Digest / June 12, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — June 12, 2026
143 new issues filed ·
125 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (143)
- Preserve runtime model provider when applying subagent roles
- Closed side chats cannot be reopened, making side-chat history effectively unrecoverable
- Feature request: view archived chat contents from Settings
- Windows app crashes at startup (0xE06D7363, "in __char_to_wide: Illegal byte sequence") during cua_node staging on non-ASCII user profile path + CP949 codepage
- Support User Changes to Codex's Internal Planning Without Interrupting Active Thread
- Desktop project: Mark all as read does not persist unread state
- Compaction resume incorrectly presents stale latest user prompt as current active instruction
- Simultaneous activation of /goal and /plan in Codex
- Possible local transcript data loss after Codex Desktop update on Windows
- TUI: transcript-mode edit in /side conversation crashes with thread/rollback failed instead of graceful rejection
- Where in the world have y'all moved the worktree button to?
- Long-time OpenAI user (since 2023) suddenly required to verify phone number in Codex
- Codex app launches VS Code Remote SSH on port 22 instead of configured 443
- Codex repeatedly response previous user message that not relevant with current user message
- Codex Desktop falsely reports "GitHub CLI unavailable" when shell environment loading times out
- Desktop launch can fail when logs_2.sqlite grows large: app-server SQLite pool times out during startup
- Consider exempting long-time and paying users from mandatory phone verification in Codex
- Azure OpenAI deployment supports 1M, but Codex gpt-5.4 effective context_window is capped at 272k from models_cache.json
- The cursor in the chat input box would disappear.
- Free Plan quota stayed near 95% for my entire 16-day usage history despite daily heavy Codex usage
- Windows Computer Use @oai/sky exports mismatch still reproduces on 26.609.30741 / @oai/sky 0.4.10
- Windows Codex App unusable since update
- Support drag-and-drop file attachment as chat context in Codex IDE extension
- 403 Forbidden Access blocked by Cloudflare
- Add a Projects sidebar option to sort by name
- GPT-5.5 Fast mode remains extremely slow in Codex 26.609.30741
- CLI bug: Codex repeatedly resubmits the same tool-call result
- CLI bug: Codex leaves an interrupted child process running
- CLI bug: Codex does not bound repeated identical tool calls
- CLI bug: Codex repeatedly executes a valid sibling after a schema-invalid parallel tool call
- Codex App should switch which .codex directory it points to (and the integrated terminal shell) automatically based on the agent environment selected (native vs wsl)
- [Feature Request] 支持中文界面 i18n
- TUI assistant Markdown table can disappear after final render
- `codex app-server daemon` commands fail with `path must be shorter than SUN_LEN` when CODEX_HOME is a deep path (macOS)
- Codex Chronicle silently drains subscription quota 24/7 and triggers auth token invalidation
- macOS Dock helper crashes recursively in CodexDockTilePlugin setDockTile after app update
- Codex Desktop (Windows Store/MSIX) crashes on every launch — v26.608 and v26.609
- Codex Desktop exits after 26.609/26.611 updates due to cua_node runtime staging/finalization issue
- apply_patch fails on UTF-8 BOM files
- Shell write denied inside workspace without auto-escalation
- Opening Codex app appears to start the 5-hour usage window
- Opening Codex app appears to start the 5-hour usage window
- macOS code_sign_clone directories leak ~1GB per launch, never cleaned up
- Windows Codex app Chrome plugin fails with CreateProcessAsUserW failed: 5
- Not getting any reply
- Allow Documents plugin to use system LibreOffice instead of bundled LibreOfficeDev
- Unable to connect to certain MCPs, including the Mobbin MCP
- Windows app 26.609: autoapproval / approval policy no longer honored after update
- Windows app crashes immediately after launch (26.609.3341.0)
- Windows app becomes unresponsive on launch with repeated VCPkgSrv.exe crashes
- [TUI][macOS][Warp] Ctrl+V after copying plain terminal text freezes the TUI
- False positive cybersecurity flag on authorized finance tax filing work
- Add safeguard against inadvertent closing
- UI not responding despite all efforts
