Digest / May 16, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — May 16, 2026
135 new issues filed ·
108 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (135)
- Codex App crashes after left-click, right-click, left-click on toolbar
- Desktop app: side chat fails with "failed to read thread /Users/<me>/.codex: Is a directory (os error 21)" after idle
- Hang status of 019e2c37-9312-71c3-86c0-48ea026ae8c4
- Codex CLI in WSL: long conversations can jump viewport back to top after response
- Codex App Notification makes the app require Double Clicks for single-click Actions
- Work locally usage indicator appears inconsistently in VS Code extension
- Goal command hides underlying state DB errors
- Support Claude-style `context: fork` and inline command execution in Codex skills
- Feature request: display active model name in chat UI
- Remote Control should support host General Chats / projectless chats, not only Projects
- Codex Desktop menu bar Recent shows existing chats as New Chat after restart
- MCP startup incomplete (failed: computer-use)
- Codex mobile Remote Control shows only one macOS host and overwrites it with the last active desktop host
- computer use/chrome plugin completely disappeared from codex
- Codex Desktop UI rendering/clipping issue on Intel Mac x86_64
- Codex CLI flickers on Windows PowerShell and scrollback becomes unreadable
- Error when logging in codex with HK phone number
- UI Bug when i use Codex on 4K screen
- Long conversations cannot be opened at all after updating the OpenAI Windows desktop app, urgent fix needed!
- Codex "• Waited for background terminal" hang
- Feedback ID 019e2f29-c850-72d0-bd07-60e5deed5e8b
- Codex Windows app dictation misdetects Chinese after 26.513 update
- app not loading my desktop.
- Codex Desktop session can become unusable after large Git output
- Codex Desktop 26.513.x shows “Oops, something went wrong” while PATH CLI works; WHAM/apps and plugin discovery errors in logs
- LocalConversationPage crashes when opening some existing chats
- Windows: `codex doctor` cannot inspect npm global root because it spawns `npm` instead of `npm.cmd`
- Codex Desktop Remote SSH to native Windows host requires hidden CLI/Bash setup and still fails at app-server proxy
- [VS Code extension / Linux] IpcRouterManager fails to start: EACCES creating /tmp/codex-ipc/ipc-<uid>.sock when directory is owned by another user
- Codex Desktop session fails to open when git directives contain Windows paths
- Codex Desktop: clicking one completed session can break opening all existing sessions
- [Bug] MCP dynamic tool proxy returns unsupported call for all MCP tools
- Codx Chat History Bug after updating
- [Bug] Desktop App: Chat/Conversation UI fails to load after recent update
- File path tooltip flickers/disappears when hovering over changed file names during Codex work
- Visual indicator for background task requiring user attention (vscode extension)
- gpt-5.5 regression in Codex
- Codex Desktop on Windows crashes when rendering git UI directives with backslash cwd paths
- [Bug] The “Switch me out of Plan Mode” shortcut key does not work.
- Codex Desktop on Windows: existing history thread opens/resumes inconsistently; thread/goal/get returns "goals feature is disabled"
- Codex Desktop: Project Scripts Panel and Project Actions API
- Oops, an error has occurred
- Windows 11: Codex Desktop 26.513.31313 shows “Oops, an error has occurred” when resuming existing thread
- Codex Desktop history thread fails to open when old messages contain directive attributes with Windows backslash paths
- Gmail Plugin does not support downloading encrypted PDFs
- False-positive cybersecurity risk flags blocking normal Pro account usage — Trusted Access verification also blocked
- Conversation could not be opened
- Codex app can freeze with very large rollout/history JSONL files
- Codex app appears to start duplicate MCP server processes across conversations
- Codex Desktop: completed threads become inaccessible after update
- TUI /resume omits directly resumable sessions after /goal continuation
- codex exec resume should support --output-schema
- thread/rollback numTurns uses inconsistent units between core history and app-server replay
- Codex App upgrade can break opening older local threads when rollout session_meta lacks thread_source
- Windows running thread resume rejects same rollout path with verbatim prefix
- All 5-hour Pro tokens consumed by /goal looping on "Error running remote compact task"
- Codex desktop fails to render reopened thread containing assistant-emitted git directive blocks
- "Oops, an error has occurred" displayed after successful file editing tasks
