Digest / June 27, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — June 27, 2026
62 new issues filed ·
16 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (62)
- Desktop: enrich GitHub PR link hover preview with PR state color
- PR status panel stops updating after a new push to the same PR
- Codex still writes TRACE-level records into ~/.codex/logs_2.sqlite in desktop app 26.623.31921
- Can't connect to VS Code in Codex and won't save as default open location
- Codex macOS app composer stops accepting keyboard input after running for some time
- Can't see token usage or load profile anymore in settings
- Codex Desktop thread disappeared / cannot load.
- Windows Desktop: Default app target can crash/exit after stale remote-control host is restored
- Feature Request: Allow Custom Ordering and Separate Display of Codex Taskbar Icons on Windows
- Bug: Codex Window Title and Taskbar Label Do Not Reflect User-Set Conversation/Session Name on Windows
- Codex Is Not Working in VS Code Latest Version (Screen Shot Attached)
- Crashpad folder grows to 50GB+ with no cleanup mechanism (macOS)
- UI Branch Management missing
- Plan mode UI final plan text got hidden
- Windows desktop app exits after idle and cannot start until AppData\Local\OpenAI\Codex is recreated
- Windows Desktop App fails to start: app-server websocket closed (code=3221225501) — plugin marketplace sync + invalid internal config key
- Codex App sidebar icons look blurry after latest update on Retina display
- Codex keeps crashing
- Codex Desktop does not expose enabled MCP tools in threads, while standalone codex-cli can call the same Tavily MCP config
- Codex desktop no longer renders Git commit/push action cards from git directives
- Windows Desktop background Git probes can create CPU/I/O storms via conhost and AV scanning
- Codex Desktop on macOS frequently becomes unable to type in the composer after switching away to another app and switching back.
- Codex Desktop 26.616 loses Project conversation after HTTP 429 despite rollout being fully persisted
- Bug Report: Unable to Create New Conversations in Codex Desktop (thread/start Timeout)
- Codex CLI and desktop app report usage limit despite Plus account showing available quota
- Side/secondary Codex sessions can expire or become unrecoverable despite feeling like first-class workspaces
- 401 Unauthorized Missing scopes: api.responses.write(Codex App and Codex CLI fail after signing in with ChatGPT)
- Restricted command sandbox can cause false asyncio thread wakeup hangs with sqlite3/aiosqlite
- Codex app plan-mode questions are truncated and unreadable on macOS
- Browser Use policy blocks 1688.com and AliExpress entirely, preventing authorized business workflows
- Make TUI skill and app mention sigil configurable
- Codex Desktop sandbox stuck with CODEX_SANDBOX_NETWORK_DISABLED=1 despite host network working
- Excessive consumption of the limit: -13% for the "ping" message
- Agent never finishes shutting down in Goal mode ("Closing an agent")
- Codex Desktop Crash - June 27, 2026
- VS Code extension crashes on startup with "interface.defaultPrompt: maximum of 3 prompts is supported"
- [Bug] ChatGPT Desktop Windows login buttons no-op because CDN JS chunks 403 until QUIC/HTTP2 are disabled
- Clicking chat button twice fast enough in Codex will get 2 sessions running the same prompt
- Codex Desktop Windows: Remote archived conversations do not appear in Archived Conversations
- GPT-5.5 Codex reasoning-token clustering at 516/1034/1552 may be leading to degraded performance on complex tasks
- Windows Computer Use: privileged node_repl/nativePipe bridge is not injected (`Windows Computer Use Sky runtime is unavailable`)
- The "Chrome" and "Browser" plugins cannot be found in the Codex desktop application.
- Codex Desktop fresh non-PTY shell calls cause repeated 1Password CLI (op) biometric reauthorization
- Locked Computer Use cannot be enabled on Intel Mac (SecurityAgent Plugin missing)
- Codex Desktop: Pro/Fast reasoning option disappeared from GPT-5.5 picker
- Root Cause Identified – CyberArk EPM Caused Codex Desktop App to Be Stuck on Logo Screen
- Codex remote control cannot start on Windows, CLI reports daemon lifecycle is Unix-only
- New Chats Erroring
- Withdrawn
- Long Codex conversations become progressively much slower, especially after image use
- Codex desktop repeatedly aborts with V8 out-of-memory in internal git worker
- Primary runtime @oai/artifact-tool eagerly loads all user fonts on macOS, causing multi-GB Node memory usage and presentations plugin hangs
- Codex app-server crashes on Windows with Codex process is not available and invalid experimental feature key apps_mcp_path_override
- Codex CLI shows wrong `Full Access` permission on status line when `sandbox_mode = "danger-full-access"`
- Desktop-only tools disappear after switching to mobile and do not recover in the same thread
- iOS remote hides worktree selector when a repo has an extra local codex/* branch
- HRESULT(0x80110474) CoCreateInstance NetFwPolicy2 failed
- Codex Crash
- Codex Desktop: recent local project threads are missing from sidebar/search although session_index and read_thread can load them
- ChatGPT iOS Codex remote access does not show existing macOS Codex Desktop project thread
- Unexpectedly fast context/token depletion and sudden usage drops across Codex project chats
- Switching accounts causes it to fail to work
Resolved issues (16)
- Windows Desktop: setting [windows] sandbox = elevated blocks app startup with Couldn't update Agent sandbox
- Codex App: long project thread scrollbar jumps uncontrollably on Windows
- Plan mode UI final plan text got hidden
- Browser / Google Chrome plugins are removed on Codex startup after successful UI Install
- Feature Request: Allow Custom Ordering and Separate Display of Codex Taskbar Icons on Windows
- Windows desktop app loses composer focus and breaks Chinese IME input during thread switching
- can't use codex in app browser
- [Bug] npm install -g fails with corrupted binary due to sandbox offline mode
- Switch email for name in the UI
- Can't see token usage or load profile anymore in settings
- Codex Desktop: Pro/Fast reasoning option disappeared from GPT-5.5 picker
- CLI /plugins browser does not show installed local plugins
- Codex Desktop 26.616.71553 on Windows: Unsupported content type, queue/task mixing, disappearing sessions, broken model picker, unstable sidebar
- Codex Desktop Windows: repeated context compaction causes pre-write loop; agent rereads same files for hours and never implements requested change
- Feature request: render referenced Codex threads and subagents as clickable chips in agent output
- Incorrect auth.json update after running codex for few hours