Digest / May 7, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — May 7, 2026
104 new issues filed ·
42 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (104)
- Remove stale “research preview” wording from codex exec startup banner
- Permission prompt interrupts active voice dictation and discards audio
- Codex should help non-engineers build production-ready products, not just demos
- Voice dictation can produce partial transcript without warning
- Browser Use can be reported unavailable when node_repl/js is deferred but discoverable
- Browser Use target-tab screenshots can time out on Windows; wrong-window fallback captures the chat instead
- Codex VS Code extension writes files without approval despite read-only/on-request config on Windows
- Windows Sandbox / Temporary Profile Leak with Codex Sandbox Users
- Internal execution path exposed to users
- Sessions generated by different providers cannot be used after switching providers.
- Make /compact summaries visible and support prompt-guided compaction in Codex CLI
- 019e0050-d3af-7402-bb9a-c72495a2f421
- Windows Codex Desktop sandbox blocks Node child_process, WSL, Schannel clients, and pip temp installs
- Windows Codex Desktop fails to load custom pets when app-server runs in WSL because CODEX_HOME path is not normalized
- Generate project run commands automatically in Codex Desktop
- Project-attached new threads start on GPT-5.4 instead of configured GPT-5.5
- Feature request: hide file/artifact cards when diff summary is shown in Codex VS Code extension
- /goal rejects long pasted input before Codex can normalize the objective
- Add usage-limit rings to the /pet avatar overlay or expose a decoration hook
- Add usage-limit rings to the /pet avatar overlay
- Feature request: Improve Ctrl+R history search with fuzzy matching like fzf
- Progress panel overlaps right scrollbar and prevents dragging chat scroll thumb
- Please show actual remaining quota
- Codex Desktop plugins page layout renders incorrectly until zoom is changed
- Support for Azure chat completions non-openai models
- Windows Desktop: Browser Use / node_repl fails because bundled WindowsApps node.exe returns Access is denied
- Account Subscription Tier is not matching in codex /status window
- gpt5.5 configured Fast Mode, but the initial conversation did not take effect.
- /pet renders correctly only near the top-left corner on macOS; other positions cause clipping and display corruption
- The issue of high GPU resource consumption on Apple's macOS Intel-based systems.
- tool_search can miss exactly named deferred MCP tools, causing false unavailable conclusions
- VS Code: Usage settings page fails to load in Codex extension
- Windows Desktop: workspace_dependencies feature mismatch persists after local recovery
- Feedback uploaded: 019e0119-9df8-70d3-9418-61d7f5a8629b
- Codex Desktop pet overlay cannot be dragged on secondary monitor on Windows multi-display setup
- Improve Codex Desktop support for SSH remote workspaces
- Codex Markdown preview resolves nested relative links from workspace root instead of the current Markdown file
- macOS desktop app renders UI text with incorrect font/fallback
- /goal command will edit files directly with plan mode on
- Session sync between CLI and App diverging
- Opened by mistake
- VS Code Codex send fails when persisted prompt-history is not an array
- codex-cli 0.128.0 Linux sandbox fails with bubblewrap 0.4.0: bwrap: Unknown option --perms
- Codex app plugin search overlay remains visible and blocks plugin list
- ispute regarding False Positive Security Identification for macOS Development Project：
- Failed to parse the request body as JSON: client_metadata.x-codex-installation-id: EOF while parsing a string
- Scrollbar in chat window does not work
- Editing tool permission can't be auto approved.
- Support for ppc64el/ppc64le platforms in Linux
- feat: load skills from additional directory
- codex is really too slow
- Feature request: Private/hidden projects in Codex sidebar
- CODEX Snoops on hard drive, seems to be mining unauthorised data - ALL THE AGENTS DO IT!!!
- Windows Codex App: Browser Use fails to discover IAB backend despite node_repl and in-app browser working
- DingTalk Streamable HTTP MCP servers are incorrectly gated behind OAuth/login
- Sign in with device code without WhatsApp
- Intermittent MCP startup failure for official openaiDeveloperDocs streamable HTTP server
- openaiDeveloperDocs MCP intermittently fails during initialized notification
- /goal continuations appear to keep running after subscription quota is exhausted
- Pasting may send messages
- Windows Codex app should provide a non-Microsoft Store installer for enterprise environments
- Error running remote compact task: timeout waiting for child process to exit
- Improve highlighting on diffs a la delta or github
- UI
- On linux fast mode is not showing when it's on, but on windows it's showing.
