Digest / May 4, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — May 4, 2026
106 new issues filed ·
37 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (106)
- codex exec "<prompt>" hangs indefinitely when stdin is a non-TTY pipe with no writer
- Feature Request: LLM Wiki / Auto-Index Layer for ChatGPT History and Codex Workspaces
- /fast defaulted to on is a scam. Literally.
- login error
- UI Bug on Plugins/Skills Page covering Plugins/Skills
- mcp-server: notifications/cancelled halts work but tools/call is never resolved
- Add VSCode Shortcut to Send Current File & Line to Codex CLI
- Codex Desktop: allow hiding or collapsing the composer while reading
- Codex Cloud internet set to unrestricted, but outbound HTTPS blocked (CONNECT 403 via proxy)
- missing history for /goal
- Codex App notification doesn't work when using it with remote connection
- Compaction failure
- False positive cyber-safety flag blocks legitimate finance automation with public read-only financial data
- Windows desktop app triggers multiple git.exe add -A processes when opening a project/chat, causing severe CPU and disk usage
- Codex desktop terminal uses stale workspace path after project directory is renamed
- mousing over the right edge of the codex window brings up an unrelated and useless dialogue that blocks 'steer' button activation ability
- Asking Codex for diffs only shows green highlights for additions but does not highlight deletions
- GPT Breaks and is unable to recover from "insane" state.
- Windows: automations forced read-only when sandbox_mode is danger-full-access (parse_policy rejects DangerFullAccess)
- Clarify app-server turn lifecycle semantics for external clients
- Codex Desktop side chat can half-create without rollout, then resume/fork fails with thread-store Is a directory
- codex fork --last ignores default cwd filtering and can fork a session from another project
- Codex App advertises bundled imagegen skill but does not materialize $CODEX_HOME/skills/.system
- hatch-pet skill is not working, seeing a bunch of "Stream disconnected..." errors
- Bring back the repository tree view as an in-app context selection tool
- [VS Code extension] Support opening Codex sessions as full editor tabs
- Document session JSONL schema stability for external integrations
- Codex App right sidebar is very easy to accidentally trigger, causing a dialog to pop up
- Branch Details popup box pin state is not remembered
- Browser plugin bypasses usage limit, works even when limit is reached latest version broke, reverted to older version
- Windows: Browser Use external navigation fails with "failed to start codex app-server" when child process HOME is missing
- Codex Desktop: add ChatGPT-style Read Aloud for responses
- Feature idea: extend /goal with intent calibration, evidence chains, and side-thread tolerance
- Codex Mac app hides unarchived local threads until they are messaged again
- Codex Web: Terminal errored An unexpected error occurred
- Terminal closes my opened chat
- Task list on sidebar
- Training data for grounded rare-hazard scene description — model conflates similar visual conditions instead of describing what's present
- Unable to click the scroll bar. Forced to use the mouse wheel instead.
- problem one
- Codex Mac App File Content Side Panel Jittering
- Codex App on Windows WSL responding very slow compared to CLI
- Codex CLI 503 Service Unavailable
- codex mcp get shows Slack MCP server, but codex mcp remove slack says it does not exist
- Allow compaction to use a different model
- Codex not responding and cannot force quit
- Bug: 400 Bad Request "invalid_request_error" when using gpt-5.4/gpt-5.3-codex models
- Can't fork a side chat & side chats break after a period of inactivity.
- Add agent/subagent metadata to SDK streaming ThreadEvent items
- Codex App starts a full local MCP process stack per opened chat/thread, causing memory and process growth
- `codex-auto-review` in OTel token usage metrics is hard to map to official model pricing
- Splunk MCP not working with Codex CLI - handshaking with MCP server failed
- Codex App Repeated compacting
- Codex Desktop file tree / remote file picker entry point disappeared
- Proposal: repo-scoped experience compiler hooks for memory, evals, briefs, and skills
- Memory is enabled in config, but runtime injects read-only memory instructions that block saving learnings
- Codex is now searching the web way more frequently and at unnecessary times
- 852b8d68-794c-4d5f-9bcd-2a1f904a2536
- Codex Desktop MCP Process Lifecycle Observation
- MCP: Able to disable, MCP status indicator
- ChatGPT Data Controls export loops through MFA without creating export request
- Codex Web cannot open PRs
- GPT-5.5 Not Showing in Codex (Windsurf Extension) with ChatGPT Pro
- Feature request: show rate limit reset countdown in the TUI status line
- Marketplace upgrade staging directories leak in `.tmp/marketplaces/.staging/`
- macOS Desktop UI lag with excessive codex disk writes despite low system resource pressure
- Codex desktop leaks orphaned MCP helper processes under launchd
- Ignore whitespace-only changes in edited-file summaries
- When the left sidebar is closed (cmd+b) I cannot hotkey to move to next or previous chat (cmd+shift+]).
- Codex App asks for permission for every single edit per session
- Dark theme side bar flickers.