- Codex Windows app crashes on startup with non-ASCII Windows user path
- GPT-5.3-Codex disappeared from the models select list
- Windows Computer Use fails to initialize: @oai/sky internal subpath not exported
- Stable Codex Desktop 26.609.3341.0 exits immediately on Windows after update; Beta works
- In-app browser Cloudflare Turnstile GPU crash leaves Windows Codex app unlaunchable
- macOS Appshots fail with cgWindowNotFound even though screencapture works
- Support npm package sources in marketplace.json plugin entries (currently silently ignored)
- False positive: Kaspersky flags bundled Vite JS inside Codex app.asar as HEUR:Trojan.Script.Generic
- PreToolUse deny (exit 2 + permissionDecision JSON) is not enforced for apply_patch - hook fires, write proceeds
- Codex App: native-menu commands ignore all but the first configured keybinding
- Keyboard Shortcuts: make “Add another shortcut” explicit and discoverable
- Prompt bug
- Codex App: add /keymap slash-command parity with the TUI
- codex linux app
- Adobe Photoshop app connector returns FORBIDDEN in Codex Desktop while other codex_apps connectors work
- Desktop sidebar shows "No chats" for all projects — thread/list with useStateDbOnly:true returns 0 threads when limit >= 50
- Gmail/Google Calendar Apps connectors fail during MCP startup before API access
- Codex Desktop Windows: Russian UI not loading after update
- Codex Desktop App 26.609.30741 (0.140.0-alpha.2): local sessions disappear after update until renderer cache is cleared
- Codex Desktop 26.609.30741 fully saturates CPU/RAM on launch after Jun 11 update; system becomes unusable and requires reboot
- Codex Desktop for Windows 26.609.3341.0 exits immediately after launch
- Usage limit bug, blocking with 100% left
- Chrome / Computer Use disabled
- Codex update breaks control plugins and repair consumes user quota
- Make the default panel for opened files and tool views configurable
- Windows Codex app 26.609.3341.0 exits silently on launch
- Expose the native Codex Browser to Codex App Server agents
- Windows tool shell contains PATH, breaking MSYS2 toolchain calling convention
- Lets add the kickbacks.ai support. Basically convert "Thinking" or other default text as an optional ad space.
- macOS 26.5.1 x86_64: codex-cli 0.139.0 intermittently crashes with zsh trace trap / SIGTRAP after entering Working state
- Windows Store Codex: Chrome backend not registered and Computer Use native pipe missing
- Windows Chrome plugin: native host launches but extension backend is not registered
- Codex Windows Stable crashes on startup while Codex Beta runs normally
- Codex Desktop App (macOS): support Grammarly and other writing assistants in the prompt input
- Codex app automation notifications remain unread after being viewed
- Codex Local auth redirects to add-phone in Israel; no SMS option, Cloud/API work
- [Bug]: v0.14.0 (research preview) silently ignores --profile and custom model_providers, falls back to OpenAI
- [Windows Computer Use] Danea Easyfatt VCL TfrmMain window is visible in Win32 but not enumerated by list_windows
- Codex mobile notifications stop for older threads; only newly created threads notify, and the first turn is often missed
- Chat hang
- browser@openai-bundled plugin sends tool schema with top-level anyOf/oneOf, rejected by API (400 invalid_function_parameters)
- Achived thread in the setting make the app die
- Repeated macOS Codex Desktop 26.609 crashes: CrBrowserMain EXC_BREAKPOINT, Renderer SIGABRT, stale app-server helpers
- [Windows] Chrome/Browser Use disabled with statsig-disabled and workspace_type null on 26.609
- Sidebar flickers and changes color/transparency when opening other apps
- Codex App 26.609.30741 causes severe system-wide lag on macOS
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- Running codex on mac rapid fire error: com.apple.dock.external.extra.arm64 quit unexpectedly
- Windows elevated sandbox setup fails after Codex Desktop 26.609 update/reinstall: SetNamedSecurityInfoW failed: 5 on WindowsApps package directory
- macOS Computer Use app-group entitlement/provisioning mismatch
- IDE Extension in GitHub codespace crashes the codespace
- Goal mode replays the last manual steer on later continuation turns
- Computer Use helper crashes while controlling iPhone Mirroring, then actions report inactive session
- In the Codex app, a token refresh issue has been raised.
