Digest / May 30, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — May 30, 2026
134 new issues filed ·
41 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (134)
- Windows Computer Use screenshot fails on Windows 10 22H2 when SetIsBorderRequired is called
- Codex app accumulates stale subagents in cache/UI and they cannot be closed reliably
- Drained 100 dollars of credits on two quick prompts. I'm not a wealthy man. If you want me to break Codex and give you a nice long bug report, I will. But I think you guys have enough engineers
- Windows App remote control skills list is incorrectly the Windows list when in WSL mode
- MCP OAuth credential works in new chat but existing thread remains stuck on 401
- Phone Number Verification Fails
- Codex remote shows Auto review as permissions (matching the Windows app) then switches to Custom (config.toml) after hitting send on the chat
- Windows Codex app deep link / OAuth callback fails: "Unable to find Electron app"
- Clicking fork button give no spinning indicator showing it's working
- Keyboard shortcut to toggle terminal no longer hides it (regression)
- Remote compact task fails with unknown variant auto, expected high or original
- Codex Desktop Windows crashes when clicking Settings > Connections > Connect computer
- Codex image viewer has overlapping top-right controls on Windows
- Windows desktop notification click opens invalid WindowsApps path with type=click query
- Codex insists on opening sandbox projects on c: creating Documents under %USERPROFILE% when My documents is pointed to another location/drive
- [Bug] Codex IDE extension 26.527.31454 converts pasted task cards into Pasted text.txt with no editable text option
- Windows Computer Use makes system cursor invisible after every session
- Codex Desktop 26.527: `Copy as Markdown` disappeared from the Copy menu
- Remote mobile Codex does not render local media artifacts linked from assistant messages
- GitHub OAuth callback fails with "Unable to find Electron app" on Windows
- Pinned thread state should sync across Desktop and mobile clients
- Codex Desktop App does not apply Traditional Chinese language on macOS
- [windows store codex app]Threw a err that can't find the part of codex app
- Windows app 26.527: sandbox network fails despite workspace-write network access; workspace dependencies cannot reinstall
- Codex Chrome connector needs reliable background authenticated browser automation
- Long threads are unrecoverable when rollout JSONL grow beyond resume/list limits
- Windows Desktop + WSL needs an end-to-end release gate across config, state, plugins, exec, and recovery
- Windows: maximized Codex window shows transparent/desktop bleed-through after 26.527.3686.0 update
- Codex App mobile shows full Windows PowerShell path for command items
- Can not find `new worktree or local` option entry in new thread.
- [Windows] Bundled plugins (Computer Use, Browser, Chrome, LaTeX) unavailable — copyfile fails on EFS-encrypted WindowsApps files
- Windows Desktop 26.527.3686.0 AppsFolder launch opens Chrome and exits; direct Codex.exe launch works
- Codex Desktop Browser Bridge fails on Windows: windows sandbox failed: spawn setup refresh
- Mobile apps: add Profile and daily usage/cost view backed by app-server APIs
- Windows Desktop: in-app terminal fails in Windows native mode; WSL terminal opens but errors when closed
- Codex Desktop Windows: node_repl bridge fails with `windows sandbox failed: spawn setup refresh`
- Windows Desktop 26.527.3686.0: clicking toast notification launches Codex.exe with raw type=click&tag=... and shows Electron error
- Constantly getting error popup when trying to access an older thread?
- Codex app automations have a "never" approval policy and can't escalate
- When deleting a Codex-managed worktree from Settings, the action feels risky because it is not clear enough whether uncommitted work will be preserved.
- Windows Codex Desktop notification click launches Electron with type=click&tag as app path
- `/side` chats are expiring too quickly; expiration behavior is opaque
- The popout window takes 10+ seconds to open
- Codex windows app 26.527.31326 fullscreen focused window becomes transparent
- Windows: Codex App UI renders as transparent/blank white content area
- Codex Desktop heartbeat automation cannot resume thread on Windows due to stale path mismatch between normal path and \\?\ path
- bug: Error launching app - Cannot find module due to unquoted space in 'Program Files' path on Windows
- In Iphone, you can't paste screenshots anymore. Really useful for annotations, doodles, etc...
- Show Codex usage balances in mobile app for 5-hour and weekly limits
- codex remote-control reuses persisted enrollment with stale server_name, causing silent WebSocket disconnect
- Support opening current project in Git GUI apps from Codex Desktop
- macOS Codex relaunch loop exhausts syspolicyd file descriptors and blocks app launches
- Goal style questions disappear after restarting the client, serious error!!!!
