Digest / May 15, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — May 15, 2026
138 new issues filed ·
23 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (138)
- Codex requires whatsapp
- CLI TUI remains visually corrupted after stream disconnect, while resumed session renders normally
- Codex Remote Control security flaws
- Android ChatGPT remote connection to Windows Codex stuck on “Waiting for desktop…”
- Codex App regression: typing @superpowers no longer inserts plugin mention link
- Codex Mobile cannot upload images
- Opt-in dynamic context placeholders for Codex skills
- The subagent is not rendering the correct status before it is opened
- Codex Mobile does not support steer/queue messages
- feat: support project directories autocomplete suggestions for Codex Mobile
- feat: show existing pinned threads and projects on Codex Mobile
- In the chatGPT app, unable to connect to Codex Desktop. Shows "Waiting for desktop..." Follow the instructions in the desktop app to get connected.
- Codex app: Support specify the worktree name when create permanent worktree
- Codex app regression - Plugins no longer load correctly
- Allow real-time thread streaming over SSH remote connections in Codex mobile app
- Bug: When a spawned agent finished the calling agent/session does not continue
- Codex Desktop on Windows leaks orphan git.exe + conhost.exe via ambient commit-history (200+ zombies over 30h, kills Chromium browsers)
- Codex Desktop Remote SSH to Windows OpenSSH fails when default shell is PowerShell
- Windows Desktop new-project flow defaults to OneDrive-backed Documents with no good WSL-first default
- Windows Desktop + WSL app-server reads WSL ~/.codex instead of the Windows Codex home
- Recommended skills refresh can create malformed vendor_imports paths in Windows Desktop + WSL mode
- Codex 0.130.0 still loses background/pill colors inside tmux 3.6a
- Android Remote Control does not load host thread history (no thread/list requests observed)
- Codex App Remote Control setup fails due to account_user_id mismatch
- Feature request: assistant-suggested quick action buttons / option chips
- Codex android chatgpt Remote Control can only connect to windows codex app and cant switch to mac codex app
- ChatGPT iOS Codex: new chat input is erased when pressing Send
- Creating a new thread on Project A, but it gets moved to Project B collection
- Simple cross-thread messaging by thread ID
- How to get access back after i revoke my device access in connections
- Codex app permission mode changes apply across chats instead of the active chat
- sandbox profile bug
- iOS/macOS Remote Control broken after desktop update: host online, mobile 403/offline/stale Plan state
- Feature request: add a provider/API error hook for rate limits, 5xx, timeouts, and stream disconnects
- Remote control authorization fails in Codex 26.513.20950 (2816): "Failed to authorize remote control"
- CLI: /feedback command accessible when feedback_enabled is false
- thread/list hides valid sessions when the first preview event is beyond the rollout head scan window
- CLI: /status shows ChatGPT usage link for non-OpenAI providers (e.g. Bedrock)
- Completed subagents continue to count against thread limit
- After revoking Codex mobile access from Codex Desktop, ChatGPT iOS keeps stale Codex connections and QR re-pairing opens the old setup window / cannot complete security setup
- Codex Chrome plugin partially connects to ChatGPT Atlas extension but creates uncontrollable tabs
- macOS SSH remote sessions fail AGENTS.md discovery with Operation not permitted
- iPad ChatGPT app freezes when opening Codex remote thread detail over SSH
- `Reduce Motion` in accessibility settings should not prevent progress spinners from spinning
- Error running remote compact task: stream disconnected before completion: error sending request for url (https://chatgpt.com/backend-api/codex/responses/compact)
- Chrome plugin opens pages but page control and screenshots time out after navigation
- Codex Desktop project sidebar shows No chats while local sessions still exist
- In-app browser: URL/title works but DOM inspection times out on real pages
- Diagnostic for remote compaction stream disconnects: test long-idle HTTPS path with slee.pt >90s
