Digest / May 24, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — May 24, 2026
84 new issues filed ·
17 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (84)
- The main agent is not aware of subagents spawned before context compaction, and reports no way to list them by itself
- Codex Desktop: setting a goal fails after thread title generation without inserting thread_goals row
- Homebrew cask install exposes remote-control but lacks the required standalone layout
- Codex Desktop plugin page renders with large blank white overlay on macOS
- Codex Cloud
- OpenRouter model catalog parsing fails on startup
- Codex Desktop accepts prompt but UI stays stuck in Thinking; Stop fails and turn can become invisible after restart
- False positive cybersecurity risk flag on local notification routing task
- Auto-generate and apply a concise thread name after the first prompt
- Logging in with private account shows chats from business account
- Codex says not connected while connected
- Codex app: /status shows no output in app mode, while terminal mode still works after update
- Codex Desktop deletes heartbeat automation definition after restart when target thread is archived
- Codex desktop sidebar should support Connection → Project → Thread grouping for remote hosts
- Codex Desktop on Windows: Chrome native host locks plugin cache and Chrome routing is unreliable
- node_repl: tools/list returns js but runtime routes mcp__node_repl__js as unsupported call
- Skills: hard budget limit (5440 chars) with no exclude/disable mechanism causes mass description truncation
- Goal auto-continuations can downgrade Full Access threads to read-only/on-request while UI still shows Full Access
- Computer Use screenshots can capture unrelated windows instead of the target window
- Codex Desktop pet tray omits active threads and shows inconsistent thread status
- Add a copy button to single line markdown code output
- Feature request: convert large pasted text into an attachment/document in the Codex input
- Mobile Codex stuck on "Waiting for desktop" despite active desktop session
- Prefix `./` to completion of `@{filename}` if the path is not obviously a path
- Add an option to show/hide hidden folders in the file tree
- [Codex Desktop] Add an option to show/hide hidden folders in the file tree
- Feature request: configurable chat colors for user messages in Codex Desktop
- Codex CLI on Windows is extremely slow in standard mode for a trivial task
- Add single-dollar inline LaTeX support
- Windows desktop: Discard changes fails with "patch with only garbage" for thread diff
- Codex App crashes when reopening an existing conversation with extensive ImageGen usage
- Unexpected skill/plugin appearing in Codex CLI
- Codex TUI should support image paste via Cmd-V / terminal paste, not only Ctrl-V
- Linux remote compact can time out at ~31s despite 20m request timeout due to reqwest TCP_USER_TIMEOUT
- /status shows stale cached token usage on first run after usage for ChatGPT Plus users
- How to make it ask me before every single edit?
- VS Code goal continuation starts with managed workspace-write sandbox instead of configured full access
- Codex Desktop automations should support missed-run catch-up after the app or computer was offline
- iPhone Codex remote control setup fails until desktop session satisfies MFA
- Codex App freezes on task when using model 5.4 extra high
- Codex Desktop 26.519.41501 no longer shows context-window usage in chat UI
- Getting stuck in plan mode
- Allow compaction-specific reasoning effort and service tier
- Codex app fails daily and freezes my windows pc.
- `/status` command doesn't work [DUPLICATE]
- Codex in-app browser no longer working in existing projects.
- Codex Desktop 26.519 / CLI 0.133.0: long post-tool thinking gaps and excessive context growth even with memories disabled
- Session limits draining significantly faster
- Codex Desktop automation heartbeat fails on Windows due to stale session path mismatch between C:\... and \\?\C:\...
- Windows interactive TUI input repaint breaks only inside Git repositories
- Add structured, card-based rendering for audit, security, and repository analysis outputs in Codex Web
- codex-cli 0.133.0` fails to execute tool commands under the default `bwrap` sandbox when Codex is launched from `~/.local/bin/codex`
- use subagent but final return No agents completed yet
- there should be an feature to delete some chat?
- The command sandbox keeps prompting for approval on equivalent follow-up commands, even after permission was already granted.
- Codex Desktop: chat creation error when creating new chat as a worktree
- codex-cli app-server (Linux) leaks chrome-devtools-mcp child trees on JSON-RPC transport close
- VS Code extension WSL agent fails when Windows and WSL share CODEX_HOME on C drive SQLite state
- Codex Desktop logs into Personal account instead of selected ChatGPT workspace
- Indicate when a message was used for steering
- Codex Skill Causes Frontend Startup to Hang and Memory Usage to Exceed 50GB on Mac
- Structured request_user_input prompt not shown on Codex mobile iPhone
- Codex Causes Frontend Dev Server Startup to Hang and Memory Usage to Exceed 50GB on Mac
- Refer one session from another session within Codex App to add dependency
- Scheduled automations on Windows cannot rewrite `.codex/browser/sessions` policy files, breaking Chrome/X skills that pass manually
- Bug: Skills/App listing shows 1000+ inaccessible ecosystem Apps after Desktop install/sync
- Windows Codex Desktop stdio MCP child process does not inherit user env vars for mcp-remote header substitution
- Codex crashes during a long-running session and closes WezTerm without any error message
- Codex Desktop project chat history disappears after update due to WSL cwd/path migration mismatch
- BUG - “Your access token could not be refreshed because your refresh token was already used”
- No Persistent Auto-Compaction and Token Usage Status
- Codex Desktop Chronicle screen-capture helper repeatedly triggers macOS systemstatusd high CPU
- Resume fails with Responses API 400 when persisted function_call.name contains NUL bytes
- Automatic context compaction in Codex Desktop is extremely slow, sometimes taking around a full minute
- Google Drive Sheets connector can read spreadsheet but cannot write after plugin reinstall; shared read quota also returns 429
- Cybersecurity Flagg
- no-active-thread-019e5c0b-6301-76b1-ae4a-f5bbbfcadddc
- GPT-5.5/Codex reliability regression: context window error blocks an in-progress app bug fix
- Chrome plugin cannot connect to Chrome Beta profile on Windows
- "Edited N files": The diff only shows lines added, but not lines removed
- Codex Desktop: support deep links to Markdown headings from chat and rendered docs
- Codex in-app browser cannot enter Cyrillic/Unicode text when virtual clipboard is missing
- [UX Improvement] Expose explicit command-first workflow in Codex task/issue handling
- Codex Desktop: permanent worktree chats are grouped under source workspace instead of labelled worktree
Resolved issues (17)
- Possible cybersecurity-risk false positive banner in Codex CLI
- cybersecurity risk
- Mobile Codex stuck on "Waiting for desktop" despite active desktop session
- Add an option to show/hide hidden folders in the file tree
- Codex CLI on Windows is extremely slow in standard mode for a trivial task
- Windows desktop: Discard changes fails with "patch with only garbage" for thread diff
- Add single-dollar inline LaTeX support
- Allow compaction-specific reasoning effort and service tier
- `/status` command doesn't work [DUPLICATE]
- Codex Desktop 26.519.41501 no longer shows context-window usage in chat UI
- Windows interactive TUI input repaint breaks only inside Git repositories
- VS Code goal continuation starts with managed workspace-write sandbox instead of configured full access
- /goal continuation uses stale permission context after permissions changes
- there should be an feature to delete some chat?
- Codex Causes Frontend Dev Server Startup to Hang and Memory Usage to Exceed 50GB on Mac
- Codex crashes during a long-running session and closes WezTerm without any error message
- Windows: taskkill output leaks into TUI from exec-server stdio cleanup (parallel path to #20845)