- stream disconnected before completion: Too Many Requests
- commit_attribution should be a part of profile
- Feature request: role-based styling for user messages in Codex app conversation view
- Codex App: Plan mode diff/changes view
- Codex Desktop crashes conversation renderer when Git directive contains Windows cwd path
- Remote phone session appends to same thread while open CLI/TUI does not ingest remote events
- Feature request: show realtime transcript while dictating in Codex App
- Windows Desktop: history threads fail to open when directive path attributes contain backslashes
- Codex Browser Use rejects allowed localhost URL with “user has requested that URL should not be used”
- Codex CLI waits ~30 minutes with ERROR: Reconnecting... before reporting image generation rejection
- Detect and Fix Merge Conflicts on PRs
- Windows sandbox causes MCP startup failures for local named-pipe tools
- CLI remote compaction loops with 400 invalid_enum for `context_compaction`, consuming quota across sessions
- Usage limit message should show try again time in user's timezone
- Codex Desktop cannot reopen multiple local sessions after model reliability regression
- Duplicate PATH/Path variables in default permissions mode break Enter-VsDevShell on Windows
- Please fix the Codex app crash error as soon as possible
- Bug report: Codex Windows desktop app composer disappears at 150% display scaling
- Codex Desktop error boundary when rendering git directives with Windows cwd paths
- Codex Desktop on macOS keeps GPU process and WindowServer at high CPU after long session
- Codex Desktop renderer crashes when transcript contains git directive with raw Windows cwd path
- [URGENT] Codex App on Windows: broken thread view can poison later thread switching/display until a new thread is created
- Windows Codex App crashes LocalConversationPage when rendering git directives with backslash cwd
- Regression: Codex CLI 0.131.0-alpha.22 prints raw ANSI escape sequences in Windows TUI startup/resume
- All conversations show "Oops, an error occurred" after Codex Desktop update
- Codex Desktop 0.131.0-alpha.9 crashes/reloads after completed long sessions on Windows; possible regression from 0.130
- after latest update, app shows Czech error screen
- Codex Desktop Windows: orphan task_started without task_complete poisons thread reopen and crashes LocalConversationPage
- Codex desktop app remote SSH fails when server requires keyboard-interactive/PAM after public-key auth
- Codex Desktop on Windows crashes when reopening a local thread.
- Select All Copies Only First 100 Lines in Code Viewer
- Codex app dropdown/popover content is invisible on macOS 13 Intel GPU
- Allow request_user_input in Default mode for interview-style document workflows
- Codex Desktop should fail-soft on control characters and oversized historical tool output
- Codex CLI 0.130.0 TUI becomes unstable/crashes on Windows when several subagents run and tool discovery returns repeated 403s
- Windows: shell wrapper via `powershell.exe -Command` mojibakes UTF-8 files on non-English locales (PowerShell 5.1 `Get-Content` defaults to ANSI codepage)
- Support Cygwin git
- Codex Desktop on Windows cannot reopen sessions after git actions due to unescaped Windows paths in git directives
- Feature request: JetBrains-style Search Everywhere with categorized fuzzy results
- Accessibility: screen reader only announces timestamps in Codex Windows conversation list, not conversation titles
- Codex Mobile can not connect
- Keep running into "Error running remote compact task"
- Bug: Opening an MCP-related local history thread corrupts/pollutes other conversations and leaves UI stuck waiting for approval
- My conversations are getting deleted accidentally
- Desktop update prompt should show target versions, component diff, and environment impact
- Desktop update breaks loading existing chats with saved git directives on Windows
- Mobile re-authorization prompt not showing after revoking device access
- Reduce motion setting does not disable smooth scrolling
- Retracted
- CODEX Update Failing
- Conversation content becomes inaccessible after task completion since Codex 5.16 update
- Codex Desktop regression: local conversation renderer crashes on older Windows sessions with internal git directive cwd payload
- Codex app keeps reconnecting and fails with “stream disconnected before completion”
- Mobile Remote Control does not discover SSH remote project threads despite documented remote development environment support
- OpenAI proactive reset didn't correctly reset for me. Usage says I should be able to work, but Codex App replies I'm out of usage.