- Codex CLI startup hangs ~60s in WSL before UI due to Windows TERM_PROGRAM probe via cmd.exe
- Android Codex mobile loses Android-started active threads after force quit; permissions UI greyed out as Default only
- Codex 26.513.20950: Sidebar font became too bold and Desktop Pet became larger with no size control
- Mobile remote setup fails with “Secure setup failed” when connecting to computer
- latex-doctor selects obsolete TeX Live bin before current 2026 installation
- Codex Desktop Remote Control authorization fails on account_user_id mismatch
- Codex Desktop regression: @Computer / Computer Use disappears from mention completion after Any App update
- Codex iOS remote sidebar does not sync Desktop project order or pinned chats
- Codex App UI overlay/layout bug: slash command menu and Plugins page are obscured
- Support touchpad horizontal scroll for browser tab back/forward navigation
- Codex desktop "Control other devices" authorization fails due to account mismatch during remote control enrollment
- Codex Desktop macOS plugin UI broken for installed plugins
- codex desktop app change permission button detail stacked
- Codex committed suicide by terminating it's Node processes
- "Error: turn/interrupt failed in TUI" when submitting steer instruction during review
- Accessibility: screen reader focus jumps to the top while Codex is generating output
- Add support for “Open with Codex” in OS Finder / Explorer
- after hitting 5h limit but the goal still running, app keep streaming hit usage limit
- Codex mobile remote does not persist or re-list projectless conversations after reconnect
- Display math block starting with `\[` fails to render when it immediately follows text without a blank line
- Computer Use MCP fails on macOS 15.7.x because bundled SkyComputerUseClient 1.0.791 requires a newer Swift runtime
- Remote SSH to (DevPod) devcontainer fails
- Bug Report: Changed files panel does not show generated `.html` file inside a new untracked directory
- Rebind Gmail + Google Drive connectors
- Windows Codex Desktop local background automations cannot see user-scoped WSL distro
- Codex Mobile: Show Pinned
- Codex iOS app: "Network connection was lost" repeatedly when connecting to remote SSH host (codex-cli 0.130 on Debian 12)
- VS Code: support per-chat Codex app-server lifecycle instead of global window reload
- /goal looping through execution-time permission request burning through 25% weekly usage limits doing nothing
- Windows sandbox runner fails to start with 0xc0000022 / pipe-in timeout
- Sendgrid plug-in unavailable
- Add reminders / snooze for chats
- I have already purchased a plus member. Why am I still prompted this?
- Dead keys break in VS Code Remote SSH terminal on Linux
- Clarify/support plugin-root relative paths in plugin-provided .mcp.json
- Codex Desktop Remote SSH: in-app browser sidebar works but @browser is unavailable in remote thread
- Codex Desktop pet rendering size regression on macOS
- Language-switching setting is saved, but does not take effect after restarting
- unable to trust hooks, error in CLI
- Add a command to jump to the latest unread thread in Codex App
- Windows: Chrome plugin can open Chrome/page but fails to establish usable browser-control session
- Codex mobile pairing stuck on Waiting for desktop when remote-control daemon cannot use proxy
- In-app Browser enabled but browser automation tool unavailable in mobile-created Codex thread
- Codex VS Code extension: rename chats and scope chat list to the current worktree/repository
- Windows: Cannot resume thread due to C:\ path vs \\?\C:\ path mismatch until Codex process is killed
- MCP client for `computer-use` failed to start
- Better key authentication on SSH host remote connections on the Desktop and iOS apps
- Clarify or fire Stop hook when a turn is interrupted with Esc
- Codex mobile in ChatGPT iPhone app cannot use custom plugins or third-party skills
- Codex Desktop on macOS flickers generated text while response is in progress
- Hook additionalContext spilling breaks long-context memory plugins
- Codex Plugins page UI rendering bug
- ChatGPT iOS remote-control skill picker becomes unreachable when keyboard is open over a long composer
- (code=3221225781, signal=null). Most recent error: Codex app-server websocket closed (code=3221225781)