- Desktop app: rate limit reset message says “on 1:44 PM” instead of “at 1:44 PM”
- Add native /context usage breakdown for context window visibility
- Codex Desktop startup delayed by Statsig bootstrap schema error for user.custom.workspace_type=null
- @chrome / computer-use broken after app upgrade: chrome-native-hosts-v2.json not refreshed, local marketplace not synced
- tool_suggest causes slow turns by scanning local curated plugin details before model requests
- Codex Desktop Windows sidebar no longer groups existing project chats under project after update.
- Windows Computer Use enabled but node_repl/js tool is not injected into sessions
- Weekly Usage Quota Seems Incorrect After Reset
- Codex Working forever
- goals_1.sqlite write amplification: ~11 MB/s sustained writes (11 GB lifetime) on a 4 KB database
- Codex in Chrome Linux does not authenticate
- Linux Codex users cannot access or redeem banked usage resets
- Add per-project prompt configuration UI in Codex Desktop
- Codex Desktop still sends messages with Enter after configuring a custom send shortcut
- Side thread launched with /side while main thread is running disconnects stream
- Windows app composer freezes about 2s on alphabetic input; numeric input is instant
- CLI /review follow-up fails with review_rollout_user id: Expected an ID that begins with 'msg'
- Allow unused Codex quota to roll over into a temporary bank
- Allow Linux users to redeem banked Codex rate-limit resets from the web or CLI
- Opened in error
- fast mode not available in codex desktop/vscode plugin when using api auth
- Support multiple workspace folders in the Codex app
- Codex CLI 0.139.0 segfaults in interactive mode on Ubuntu 24.04 x86_64
- Codex uses chatgpt.com web endpoint instead of api.openai.com — causing 16,000+ connections/day and 65GB bandwidth in 6 days
- [Windows] documents plugin render_docx.py: malformed -env:UserInstallation URI crashes soffice; missing subprocess timeout turns failures into silent 2-minute hangs
- Codex Desktop coordinator thread can stay thinking with empty interrupted turn and missing thread tools
- Chrome plugin installed but Chrome backend is not exposed; only In-app Browser appears
- CodexDockTilePlugin setDockTile recursion crashes Dock on macOS
- Goal interrupted with HTTP 429 error in spite of account having plenty of available usage left
- Codex agent presented generated guide images as if they were real UI screenshots
- The Codex desktop application has poor compatibility with SSH development
- Windows Codex App 26.609.4994.0 no longer opens after update
- I am constantly using it the other plugin work fine now new featured plugin launch @Sites and many new launch not showing
- TUI should treat bare exit and quit as exit commands
- Render context and usage status-line percentages as compact bars
Resolved issues (125)
- Feature request: view archived chat contents from Settings
- TUI leaves a running PostToolUse hook row visible after normal turn completion
- Windows Codex app crashes on startup when user profile path contains Korean characters
- Repeated UAC prompts / ERROR_ELEVATION_REQUIRED from codex-windows-sandbox-setup.exe on Windows native sandbox
- Codex app launches VS Code Remote SSH on port 22 instead of configured 443
- In-app browser viewport does not reserve space for bottom chat composer
- Windows Codex App unusable since update
- [Feature Request] 支持中文界面 i18n
- esc undo doesnt revert back file to how it was at the reverted message point
- Codex App subagent transcript pane no longer renders, panel stays blank/loading
- Codex CLI can change model thinking effort while working
- Opening Codex app appears to start the 5-hour usage window
- TUI assistant Markdown table can disappear after final render
- Newlines from $VISUAL get lost in TUI rendering
- [Feature request] Add a “hold queued tasks” control for human-in-the-loop review
- "codex delete <session>"
- [Windows] Codex desktop app crashes / closes automatically on launch or during use
- VS Code Codex extension freezes immediately / after paste, no re-auth prompt despite invalidated token
- Windows Computer Use fails to initialize: @oai/sky internal subpath not exported
- Configuration page says "Configuration was modified since last read. Fetch latest version and retry."
