Digest / June 4, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — June 4, 2026
140 new issues filed ·
17 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (140)
- Codex Desktop: Computer Use is lost after restart and archived threads trigger restore error
- OTEL metrics are gated on `analytics.enabled`, even for custom `otel.metrics_exporter` configurations
- Repeated reconnect loops on home network make Codex unreliable and sometimes unusable
- Data Analytics plugin tools appear in remote Codex CLI without local install/config
- codex exec fails on Android (Termux): "lock() not supported" in acquire_app_server_startup_lock
- Feature request: allow folding verbose MCP tool result bodies in the Codex CLI TUI
- out of credit error
- Codex Desktop: Computer Use / "Any application" option missing on macOS Intel
- Expose cache/session affinity for `codex exec --ephemeral` without native transcript replay
- Codex Desktop with Bedrock uses unsupported gpt-5.4-mini for helper turns
- IDE Extension: support inserting the current editor selection into chat as an explicit reference（like cursor）
- Codex does not seem to incorporate transient model-capacity errors into follow-up planning
- Windows app: PDF preview shows stale content after the PDF is overwritten at the same path
- SkyComputerUseClient processes spawned for turn-ended events remain alive as PPID=1 orphans
- Add Queue and Steer controls to Codex mobile
- Python SDK openai-codex-cli-bin missing manylinux aarch64 wheel
- Computer Use plugin is removed on restart and reappears only after manual reinstall
- Frequent apply_patch truncation on Amazon Bedrock provider: missing "*** End Patch"
- Windows Codex App: Browser Use IAB navigation to baidu.com rejected by enterprise network policy despite enabled Browser/Chrome plugins
- Bug Report: Image Loading Freezes Codex Desktop Conversation History
- Bug
- Sequential codex exec runs eventually fail with token_invalidated when using ChatGPT auth
- Windows Desktop: Computer Use fails because node_repl kernel exits with `windows sandbox failed: spawn setup refresh`
- Codex App + GPT-5.5 (Amazon Bedrock): streamed Chinese/CJK output is duplicated into history → runaway token growth → prompt tokens exceed model maximum. Identical task in English succeeds.
- The issue of dramatically increased Codex quota consumption.
- Codex Desktop ignores project-local model_catalog_json for fresh project threads
- macOS - Codex App Navigation / Usability Issue
- 26.527.3686.0 introduces invisible/transparent UI composition bug
- Feature: Pin prompt/composer input box to bottom of terminal pane (CLI)
- Appshots fail silently on macOS 12.7.6: sky.node and bare-modifier-monitor fail to load due missing Foundation/Swift symbols
- Codex Desktop Windows dictation frequently fails with "Unable to transcribe audio" despite working mic
- Codex Computer Use auth plugin adds 3-5s delay to macOS lock-screen unlock
- Feature: Allow /compact to accept a natural-language hint for selective context retention
- codex-computer-use.exe screenshot fails on Win10 22H2: SetIsBorderRequired not supported
- Add Linux ARM64 (aarch64) agent binaries to fix Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) crashes on Windows ARM64
- Windows desktop app maximized window leaves transparent/offset area on the left
- [Bug] Codex Desktop in-app browser annotations lose focus when pressing Space
- Codex App hang by pasting “\n” character
- Codex Desktop on Windows accumulates Node REPL/MCP/stdio app-server helper stacks during long multi-thread sessions
- Profile Token activity does not refresh today's usage while Codex is actively used
- [Desktop App] Computer Use plugin: `nodeRepl.nativePipe` undefined, native pipe path unavailable
- Excessive depletion of 5 hr rolling window
- Windows: Toast notification activation causes "Unable to find Electron app" error for MSIX packaged app
- Settings search does not work
- Feature request: configurable prompt snippets in the TUI composer
- Codex App: support parent workspaces containing multiple Git repositories
- Curated marketplace review request: iPhone Simulator Control plugin
- Codex triggers syspolicyd file descriptor leak on macOS, causing all DMG files to be reported as “damaged”
- MCP disconnectiong
- Double-Esc triggers conversation rewind too easily and lacks a safety mechanism
- maybe improve ` WARNING: failed to clean up stale arg0 temp dirs: ...`
- Codex mobile only shows 3 of 8 Desktop projects, preventing expected project selection
- Codex App has ~5s lag when opening a new durable thread in a git repo
- Codex App reopening some threads stalls because `thread/resume` returns oversized image-heavy payloads
- DOCX preview shows unable to load preview for externally validated OOXML file on Windows