- Codex Desktop 26.513.20950: plugin menu stuck and Computer Use sidecar fails with Swift runtime symbol error on macOS 15.7.3
- shift+enter should be newline
- Support project-scoped personal skill discovery directories
- Sessions with only a /goal command do not appear in the resume list
- Codex App: Github Review menu no longer shows open PR comments
- Codex App: allow configuring default directory for projectless thread workspaces
- `/responses/compact` sends `service_tier` when provider-scoped API-key auth is used
- windows sandbox: runner error: CreateProcessAsUserW failed: 5
- Codex Desktop 26.513.20950 (2816) crashes on launch on macOS 26.4 build 25E5218f with EXC_BREAKPOINT / SIGTRAP in Electron Framework / V8 / Node startup
- 502s on compaction
- Codex stopping before goal is complete
- Codex Desktop 26.513.20950 composer plugin mentions hang when shared-with-me catalog returns 404
- Bug in Windows Desktop
- Diff Not Visible for `Last Run` - Auto-Review Bug
- @chrome mention does not load or surface Chrome skill
- Linux sandbox can exceed bubblewrap 9000 argument limit with many bind mounts
- Codex Web remote compaction fails with context_length_exceeded from mobile session
- Windows Codex app XHigh verification quality degraded for native WinUI UI fixes
- Codex “Copy as Markdown” embeds image attachments as huge base64 data URIs, causing paste targets to freeze
- Codex Desktop editing a queued message should preserve its queue position
- CodeRabbit pluggin is broken
- Codex mobile shows running desktop as offline and Reconnect silently does nothing
- Codex mobile : Stale codex mobile connections
- Codex Desktop regression: direct @Mac app mentions no longer route through Computer Use / Any App
- Git context menu regress
- Support skill-scoped temporary model and reasoning effort overrides
- fuzzy file search Tab disfunction (@file mention mode)
- Comment directly on specific reference of output text
- Windows desktop freezes while electron-sampler fails WMI process snapshots in sandbox
- Codex macOS app appears to re-enable Full Access permissions without user interaction
- Support latex math rendering in iOS app
- Codex Mobile remote new thread cannot choose worktree or starting branch
- Codex Desktop macOS: Computer Use always fails with "runtime app is missing" despite valid 1.0.791 runtime install
- Feature request: make MCP tools discoverable with aliases and @ completion
- [BUG]: GPT-5.3 Codex use web search many times without reason
Resolved issues (23)
- Starting MCP servers (1/2): codex_apps when running /review
- Ctrl-M toggles microphone while editing the prompt (should act as Enter on macOS)
- Windows Desktop new-project flow defaults to OneDrive-backed Documents with no good WSL-first default
- CLI: Esc can dismiss `/side` instead of submitting queued steering, losing side-chat context
- CLI: /feedback command accessible when feedback_enabled is false
- thread/list hides valid sessions when the first preview event is beyond the rollout head scan window
- Config option that swaps the default Enter key behavior: Enter inserts newline, Ctrl+Enter submits input
- VS Code extension sandbox cannot find system bwrap even though /usr/bin/bwrap is on PATH
- Error running remote compact task: stream disconnected before completion: error sending request for url (https://chatgpt.com/backend-api/codex/responses/compact)
- Codex App UI overlay/layout bug: slash command menu and Plugins page are obscured
- Codex committed suicide by terminating it's Node processes
- Codex Mobile: Show Pinned
- “codex-aarch64-apple-darwin” was not opened because it contains malware. This action did not harm your Mac.
- Codex VS Code extension: rename chats and scope chat list to the current worktree/repository
- VS Code: support per-chat Codex app-server lifecycle instead of global window reload
- Codex Plugins page UI rendering bug
- (code=3221225781, signal=null). Most recent error: Codex app-server websocket closed (code=3221225781)
- Sessions with only a /goal command do not appear in the resume list
- windows sandbox: runner error: CreateProcessAsUserW failed: 5
- 502s on compaction
- In-app browser comments submit immediately on Enter instead of allowing multiple annotations
- shift+enter should be newline
- Support skill-scoped temporary model and reasoning effort overrides