- Codex Desktop App 26.609.30741 (0.140.0-alpha.2): local sessions disappear after update until renderer cache is cleared
- Chrome / Computer Use disabled
- Windows Chrome plugin: native host launches but extension backend is not registered
- Control-F shortcut for find conflicts with system binding for "move forward one character"
- browser@openai-bundled plugin sends tool schema with top-level anyOf/oneOf, rejected by API (400 invalid_function_parameters)
- [Windows] Chrome/Browser Use disabled with statsig-disabled and workspace_type null on 26.609
- [Windows] Chrome control disabled by org/region while extension shows Connected
- Subagent model_reasoning_effort config is ignored on Codex App
- Codex App 26.609.30741 causes severe system-wide lag on macOS
- Running codex on mac rapid fire error: com.apple.dock.external.extra.arm64 quit unexpectedly
- TUI: transcript-mode edit in /side conversation crashes with thread/rollback failed instead of graceful rejection
- Update popup dismissal is not persisted when version cache is missing
- getting error message when chatting with codex
- CODEX DOES NOT WORK
- Codex chat fails after “Thinking reconnect 5/5” with 404 Model Not Found error
- Codex CLI: gpt-5.5 returns 404 on first message (Brazil/GIG region)
- bug(cli): gpt-5.5 returns 404 Model not found while gpt-5.4 works
- GPT-5.5 selected in Codex App but backend returns 404 Model not found
- macOS Codex: gpt-5.5 returns 404 Model not found while gpt-5.4 works
- `Esc` when `/review` starts no longer cancels ongoing review
- Broken shell step preview in VSCode's chat window
- codex exec non interactive mode prints duplicate output
- Automations not respecting schedule
- Stream real-time output from long-running shell commands
- VScode codex extension sidebar issue "To continue, return to the window where this conversation started"
- Support remote MCP servers
- Chrome / Computer Use / Browser plugins disappeared in Codex Windows App
- Codex VS Code extension 26.506.31421 shows blank chat webview on Windows 11 Hyper-V VM, while 26.318.11754 works
- VS Code Codex sidebar stuck on spinner (Ubuntu 24.04, VS Code 1.106.2, Codex extension 0.4.46)
- codex cli: the resume-picker list sometimes incorrectly shows "(no message yet)" under conversation
- Codex constantly stucking and reconnecting: stream disconnected before completion: idle timeout waiting for SSE
- Compacting resurfaces completed tasks
- Cmd+N new chat should support a fixed default workspace instead of reusing the last/current project
- Windows Desktop: focused window shows black / wallpaper-colored transparent border unless opaqueWindows is enabled
- Local model base_url not working
- Ollama support assumes localhost, ignoring config.toml
- Mac app shows persistent blurred/translucent overlay below composer
- Allow Linux users to redeem banked Codex rate-limit resets from the web or CLI
- Chrome plugin mention is selectable but chrome@openai-bundled is not exposed in active tools
- Windows: internal PowerShell tool fails with 8009001d while user PowerShell works
- dotnet build Access is Denied
- remote-control daemon stays alive but device disappears from ChatGPT mobile app until app-server restart
- Codex App hangs/high CPU when selecting a thread with large rollout JSONL events
- Plugin management UI/search overlay has severe blur/rendering artifacts
- Asks for permission to run command `xcodebuild`, even after permitting all `xcodebuild` commands
- `/responses/compact` sends `service_tier` when provider-scoped API-key auth is used
- High CPU usage on macOS after updating Codex in VS Code extension to 26.325.31654
- Codex CLI Scroll issue
- Opened in error
- Codex App: context compaction fails with invalid_enum_value for `context_compaction`
- macOS Desktop filters computer-use out of bundled marketplace even though bundled plugin is present
- Codex Chrome plugin missing on Windows
- Chronicle background summary process deletes ~/.codex/skills/.system
- Codex macOS app relaunches its own main binary in a tight loop, exhausting syspolicyd file descriptors and freezing all app launches system-wide
- Windows Desktop WSL app-server fails to launch due to CRLF/LF SQLx migration checksum mismatch
- Issue: Browser tool fails to start due to missing X server
- invalid_request_error when asking for code review
- Codex Desktop auto-compaction fails with an invalid enum error when a long-running thread is automatically compacted.
- Windows Computer Use @oai/sky exports mismatch still reproduces on 26.609.30741 / @oai/sky 0.4.10
- Target Codex App connector has invalid _multicategorysearchitems tool schema
- Windows Codex Desktop: node_repl fails with “windows sandbox failed: spawn setup refresh”, breaking Chrome plugin and in-app Browser
- Codex app automatic context compaction fails with context_length_exceeded
- Codex App: The in_app_Browser is broken; Displays Imaginary divs that do not correspond to webapp code.
