Digest / May 25, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — May 25, 2026
88 new issues filed ·
18 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (88)
- Desktop app rewrites removed feature flag js_repl into config.toml on every startup
- Codex remote compaction deadlocks when input_image payloads remain in compacted replacement history
- multi_agent_v1.close_agent can hang for hours when closing an unresponsive subagent
- Codex Windows Desktop: Agent uses stale plugin cache path after plugin update, and session execution details are lost after restart
- Windows sandbox: spawn setup refresh fails on Codex CLI 0.133.0
- Cant connect my Codex iphone app
- Codex Computer Use auth plugin breaks macOS lock-screen unlock
- MDM `requirements_toml_base64` fails to resolve `~/` paths in `permissions.filesystem.deny_read`
- CLI remote-control reports connected on macOS but host is not visible in mobile unless Codex.app is running
- Bug: Codex startup blocks on MCP/App connector initialization, causing very slow launches
- App Server: add persistent thread attachment RPCs for existing top-level sessions
- Codex Desktop: support live refresh for rendered Markdown documents
- Plugin MCP servers need a supported user secret/env configuration path
- Codex Desktop macOS: tab close target in extension panels is hard to use with a mouse
- /status context usage is hidden or unusable when side panels are open
- Windows Desktop can hang after enabling WSL app-server mode and requires Electron cache reset to recover
- Codex CLI 0.133.0 fails to start with default permissions, but starts when explicitly passing `--sandbox workspace-write`.
- Broken continuous horizontal text oscillation animation causes motion sickness
- apply_patch / file_change tool deadlocks non-deterministically on file mutations (kind:add ~100%, kind:update ~50%) across codex CLI 0.125→0.133
- Codex Desktop crashes on startup with exit code 3221225501 (0xC000001D) on Windows 11 25H2
- Unexpected Rapid Rate Limit Exhaustion
- Goal tracking fails with missing thread_goals table in remote macOS Codex app session
- Show app-server connection info in /status for codex --remote
- Windows app freezes / may trigger BSOD when dragging a folder into chat
- `Ctrl + Shift + A` unexpectedly archives the thread
- Codex IDE extension often stays on "Thinking" for a long time even for simple prompts
- Run parallel side sessions with agent-like inspectability
- Windows sandbox initialization fails with "setup refresh failed with status exit code: 1"
- Add Delete option for Codex desktop threads and archived threads
- Add an option to disable remote compaction and use local fallback in the CLI
- Codex CLI intermittently gets stuck in “Working” state; reconnect retries occur before normal execution
- Regression: Codex CLI 0.133.0 hides/flickers text in Windows Terminal; 0.130.0 works
- GPT-5.5 Fast suddenly feels as slow as Standard, with long thinking/context/search stalls
- Codex App: Goal setting fails immediately, including /goal clear, likely due to thread resume parsing older rollout metadata
- ChatGPT iOS app fails to connect to Linux Codex remote-control host over SSH/Tailscale while macOS Codex App works
- Session disappear. Codex trips over bad JSON history.
- Codex app (and IDE) review should offer a session-wide cumulative diff, not only latest-turn changes
- Windows Desktop: many threads in one project make sending and responses very slow even on fast model
- Codex responds too slowly
- Codex Windows Desktop：The thinking process for all models is extremely slow, for example, when asking: "1+1=?".