- Codex Desktop file tree hides project dot-directories such as .codex while search can find them
- Tracker: Codex business access-tokens broken (401 unauthorized)
- Browser plugin bootstrap fails in Codex App: browser-client is not trusted
- Windows Codex app: codex: protocol deep link is passed as Electron app path after update
- Windows: semi-transparent sidebar causes transparent/undrawn left and top regions when maximized
- Codex Desktop new chat in SSH remote project can use stale Cloud/local environment in composer
- Codex Desktop: opening a large thread causes sustained 100%+ CPU until app restart
- Codex Desktop: new thread from project view is created in global chat section instead of under the project
- Windows Codex 26.527 package includes Browser/Computer Use but runtime gate exposes only latex
- Opened by mistake
- Codex App: honor generated/context file attributes in local change counters and diffs
- Windows desktop: bottom panel flashes briefly then immediately disappears
- Additional Windows 11 repro for #25157: OpenAI Platform connector OAuth callback opens Electron error
- Codex App update left old crashpad helper; relaunch could no-op until clean restart
- Codex Desktop freezes when pasting repeated LaTeX display math blocks using \[...\]
- Codex ui glitches after new mobile connection with windows
- Proposal: sort TUI slash commands alphabetically
- The "Add to conversation" bubble that appears after text selection is invisible on Windows app after the update when app scaling is not 100%
- Codex Mobile: queued message disappears after app background/thread reload
- macOS Desktop Appshot fails: Unable to attach appshot, captureNotFound after start succeeds
- el consumo semanal no se restablecio correctamente cuenta: proselcommalaga@gmail.com
- Computer Use cannot determine Chrome URL on Windows, even on chrome://newtab/
- Windows Codex Desktop shows Electron "AttachConsole failed" dialog from node-pty conpty_console_list_agent
- We're currently experiencing high demand, which may cause temporary errors.
- Codex Desktop: generated suggested prompts are cached but not shown for ChatGPT Pro account
- NEW UPDATE VERIFY
- CLI Becomes Unresponsive After /permissions Execution; SIGINT Handling Failed
- Typo in Codex Documentation
- Codex DeskTop:The UI of this App couldn't display properly.
- Windows Desktop + WSL2 workspace: exec_command fails before shell start; Windows elevated sandbox also fails setup refresh
- Separate chat text, code block, terminal, and UI font settings in the macOS desktop app
- The issue with Codex not being able to compact the context has been going on for ten days now.
- Windows Codex app: permission notification click/minimized state launches Electron error
- Windows Codex Desktop persists volatile plugin cache hash paths in sessions, causing older threads to lose skills after plugin cache updates
- Codex shows outdated (cached) images in the chat even when they were changed on disk
- Feature request: typed service-state warnings before Codex sessions
- Settings button not responding after update (v26.527.31326)
- Clicking the review button on an old finished task while a new task has already edited files in the same thread always shows the new edited changes instead
- Codex session replay can fail with invalid_encrypted_content from persisted encrypted reasoning/compaction records
- Translucent Sidebar setting has no visible effect on Windows 11
- Windows Codex App: Computer Use allowlist displays WeChat name as mojibake
- Hook settings page shows generic Hook N labels instead of hook names or commands
- **Subject: Possible Bug – Project Missing from Project List but Chat Still Exists**
- TUI slash command popup keeps stale selection after filtering
- Codex Desktop launched elevated still spawns medium-integrity shell
- Windows 10 Store Version: codex://new causes "Cannot find module ...\new" and breaks Chrome/Computer Use OAuth callback
- Windows 26.527.3686.0: enabling notifications triggers Electron app launch error with ?type=click&tag deep link
- Discussion: Can AI Coding Agents Be Truly Trustworthy Without Verifiable Runtime Environments?
- [Bug] The permissions are too strict, resulting in failed tool calls without any approvals in the "Auto Review" mode.