- Codex app crashes with "ignoring interface.defaultPrompt: maximum of 3 prompts is supported"
- Codex Desktop UI rendering bug on macOS Intel
- iOS/goal mode: stale “Implement this plan?” prompt blocks steering after execution has already started
- /goal should treat repeated blocking conditions as completion criteria
- Token usage draining ~10% per prompt since May 10, 2026
- Android ChatGPT app does not show remote Codex threads from macOS Codex app
- Per-project environment profiles with automatic Windows/WSL switching
- Codex Desktop sustained high CPU / overheating on macOS while project processes are idle
- account token usage reset but codex still reading not reset
- Support multiple SSH remote contexts in a single Codex thread
- Windows: Ctrl+F find overlay overlaps/clips into window controls
- VS Code extension and Codex CLI cannot be used simultaneously due to session conflict
- Codex mobile remote connection cannot be paired again after removing device on Mac
- Vim mode: support `ciw` to change inner word
- Support mobile remote control for Codex App on Windows with SSH remote projects
- Support workspace profiles with per-profile skills, plugins, permissions
- Not a failure on use, but complete lack of the dictation icon. It's just gone. But works just fine in other apps. Started with recent upgrade(s) over past 48 hours
- Codex Desktop: autosave unsent prompts and clarify side-chat persistence
- Implement the use of /goal in Codex IDE Extension
- Rate limit: Since last global reset 5h limit drains like 10% per prompt
- Codex mobile pairing state becomes unrecoverable after connecting one iPhone to multiple Mac desktop hosts
- Code Review code-comment blocks no longer render in final output
Resolved issues (108)
- [BUG]: GPT-5.3 Codex use web search many times without reason
- Codex keeps running after weekly limit is reached, without consuming remaining credits
- Work locally usage indicator appears inconsistently in VS Code extension
- Goal command hides underlying state DB errors
- Include current session ID in context
- [Feature Request] Improve file context handling and UX (Comparison with Cursor)
- Ability to select task based on session
- Ability to set reasoning effort for automations
- feat(exec): emit rate_limits in exec mode JSONL output
- Keep automation templates accessible after first use
- Proposal: reduce token usage for common verbose exec_command outputs
- Reading and Copying transcripts
- Keep thread name in sync across CLI and app
- Ctrl+C exits Codex immediately; request double-press confirmation or non-exit behavior
- Add Syntax Highlightnig for Apex Code
- Codex app: Allow both queueing and interrupting (i.e. steering) in desktop app
- Prioritize recent file references in Codex chat autocomplete for @file mentions
- feat: /model support for LM Studio and Ollama local model switching
- Light notepad inside Codex
- Feature request: add new config for default thread mode (Local, Worktree or Cloud)
- [FEATURE] Add setting to control pasted-text placeholder collapse in the TUI composer
- [VS Code EXT] Do not show again checkboxes
- Recommended Optimal Concurrent Thread Count
- /review: always show commit subject and short hash together
- Confirmation screen after submitting /feedback
- Download plan button should create NAMED md files, not plan.md files
- Make stream reconnect delay/backoff configurable in config.toml
- Exec approval rules are persisted globally by default (should be repo-local by default)
- Feature: make sub-agent nicknames configurable via config.toml
- Scope prompt recall and history to the current thread only
- Update codex in the background
- Include model name in `exec --json` JSONL output
- Add a quota-summary built-in status-line item with reset countdowns
- Dropdown to see what the model is thinking
- Worked for Xmins Ysecs incorrect
- VS Code: sidebar search should include chat body
- Breakdown for longer intervals than 30 days in the web report
- [Feature Request | Codex App] Show Updated Files in a Tree View in Final Deliveries Reports
- Windows 11 Codex App installed from web: clarify whether auto-update exists and expose update status
- Merge related queued messages in Codex Mac app
- Full access being account agnostic
- Opportunity: make host-faithful local use a first-class Codex workflow
- Auto-unwrap FastMCP results
- Allow isolated writable mount of /tmp in sandbox
- [Feature Request] Auto-copy resume command to clipboard on Ctrl+C or app close
- Plan mode review feature
- Add comments on codex diff lines
- Needs a sticky header describing what the agent is working on
- Include per-API-call token usage (`last`) in turn.completed JSONL events
- Interactive TUI Installer for Multiple Custom Model Providers
- CLI: add configurable no-interrupt mode so typing cannot affect active runs or selection
- Following .github pr template in codex cloud
- Add optional horizontal separator lines around the TUI chat composer
- When completing a file path and choosing a directory, end with a trailing slash
- Make codex-app-server-client or a separate crate similar to Typescript and Python Codex-SDK
- Support external approval reviewers via approvals_reviewer = "command"
- Windows: `codex doctor` cannot inspect npm global root because it spawns `npm` instead of `npm.cmd`
- Ollama: "Model metadata for qwen3.6:27b not found" warning even though the model is available and Codex can use it
- TUI /resume omits directly resumable sessions after /goal continuation
- Codex Desktop 26.513.20950: plugin menu stuck and Computer Use sidecar fails with Swift runtime symbol error on macOS 15.7.3
- Codex Desktop voice transcription blocked by Cloudflare challenge on /backend-api/transcribe after resolved incident
- Codex extension crashed with signal=SIGKILL. Screenshot attached.
