Digest / July 1, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — July 1, 2026
86 new issues filed ·
115 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (86)
- Codex app setting to open external links without switching focus
- Codex CLI keeps prompting to update after successful update (0.141.0 → 0.142.4)
- Windows desktop: startup hangs on blank window after auth bootstrap 401 (no retry, no error surfaced)
- Codex app shows stale expired rate-limit banner while VS Code extension shows remaining 5-hour usage
- Codex app/CLI fail to reconnect after Wi-Fi switch on macOS, possibly DNS/Tailscale related
- Codex App project sort setting does not persist after selecting Recently updated
- Subagent fork sessions persist large JSONL histories indefinitely, causing severe ~/.codex disk bloat
- High-frequency TRACE rows are still written to logs_2.sqlite with RUST_LOG=warn
- Microsoft Store version of Codex (Stable & Beta) cannot be installed (0x803FB01A) on Windows 11 25H2 Insider
- goal tasks shared across sessions
- [macOS app] Usage dashboard does not show Plus/Pro tier behind remaining usage percentage
- Credit consumes too fast
- Usage draining much faster than yesterday
- Support swipe/drag gestures on the tab bar to switch tabs (like VS Code)
- feat(cli): add `codex debug agents-md` subcommand to inspect AGENTS.md discovery
- AGENTS.md: git submodule stops discovery at submodule root; superproject AGENTS.md silently ignored
- Codex Desktop: add deep link or app-server API support to reveal a specific thread turn/item
- Windows mobile remote control gets stuck while codex.ps1 app-server proxy processes accumulate
- Plugin skill quality findings: path roots, file hygiene, progressive disclosure
- VS Code extension hides reasoning summaries even when app-server emits them
- Codex leaves marketplace-upgrade staging directories under ~/.codex/.tmp
- Skill watcher follows directory symlinks and can recurse into huge external trees
- Computer Use get_app_state for Chrome returns cgWindowNotFound while Chrome is running
- `codex-windows-sandbox-setup.exe` The specified module could not be found
- Add /multitask command for Codex subagents
- /fast {on|off|status} goes through to chat rather than being handled by the internal command processor
- WSL child processes survive Codex shell timeout/cancellation and keep consuming CPU
- Dropdown text overflows after selecting “CMD + Enter for multiline prompts” in “Send shortcut” setting
- Windows Codex App fails to start local shell commands with apply deny-read ACLs
- Windows Codex App opens file references at the wrong line (large offset)
- history conversations not found
- com.openai.codex.code_sign_clone temporary directories are never cleaned up on macOS
- Regression in 0.142.5: SSH remote projects opened through symlinks show “No chats”
- App requests org-wide actions:write + workflows:write — excessive permissions for code-review tool
- Codex CLI randomly crashes in Supacode
- Bundled Git cannot find macOS git-credential-osxkeychain helper
- [ios] Unable to submit prompt because button is hidden behind keyboard
- CLI: /agent lists active subagents but provides no thread selector
- Codex Desktop /pet overlay often omits current task bubble
- 5-hour limit on /fast mode
- Weekly usage reset date changed unexpectedly after subscribing to ChatGPT Plus
- Codex Web says it updated repository, but "Update Branch" doesn't appear
- Codex crashed when starting to scan code.
- Featire: Add Badges/Labels to chats e.g., ready, to review, merged, etc.
