Digest / May 21, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — May 21, 2026
127 new issues filed ·
34 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (127)
- Stop hook receives malformed JSON stdin on Windows with non-ASCII assistant message
- Recovery tool for Codex App 0.130→0.131 startup crash: SQLx checksum drift + 30s backfill timeout
- feat: auto-load all `.md` files from `~/.codex/instructions/` (modular companion to `~/.codex/AGENTS.md`)
- Unified exec should suppress editor and progress output by default
- Codex CLI on macOS used `launchctl submit` for child dispatches, causing persistent respawn loops and runaway token usage
- Mobile GPT app: switching from normal mode to plan mode clears user's prompt input
- Codex Desktop no longer shows visible context/token usage indicator
- Codex Desktop for Windows 26.519.2081.0 turns blank white after ChatGPT login
- Workspace explorer should automatically switch when changing project/thread
- Heartbeat automation update drops model/reasoning_effort and can break scheduled thread delivery
- Codex cli cannot update by brew
- shell_command returns "unsupported call" after app update
- Side chat content disappears after clicking Expand panel
- codex CLI hangs at `_dyld_start` on macOS 26 (Tahoe), never reaches main()
- Windows Desktop: cannot resume running thread due to C:\ path vs \\?\C:\ path mismatch
- Add figma mcp meet 400 error
- Chrome/Edge extension shows Connected, but Codex app shows not connected and @Chrome is unavailable
- Codex Desktop: dragging a folder into chat creates confusing file attachment / edited-file UI
- codex-cli stalls for exactly 300s between tool result and next model request (stream disconnected)
- Layout misalignment and ANSI escape code leaks during Chinese streaming output in JetBrains Terminal
- Desktop Git panel compares branch changes against the default branch instead of the PR base
- Review feedback doesn't render the findings
- Persistent ghost overlay / duplicated blurred layer in Codex Desktop plugins page on Intel Mac
- display bug
- Codex Desktop Windows: repeated silent app/window closes and sidechat becomes non-interactive after running
- Codex Desktop language setting changes localeOverride but UI remains English
- close buttons proximity
- SessionStart hook fires on startup but not after /clear
- Ctrl-C does not exit login screen in tmux when keyboard enhancement is enabled
- Codex Desktop subagent completions render as raw notifications and create unknown-conversation errors
- Codex cannot run on Antigravity IDE 2.0
- Codex Desktop fails to start with `migration 1 was previously applied but has been modified`
- Codex Desktop sidebar project groups only show threads from the first recent page; expanding a project does not load remaining project threads
- Breaking config change: `:project_roots` no longer works in recent Codex releases
- Codex showing "You’re out of Codex messages" and "Get plus" when i have a business account
- [BUG] /goal loops after usage limit and repeatedly triggers compaction
- Codex feels more like an AI babysitting workflow than an AI agent
- Chrome plugin disappeared from Codex App marketplace after update; cached browser-client is not trusted
- OAuth login URLs from CLI auth commands can be hidden in collapsed tool output
- Summarize *high-level* details about current task in CLI status bar
- Delete conversations from the left sidebar
- Restore opt-in passive context meter in Codex desktop app
- Namespaced MCP tool calls fail after deferred tool discovery because replayed function_call drops namespace
- Codex Desktop Computer Use MCP initialize times out, but same client handshakes from Terminal
- WSL agent environment corrupts local state_5.sqlite migration on Windows
- Stream disconnected before completion: Transport error: network error: error decoding response body
- too long to answer a standard question that i ask to test the thinking of codex to work out if its being stupid
- TUI composer: selected file paths should render and delete as atomic elements
- Codex Desktop macOS crashed during Sparkle auto-update with SIGSEGV and failed app replacement
- Add `--oauth [URL]` to codex mcp add for configuring OAuth resource
- No capacity for the model
- Fixed: share how to fix, Codex GUI failed to launch because it could not initialize its local SQLite state DB.
- Codex Desktop on macOS loses message hover after long session; main/renderer/GPU stay hot until app restart
- Codex Desktop shows duplicate tooltips when hovering over the side panel button
- Desktop: thread.archived silently reset to 0 on next app cycle for any thread whose sessions/<rollout>.jsonl exists
- Codex 2.app is arm64-only and cannot launch on Intel macOS
- Show Codex Cloud code review tasks from the CLI
- Feature request: clarify and support scalable remote execution patterns
- 019e4a10-1df0-7752-8b4e-e1f4bebb7e5d
- @openai/codex-sdk opens a visible codex.exe console window on Windows
- Sandbox/harness makes external agent CLI supervision unreliable vs Terminal
- editing model after writing the prompt
- New update loses Token Usage monitoring
- Desktop App startup crash due to sqlx migration checksum mismatch on logs_2.sqlite after updating to
- Im unable to change model - error: Couldn’t update model settings
- Codex Desktop remote control remains connected but unusable after remote device revoked permission, and cannot be deleted or re-authorized
- Codex Desktop MCP auto connection authorization bug
- [Codex App] Add a setting to expand activity/tool call summaries by default
- Codex Desktop browser annotations: Ctrl+Enter queues comments, but the shortcut is undiscoverable
- Codex prompts to create a sandbox, but fails to create it (or a backup sandbox)
- CLI+App: `/mcp` does not show project-scoped mcp servers
- Codex Desktop drops approvals_reviewer=auto_review after context compaction/resume
- Regression on Windows: session popup/minimum window replaced by "Open in new window"
- Windows desktop app renders external Markdown images as placeholders
- Completely stuck not working codex 26.519.21041
- Codex App Markdown renders ::Word as a header
- Chrome plugin fails after reinstall: browser-client is not trusted / native pipe bridge unavailable
- Codex Desktop 26.513.31313 on macOS 26.5 – "Oops, an error has occurred" when returning to chats
- README intro has nested paragraph markup
- Windows TUI render corruption in git repos triggered by core.fsmonitor=false git metadata call
- Codex Desktop in-app browser has no bypass for ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID on HTTPS localhost
- Codex Desktop on Windows periodically spawns visible PowerShell/conhost probe that steals focus
- Codex App for Windows: WSL2 agent mode blocks launch due to SQLite migration mismatch
- WSL app-server remains active after switching back to Windows and breaks Windows sandbox setup
- Codex Desktop loses visible automation run history after restart, while run data remains on disk
- codex cli hangs
- Allow user to disable tips
- 'codex-utils-pty' assumes winapi "std" feature
- flagged when there's no security risks
- Windows Codex App sidebar hides many threads and some codex:// thread links fail to open existing local threads
- Plugin cache refresh ignores marketplaces defined in config.toml
- Windows: SkillsWatcher blocks fs::rename in replace_plugin_root_atomically
- Codex App Hooks settings list is too long and cannot be scrolled
- Make DevBox / SSH remote repositories first-class in the Codex Mac app
- Context compaction details should be added to the /status readout, such as # of compactions, time of compaction, summary quality
- Profile repo-only still allows reading outside the repo / injecting workspace-write
- Windows sandbox hardening
- Codex Desktop WSL mode reuses Windows CODEX_HOME and fails SQLite migration checksum
- User-approved external CLI calls are still blocked as local file exfiltration, with no actionable override
- Codex App 26.519.22136: Remote Control setup authenticates but shows no devices
- Codex IDE extension fails with 403 Forbidden over Remote SSH on Linux etc.
