Digest / June 17, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — June 17, 2026
111 new issues filed ·
15 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (111)
- VS Code extension sandbox leaves empty .git directory, causing Git discovery CPU spin
- PreCompact/PostCompact hook receipts are not observable around compaction events
- VoiceOver focus gets trapped in Codex CLI input in Warp and announces internal MaybeHoverSecret value
- Codex returns an unbounded huge stdout tool result
- Codex blocks first model request on slow MCP tools/list
- Codex fails bounded recovery after a post-tool stream disconnect
- File reference line links are unreliable in Codex Desktop App
- Codex Desktop: support in-place Markdown editing in the side file viewer
- Local project with the same name defaults to a new conversation under the remote project
- Functional improvement suggestions
- The `/diff` command under the Windows sandbox
- Expose thread automation tool in Codex App sessions
- dispatcher takes more than 30 seconds to start a chat
- regression: mentions v2 (`@` command) the selected candidate is hard to distinguish in TUI (bad UI experience)
- Feature request: support MCP server names with special characters (, , ) used by npm package identifiers
- Scope Codex chat history to the current workspace by default
- Codex app crashes unexpectedly while running.
- Codex Desktop 26.611.61753 no longer shows remaining usage / reset information
- CodexDockTilePlugin setDockTile crash still present in 26.611.61753 and destabilizes macOS Dock/LaunchServices
- Codex app does not show recent unarchived local threads in sidebar/search
- Bottom panel won't open up through menu action or shortcut
- error returnedfrom database: (code: 5) database is locked
- Windows CLI /app fails to open Desktop thread with Start-Process Access denied
- Codex.app fails to launch after upgrade on macOS: RBSRequestErrorDomain Code=5 / NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=163
- Can not drag or upload video file?
- Codex Windows app exits immediately on launch with Crashpad dump on Korean/non-ASCII Windows user profile path
- Business Codex unusable (USA region, Ubuntu dev container): repeated 401 "invalidated oauth token" / token revocation / forced phone verification on both seats
- Windows: Codex runtime `cua_node` consumed 323GB under AppData\Local\OpenAI\Codex
- Improve session management UX: show session IDs and allow archive/delete from resume picker
- Computer Use plugin fails on Windows due to @oai/sky package subpath not exported
- Codex Desktop should allow terminal-launched context to reuse the active thread
- Codex Desktop bare-modifier-monitor crashes on macOS 12.7.6 due missing Foundation/Swift symbol
- This whole context is insane
- Unable to setup admin sandbox, after installing Codex CLI (0.140.0) on Windows using Powershell installation script
- Windows Codex desktop app fails on zero-argument launch, but starts normally with any argument
- Codex Desktop on macOS 26.5.1 launches with 100% CPU but creates 0 windows
- Limits despair
- Feedback: /goal mode usage consumes too much weekly limit
- Threads disappear from sidebar after updating — migration version-38 checksum mismatch caused by PR #28655
- VS Code Remote WSL does not respect ~/.codex/config.toml sandbox_mode = "read-only"
- Windows: repeated 272 MB .staging runtime folders under mojibake user path fill C: drive
- Codex desktop: allow custom ordering and sections in the left sidebar
- Codex App automations detail page shows next run time in UTC without labeling timezone
- Codex blocked after quota was consumed during inactivity
- [bug] Unarchived chats disappear from By project and Recent projects after their project is removed in macOS desktop app
- Allow ChatGPT Pro users to create Codex access tokens for CI automation
- [bug] VS Code Codex chats not appearing under Projects in macOS app
- Codex desktop side-panel terminal opens base checkout instead of active worktree
- [bug] Ellipsis (⋯) menu for remote projects is misaligned when hovering over the remote connection on macOS desktop app
- Browser / Google Chrome plugins are removed on Codex startup after successful UI Install
- MCP recovery
- Does Codex support adding workspaces, similar to how Cursor Agents work?
- [codex] GPT 5.5 missing PRO effort level
- Generated images no longer stored where they can be accessed by threads
- Codex gets stuck in a planning loop during marketing document preparation tasks
- Bug: Computer Use plugin fails to initialize on Windows due to @oai/sky package exports error
- TUI Full Access permission picker selects rejected :danger-no-sandbox profile
- Computer Use fails on Windows: @oai/sky package exports blocks computer_use_client_base.js
- Codex App: long project thread scrollbar jumps uncontrollably on Windows
- Codex Desktop subagents ignore model and reasoning settings. CAN YOU FIX THIS AT LAST?
- Codex API image_generation silently ignores size/quality and returns gpt-image-2-codex auto output
- Windows: Computer Use and browser extension unavailable when Codex is installed outside the C: drive
- Review window is blinking and jumping during active session work
- Codex IDE extension freezes code-server sidebar on desktop Chromium browsers
- Codex quota was exhausted again during a short working session.