- the button "open" when making html website doesnt do shit
- Add the ability to fallback to platform.openai.com credits when usage runs out.
- Feature request: user-selectable approval scopes in command prompts
- Codex Desktop does not render MCP Apps inline UI resources even when tool result includes mcp_app_resource_uri
- Codex App not scrolling up or down with latest version
- Codex CLI leaves stale no-TTY process consuming high CPU after session exit
- False-positive cybersecurity flag for authorized listing troubleshooting in Codex CLI
- Forked Codex sessions copy user messages from after the selected fork point
- Shared workspace/message bus for Codex subagents
- Windows Desktop: sandboxed shell can resolve and ping LAN host but HTTP/TCP connection fails
- Expose callId in MCP tool call _meta for all servers
- SHIFT + BACKSPACE / CTRL + BACKSPACE not working on Windows
- Used Codex Plus for 20 minutes and already hit weekly limit without hitting 5 hours one. Normal?
- Weekly quota draining insanely fast
- LaTeX formatting in CLI
- Flagged for collecting laws and regulations
- Codex Desktop branch details popup blocks pointer/focus on uncovered chat controls beneath it
- /pet opens overlay/status tray but no pet mascot is visible
- Windows: node_repl MCP fails with “Access is denied” when launched by Codex Desktop
- Computer Use fallback after Browser Use failure should preserve requested browser/session preference
- Repeated “model metadata not found” warning with gateway model IDs (openai/gpt-5.3-codex) should be deduplicated per session
- Feature Request: Auto-resume CLI session when usage limit resets
- Feature request: allow choosing install location for Codex app on Windows
- Codex is not responding... CONSTANTLY.
- Codex Desktop bug report: recent conversation history hidden/stale despite local DB containing threads
- Codex Desktop: blank overlay covers Plugins and Skills at certain window widths/display scaling on macOS
- Make Codex CLI sessions available in Codex desktop history
- macOS permission profiles cannot re-allow child paths under a denied parent path
- 🔥 Regression: newline shortcut no longer works in PyCharm integrated terminal on Windows since 0.126.0-alpha.11
- Add rate-limit rings to the active Codex pet overlay
- False positive securyty ricsc
- constantly disabling fast mode
- Codex Desktop: /pet activity bubbles render, but avatar sprite is invisible on macOS
- Codex Desktop new-chat reasoning selector does not apply to initial prompt
- Codex desktop should separate user deliverables from Codex system files
Resolved issues (37)
- login error
- UI Bug on Plugins/Skills Page covering Plugins/Skills
- missing history for /goal
- /fast defaulted to on is a scam. Literally.
- Add VSCode Shortcut to Send Current File & Line to Codex CLI
- False positive cyber-safety flag blocks legitimate finance automation with public read-only financial data
- Model Issue
- GPT Breaks and is unable to recover from "insane" state.
- Windows: Browser Use external navigation fails with "failed to start codex app-server" when child process HOME is missing
- Update removes existing Commit Instructions
- Codex Desktop file tree / remote file picker entry point disappeared
- SessionStart hook on resume can report `hook timed out after 60s` even when the hook exits 0 in ~4s
- Training data for grounded rare-hazard scene description — model conflates similar visual conditions instead of describing what's present
- problem one
- GPT-5.5 Not Showing in Codex (Windsurf Extension) with ChatGPT Pro
- Bug: 400 Bad Request "invalid_request_error" when using gpt-5.4/gpt-5.3-codex models
- Proposal: repo-scoped experience compiler hooks for memory, evals, briefs, and skills
- 852b8d68-794c-4d5f-9bcd-2a1f904a2536
- Codex is now searching the web way more frequently and at unnecessary times
- Codex App starts a full local MCP process stack per opened chat/thread, causing memory and process growth
- Codex Desktop MCP Process Lifecycle Observation
- Add the ability to fallback to platform.openai.com credits when usage runs out.
- False-positive cybersecurity flag for authorized listing troubleshooting in Codex CLI
- Make ENTER insert newline in Codex TUI input (send on Ctrl+Enter instead)
- Regression: bwrap: Unknown option --perms
- LaTeX formatting in CLI
- Flagged for collecting laws and regulations
- Windows Codex App no longer shows gpt-5.5 after reinstall; CLI still has access
- Zed Shift+Enter sends LF and bypasses Ctrl+J newline binding
- SHIFT + BACKSPACE / CTRL + BACKSPACE not working on Windows
- 🔥 Regression: newline shortcut no longer works in PyCharm integrated terminal on Windows since 0.126.0-alpha.11
- Add rate-limit rings to the active Codex pet overlay
- False positive securyty ricsc
- constantly disabling fast mode
- Codex Desktop new-chat reasoning selector does not apply to initial prompt
- False positive cyber-safety flag during passive product research on public webhosting documentation
- show “Action Required” in terminal/tab title when Codex is awaiting approval