- Codex Desktop: thread/session control tools disappear from long-running threads after initially being available
- Codex Desktop loses local shell/file-edit tool availability mid-session
- Performance issue + Treminal session not pinned up
- Codex desktop app Git worker can crash with Node/V8 OOM on large dirty repos
- Windows Codex Desktop: Approval Review Always Times Out For Operations Requiring Approval
- Codex Desktop integrated terminal duplicates Ctrl+V paste, while right-click paste works
- Codex Desktop Git action fails on remote project when passing empty -c core.fsmonitor=
- Use numbered CLI review findings for short follow-up prompts
- Codex Desktop renderer crashes after MCP/runtime burst with large active thread state
- Custom .codex/agents no longer selectable in CLI v0.137.0; subagents spawn generic and inherit parent model
- macOS 26.601: Chrome plugin cannot bootstrap because node_repl/js is not exposed despite extension-host and node_repl processes running
- Automation empty state layout overlaps in Chinese locale
- Windows Desktop 26.601: global CLI and Desktop bundled-plugin reconcile can fight over shared config.toml
- [Bug] Input freezes after prolonged idle period — unable to type or activate IME
- Bug Report: Chinese IME text cannot be typed in Codex Desktop chat input
- Codex Desktop usage-limit meters start at 99% instead of 100%
- Excessive Codex Usage Consumption During Deleted Chat Recovery Attempt
- no-active-thread-019e923a-388c-79d2-b4e2-9af9b6bfd9b9
- Windows Codex App 26.601.21317 missing buttons and features
- app-server: feedback log sqlite (logs_N.sqlite) grows unbounded — ~0.75 GB/day, no retention/rotation
- After I downloaded Codex, it opened the Google Chrome home page; after closing it and reopening Codex, it still opens the Google Chrome home page
- Codex Desktop hides attachment-only prompt threads after restart when message body is empty
- Computer Use plugin install does not persist after restart in Codex desktop
- Codex CLI persists malformed tool_search_call arguments, causing 400 property_name_above_max_length on resume
- Provide agent with internal /stop tool, the ability to `kill` spawned processes
- Browser Use installed/enabled but node_repl JS tool is not exposed on macOS
- Canceled Codex task kept running/restarting in background and saturated server CPU
- codex exec does not dispatch repo hooks from .codex/hooks.json
- Stuck at MCP calls during `/review` session
- Windows通过微软商店安装的Codex Desktop的最新版本注入的SAS令牌已经过期了
- Feature request: show project/workspace folder in Codex Desktop left sidebar
- Browser and Computer Use plugins became unavailable in Codex desktop app
- Repeated "Error running remote compact task: unexpected status 403 Forbidden: "
- Codex CLI 0.137.0 standalone installer is broken on Linux x64
- Feature request: Neovim IDE context provider for existing Codex CLI sessions
- Fast mode is not working in Codex App Automations
- Codex Mobile: add a rich Markdown file viewer for project files
- TUI: run `!` shell commands immediately instead of queuing them as prompts
- Consider caching repeated image data URLs and speeding up large output truncation
- Codex Desktop Windows silent exit with memory growth and no WER dump
- Node REPL kernel crashes with error 740 when initializing sandbox
- Computer Use native pipe path is unavailable on Windows - plugin disappears and blocks skill execution
- GPT-5.3-Codex is listed in Plus Codex pricing/docs but unavailable in Codex CLI with ChatGPT login
- Windows Codex app still micro-freezes after prompts in build 26.601.2237.0
- ObjectParam error from generated tool arguments with overlong property name
- Context Rate of Change
- Archiving a chat causes "Failed to resume chat" error and high memory usage loop
- Restore project level profiles
- Collapse Safe Area hides chat after Expand Panel in built-in browser
- Project-scoped custom subagent in `.codex/agents` is advertised but cannot be spawned
- Non-pinned Codex threads disappear after startup when thread `cwd` uses the `\\?\` path prefix
- VS Code queued follow-ups stop processing after completed turn resumes as markedStreaming=true
- Codex Desktop: Locked Computer Use hangs on macOS 26.6; SkyComputerUseService spins at high CPU
- Windows Codex IDE sandbox exec fails before PowerShell starts: spawn setup refresh
- Windows Codex Node REPL MCP fails with `windows sandbox failed: spawn setup refresh`, breaking spreadsheet artifact runtime
- Desktop: config.toml zero-filled to NUL bytes after ungraceful shutdown — non-atomic write on Windows loses entire file content
- Windows: `codex app PATH` should open Codex Desktop workspace via `codex://` deep link
- Codex Desktop on Windows cannot work with WSL projects.