- Windows app crashes at startup (0xE06D7363, "in __char_to_wide: Illegal byte sequence") during cua_node staging on non-ASCII user profile path + CP949 codepage
- Codex Windows desktop app deep link / OAuth callback bug
- Browser Use can list in-app tabs, but external navigation fails with failed to start codex app-server
- Windows: Codex Chrome plugin shows "connected" in the UI, but browser automation cannot actually connect
- Codex Chrome plugin shows Connected on Windows, but Codex cannot control Chrome and initialization times out
- Windows Codex App: sandbox setup fails globally in clean C:\temp workspace
- Codex Desktop for Windows 26.519.2081.0 turns blank white after ChatGPT login
- Fn global dictation hotkey stops working across apps after update to 26.608.12217
- Android Remote Control does not load host thread history (no thread/list requests observed)
- Codex macOS startup failure: unsupported feature enablement `workspace_dependencies`
- OAuth tokens too long for Windows keyring
- Codex is unusable on Windows - Not Responding.- June 10 2026
- Windows sandbox setup helper triggers UAC installer detection (os error 740)
- Windows elevated sandbox fails with “spawn setup refresh” after Codex CLI update; unelevated sandbox works
- Windows sandbox blocks bundled Chrome plugin/node_repl startup with os error 740
- Windows Codex app: Browser/node_repl bridge fails with sandbox elevation error
- Windows sandbox failed spawn setup refresh OS error 740
- Windows Computer Use / node_repl fails: spawn setup refresh uses AppData codex-windows-sandbox-setup.exe and returns os error 740
- Windows Desktop node_repl fails with sandbox setup refresh / os error 740
- Codex Windows app browser connection fails before reaching Chrome.
- Windows desktop: node_repl MCP gets stuck with Transport closed after sandbox setup refresh failures
- Windows sandbox fails with standalone CLI despite valid junction install layout
- Computer Use plugin: node_repl kernel crashes with error 740 spawning codex-windows-sandbox-setup.exe from user cache directory (missing AppContainer conditional ACE)
- node_repl sandbox initialization crashes after updating to the Codex Windows Store version (os error 740)
- Node REPL kernel crashes with error 740 when initializing sandbox
- Windows Desktop node_repl fails with os error 740 due to UAC installer detection on codex-windows-sandbox-setup.exe
- Windows Codex Desktop regenerates node_repl MCP config that crashes with UAC ERROR_ELEVATION_REQUIRED when Computer Use is enabled
- [Windows] Node REPL MCP kernel fails: "spawn setup refresh" os error 740
- Windows sandbox: spawn setup refresh fails on Codex CLI 0.133.0
- Windows elevated sandbox breaks node_repl and Browser Runtime
- Windows sandbox regression in Codex CLI 0.138.0: setup refresh fails with os error 740 / CreateProcessAsUserW failed: 2; 0.132.0 works
- Windows Desktop: node_repl/in-app browser fails with `windows sandbox failed: spawn setup refresh` after reinstall
- Codex Desktop on Windows ignores mcp_servers.node_repl args/command; node_repl fails with windows sandbox failed: spawn setup refresh
- Windows Codex Desktop: Browser control / node_repl fails with "windows sandbox failed: spawn setup refresh"; config changes are overwritten on restart
- Codex Desktop Windows: node_repl fails with "windows sandbox failed: spawn setup refresh", breaking Chrome plugin
- Codex Desktop Browser Bridge fails on Windows: windows sandbox failed: spawn setup refresh
- codex not able to acces chrome
- Windows Codex Desktop: node_repl exits with "windows sandbox failed: spawn setup refresh"; Chrome and Computer Use unavailable
- Codex browser automation inside VS Code has been failing repeatedly during local UI verification
- Codex Windows sandbox startup failure blocks Computer Use, Chrome plugin, and Browser plugin.
- Codex Desktop Chrome plugin bridge fails on Windows: node_repl transport closed / spawn setup refresh elevation error
- Windows Codex Desktop: node_repl / Computer Use fails with "windows sandbox failed: spawn setup refresh"