- Windows Codex app cannot be elevated
- Warn or block active dev workspaces inside cloud-synced folders
- CreateProcessAsUserW failed: 5 on Windows 11 Home — local runner fails
- untrusted mode auto-approves path-qualified safe-basename commands (e.g. `./sed`) without a prompt
- Show linked GitHub PR number/link in Codex Desktop thread header and sidebar
- Codex Desktop: intrusive hover UI interferes with macOS Dock and chat navigation
- Codex Desktop Windows 26.611.61753: chat switching and composer typing feel laggy
- SessionStart "compact" hooks are deferred to later turns, causing missing post-compact context and context pollution
- TUI crashes when using /side on long-running sessions.
- [codex] Add AGENTS.local overlays, @-reference expansion, and source file attribution / provenance like Claude Code
- A critical vulnerability that severely impacts users! Rate resets cannot be obtained.
- Bedrock: task title generation still uses unsupported gpt-5.4-mini after #26288 fix (memory path only)
- Codex CLI + Amazon Bedrock GPT-5.4/5.5 fails in us-east-2 and west-2, intermittently fails mid-session with JSON-RPC -32602 / Engine not found
- Environment panel shows wrong branch for worktree-backed agent
- Fuzzy file search (@) selection highlight has insufficient contrast
- Same given repeated results with same bug with more token usuage
- Add UI support to relocate a project folder and move its threads
- Codex.app repeatedly runs git add -A without user request, filling .git/objects/pack
- Codex Desktop writes empty assistant messages when continuing an older resumed thread
- Codex IAB browser-client trust/nativePipe failure; Chromium launch fallback fails on macOS 26
- Windows: node_repl cannot launch, CreateProcessAsUserW failed: 5, breaking Chrome plugin
- Remote/phone composer does not surface repo-local skills as slash commands
- Codex app enters an infinite scroll loop after using the jump-to-bottom button
- unexpected status 404 Not Found: Unknown error, url: https://chatgpt.com/backend-api/codex/responses, cf-ray: ...
- Computer Use runtime not exposed on Windows + /feedback does not open
- unexpected status 404 Not Found: Unknown error, url: https://chatgpt.com/backend-api/codex/responses, cf-ray: a0d3aecc69c5daba-CFC
- Bug report: Computer Use fails on Windows because @oai/sky does not export an internal subpath
- ChatGPT codex on Android does not allow selecting projects
- Codex App Browser Use keeps explicit-deny block for allowed calendar.google.com
- Codex Desktop loses pending dictation after ASR failure and window/thread switch
- ABUSIVE LIMITATION
- Codex Desktop dependencies fail to install; browser and computer-use plugins unavailable
- Custom Permissions Rewritten to Read-Only in Windows OS App
- CodexDockTilePlugin_com_openai_codex setDockTile: infinite recursion / stack overflow in com.apple.dock.external.extra.arm64
- Feature request: create or rename Codex IDE sidebar threads via VS Code command API
- (dry) test
- Codex Desktop: add a Cmd+. shortcut to quickly select a project in a new chat (like Cursor)
- Codex CLI native process can remain orphaned/headless and spin at 100% CPU after session completes
- Codex high CPU (+100%) triggering syspolicyd + trustd
- Codex lost all chat history. Won't save settings. 26.611.62324
- pet.json does not tolerate BOM
- Show banked reset count, expiration, eligibility, and reset events in Codex usage surfaces
- Codex 26.611.62324: mismatched app-group entitlements appear to trigger trustd/syspolicyd loop on macOS
- Codex Desktop macOS: account popup missing Usage Remaining and Settings missing Profile
- app-server: OTLP logs remain empty while traces and metrics export, then emit BatchLogProcessor.Emit.AfterShutdown on shutdown
- Public Codex reset appears to have been applied immediately instead of banked
Resolved issues (15)
- macOS: code_sign_clone grows unbounded (62 GB+) across Codex auto-updates
- Regression: project-sorted view no longer shows SSH host alias for remote projects
- Scope Codex chat history to the current workspace by default
- Windows: Codex runtime `cua_node` consumed 323GB under AppData\Local\OpenAI\Codex
- Codex Desktop Archived chats page renders large gray overlay bands while scrolling/hovering
- Desktop project sidebar shows No chats after Symphony automation creates many threads
- Codex App review diffs should support marking files as viewed
- Codex desktop side-panel terminal opens base checkout instead of active worktree
- Generated images no longer stored where they can be accessed by threads
- Codex Desktop Windows 26.611.61753: chat switching and composer typing feel laggy
- Codex Desktop Chrome plugin fails on Windows: node_repl sandbox CreateProcessAsUserW failed: 5
- Computer Use runtime not exposed on Windows + /feedback does not open
- unexpected status 404 Not Found: Unknown error, url: https://chatgpt.com/backend-api/codex/responses, cf-ray: a0d3aecc69c5daba-CFC
- Marketplace local plugin path "./" cannot reference the repository root
- Regression: #27801 removed TUI realtime voice support for API-key users