Digest / June 21, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — June 21, 2026
73 new issues filed ·
16 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (73)
- Allow a Codex Desktop thread to spawn visible, running child threads
- Computer Use screen-recording permission picker loops and never registers helper on macOS 15.7.3
- VS Code extension stable channel does not render LaTeX math while prerelease does
- Codex Desktop macOS top browser chrome renders mostly blank
- MCP OAuth login succeeds but active Codex Desktop thread remains stuck on OAuth authorization required
- Codex Desktop Markdown preview treats soft line breaks as hard breaks
- Windows 11: Codex 26.616.4196.0 causes sustained fan noise and GPU/CPU activity while idle
- Expose Goal APIs in the TypeScript SDK
- Codex App cross-host handoff cannot discover matching saved project
- Codex Desktop 26.616.51431: Quick/Fast Mode option and Reset button disappeared
- Curated-plugin startup_sync can reset an unrelated repository (refs/codex/curated-sync, hook-bypassed)
- Feature Request: Add quick switching for Codex Pets
- Codex Desktop: saved sidebar views with regex search and custom sort rules
- VS Code extension app-server crashes with SIGTRAP after creating a local conversation
- Desktop: launch crash ("Something went wrong") caused by a persisted composer @-mention draft — at-mention-list TypeError reading 'match'
- 'Usage remaining' option is missing in the 'Settings' UI menu
- Compaction state is not synchronized between Codex App and CLI, and /compact cannot recover a resumed long thread
- Windows Codex app: Chrome, Browser, and Computer Use plugins fail because node_repl request is missing sandboxPolicy
- Windows Codex app stuck on loading screen after first launch; app:// dynamic import fails
- Allow Enabling/Disabling Default Codex Apps from CLI and Per-Client App Management
- Codex Desktop: add-project submenu closes when cursor crosses auto-hidden sidebar boundary
- instant usage limit
- [Feature Request] Chinese (zh-CN) localization for Codex CLI
- Unable to send messages in Codex App, stuck on "Could not send message" / "Loading..."
- usage issue
- Codex macOS app crashes with SIGABRT in computer-use-capture while loading objc-js native module
- Codex calls prompt-only image generation despite hard gates requiring actual image references
- Codex skips modifying important files because it incorrectly assumes they are handled by subagents
- Codex App file manager: support drag-and-drop import and right-click delete
- Windows app-server PowerShell AST parser can leak ~185GB commit memory and break RDP/RPC/SSH exec
- Support centralized memory consolidation service
- Codex Desktop 26.616: automatic context compaction fails at 258k/258k and aborts with context-window error
- Codex app only displays (Something went wrong…)
- MCP startup should not block tool listing or thread startup
- Codex Desktop crashes on thread resume with SIGKILL and unknown feature key thread_tools
- Codex Desktop thread disappears from project list when initial user request is stored in pasted-text attachment
- I can't use Codex normally right now
- Context automatically compacted is triggered on every request.
- Ubuntu 24.04, VS Code 1.125.1, Codex 26.616.51431. failed to load codex chat ...
- [Windows Sandbox] Elevated setup fails with COM+ registry database system error on Insider Beta 26220
- Windows Codex app WSL Agent Environment fails: missing bundled codex-resources\bwrap, then bash unexpected EOF
- Codex CLI 0.141.0 crashes with trace trap / SIGTRAP on macOS 15.7.7 Intel x86_64.
- Codex App Settings > Connections fails to discover Remote SSH hosts
- OutputTextDelta without active item
- Windows Desktop 26.616.51431 - Project/Workspace Chats Missing from Sidebar After Update
- Windows: node_repl rejects MCP sandbox metadata with `missing field sandboxPolicy`
- Windows Desktop 26.616.51431 - Edited Files No Longer Shown in Chat Activity
- codex limit hit
- The `Changes` item in right sidebar should be able to configure which branch is the main branch, not always default to `main`.
- Codex iOS app needs complete SSH implementation
- Chrome plugin, browser and computer use refuse to interact with certain sites.
- URL-mode elicitation for third-party MCP servers (decouple from the under-development `auth_elicitation` flag)
- 26.616.51431
- Codex in-app browser should support Apple "Sign in with Passkey" WebAuthn prompts
- Windows: clicking WSL/UNC file links in chat can restart Codex Desktop
- Codex App Browser fails on macOS when node_repl receives file URL sandboxCwd
- 5 hour limit at 85% after logging in
- Computer Use plugin cause macos crush
- Asking to create documentation or specs in Plan Mode can trigger actual implementation instead after confirmation
- gpt-5.5 xhigh sometimes short-circuits with reasoning_output_tokens=516 and wrong final_answer in Codex Desktop
- Codex Desktop Windows: repeated context compaction causes pre-write loop; agent rereads same files for hours and never implements requested change
- Context compaction loses operational continuity in long Codex tasks; preserve the last 5 operational steps verbatim
- First-party sleep/wait with wake signals
- Trusted Access for Cyber verification flow does not start
- Codex Desktop crashes on resume: sends unsupported `thread_tools` feature to bundled CLI
- GPT 5.5 is the model selected but usage shows a lot of GPT 5.4
- Cron worktree automations cannot discover Codex session/worktree creation capabilities
- can't use codex in app browser
- Windows Desktop regression: generated `apply_patch.bat` calls inaccessible WindowsApps `codex.exe` instead of local `CODEX_CLI_PATH`
- Codex Desktop Windows: chats created from a saved project still show as “No chats” under that project
- TUI freezes indefinitely (input + rendering dead, Esc unresponsive) when an in-flight turn's await stalls — main select! loop awaits handlers inline
- core: build_reqwest_client() allocates a fresh reqwest::Client (new connection pool) per request — no keep-alive reuse on the HTTP path, including across retries
- Blocked goal does not transition back to active when user resumes and agent continues work
Resolved issues (16)
- Windows Codex node_repl/js fails: missing sandboxPolicy in codex/sandbox-state-meta
- Codex Desktop 26.616.41845: `node_repl/js` fails with missing `sandboxPolicy`, breaking Chrome and Computer Use tools
- Send Codex notifications to chatgpt phone app
- Codex app does not show recent unarchived local threads in sidebar/search
- Unable to send messages in Codex App, stuck on "Could not send message" / "Loading..."
- Codex Desktop 26.616.41845 node_repl fails: codex/sandbox-state-meta missing sandboxPolicy
- Codex app regression - Plugins no longer load correctly
- Windows Codex Desktop 26.616.5445: Browser Use fails because node_repl/js metadata is missing sandboxPolicy
- CLI is not picking up environment variable
- 'Usage remaining' option is missing in the 'Settings' UI menu
- Codex desktop browser/annotation tools fail: missing field sandboxPolicy
- Browser Use fails on Windows: node_repl/js sandbox-state-meta missing sandboxPolicy
- Codex Desktop ignores node_repl args and sends malformed sandbox metadata to js tool
- Image generation no longer saves files to ~/.codex/generated_images/ (regression)
- gpt-5.5 xhigh sometimes short-circuits with reasoning_output_tokens=516 and wrong final_answer in Codex Desktop
- Custom Permissions Rewritten to Read-Only in Windows OS App