Digest / June 2, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — June 2, 2026
182 new issues filed ·
46 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (182)
- codex zsh: suspended (tty input)
- Codex Cloud / ChatGPT Codex Connector creates excessive git.clone events for private repos
- Codex desktop for Win thread loses workspace tools mid-conversation when using Azure AI Foundry OpenAI model
- iOS ChatGPT fails security setup after scanning Windows Codex QR code
- Windows Codex App protocol activation opens Electron error
- Why am I being forced to use the buggy version of Codex?
- Codex CLI login forces SMS phone OTP step-up on a security-key-only (Advanced Account Security) account; browser login honors AAS
- Codex macOS desktop app exposes no Accessibility (AX) interface — breaks all window managers
- Codex Windows App in WSL mode chats are not resumable in WSL TUI
- Codex Desktop and VS Code extension eagerly spawn duplicate stdio Serena MCP servers while Codex is idle
- Codex chats disappear
- Codex for macOS accumulates Computer Use / MCP helper processes and unreaped zombie children, causing HID lag and WindowServer/TCC stalls
- Windows App in WSL mode incorrectly uses Windows config.toml, not the WSL config.toml
- Windows App in WSL mode incorrectly uses Windows AGENTS.md, not the WSL AGENTS.md
- Clicking the Codex mobile version button results in a pop-up window that quickly disappears
- Codex requires verification of an inaccessible legacy phone number and provides no phone number replacement or recovery path
- MCP Server Registry Discovery: connect Codex to an enterprise MCP server catalog with a single command
- There is a problem with the automation system
- Windows desktop sidebar text overlaps after launch
- Codex Desktop: add Delete next to Archive in thread menu
- Codex App: sidebar and top menu become transparent when maximized on Windows
- Codex cannot complete public-agency/banking workflows with protected inputs and remote GUI instability
- Error Window
- Codex Desktop: persist terminal zoom and allow Enter to select plugins in side chat
- Codex App overwrites bundled plugin config/cache and removes Computer Use/Browser plugins
- Codex still editing files without permission
- Error launching app
- Codex Desktop left sidebar only shows ~50 conversations, making older project chats disappear
- Codex Desktop Profile token activity shows next day instead of local date
- Language is set to Simplified Chinese, but the interface is still in English. Restarting the app does not fix it.
- Chat history disappears after upgrade and error: Unable to find Electron app ..
- Force to Log Out from Codex Then Can't Login to Codex Because Phone Number doesn' get verification code
- Windows desktop regression: long plain-text paste freezes app and maximized UI becomes transparent
- Feature request: Add a Rule Health Check system for AGENTS.md, project rules, and agent instructions
- Codex Desktop macOS: archiving the currently viewed chat leaves right pane on archived thread and triggers `session is archived`
- Windows Store Codex repeatedly fails to update because old MSIX package remains locked/in use
- Codex Desktop macOS: search box intermittently becomes unclickable until app restart
- Esc-aborting npm run dev leaves orphaned Next.js dev server process holding port 3000
- Codex Fast mode performance regression since May 23 remains unresolved
- Make the compact-model separately configurable
- Codex Desktop meta-bug: unbounded session/turn state causes freezes, context bloat, and lost active-turn control
- Bundled marketplace under .tmp is repeatedly overwritten with incomplete contents, causing Chrome plugin to fail loading
- ChatGPT Plus account cannot use Codex extension: gpt-5.3-codex is not supported
- Chrome + Computer use struggle with Chrome-hosted remote VMs, causing slow and expensive retry loops
- Windows desktop: Notion connector auth fails with Electron launch error and incomplete codex:// protocol registration
- Codex Desktop: support clickable custom URI scheme links in chat (e.g. obsidian://)
- Locked Computer Use fallback typed into macOS login password field
- There is an issue with the compression context of the codex
- Clicking ESC while /status is open stops generation
- I cant access gpt 5.3 codex with codex plus plan, codex can access my project
- Context compaction forgets AGENTS rules: task progress can jump from 97% back to 42%
- Windows app update broke workspace writes with EPERM inside project dist
- Adjusted conversation by Codex
