Digest / May 11, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — May 11, 2026
99 new issues filed ·
28 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (99)
- False positive cybersecurity warning during benign local Codex hook testing
- MCP startup_timeout_sec does not cover pre-initialize OAuth bootstrap with saved tokens
- Codex App consumes rate limit on startup without any user action
- Mermaid erDiagram attributes are unreadable in dark mode
- Codex Desktop project rename updates label but leaves workspace root and cwd metadata stale
- False positive cybersecurity risk flag during benign public web audit
- Codex Chrome extension stays disconnected because Chrome plugin is missing in Codex app (Windows)
- Local marketplace plugin is enabled but its plugin skills are not exposed in Codex sessions
- Codex Desktop shows Chrome as connected, but @chrome automation tool is unavailable on Windows
- The 5-hour credit limit is displayed incorrectly; it is currently unknown whether this affects the weekly credit limit display.
- Process termination messages are printed over the Codex CLI input box
- MacBook 2019 pro intel‘s codex app UI desktop have problem
- False Positive CyberSecurity issues
- Add Allow/Deny approval buttons to Codex desktop pet bubbles
- Windows: Codex spawns many Git for Windows processes causing sustained high CPU after recent update
- Codex CLI prompt text disappears when moving cursor with arrow keys in PHPStorm/JetBrains terminal
- Feature request: shard and lazily load long Codex sessions after compaction
- Codex CLI stream disconnects when running hatch-pet imagen workflow
- /goal continuation uses stale permission context after permissions changes
- Codex Desktop 26.506 rapidly bloats context from retained tool outputs and can freeze old sessions
- Show vim status in statusline
- GUI Config does not work at all
- Skill names don't show in Codex App when auto-used
- Codex app file viewer should preserve scroll position and support Page Up/Page Down
- Latest Codex desktop update breaks Plugins page layout on macOS Intel
- Windows Codex App Feedback
- Codex refers to state of git (ie git status) as the worktree, in an environment where we are sensitive to whether worktrees are being used.
- Parallel-first subagents and nonblocking background task management
- Add Claude Code-style rewind/remind with file-state-safe branching
- `/side` can inherit an unexpected model, and `/model` is unavailable inside the side conversation
- Codex IDE extension: Settings webview in Cursor has no obvious way to return to chat
- “Add to chat” button does not appear when double-clicking to select a paragraph
- [BUG] Codex Chrome plugin times out: extension socket getInfo/getUserTabs succeed, but setupAtlasRuntime hangs
- Docs: plugin .mcp.json example uses mcp_servers but Codex expects mcpServers
- Codex Desktop: context compaction fails with remote compact stream disconnected
- Codex Desktop browser-use iab backend is discovered but session/tab commands hang
- TUI history and live assistant output can diverge from terminal wrapping at the right edge
- VS Code extension stuck on Settings screen after latest update
- Pet stops displaying current messages when started new session
- Windows Codex Desktop corrupts chrome@openai-bundled cache on startup when Chrome native host locks extension-host.exe
- Expose goal status to external notify hooks
- Codex hatch-pet task drifted from imagegen workflow and then stream disconnected
- Add a separate notification setting for incomplete goal turns
- What zsh does VSCode extension actually use?
- Feature Request: optional zstd compression for already-archived local rollout files
- git-branch status_line item omitted on Windows linked worktree
- Feature request: update iTerm2 tab title when renaming a Codex CLI session
- exceeded retry limit, last status: 429 Too Many Requests, request id: 9f9fe320aa92b10b-FRA
- /title slash command is sent to the model instead of updating the thread title
- codex TUI on Linux not honouring shell_environment_policy
- Codex does not open in the Cursor's secondary side bar
- /keymap can save `minus`, but config loading rejects it on next startup
- Deepseek use error
- Codex app: show worktree path/branch in bottom status and auto-create branch for new worktrees
- The on-hover info about permissions persists on screen for too long and results in text boxes overlapping on each other
- Codex Desktop /goal resume after quota exhaustion leaves old thread stuck on manual approvals while new threads auto-review normally
- 5h limit changed reset time during usage and pushed it back ~2h
- Codex App Usage page drops date for next-day reset times under 24h
- “codex-aarch64-apple-darwin” was not opened because it contains malware. This action did not harm your Mac.
- Codex desktop dictation fails on Windows.