- Upgrading to the latest version corrupted logs_2.sqlite and codex app wouldn't restart
- basic_streaming.ts sample does not handle web_search, mcp_tool_call, and error item types
- Windows Desktop remote SSH sessions freeze during app-server reconnect/list/resume
- After updating, device connections lost and can't be re-set up.
- Codex Windows Store 26.519.2736.0 fails on startup: "migration 1 was previously applied but has been modified"
- TUI Vim composer mode: repeated `e` does not advance to the next word end
- Bug: Codex Desktop fails after enabling WSL
- Context window usage / compact indicator is no longer clearly visible in the Codex app prompt bar
- MCP FIGMA 400 HTTP 400 Bad Request: {"error":"invalid_redirect_uri"}
- Codex app subagent cards can remain stuck/visible after close while close/readback reports no live agent
- Codex Desktop: closed subagents remain selectable/resumable and stale open rows are not closable
- Codex Desktop fails Power BI Modeling MCP writes while Codex CLI succeeds
- Mac-to-Mac remote control appears in Control other devices but cannot be used
- Error running remote compact task: We're currently experiencing high demand, which may cause temporary errors.
- /agent can show unrelated main sessions as generic "Agent" sub-agents
- Can't Connect A Previoiusly Disconnected Device To Codex On Laptop
- remote_control_enrollments not workikn on osx
- Request: terminal on the side instead of the bottom for the Codex desktop app
- Codex CLI TUI fails to render in VS Code terminal making it unusable on Windows
- Codex Desktop Windows: light theme becomes mixed dark/light after resizing or reopening smaller window
- Codex Mobile cannot use Mac remote connection when host Mac is locked despite Keep this Mac awake
- Codex Mobile only shows projects with recent chats
- Codex Remote/mobile reports quota exceeded while direct CLI works on same machines
- Managed app-server daemon repeatedly resets remote-control WebSocket; direct app-server stays stable
- Gmail connector rejects valid threaded reply with "Subject does not match"
- Session permission profile changed from full access to on-request in one repo without visible /permissions command
Resolved issues (34)
- Codex cli cannot update by brew
- Review feedback doesn't render the findings
- display bug
- Codex Desktop subagent completions render as raw notifications and create unknown-conversation errors
- Codex Desktop fails to start with `migration 1 was previously applied but has been modified`
- Codex App: main-thread subagent list regressed - missing agents and broken expand/collapse control
- [BUG] /goal loops after usage limit and repeatedly triggers compaction
- Codex feels more like an AI babysitting workflow than an AI agent
- /goal should treat repeated blocking conditions as completion criteria
- When executing the codex command now, is the default working directory not the current directory?
- v0.131 regression: codex starts in the wrong folder
- Recent projects sidebar order does not update when switching active workspace
- Restore opt-in passive context meter in Codex desktop app
- Renaming session with enter triggers the session window
- Stream disconnected before completion: An error occurred while processing your request.
- /review command is broken
- Codex Desktop browser annotations: Ctrl+Enter queues comments, but the shortcut is undiscoverable
- Codex App Markdown renders ::Word as a header
- Ctrl-C does not exit login screen in tmux when keyboard enhancement is enabled
- editing model after writing the prompt
- Allow user to disable tips
- flagged when there's no security risks
- Allow Codex to automatically switch reasoning level based on task complexity
- Context compaction details should be added to the /status readout, such as # of compactions, time of compaction, summary quality
- Codex Desktop WSL mode reuses Windows CODEX_HOME and fails SQLite migration checksum
- Upgrading to the latest version corrupted logs_2.sqlite and codex app wouldn't restart
- 019e4a10-1df0-7752-8b4e-e1f4bebb7e5d
- After updating, device connections lost and can't be re-set up.
- New update loses Token Usage monitoring
- Vim mode: support `ciw` to change inner word
- Context window usage / compact indicator is no longer clearly visible in the Codex app prompt bar
- Codex Desktop: closed subagents remain selectable/resumable and stale open rows are not closable
- Codex CLI TUI fails to render in VS Code terminal making it unusable on Windows
- Codex Mobile cannot use Mac remote connection when host Mac is locked despite Keep this Mac awake