- [Bug] Windows Codex Desktop: Computer Use plugin missing from UI and native pipe fails with missing-helper-path
- Codex failing to write code, just giving errors
- verification issue
- Unable to Verify Phone Number for Codex Login (WhatsApp Required, SMS Not Received)
- Windows Codex app cannot launch sandboxed commands for WSL2 project
- Codex device authorization still sends SMS to old phone number after ChatGPT phone number was updated
- Codex CLI install script is hosted on chatgpt.com, which is blocked in corporate networks
- I am using the Pro 20X plan and I cannot verify the phone number
- Auto-converting long pasted prompts to Pasted text.txt breaks Codex App workflows
- Codex App browser preview has abnormal page layout / element click regions at 50% zoom
- Windows 10 desktop app: sidebar background becomes transparent when maximized and focused
- Codex Desktop latest Windows version opens then exits immediately
- GPT-5.3-Codex disappeared from CLI and Desktop model picker for Plus account
- Codex Desktop plugins disappear after restart; Chrome native host manifest is not created and computer-use MCP is not attached
- Windows Desktop: new threads/handoffs persist as on-request/workspaceWrite instead of inheriting visible Full Access state
- Chrome plugin backend unavailable despite extension showing Connected
- Codex Windows Desktop: /goal slash command missing / No commands despite goals enabled
- macOS Desktop filters computer-use out of bundled marketplace even though bundled plugin is present
- Codex Computer Use Logs Taking Up My Entire Computer Storage
- Keep the old model (gpt 5.2)
- macOS: Codex Cannot Use App Snapshots or the Computer Use Plugin
- Codex App cannot create visible project threads for newly initialized local directories
- Codex CLI login blocked by phone verification rate limit — Pro subscriber
- Payment not reset usage
- Windows Codex app fails to handle codex:// protocol links
- Codex Desktop Review uses Git empty tree as diff target on Windows/WSL
- Add a dedicated model configuration for conversation compaction
- Opened in error
- Windows Desktop: maximized window spills onto adjacent monitors in multi-monitor setup
- Windows desktop: node_repl MCP gets stuck with Transport closed after sandbox setup refresh failures
- Codex phone verification bug: unable to send verification code to any phone number
- gpt-5.3-codex stopped working with ChatGPT account and disappeared after update
- Solution Verify Phone Number Codex CLI
- Bug,
- (code=1, signal=null). Most recent error: {"timestamp":"2026-06-02T,"level":"WARN","fields":{"message":"Failed to create shell snapshot for powershell: Shell snapshot not supported yet for PowerShell"},"target":"codex_core::shell_snapshot"}
- Windows approval/action callback launches Codex.exe with raw type=action argument and triggers Electron "Unable to find Electron app" error
- Regression: Cannot inspect spawned subagent details after Codex upgrade
- Cannot login to codex because I am not able to change phone number for some reason
- codex down
- GPT 5.3 Codex removed for ChatGPT subscription accounts despite being listed as supported in the subsciption website
- Windows: AttachConsole failed when restarting or closing built-in terminal
- Codex Desktop does not expose custom MCP tools although codex mcp list sees the server.
- App is crashing after update
- codex app-server proxy hangs on WebSocket-framed initialize while direct Unix socket succeeds
- Browser / computer-use fails intermittently with “transport closed” and “kernel exited unexpectedly”
- Codex app on Intel macOS cannot switch Fast mode; /fast is sent as normal message
- MCP Connectors
- Pasting small JSON with nested escaped JSON freezes Codex composer / VS Code extension
- Enhance the Codex app window title
- Google Drive connector connected but no mcp__codex_apps__google_drive tools are exposed in Codex Desktop
- Claude Code Codex plugin native review hangs/fails with IDEA MCP enabled by default
- Remote control bug
- functions.apply_patch can add files but cannot update existing files in Windows Codex App
- Tabbed environment/sources popover overlaps adjacent Codex pane in split view
- codex app . opens Codex Desktop without the current workspace on macOS
- Windows GitHub OAuth callback fails with "Unable to find Electron app
- Codex App freezes when pasting JSON stack traces with escaped backslashes into composer
- Codex Windows Chrome Integration Broken After Recent Update
- close_agent hangs on stale completed/interrupted child agents that remain listed as live
- The 'gpt-5.3-codex' model is not supported when using Codex with a ChatGPT account.