- Login takes forever
- Docs issue template should ask reporters to search existing issues first
- app-server (chatgpt auth): turn idle timeout silently masks stale cf_clearance — only fixed by manual codex login
- Allow native review targets to accept supplemental custom instructions
- Docs issue template should ask reporters to search existing issues first
- [Bug] Deprecated codex_hooks warning appears even when [features].hooks is enabled
- Blender Connector / MCP-style integration for Codex
- Thread stuck upon quick switching of windows
- Codex Windows app launched repeated `git add -A` processes in background, causing hundreds of `git-lfs filter-process --skip` processes
- Falling back from WebSockets to HTTPS transport. stream disconnected before completion: websocket closed by server before response.completed
- Codex CLI Token Usage Suddenly So High?
- Model went on an infinite loop when running /goal
- CLI /model and Desktop model pickers should expose config profiles / custom provider model aliases
- Codex CLI supports Chrome plugin
- Branch details card is detached from the visible chat area with horizontal scroll
- Disable hover-triggered right sidebar in Codex desktop app
- Disable hover-triggered right sidebar in Codex desktop app
- macOS Codex in-app browser hangs on IAB_LIFECYCLE (skill bridge disconnect)
- Codex Desktop dictation fails with "No active organization found"
- WSL CLI startup from `/home/...` stalls ~60s in `cmd.exe` `set TERM_PROGRAM` probe
- Feature Request: Work Week Aligned Weekly Usage Limits
- [permissions.workspace.filesystem] deny-globs documented in agent-approvals-security do not block reads in v0.130.0
- Approval prompt (p) "don't ask again" persists across sessions and workspaces with program-name-only scope
- thread ID 019e1833-99c5-7383-9507-59a7b417bd75 in an existing issue
- Cannot Set Effort Level For New Session
- Windows Desktop + WSL workspace: unified_exec tries to CreateProcess /bin/bash and fails with ENOENT
- Codex Windows App via Remote Connections does not inject memories while CLI does with same CODEX_HOME
- Codex App should show branch selector when HEAD is detached
- Malware "Cannot open Codex because of a malware" detected by macos
- Users should not absorb usage from Codex self-correction loops
- Azure custom provider: model refresh logs "missing field `models`" on every exec, and features.remote_models=false does not suppress it
- Codex Chat History not showing in GUI, but still exists on disk under %USERPROFILE%\.codex\sessions
- Codex sometimes has "stale task-state hallucinations"
- Conversation Compaction Telemetry / Context Health
- PR #20098 breaks project configs for model_providers
- !`command` execution inside skill files
- CODEX - Agentic repository poisoning through destructive configuration tampering, logic-gap injection, and institutional-memory deletion.
- Opt-in OTel logging for agent responses
- [Bug] Windows Codex App pet/avatar overlay clips built-in and custom pets near bottom-right
Resolved issues (28)
- False positive cybersecurity warning during benign local Codex hook testing
- Hover over on slash commands shows "Slash command" instead of an explanation of the individual command
- An error occurred while launching Codex app on Windows.
- False positive cybersecurity risk flag during benign public web audit
- Process termination messages are printed over the Codex CLI input box
- False Positive CyberSecurity issues
- Windows Codex App Feedback
- Codex refers to state of git (ie git status) as the worktree, in an environment where we are sensitive to whether worktrees are being used.
- Expose goal status to external notify hooks
- Feature request: update iTerm2 tab title when renaming a Codex CLI session
- Docs issue template should ask reporters to search existing issues first
- /title slash command is sent to the model instead of updating the thread title
- Branch details card is detached from the visible chat area with horizontal scroll
- Deepseek use error
- Show vim status in statusline
- Docs issue template should ask reporters to search existing issues first
- Model went on an infinite loop when running /goal
- CLI /model and Desktop model pickers should expose config profiles / custom provider model aliases
- Format Markdown tables so that they are readable by humans
- `/side` can inherit an unexpected model, and `/model` is unavailable inside the side conversation
- Goals: active goal continuation prompt and audit requirements can be lost after mid-turn compaction
- /goal-first sessions are missing from resume lists
- thread ID 019e1833-99c5-7383-9507-59a7b417bd75 in an existing issue
- GitHub connector create_issue fails on public repo while authenticated gh succeeds
- Runtime transparency inconsistencies affecting Codex-adjacent ChatGPT sessions: model metadata, memory visibility, personalization weighting, and surface divergence
- /keymap can save `minus`, but config loading rejects it on next startup
- Amazon Bedrock Mantle provider uses incorrect /openai/v1 endpoint path
- CODEX - Agentic repository poisoning through destructive configuration tampering, logic-gap injection, and institutional-memory deletion.