- Feature request: Timeline / Conversation Navigator for Codex
- Mobile Codex: allow repeated microphone dictation after a transcription completes
- For codex sdk, expose reasoning/thinking tokens as a streamable event in run_streamed()
- Computer Use plugin becomes unavailable after Codex Desktop restart
- Windows Computer Use disappears after mobile pairing; native pipe helper metadata stops being published
- Locale override set to zh-CN but UI remains in English
- Windows sandbox: `SetTokenInformation(TokenDefaultDacl) failed: 1344` (ERROR_ALLOTTED_SPACE_EXCEEDED) — every command fails before start in workspace-write, on both elevated and unelevated
- Native Copy action for inline code-style values in Codex responses
- Codex app-server repeatedly exits on Windows; crash dialog surfaces plugin metadata and PowerShell shell_snapshot WARNs
- Allow Codex CLI status line to wrap instead of truncating
- Unexpected image_generation_call during coding session without user request
- Codex Desktop macOS: bundled Computer Use plugin skipped as missing after update
- codex exec still does not dispatch hooks with valid hooks.json shape
- Windows desktop launch can be blocked by stale main processes and shared SQLite locks; add safer health diagnostics
- Sources section in the right-side session panel is not clickable or expandable
- Codex desktop repeatedly crashes when using Computer Use.
- `codex remote-control start` fails with "managed standalone Codex install not found" when binary is installed via `codex-package` tarball
- Allow 'cmd + enter' to send message permanently as an option
- Linux sandbox creates synthetic child .git when Codex is launched from a subdirectory of a parent Git repo
- Feature request: Add an in-app Prompt Snippets panel for high-frequency prompts
- Codex Browser/Chrome plugins installed, but no browser backend registers; `agent.browsers.list()` stays empty
- Model selection should not be persisted to config
- Windows Desktop node_repl fails with os error 740 due to UAC installer detection on codex-windows-sandbox-setup.exe
- Windows Codex Desktop spellcheck detects misspellings but shows No Guesses Found
- Bug when trying to automatically compact the context
- Codex Windows App MUCH MUCH slower than VS Code plugin, same settings
- Codex fails on shared Linux systems due to global /tmp/codex-ipc permissions
Resolved issues (17)
- Codex App resets Speed from Fast to Standard after restart
- Codex does not seem to incorporate transient model-capacity errors into follow-up planning
- Bug
- Session limits draining significantly faster
- codex-computer-use.exe screenshot fails on Win10 22H2: SetIsBorderRequired not supported
- Image attachments visible to model are not available as local files for agent workflows
- Codex Desktop on Windows accumulates Node REPL/MCP/stdio app-server helper stacks during long multi-thread sessions
- IDE Extension: support inserting the current editor selection into chat as an explicit reference（like cursor）
- Codex quota is applied as Plus while active ChatGPT Pro subscription is still valid before scheduled downgrade
- Codex insists on opening sandbox projects on c: creating Documents under %USERPROFILE% when My documents is pointed to another location/drive
- Appshots hotkey dispatches but capture never starts on macOS arm64
- Windows Computer Use disappears after mobile pairing; native pipe helper metadata stops being published
- codex exec executes commands but does not fire user hooks in 0.136.0-alpha.2
- Consider using lto = "thin" instead of lto = "fat" in Cargo.toml [much less RAM and time to build, ~same performance]
- Bug when trying to automatically compact the context
- Feature request: configurable prompt snippets in the TUI composer
- The 'gpt-5.3-codex' model is not supported when using Codex with a ChatGPT account.