- New chat reuses the last active workspace folder without clear confirmation
- Codex Desktop: automation_update exposed in thread but rejected as non-local
- Chrome plugin missing after reinstall; local plugin cache points to incomplete latest folder
- codex exec executes commands but does not fire user hooks in 0.136.0-alpha.2
- Windows sandbox fails with standalone CLI despite valid junction install layout
- codex crashed itself and wsl2
- Bundled plugins (chrome, browser, computer-use) become unavailable after Microsoft Store auto-update
- Surface codex activity on the terminal tab via iTerm2 OSC 21337 tab status
- Codex Desktop Windows: stdout capture broken and node_repl elevation failure for non-Administrator user accounts
- Profile longest task duration does not include completed goal timeUsedSeconds
- Codex macOS app relaunches its own main binary in a tight loop, exhausting syspolicyd file descriptors and freezing all app launches system-wide
- AGENTS.md instructions can be read correctly but then applied inconsistently later in the same session
- Bug or account access issue related to Codex model availability on my ChatGPT Plus plan
- Codex App on Windows reports: "Codex failed to start."
- CODEX remote connect error loop
- Public web-sourced fact-check payloads are blocked as data exfiltration, breaking second-model review workflows
- Windows toast approval action fails: Electron treats notification click parameters as app path when Codex App is minimized
- Desktop harness lags really badly on token-high dependant MCP servers
- Shaking ChatGPT app with Codex SSH connection open crashes app
- codex
- Compaction should preserve the current task checkpoint to avoid restart loops in long-running sessions
- Windows Codex App: Google plugin OAuth callback fails with "Unable to find Electron app"
- Skill tab-complete unexpectedly steals focus while navigating large input messages
- MCP OAuth refresh regression after upgrade to rmcp 1.7.0
- Windows Computer shows up in Android app but shows unable to connect
- Chats under Project Folders intermittently become stale/disappear, requiring restore and re-consuming context/tokens
- Codex Windows Store app crashes immediately on launch on Windows build 26200.8246
- "Markdown couldn't render" error each time Codex wants to tell me something
- Document how app-server clients can discover and attach to the active Codex Desktop thread
- Bring back model 5.3
- Session loses goal-achievement metadata after Codex restart/update restart
- Show input box while viewing inline zoomed in images
- Code App Gmail Electron Bug in the App
- Codex Desktop continuously generates Crashpad pending dumps, growing without any limit: +5GB per day at least
- Simply garbage, the model's intelligence has severely degraded.
- Previously lost attachment-only conversations remain unrecovered after latest update; needs reindex/recovery path
- VS Code/Cursor Codex Extension: Submitted Prompts Randomly Disappear Before Entering Queue
- Usage limits are running out quickly
- Feature Request: Add a first-class Debug Mode for evidence-driven bug fixing
- TUI markdown hyperlinks are not clickable in OSC 8-capable terminals on 0.136.0
- Codex appears to leave orphaned git.exe processes on Windows.
- Codex allows continuing a session after the 5-hour usage limit is reached
- Compact fails using azure openai if not using v1 endpoint
- Composer in full screen is missing
- Forking a renamed thread can reuse the stale first-prompt title
- Codex Desktop for Windows keeps CPU active after first prompt; CPU drops immediately when Codex is killed
- apply_patch ignores active worktree context / lacks workdir, causing patches to land in the wrong Git worktree
- Can't edit a message in a side chat (`/side`)
- Codex desktop app shows “Computer Use plugins unavailable” on Windows
- Extra safety is turn on automatically
- The model 'gpt-image-2' does not exist.
