Digest / May 12, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — May 12, 2026
100 new issues filed ·
28 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (100)
- Security restriction
- {"detail":"Bad Request"}
- Unable to purchase credits: Stripe checkout fails before payment page opens
- Review comments are rendering the raw comments instead of the cards
- Codex using GPT5.3 Spark when it shows GPT5.5 being used
- Codex doesn’t think proactively enough and usually requires explicit instructions from me to continue working.
- /goal` mode repeatedly emits dangerous-operation confirmation prompt and consumes quota
- Cybersecurity false positive still triggers during non-audit local cleanup work
- False positive persists even when submitting feedback about cybersecurity warning
- Cannot overwrite subagent's model when spawning via LLM
- Browser Use extension backend is hidden/ambiguous when Chrome and AdsPower SunBrowser are both connected
- /goal keeps restarting work after the goal is already completed
- Codex App remote Windows project folder validation fails even though the folder exists
- macOS Codex in-app Browser cannot connect: Reconnecting 5/5 while browser-use native pipe starts
- Can pets provide mild emotional abuse?
- after finish /goal complete, the progress list during the goal still mark as unfinish
- Chrome plugin bridge times out despite healthy extension and native host
- Transcript shortcut not working while waiting for user confirmation
- Codex Chrome plugin shows Connected on Windows, but Codex cannot control Chrome and initialization times out
- false positive cybersecurity-risk warning
- [Bug] Deprecated codex_hooks warning appears even when [features].hooks is enabled
- Clarify contribution path for Codex plugin marketplace localization
- Skill discovery recursively registers nested `SKILL.md` files inside symlinked skill directories
- Codex Plugins page layout is broken / cards are horizontally clipped
- Selected model is at capacity. Please try a different model.
- Model picker shortcut does not work when macOS input source is Korean (Maybe non-english)
- Codex App Plugins page layout is broken: plugin cards are clipped/overlapped
- Codex Weekly Usage limit randomly shifted to 19th May from 12th May
- Codex App becomes choppy when session history contains a large user message
- Embedded terminal duplicates/stales characters when switching from Chinese Pinyin IME to English via Caps Lock on macOS
- Codex Desktop macOS: new chat/home UI renders with malformed oversized composer and dark overlay
- Codex does close when app closed
- Codex message footer overflows viewport and shows horizontal scrollbar; bottom-left text clipped/overlapping
- Codex update doesn't cleanup older versions
- Ollama: "Model metadata for qwen3.6:27b not found" warning even though the model is available and Codex can use it
- The chat was marked as dangerous(cybersecurity risk). This is an error.
- Codex App: false-positive safety-risk stops interrupt benign browser QA and benchmark sessions
- Vim mode switches from Normal to Insert after cancelling slash command with Backspace
- Duplicate user message shown three times when sending a prompt once
- compact error
- TUI: status-blind `McpToolCall` arm in `handle_thread_item` routes `InProgress` items to the "completed" handler, surfacing spurious "MCP tool call completed without a result"
- In-app browser reports offline during user handoff for login
- Codex pet failed to display itself fully, only chats progress are visible
- Codex Desktop plugin search overlay renders as a large blurred panel that obscures plugin management UI
- Add a way to provide "thumbs down" feedback for model behavior
- Option to view/access all files project
- Feature: Manage multiple concurrent `/side` chats with tabs / switcher in Codex CLI
- Codex Desktop on Windows: notification Approve button dismisses toast but does not accept approval
- Codex gets stuck after "Error running remote compact task: stream disconnected before completion"
- Feature proposal: scheduled prompt tools and durable cron tasks
- /goal runtime includes approval-wait time
- VS Code extension: right-side progress/details panel causes horizontal scrolling and clips chat content
- Codex app: show the full branch name on hover when start in "New Worktree"
- Codex app: support selecting existing worktrees.