- Cloud chat converted locally attaches to active local project instead of original project
- GPT-5.5 performance and reliability seem significantly worse today
- Codex Desktop: automatic context compaction cannot be cancelled and can stall long-running tasks
- Codex Desktop ambient_suggestions used Computer Use to open/read Gmail in Chrome without a visible user-initiated task or clear audit trail
- Hang / Application hang/ Stall / Execution stall/Unresponsive UI / UI freeze ————always thinking but no response after "git, find,searchAuto-compacting context"
- Appshots hotkey dispatches but capture never starts on macOS arm64
- Personality "none" doesn't work anymore
- Intel macOS x64 26.519.41501 still missing computer-use helper for Appshots and Locked use
- Computer use disabled for individual account in Central Asia
- Add a bounded `codex mcp check <server>` diagnostic command for MCP startup and tool discovery failures
- macOS remote sessions cannot write to external-volume workspaces on 0.130/0.132/0.133 (Operation not permitted)
- Automatically install and update the CLI for remote connections, similar to VS Code
- [BUG] GPT-5.5 Thinking Weekly Quota Failed to Reset on May 23 (14-day Cycle Bug)
- Do not drain queued follow-ups after usage-limit or credits-exhausted errors
- Reconnecting Issues
- Codex Desktop shows “You're out of Codex messages” despite 99% usage remaining
- Codex App shows stale local image when Markdown path is reused
- Local threads exist in SQLite but disappear from ChatGPT mobile; duplicate local host entries
- Feature Request: Better support for VS Code multi-folder workspaces
- TOO MUCH Error running remote compact task
- Dino Test fails from Codex, but runs perfectly on Windows powershell
- Limits wasted too rapidly
- Windows command_execution does not emit PreToolUse hooks, even with matcher "*"
- Android remote control session list stays stale while Codex Desktop has newer sessions
- The command begin with "Get-content" can not be remembered as never ask again.
- Codex Desktop mixes local custom provider base_url with remote auth.json API key
- Codex macOS app becomes slow, unstable and crashed with high CPU when using inline browser on large React apps
- Codex often overwrites recent code.
- `.agents/` writes blocked even when added via `--add-dir` or in `writable_roots`
- Mobile Remote briefly shows a local project/thread, then removes both after sync
- Withdrawn: report needs private redaction
- Codex mobile thread list loses visibility after desktop resume on same host
- Allow custom (non-ChatGPT) model providers to opt into the built-in `image_generation` hosted tool
- Failed to set goal
- Codex Desktop threads remain spinning after long gpt-5.5/xhigh turns, compaction, and interruption on macOS
- project-scoped session persistence
- Codex App/CLI: subagent tasks trigger reconnect loop and stream disconnect
- Pet to anime girl for science
- Codex Windows App takes forever to load
- Codex Desktop should diagnose Git safe.directory / ownership failures when WorkTree project association fails
- 🔥 Regression: newline shortcut no longer works in PyCharm integrated terminal on Windows since 0.126.0-alpha.11
- Windows elevated sandbox setup helper shows “The parameter is incorrect” even with clean CODEX_HOME and short ASCII npm path; unelevated works
- Codex mobile chat titles are often not summarized — the raw user prompt becomes the title
- Codex mobile chat titles are often not summarized — the raw user prompt becomes the title
- Invalid Workspace selected
- `$`/`@` in app can not see installed skills or files when the session is starting with `new worktree`
- Unable to continue using Codex, even though I have 150+ credits left.
- DeepSeek thinking mode: missing reasoning_content in assistant messages causes 400 error
Resolved issues (18)
- Codex Desktop: permanent worktree chats are grouped under source workspace instead of labelled worktree
- Missing message/progression bar
- Codex in-app Browser blocks http://127.0.0.1:3000 despite local server reachable
- ChatGPT iOS app fails to connect to Linux Codex remote-control host over SSH/Tailscale while macOS Codex App works
- Limits wasted too rapidly
- Local threads exist in SQLite but disappear from ChatGPT mobile; duplicate local host entries
- Ambiguous status line labels for 5h and weekly limits make red usage indicators confusing
- Show app-server connection info in /status for codex --remote
- `--dangerously-bypass-hook-trust` is ignored in TUI mode (codex 0.131.0–0.133.0): "Hooks need review" prompt still blocks startup
- Withdrawn: report needs private redaction
- Desktop UX for persistent attached agents: attach a top-level session as a subagent to an orchestrator thread
- App Server: add persistent thread attachment RPCs for existing top-level sessions
- Codex often overwrites recent code.
- Codex Desktop threads remain spinning after long gpt-5.5/xhigh turns, compaction, and interruption on macOS
- macOS: MallocStackLogging: can't turn off malloc stack logging because it was not enabled. appears when running Codex v0.118.0
- Codex v0.131.0 terminal corruption after codex_apps MCP startup on Windows
- Pet to anime girl for science
- Codex mobile chat titles are often not summarized — the raw user prompt becomes the title