- Status 400: "The model 'gpt-image-2' does not exist"
- Codex Responds Only with "The model 'gpt-image-2' does not exist."
- Getting "The model 'gpt-image-2' does not exist."
- image_generation_user_error
- Codex CLI gpt-image-2 does not exist
- The model 'gpt-image-2' does not exist.
- image_generation_user_error
- Computer use and browser plug-in disappear after updating to the latest version for Mac. Version 26.601.20914
- Codex tries to invoke an Image generation model for no reason
- The model 'gpt-image-2' does not exist error in Codex
- incorrect model calling
- Codex fail every a couple of minutes working with this error: { "type": "error", ... "message": "The model 'gpt-image-2' does not exist.", ...., "status": 400 }
- BUG stopped chat during scripts.
- codex not responding to prompts at all, keeps returning the same error msg, something about gpt-image-2, however I am not even asking it for an image
- Getting "The model 'gpt-image-2' does not exist." but I'm not doing or have ever done any image generation in codex.
- Codex app calls unavailable gpt-image-2 model during document editing task
- Image attachments visible to model are not available as local files for agent workflows
- Remote control presence decays on backend while client websocket stays fully connected (device shows stale on phone/web despite healthy local connection)
Resolved issues (46)
- Codex Desktop for macOS repeatedly triggers syspolicyd / trustd CPU and memory runaway
- The Codex interface freezes when copying JSON-structured data into the input field.
- Clickable links don't work right
- Slack installation stalls on Windows
- Codex still editing files without permission
- Why am I being forced to use the buggy version of Codex?
- Can't select the login method on codex
- Windows desktop regression: long plain-text paste freezes app and maximized UI becomes transparent
- Unread status removed after app restart
- ChatGPT Plus account cannot use Codex extension: gpt-5.3-codex is not supported
- codex zsh: suspended (tty input)
- I cant access gpt 5.3 codex with codex plus plan, codex can access my project
- Adjusted conversation by Codex
- Codex failing to write code, just giving errors
- app-server README documents query on fuzzyFileSearch/sessionCompleted
- text Codex Desktop visual compositing artifact on Intel macOS; fixed by --use-angle=gl
- GPT-5.3-Codex disappeared from CLI and Desktop model picker for Plus account
- codex no longer works
- Opened in error
- gpt-5.3-codex stopped working with ChatGPT account and disappeared after update
- Codex trying to read ~/.keychain on every command
- Windows: AttachConsole failed when restarting or closing built-in terminal
- Pasting small JSON with nested escaped JSON freezes Codex composer / VS Code extension
- codex app . opens Codex Desktop without the current workspace on macOS
- Windows GitHub OAuth callback fails with "Unable to find Electron app
- Codex App: slash command and skill picker selections in side chat do not apply until side chat is closed
- Codex Desktop: automation_update exposed in thread but rejected as non-local
- Auto-converting long pasted prompts to Pasted text.txt breaks Codex App workflows
- Keep the old model (gpt 5.2)
- Bug,
- codex down
- GPT 5.3 Codex removed for ChatGPT subscription accounts despite being listed as supported in the subsciption website
- gpt-5.3-codex model not supported in Codex CLI when authenticated with ChatGPT Plus
- The 'gpt-5.3-codex' model is not supported when using Codex with a ChatGPT account.
- Compaction should preserve the current task checkpoint to avoid restart loops in long-running sessions
- Bug or account access issue related to Codex model availability on my ChatGPT Plus plan
- codex
- Custom Plugins from custom marketplace cause repeated Mantle calls
- Codex cannot resume running thread when Windows session path differs only by \\?\ prefix
- Bring back model 5.3
- Windows 10 Store Version: codex://new causes "Cannot find module ...\new" and breaks Chrome/Computer Use OAuth callback
- Error: AttachConsole failed
- apply_patch ignores active worktree context / lacks workdir, causing patches to land in the wrong Git worktree
- Status 400: "The model 'gpt-image-2' does not exist"
- Codex Responds Only with "The model 'gpt-image-2' does not exist."
- The model 'gpt-image-2' does not exist.