- Interface Errors and Improvements (Chat - Search - Plan Mode)
- Custom Subagents Limited to 3 nicknames but no Documentation
- Add an Agent View for managing multiple Codex agents from the TUI
- Codex Desktop pet/avatar overlay renders tray but not mascot sprite
- GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark Keeps losing context, and always starts new,
- Codex Desktop UI overlay / washed-out layer on macOS Intel
- Confrontational and creepy response to attempting to reproduce a CVE
- Codex Desktop UI overlay / washed-out layer on macOS Intel
- Codex Desktop visibly twitches/reflows on screen refresh when sidebar is open
- Feature request: Add setting to auto-expand the Working section in Codex desktop app
- CLI remote compaction repeatedly fails and leaves resumed threads without task continuity
- feat: support prompt-aware startup context for memory hooks
- Parallel agents vanish with used context/ rate limts
- Feature: full-grid table borders (row separators) in TUI markdown renderer
- golangci-lint package loading fails in Codex sandbox without clear permissions diagnostic
- Allow Chats to be moved into, out of, and between Projects
- Windows Codex routes authenticated Chrome tasks to isolated Playwright despite healthy Chrome extension checks
- Error running remote compact task: We're currently experiencing high demand, which may cause temporary errors.
- Stuck forever in "Booting MCP server: codex_apps"
- Long Codex Desktop conversations make Browser Use screenshots slow and stale
- permissions.workspace.filesystem won't work
- The Codex app on Windows is absolutely garbage.
- Clarify rollout token counters and add local compact/prune path
- Cannot use gpt-5.3-codex-spark model with Plus Account
- Codex UI response time slowed down
- Windows desktop shell resolves user PATH rg.exe before Codex-bundled rg.exe
- Subagent review requests are not clearly surfaced in the main thread
- /goal should define how goal mode interacts with inherited approval policies
- Codex Desktop: hover sidebar overlaps chat scrollbar and blocks scrolling
- I hope to restore the sub-agent conversation at resume
- Toggle File Tree Broken!
- Sandboxed commands print "Failed to create stream fd" on Ubuntu 26.04
- 404 "Model not found gpt-5.2" causes WebSocket fallback + reconnect loop in Codex CLI
- Add new work mode toggle to new agent chat and option to link personality to work modes - see image
- MCP Servers block `/review` indefinitely
- Windows-native Codex Desktop incorrectly enables WSL path resolution when WSL_DISTRO_NAME exists, causing UI freezes
- Codex Desktop Windows - WSL - crashes on non standard mount /c instead of /mnt/c/
- app-server capReached reports true when output exactly equals outputBytesCap
- Keep File Context Fresh After Edits
- Managed network proxy should provide allowlisted DNS resolution inside Linux sandbox
- Windows Desktop 26.506.31421: Toggle File Tree does not show file tree after reinstall
- Retry transient capacity errors with backoff and retained task state
- Aware of #22049/#21125: /goal disappeared in Mac app despite native Goal evidence, features.goals=true, and GoalBuddy confusion
- Codex becomes unresponsive on Windows across VS Code extension and Windows app; logs show app-server parsing, feature mismatch, and WSL probing issues
- Reconnecting error
- Codex on Windows intermittently aborts child processes as if Ctrl+C was pressed
Resolved issues (28)
- Security restriction
- Feature request: shard and lazily load long Codex sessions after compaction
- Codex doesn’t think proactively enough and usually requires explicit instructions from me to continue working.
- [Bug] Windows Codex App pet/avatar overlay clips built-in and custom pets near bottom-right
- False positive persists even when submitting feedback about cybersecurity warning
- Cybersecurity false positive still triggers during non-audit local cleanup work
- /goal keeps restarting work after the goal is already completed
- [Bug] Deprecated codex_hooks warning appears even when [features].hooks is enabled
- false positive cybersecurity-risk warning
- Codex Weekly Usage limit randomly shifted to 19th May from 12th May
- Selected model is at capacity. Please try a different model.
- The chat was marked as dangerous(cybersecurity risk). This is an error.
- Duplicate user message shown three times when sending a prompt once
- Codex Desktop plugin search overlay renders as a large blurred panel that obscures plugin management UI
- fast mode has disappeared
- Feature: Manage multiple concurrent `/side` chats with tabs / switcher in Codex CLI
- Starting a thread in a project without .codex leaves behind an empty .codex file
- Codex Desktop UI overlay / washed-out layer on macOS Intel
- Confrontational and creepy response to attempting to reproduce a CVE
- Codex Desktop UI overlay / washed-out layer on macOS Intel
- Allow Chats to be moved into, out of, and between Projects
- Stuck forever in "Booting MCP server: codex_apps"
- Intermittent issues
- Clarify rollout token counters and add local compact/prune path
- Cannot use gpt-5.3-codex-spark model with Plus Account
- Codex App is not working even though I am logged in with Enterprise account
- Cursor not working
- Aware of #22049/#21125: /goal disappeared in Mac app despite native Goal evidence, features.goals=true, and GoalBuddy confusion