Digest / May 20, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — May 20, 2026
100 new issues filed ·
24 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (100)
- Windows sandbox setup refresh failure on v0.131.0
- Subagent completion notification shows UUID agent_path instead of nickname in 0.131.0
- Codex app /compact fails with context_length_exceeded after UI says “Context compacted”
- Reimplement visible context/token usage indicator in Codex Desktop App
- Show subagent task and model in /agents view
- 0.131.0 Linux sandbox fails creating .codex/tmp, forcing approvals for routine workspace commands
- After long command finished, call hook to feedback
- False-positive safety block when migrating legitimate biomedical research workflow skill files
- Codex Desktop: official app connectors fail to initialize with JsonRpcMessage deserialize error
- quota drops without doing anything
- Codex multi-agent orchestration sucks
- Codex Desktop project sidebar shows empty even when threads have matching cwd
- changing permissions in CLI crashes codex
- WSL image paste fallback fails when appendWindowsPath=false and Get-Clipboard returns null
- Chrome extension backend does not expose viewport capability for @Chrome browser tasks
- Queue, Steer, (new) Stash
- `Work locally` picks up PR by branch name startsWith (??) not exact branch name so gets the wrong association
- Suggestion: Interactive choice prompts for user confirmation in Codex CLI/client
- Codex Desktop (MSIX) v26.513.4821.0 — Black/blank window on Windows 11; clean reinstall + full state reset do not fix
- Codex CLI /permissions omits Read-only in WSL2 but shows it in Windows PowerShell
- `codex mcp login` fails for Kaggle MCP: OAuth authorize rejects short `client_id=codex`
- Rendering is completely broken when git is detected
- The Codex app on Windows is absolutely garbage.
- Remote Codex projects should render Markdown/HTML files like local projects
- @chrome plugin cannot be called and reinstall/update/uninstall fails
- Codex mobile remote connections break after renaming two computers on iOS
- Codex Desktop plugin marketplace is covered by a large white overlay on macOS Intel
- Chrome plugin: tab.goto() causes native pipe closed / kernel reset, blocking navigation and web automation
- Codex ignores VSCode selected Python interpreter / virtual environment
- Window/Context fills up enormously fast
- Codex Desktop: composer submit times out after stale conversation state accumulates; restart clears it
- Computer Use get_app_state hang and relative hook path failure are hard to diagnose
- Codex Desktop: request_user_input option info tooltips do not appear on hover in Plan mode when zoom level is above 100%
- Failed to refresh token: 400 Bad Request - Windows WSL @ ssh
- Codex App Remote SSH new worktree does not run local environment setup script
- Notarize the macOS codex CLI binary distributed via npm — un-notarized binary causes syspolicyd / XProtect YARA scanning storm
- Built-in amazon-bedrock provider uses outdated Mantle endpoint path (/openai/v1/responses)
- Zellij scrollback does not capture Codex transcript over SSH, even with `--no-alt-screen` and raw output mode
- Support mouse click to move cursor in TUI input box
- When trying to connect Google Calendar in the add-ons, it indicates that the application is not available.
- Codex client does not support LaTeX rendering
- Support blocked_domains in tools.web_search config
- Image paste only works after pasting text first on Linux/X11
- `Memories` in codex potentially a bad idea
- Mobile Remote: Android Remote should preserve host provider config
- UI rendering bug on Plugins page when resizing window wider (macOS)
- Linked worktree git add fails: .git/worktrees index.lock remains read-only despite --add-dir
- codex mobile(iphone) isn't connected to mac app. Still waiting destop.
- Subagents requiring approval to run command pop-up does not consistently display on initial ask
- WebSocket fallback should recover after transient transport failures
- Codex Desktop composer overlay renders incorrectly on built-in Mac display, but works on external monitor
- Codex Business usage drains 5–10× faster than Plus under identical GPT-5.5 task
- Codex Desktop on Windows crashes with RangeError: Invalid string length when opening a specific task card before the task starts
- Codex Windows Project Chats Disappearing / Project Persistence Broken
- Codex TUI should detect truecolor over SSH when COLORTERM is not forwarded
- Gmail connector mis-encodes non-ASCII sender display name in From header
- Codex 0.132.0 TUI hangs on Android Termux chroot / ZeroTermux, works only through tmux
- Possible infinite disk write / storage corruption behavior in Windows Codex app
- Chinese text renders as boxed question marks in Settings on macOS
- Undocumented active chat visibility limit in Codex app
- When executing the codex command now, is the default working directory not the current directory?