- Computer Use is unavailable in Windows Desktop when app-server runs in WSL (`reason=wsl-disabled`)
- Ambient Suggestions consumes many tokens on start up - Add warning
- Custom Plugins from custom marketplace cause repeated Mantle calls
- Pause Codex retries while local network is unavailable
- Codex Desktop (Windows/MSIX) v26.527.3686.0 — stuck on logo, then unusable chat UI; renderer loops on unsupported `workspace_dependencies` feature
- Windows 11 Codex app: Side chat suddenly shows “Error creating task: no rollout found for thread id”
- Codex mobile fails to connect
- 0.135: default.rules prompt for git push is ignored under danger-full-access / granular rules=true
- Windows - "Open project in Codex" fails for all folders
- Windows Computer Use helper times out on list_apps and launch_app while list_windows works
- Regression: Windows Desktop + WSL shell stays poisoned after reboot; live app-server holds deleted CODEX_HOME/tmp/arg0 helper path despite unified_exec=false
- Scope Codex VS Code chats to the current workspace/project
- Goal sessions can pin cached_input_tokens to small fixed prefix (e.g. 2432)
- Codex Desktop composer caret/input focus intermittently disappears on macOS until app focus is switched
- Windows Desktop remote-control listener can stay on stale cached binary missing sandbox helper
- MacOS: Auto switching between dark/light mode breaks Codex Desktop left sidebar and navigation
- Project-local skills should override user-global skills with the same frontmatter name
- Error: AttachConsole failed
- Custom pet is visible on Windows but does not animate
- Codex 0.134+ WebSocket reconnection issue after tool calls
- Codex extension in VS Code IDE does not work when Amazon Q Developer extension is installed in VS Code
- Please roll back profiles in config.toml
- Finished Codex Desktop task stays as New chat and is absent on mobile
- `codex app <path>` no longer opens Codex App
- Subagent child threads are counted as top-level recent conversations and can leave stale open spawn edges
- Using two subscriptions with shared chats
- Weekly quota display is ambiguous in VS Code extension
- Codex Desktop `/goal` ignores auto-created `Pasted text.txt` attachments and treats the goal as empty
- Windows Codex app header and left sidebar become transparent when maximized
- Codex Desktop: Pasted text.txt attachments cannot be previewed or edited inside the app
- Codex Desktop Windows: node_repl trusted runtime fails with Access denied before Chrome bridge can run
- Add HVTracker badge to README?
Resolved issues (41)
- Phone Number Verification Fails
- Allow renaming task/thread titles to improve history navigation
- Computer Use fails to start on Windows with sandbox ACL setup error
- The Codex app on Windows is absolutely garbage.
- /Goal Always Fails
- Failed to set goal
- Failed to read thread goal: thread/goal/get failed in TUI
- /goal slash command shows "Not sent" and does not create a goal
- Meta: /goal failures hide DB/schema/process mismatch after goal storage changes
- /goal should define how goal mode interacts with inherited approval policies
- Setting a goal is not working with Failed to set thread goal: thread/goal/set failed in TUI
- Bring /goal support to the Codex Windows app and make goals resumable from mobile
- Codex App 26.519: /goal slash command is missing even though Goal mode is GA
- `/goal` + exhausted credits = bug inside the TUI.
- Implement the use of /goal in Codex IDE Extension
- Goal failed twice with "Failed to read thread goal: thread/goal/get failed in TUI" but still used tokens. Went from over 70% left to 4% of my 5h limit.
- /goal failing to parse pasted content
- /goal long-running loop produces 480 KB single log lines via chain-nested turn{} tracing spans (34 GB log in one day)
- /goal looping through execution-time permission request burning through 25% weekly usage limits doing nothing
- All 5-hour Pro tokens consumed by /goal looping on "Error running remote compact task"
- in goal last steer is re-included after each compaction
- /goal` mode repeatedly emits dangerous-operation confirmation prompt and consumes quota
- Add a separate notification setting for incomplete goal turns
- /goal runtime includes approval-wait time
- Goal tracking fails with missing thread_goals table in remote macOS Codex app session
- Codex Desktop: setting a goal fails after thread title generation without inserting thread_goals row
- Windows Codex app: codex: protocol deep link is passed as Electron app path after update
- Opened by mistake
- Codex ui glitches after new mobile connection with windows
- el consumo semanal no se restablecio correctamente cuenta: proselcommalaga@gmail.com
- Windows 26.527.3686.0: enabling notifications triggers Electron app launch error with ?type=click&tag deep link
- Codex CLI leaves stale no-TTY process consuming high CPU after session exit
- Settings button not responding after update (v26.527.31326)
- Windows 11 Codex app: Side chat suddenly shows “Error creating task: no rollout found for thread id”
- Rename forked sessions
- Commit/Push buttons disappear after handoff from worktree to local
- NEW UPDATE VERIFY
- Discussion: Can AI Coding Agents Be Truly Trustworthy Without Verifiable Runtime Environments?
- Drained 100 dollars of credits on two quick prompts. I'm not a wealthy man. If you want me to break Codex and give you a nice long bug report, I will. But I think you guys have enough engineers
- Goal sessions can pin cached_input_tokens to small fixed prefix (e.g. 2432)
- Please roll back profiles in config.toml