- subscription doesnt activate
- Chat being flagged for cybersecurity
- Add --agents-file or --instructions-file option for explicit AGENTS.md path selection
- Auto-resize text input window for longer user input
- App Server: peer-client co-presence with the live TUI thread (RFC)
- UX branch is incorrect according to Agent - confuses human
- False positive cybersecurity-risk warning in benign Codex conversations
- Expose a supported way to register/enable SSH remote projects from automation
- Ctrl+Backspace and Ctrl+Delete do not delete words in Codex CLI prompt editor
- gpt-5.3-codex injected obfuscated malware payload into source files during session
- Browser Use IAB should classify recoverable CDP command timeouts instead of cleanup-and-rethrow
- Show estimated progress percentage for active goals
- Shift+Enter and Alt+Enter no longer insert newlines in Konsole
- RTL issue
- Bug: shell/apply_patch broken in Desktop App 26.429.61741 — command array serialized as string
- False positive cybersecurity-risk warning during benign consulting-documentation project work
- gpt-5.5 compact_remote: high demand reliably fails on Azure OpenAI / Foundry - A/B confirms it is not endpoint-specific
- Regression: exec_command routes allowed TZ=... date command through forbidden zsh -lc shell wrapper
- OpenAI ChatGPT Codex extension for Emacs
- Browser Use not available on Windows 11 WSL: no node_repl tool or browser-use socket
- Codex Desktop hangs when enabling paused heartbeat automation on Windows
- Computer Use does not appear in Settings despite plugin and helper existing
- Restore profiles on project config.toml
- Desktop sidebar/search hides older local project chats although thread data still exists on disk (multi-project, reproducible)
- Side chat queued/steer messages route to main chat, and closed side chats are lost
- Desktop search panel overlaps the Windows close button
- Codex macOS app launches but never creates a window; process remains running-active-NotVisible
- Feature request: model_aliases mapping for gateway model names to canonical Codex model metadata
- Chrome plugin file upload setFiles fails with Not allowed and upload forms can hang
- Windows Desktop: Chrome plugin unavailable in Norway/EU even though extension is connected
- [Feat] Codex Cloud - Add Copy Button on Task Summary
- Codex App fails to register that it's loading with the Windows system
- Review mode hides inline ::code-comment findings
- Sandbox breaks workdir on Windows
- Model switch confirmation should update the top status panel immediately
- Performance improvements in 26.506.20924 have not helped much with WSL mode
- Computer Use and chrome plugins and tabs not visible on macOS in Saudi Arabia
- [Desktop][macOS][26.506.21252] Fullscreen regression: task-layer controls become unclickable (including approval options/Submit)
- Provide a supported way for local IDE/wrapper installers to request trust for installed hooks
Resolved issues (42)
- TUI compile break: missing AppCommand::add_to_history
- Fork into new worktree leaves terminal cwd in original checkout
- [extension] Runaway rg processes + high CPU/RAM after extension update
- Codex security disappeared (link gone and 404 when trying to access via url)
- Sessions generated by different providers cannot be used after switching providers.
- 019e0050-d3af-7402-bb9a-c72495a2f421
- Windows Codex Desktop fails to load custom pets when app-server runs in WSL because CODEX_HOME path is not normalized
- Keep English slash commands available in localized UI
- /goal rejects long pasted input before Codex can normalize the objective
- Add usage-limit rings to the /pet avatar overlay or expose a decoration hook
- Remote compaction fails when using `gpt-5.5` because `/responses/compact` does not appear to support the model
- Browser plugin bypasses usage limit, works even when limit is reached latest version broke, reverted to older version
- Account Subscription Tier is not matching in codex /status window
- Windows Desktop: Browser Use / node_repl fails because bundled WindowsApps node.exe returns Access is denied
- Support for Azure chat completions non-openai models
- Project-attached new threads start on GPT-5.4 instead of configured GPT-5.5
- The issue of high GPU resource consumption on Apple's macOS Intel-based systems.
- Add interactive enable/disable controls to /mcp
- Official Figma plugin OAuth stuck after update: 401 Unauthorized / token_revoked
- Opened by mistake
- codex-cli 0.128.0 Linux sandbox fails with bubblewrap 0.4.0: bwrap: Unknown option --perms
- openaiDeveloperDocs MCP intermittently fails during initialized notification
- UI
- ispute regarding False Positive Security Identification for macOS Development Project：
- Support for ppc64el/ppc64le platforms in Linux
- CODEX Snoops on hard drive, seems to be mining unauthorised data - ALL THE AGENTS DO IT!!!
- Support Plan mode in the CLI and TS SDK
- Codex CLI 0.112.0: long-lived multi-agent sessions accumulate duplicate stdio MCP stacks instead of returning to a bounded baseline
- subscription doesnt activate
- Chat being flagged for cybersecurity
- App Server: peer-client co-presence with the live TUI thread (RFC)
- False positive cybersecurity-risk warning in benign Codex conversations
- Ctrl+Backspace and Ctrl+Delete do not delete words in Codex CLI prompt editor
- Show estimated progress percentage for active goals
- Scrollbar in chat window does not work
- Codex App: In app browser to support sign in and authentication flows
- Shift+Enter and Alt+Enter no longer insert newlines in Konsole
- False positive cybersecurity-risk warning during benign consulting-documentation project work
- Session sync between CLI and App diverging
- Restore profiles on project config.toml
- Desktop search panel overlaps the Windows close button
- Review mode hides inline ::code-comment findings