Digest / June 28, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — June 28, 2026
88 new issues filed ·
8 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (88)
- Codex Desktop memory leak / Windows kernel memory retention
- Codex Desktop ambient_suggestions consumes ~70k tokens in the background
- Codex Desktop persists high-volume TRACE logs despite RUST_LOG=warn
- Codex Desktop persists high-volume TRACE logs despite RUST_LOG=warn
- Feature request: let Codex PR reviews use linked Linear issue context
- Respect explicit full-source intake requests for large planning/spec corpora
- Windows: Cannot set popup window hotkey to Alt+Space because system menu opens
- Plugin hook parser rejects Claude Code hooks.json files containing a top-level `description` key
- openai.chatgpt extension breaks on code-server: chatSessionsProvider proposed API gap + Node 22 navigator migration
- Make Codex startup, MCP, and subagent orchestration non-blocking and observable for multi-machine workflows
- Bug: Sub-agents occasionally get stuck indefinitely
- Unable to do anything in codex - timeout or failed to retrieve/archive error message
- openai.chatgpt extension breaks on code-server: chatSessionsProvider proposed API gap + Node 22 navigator migration
- Regression: gpt-5.5 fails after Codex update with X-OpenAI-Internal-Codex-Responses-Lite
- Codex usage quota exhausted unexpectedly after a small number of interactions
- Windows Codex 26.623.5546.0 still persists high-frequency TRACE logs to logs_2.sqlite WAL
- Codex App: GPT-5.5 fails with X-OpenAI-Internal-Codex-Responses-Lite while GPT-5.4 works
- Codex App subagents appear to use Fast mode despite Standard speed and fast opt-out
- MCP server processes leak: per-thread processes never cleaned up (9+ GB RSS)
- Desktop 26.623.42026: 'Oops, an error has occurred' takes over full home screen when boot-time metadata calls fail (HTTP 429 or offline)
- Bug: Chat history not loading and unable to start new chats
- App crashes on startup with "Invalid weekday string: SUN" on non-English macOS locale
- Codex does not start
- Fast mode / priority service tier is requested, but responses complete with service_tier=default
- Incorrect BiDi (RTL/LTR) Text Rendering in Codex Chat Panel on VS Code
- Codex app does not send a windows notification after response completion
- ChatGPT mobile incorrectly blocks Codex Cloud when Remote Control is disabled
- Gmail connector should support multiple named accounts
- Computer Use plugins unavailable on Windows Codex app despite Plus account and latest update
- Personal Access Token
- [Feature Request] Support Chinese (zh-CN) UI localization / i18n
- This model is not supported when using X-OpenAI-Internal-Codex-Responses-Lite.
- Codex CLI `resume` can create two live divergent agents after SSH disconnect
- Intermittent zero prompt-cache hits despite stable prompt_cache_key and repeated/same-prefix Codex requests
- Hover tool tips appear on layout changes without mouse activity
- [Bug] it currently defaults to use "fast" mode in gpt 5.5 subagent .
- Windows app stutters when switching chats or opening Settings
- Desktop should dedupe/reap MCP bridge process trees and batch bridge tool updates
- Desktop app-server should coalesce renderer-facing delta notifications to reduce event storms
- Desktop should bound and compact logs_2.sqlite before it becomes recovery pressure
- Desktop should support an app-server binary override for local debugging
- Codex CLI input becomes unusable after `[O[I` is inserted into the prompt
- cyber - security flagging
- WSL agent: bad cwd and Chrome/Computer Use unavailable
- Windows Desktop + WSL: AbsolutePathBuf errors break new sessions/plugins and archived remote threads are hidden
- Computer Use plugin unavailable in Codex Windows app
- After upgrading account from free to pro, the dialogue shows that the quota has been exhausted.
- Bug: model field in automation.toml is ignored; automation threads always use gpt-5.5
- Codex uses bundled pnpm instead of host toolchain
- Unbounded image history payload can make threads unrecoverable with 413
- Intermittent Native hook relay unavailable blocks all tool calls
- mystery usage limit
- Unusually high codex usage
- Windows sandbox setup marker ACL prevents Codex from starting sandbox after UAC setup
- codex app <path> launches Desktop but opens the previously used workspace instead of the requested one
- Codex app can not render latex equations
- Codex App window leaks a thin edge onto the adjacent monitor in dual-screen setup
- Codex App freezes for 2-3 seconds when typing the first character in a new session
- Opening large Codex App sessions shows a long blank screen before content loads
- Add custom thread groups and color status markers for better conversation list organization
- Make usage limits easier to access during active Codex sessions
- Support VS Code and Cursor workspaces when selecting Codex projects
- Visual Marker for Unstarted Plans
- when codex app opens whatsapp web in its browser ,codex app will crash !
- Possible abnormal quota depletion after free reset / reset credits
- When adding files it opens up in ~/Documents instead of project directory
- Codex usage consumption
- Native OpenAI docs MCP cannot fetch official Codex changelog
- MCP OAuth callback URL override is not used as an exact redirect URI
- Bug: "Model not supported when using X-OpenAI-Internal-Codex-Responses-Lite" error with latest models
- Codex App visible window causes sustained high GPU/WindowServer CPU and MacBook Air extreme heat
- Product Design Review: Improving Codex for Long-Term Software Engineering Projects
- 019f089a-4840-75a0-b7ac-d52cb35a98c0
- Bug: Persistent Worktree creation failure leaves an undeletable loading project
- CLI /quit takes ~20s after shutdown UI due nested in-process app-server shutdown timeouts and OTEL metrics flush
- HTTP 429 is surfaced as "exceeded retry limit" without retrying; expose retry_429 or clarify error
- Codex Crash Report
- Windows PowerShell parses git @{u} upstream shorthand as a hashtable literal
- Feature request: configurable per-response timeout cap with automatic retry on overrun
- Desktop app displayed unrelated photograph after 'I accidentally triggered an unrelated image tool call'
- Codex Desktop regression: restore setting to hide PR icons in sidebar
- Uningnored large data cause massive CPU bound by the worker that are created by Codex for git add and diffs
- “Copy path” uses forward slashes on Windows, producing an invalid Windows path
- Missing Commit & Push UI when working on local main branch
- Codex Desktop no longer shows file tree, review pane, or branch UI despite Git being detected
- Mobile remote continuation can downgrade desktop full-access sessions to managed workspace-write permissions
- Windows Desktop: Chrome/Computer Use enabled but mcp__node_repl__js is not exposed; js_repl remains removed false
- Can't scroll up while text is printing.
Resolved issues (8)
- Withdrawn
- Plugin hook parser rejects Claude Code hooks.json files containing a top-level `description` key
- Codex Desktop memory leak / Windows kernel memory retention
- Computer Use plugins unavailable on Windows Codex app despite Plus account and latest update
- "Error: turn/interrupt failed in TUI" when submitting steer instruction during review
- Codex app crashes unexpectedly while running.
- Computer Use plugin unavailable in Codex Windows app
- Codex Settings page crashing