- Codex Usage Web Bug: Personal Usage Chart Not Loading
- Codex can make unsafe host-system recommendations from sandbox-distorted execution context
- Codex App Goals UI shows a completed goal as still current/running
- Bug: raw ANSI control sequences in Windows interactive CLI when cwd is a Git repo (``), but not when `.git` is removed
- Codex rollback/revert diff is not symmetric with the original edit
- Remote compact task fails with "array too long" error after upgrading to 0.132.0
- Codex.app hangs after Homebrew cask CLI upgrade while desktop app is running on macOS
- Proposal: Expose a Plugin Extension Point for Custom Compaction
- Codex Desktop SSH restart disables mobile remote control by restarting app-server without --remote-control
- Stale Codex subagents
- [Bug] TUI Text Disappearing / Screen Buffer Rendering Regression on Windows PowerShell (Introduced post-v0.130.0, present in v0.131.0)
- CLI/TUI stops reading stdin mid-session while PTY input backlog grows (0.130.0, multi-session)
- Invalid schema for function _search_content on any message
- Codex window becomes ugly / content stretches badly when maximized
- Usage limit incorrectly shared across different accounts
- VS Code Codex diff fails to load full file content
- ctrl-c not captured in iterm tmux setup (codex thinks it knows why, see below)
- Windows Desktop: unelevated sandbox still repeatedly launches elevated setup helper
- Desktop UX for persistent attached agents: attach a top-level session as a subagent to an orchestrator thread
- Codex Windows desktop app crashes on startup: app-server websocket closed code=3221225781
- Retry loop on usage-limit error fills disk: codex-tui.log grew to 67 GB
- Codex Desktop intermittently crashes/resets on macOS with auth_elicitation feature mismatch and unknown conversation state
- what an excuse
- CODEX stops working for "■ Error running remote compact task: stream disconnected before completion: error sending request for url (https://chatgpt.com/backend-api/codex/responses/compact)"
- Burp HTTP/SSE MCP server appears in /mcp and works manually, but tools are not injected into assistant native tool list
- Latest npm Codex CLI renders raw ANSI/control sequences in Windows Terminal
- Possible creation of empty ~/.git and ~/.agents directories on host during/around Codex startup
- Memory leak when running multiple agents
- Codex App: The in_app_Browser is broken; Displays Imaginary divs that do not correspond to webapp code.
- Codex App: The in_app_Browser is broken; Displays Imaginary divs that do not correspond to webapp code.
- 0.133.0-alpha.1 migration drops existing live goals without backfill
- Windows desktop: file card path in chat attachment box drops backslashes
- write only sandbox doesn't work inside a container
- [iOS] Using mic and keyboard to prompt preparation is not consistent
- Add PowerShell 7 / pwsh as a Codex Desktop integrated terminal shell option
- Windows Desktop WSL app-server fails to launch due to CRLF/LF SQLx migration checksum mismatch
- Codex Windows App reported an error after upgrading: Codex cannot access its local database
- Logging out in one app on one machine revokes all tokens on all machines
- IOS app - Generate Codeblock context blank
Resolved issues (24)
- Codex Desktop remote control shows duplicate MacBook; mobile can list chats but opening a chat returns 403
- iPad ChatGPT app freezes when opening Codex remote thread detail over SSH
- After long command finished, call hook to feedback
- /ps not working during a goal
- AGENTS.md is silently ignored when invalid utf8 characters are present
- CLI binary releases not notarized — blocks Homebrew Cask distribution
- Rendering is completely broken when git is detected
- The Codex app on Windows is absolutely garbage.
- @chrome plugin cannot be called and reinstall/update/uninstall fails
- Pet/avatar overlay and notification tray are clipped on macOS Screen Sharing
- /review does not see any branches or commits after updating to 0.131
- Image paste only works after pasting text first on Linux/X11
- Codex Windows Project Chats Disappearing / Project Persistence Broken
- Invalid schema for function _search_content on any message
- Codex Desktop pet/avatar overlay renders tray but not mascot sprite
- Retry loop on usage-limit error fills disk: codex-tui.log grew to 67 GB
- Codex mobile Remote Control stale host cannot be removed and QR pairing fails
- Codex Windows desktop app crashes on startup: app-server websocket closed code=3221225781
- what an excuse
- Possible creation of empty ~/.git and ~/.agents directories on host during/around Codex startup
- 0.133.0-alpha.1 migration drops existing live goals without backfill
- Add PowerShell 7 / pwsh as a Codex Desktop integrated terminal shell option
- Codex Windows App reported an error after upgrading: Codex cannot access its local database
- Logging out in one app on one machine revokes all tokens on all machines