- Browser Use IAB backend fails to connect on Windows
- Codex App Terminal: Allow drag drop of file / folder paths
- Codex Desktop plugin page renders persistent blank overlay / broken layout on Intel macOS
- Codex App Flickers continuously when switching between sessions
- Feature request: first-class Computer Use support from the Codex CLI
- Feature request: parallel Computer Use sessions for multiple Codex agents
- Dr.
- Feature request: Model-callable reasoning effort control ("Reasoning Gearbox") for auto mode
- Windows Codex Desktop 26.429.3425.0: Settings saves fail with configVersionConflict, and Fast mode default is reset to Standard/null on startup
- Windows Codex Desktop Local mode: agent commands run from C:\ while integrated terminal uses project directory
- Codex Desktop hangs before model call when using `$office-hours` skill mention
- Simple git commit and push consumed 9% of my 5-hour limit on Plus
- Make default shell tool output token limit configurable
- SessionStart hook on resume can report `hook timed out after 60s` even when the hook exits 0 in ~4s
- Support configurable custom pet animation sequences and activity events
- Codex Desktop App becomes laggy because it scans all `~/.codex/sessions` rollout files instead of respecting Desktop-visible session index/state
- Codex started designing without asking for feedback like it normally does
- context_length_exceeded
- Windows 26.429 desktop becomes unresponsive with long threads, MCP auto-start duplicates, and non-Git workspace warnings
- Windows: `taskkill` output leaks into TUI when terminating stdio MCP subprocesses
- Feature request template links to missing Contributing anchor
- Codex CLI permanently fails with 401 on Linux VMs despite valid API key - auth.json not updated by codex login
- Windows 11 Codex Desktop: Browser Use works on localhost but fails for external URLs with “failed to start codex app-server”
- This chat was flagged for possible cybersecurity risk
- Codex App on Windows sometimes drops completed command output and can hang after redirected output is written
- Tool-contract ambiguity: exec_command.cmd lets models over-quote shell operators
- Rebalance ChatGPT and Codex usage limits: more Codex tokens, fewer but higher-intelligence ChatGPT messages
- Make Planning Mode free for paid users so Codex tokens are reserved for real coding work
- Codex needs its own frontend design system and stronger UI training to compete with Claude
- Native apply_patch lacks per-call workdir context for Hooks in multi-worktree repositories
- App silently creates empty `~/Documents/Codex` folder on every launch
- The GitHub login window keeps popping up
- [Windows] Automation resume fails on path canonicalization mismatch (`C:\...` vs `\\?\C:\...`)
- Codex Desktop should use a project-scoped MCP process pool instead of starting MCP per session
- PLEASE REMOVE THE PHONE NUMBER REQUIRMENT OR THE LIMIT
- Codex app Plugins page UI is obscured by black overlay / layout broken
- Codex Desktop: right-side artifact/source hover popover blocks scrollbar dragging
- Initial new-chat conversation ignores selected model and falls back to GPT-5.5
- Windows: approved pytest run interrupts TUI and sends SIGINT to MCP servers
- Session fails to load from time to time
- Zed Shift+Enter sends LF and bypasses Ctrl+J newline binding
- Enable user to add API Key while being signed in.
- Windows Codex Desktop BusyHang when opening thread mini window / popout (thread-overlay)
- want to have Vi mode like claude code
- Failed to create follow-up
- Can't input new line in terminal opened inside vscode
- You’re out of Codex messages message despite having purchased credits.
- Custom pets do not load in WSL mode, but load in Windows native mode
- Got Reason: The sandbox launcher is unavailable when using workspace-write
- Show shared terminals in the existing terminal tab strip
- Return actionable recovery guidance when /goal continuations hit the spawn_agent thread limit
- (feat) Resume Screen Selection: Highlight selected row for better visibility
- Support per-command sandbox exclusion rule without bypass permission or review
- Permissions dropdown shows loading indicator (wavy colour effect) for no apparent reason
Resolved issues (26)
- Codex IDE Extension: latest chat becomes inaccessible after restarting VS Code
- No way to export Sora 1 Images. #14653 closed without answer.
- infinite loop
- Feature Request: Claude-style /ide command to attach Codex CLI to the active IDE session
- Switch model mid-prompt
- TUI redraw pattern triggers macOS kernel `kalloc.1024` (vfs.namei) zone leak — 0.128.0 on macOS 26.4.1
- Codex Desktop plugin page renders persistent blank overlay / broken layout on Intel macOS
- Codex Desktop hangs before model call when using `$office-hours` skill mention
- Windows: `taskkill` output leaks into TUI when terminating stdio MCP subprocesses
- GPT-5.3-Codex xhigh doesnt work in Codex App
- Codex started designing without asking for feedback like it normally does
- This chat was flagged for possible cybersecurity risk
- Rebalance ChatGPT and Codex usage limits: more Codex tokens, fewer but higher-intelligence ChatGPT messages
- Make Planning Mode free for paid users so Codex tokens are reserved for real coding work
- Codex needs its own frontend design system and stronger UI training to compete with Claude
- PLEASE REMOVE THE PHONE NUMBER REQUIRMENT OR THE LIMIT
- Codex app Plugins page UI is obscured by black overlay / layout broken
- Dr.
- Usage UI should show special Codex rate-limit reset events and affected quota intervals
- Enable user to add API Key while being signed in.
- want to have Vi mode like claude code
- Tool-contract ambiguity: exec_command.cmd lets models over-quote shell operators
- Custom pets do not load in WSL mode, but load in Windows native mode
- Can't input new line in terminal opened inside vscode
- You’re out of Codex messages message despite having purchased credits.
- Return actionable recovery guidance when /goal continuations hit the spawn_agent thread limit