- Codex Desktop: clicking one completed session can break opening all existing sessions
- Codex App automatically deletes the built-in Image Gen skill after launch
- Windows Codex App crashes LocalConversationPage when rendering git directives with backslash cwd
- Codex Desktop error boundary when rendering git directives with Windows cwd paths
- False-positive cybersecurity risk flags blocking normal Pro account usage — Trusted Access verification also blocked
- Failed to read thread goal: thread/goal/get failed in TUI
- Please fix the Codex app crash error as soon as possible
- Desktop update breaks loading existing chats with saved git directives on Windows
- Oops, an error has occurred
- Conversation content becomes inaccessible after task completion since Codex 5.16 update
- Retracted
- Codex Desktop: completed threads become inaccessible after update
- "Oops, an error has occurred" displayed after successful file editing tasks
- Codex Desktop on Windows crashes when rendering git UI directives with backslash cwd paths
- Codex Desktop regression: local conversation renderer crashes on older Windows sessions with internal git directive cwd payload
- Codex Desktop on Windows cannot reopen sessions after git actions due to unescaped Windows paths in git directives
- Codex Desktop on Windows crashes when reopening a local thread.
- Codex Desktop 0.131.0-alpha.9 crashes/reloads after completed long sessions on Windows; possible regression from 0.130
- All conversations show "Oops, an error occurred" after Codex Desktop update
- Codex Desktop renderer crashes when transcript contains git directive with raw Windows cwd path
- Codex Desktop cannot reopen multiple local sessions after model reliability regression
- Windows Desktop: history threads fail to open when directive path attributes contain backslashes
- Codex Desktop crashes conversation renderer when Git directive contains Windows cwd path
- Codex desktop fails to render reopened thread containing assistant-emitted git directive blocks
- Windows running thread resume rejects same rollout path with verbatim prefix
- Codex App upgrade can break opening older local threads when rollout session_meta lacks thread_source
- Codex Desktop history thread fails to open when old messages contain directive attributes with Windows backslash paths
- Windows 11: Codex Desktop 26.513.31313 shows “Oops, an error has occurred” when resuming existing thread
- Codex Desktop on Windows: existing history thread opens/resumes inconsistently; thread/goal/get returns "goals feature is disabled"
- [Bug] Desktop App: Chat/Conversation UI fails to load after recent update
- Codx Chat History Bug after updating
- Codex Desktop session fails to open when git directives contain Windows paths
- Codex Desktop 26.513.x shows “Oops, something went wrong” while PATH CLI works; WHAM/apps and plugin discovery errors in logs
- Codex Desktop session can become unusable after large Git output
- Long conversations cannot be opened at all after updating the OpenAI Windows desktop app, urgent fix needed!
- Windows: Cannot resume thread due to C:\ path vs \\?\C:\ path mismatch until Codex process is killed
- Oops, an error has occurred
- Codex Desktop UI rendering bug on macOS Intel
- Token usage draining ~10% per prompt since May 10, 2026
- Android ChatGPT app does not show remote Codex threads from macOS Codex app
- Oops, an error has occurred
- account token usage reset but codex still reading not reset
- Windows: Ctrl+F find overlay overlaps/clips into window controls
- Rate limit: Since last global reset 5h limit drains like 10% per prompt
- Failed to authorize remote control
- Codex mobile pairing state becomes unrecoverable after connecting one iPhone to multiple Mac desktop hosts