- Codex Desktop on Windows eagerly runs review-summary Git snapshots on restored workspaces, causing CPU/IO spikes
- VS Code extension does not request attention when approval is required
- Open AI Sites & Codex Down
- Git actions and local enviroment actions are not working/showing
- Codex Desktop 26.623.81905 crashes with EXC_BREAKPOINT/SIGTRAP in FSEvents uv__fsevents_close and leaves stale helpers
- Desktop app leaves orphaned code_sign_clone bundles under /private/var/folders, consuming ~26 GB
- Windows app crashes when clicking a newly-created file in the review pane
- Add an option to hide the interactive TUI startup banner
- Add an option to require manual approval before running the next queued task in the VS Code extension
- codex-windows-sandbox-setup.exe not found by CLI setup after clean install due to bin junction
- VS Code: Codex panel crashes / reload-loops when Amazon Q extension is enabled (Windows)
- Bound large exec output while preserving searchable artifacts
- Desktop Excel preview only shows the first worksheet and cannot switch sheets
- GitHub connector needs org-installation-only mode and must not expose repos outside selected app installation
- Regression in 0.142.5 on macOS: hooks.json is discovered neither in exec nor TUI; no hook/started emitted even with --dangerously-bypass-hook-trust
- CLI terminal title can remain overwritten after MCP or shell activity
- Allow users to open files manager/codex browser/etc in new window instead of in-app for better multi-monitor experience
- Windows SSH session: sandbox/unified exec runner times out on pipe-in, while local/RDP works
- deletes in workspace_write directory on ReFS / Dev Drive fail
- Chrome extension deep control hangs while direct chrome.debugger works; ambient network adds ~30s delay
- Token drain issue w/ multiple agents
- Codex intelligence reduced
- Codex Chrome extension attaches debugger without a user-requested browser task on Windows
- Computer Use fails to start ScreenCaptureKit stream with SCStreamErrorDomain -3811
- Windows Desktop crash when write_stdin interrupt hits unsupported unified exec backend
- Project “Mark all as read” does not mark visible unread threads as read
- Windows CLI install misses sandbox helper/command runner placement, causing CreateProcessWithLogonW failed: 2
- Codex macOS app toolbar no longer shows environments, and Open with only shows Finder
- Codex code review reacts with 👀 but never posts a review after a repo is transferred to a GitHub org
- Codex App incorrectly treats completed Steered conversation prompts as current tasks after compaction when a goal is active
- Add "Close other tabs" and "Close tabs to the right" to Codex app tab context menu
- macOS x86_64: Codex CLI 0.142.5 SIGTRAP on gpt-5.6-sol shell tool call
- Dictation with codex on Android flakes out regularly
- Codex Desktop crash: codex_models_manager failed to renew cache TTL after EOF parsing model cache
- Vim Mode: Visual Mode + Yank Support for Transcript
- Execpolicy rules cannot express stable shell-wrapped test command prefixes
- Windows config footgun: `:root` + `"." = "write"` resolves to the drive root instead of the workspace
- Codex App on Windows crashes after legacy_notify hits os error 206
- Can't stage PNG files
- GPT-5.5 context window oscillates between 258400 and 353400 effective tokens in Codex Desktop
- Support showing all saved conversations from /resume inside the TUI
- Support showing all saved conversations from /resume inside the TUI
Resolved issues (115)
- goal tasks shared across sessions
- Agent image-gen tool: no reference image input / no way to reproduce or iterate
- Mouse drag selection + copy in the TUI
- Add a 10-cell context usage graph status line item
- **Bulk Codex Workflow Injector**
- Feature Request: Create Codex Task from ChatGPT Conversation or Project
- Codex app: add a repo hygiene agent for dirty worktrees and git state
- Codex app: add a draggable workspace file tree/sidebar
- Codex CLI /resume: Summary Preview of History
- CLI: first-party completion sound still needed despite hooks / terminal notifications
- Copy text in the extension
- Feature Request: Allow configuring default action for “Implement this plan?” (prefer staying in Plan mode)
- Session-scoped active todo reminders for update_plan
- Feature request: let Popout Window hotkey open an independent quick-ask window
- Improve session rename flow in VS Code Codex Chat
- Centralized conversation management across multiple remote SSH environments
- Allow ESC to close the /MCP popup in Codex Desktop
- Allow Run Now on an automation with one-time additional context
- Resizable diff/code preview panel for suggested changes
- Windows TUI: render common PowerShell actions as Read/Search/List instead of raw shell wrappers
- Real usage analytics
- Request for man pages
- Feature request: persistent daemon agent for workspace context and main-agent coordination
- Add blocking commands back optionally
- Add keyboard shortcuts or keyboard navigation (Talon users)
- Allow update with running conversations
- Show Hidden Counts on Each Tab
- please add termux/android support so i can codex on the go...
- Preserve and display custom chat titles in archive
- Permissions button labels should be verbs, not "Yes" or "No"
- Google Drive connector should support creating files in a specific folder
- Allow spaces or more symbols in MCP server names
- perf(process_manager): replace sort with BinaryHeap in process_id_to_prune_from_meta
- Feature request: add path globs to control when skills are considered
- Support skill filtering for project-local skills.config entries
- Centralize and Support High-Level Developer Instructions
- Codex CLI capability request: persistent governed repo mode for long-running local workflows
- GROUNDING.MD - grounding during software development enforcing agents to follow community-supported domain knowledge
- Curated plugin skill descriptions should be linted to fit the skills metadata budget
- Add comments in extension
- Full page screenshots within App Browser
- Session-scoped notes panel for Codex Desktop App (shared user/agent + private regions)
- feature: SIGUSR1 handler for mid-task instruction injection via inbox file
- Codex app does not mention skill(s) names as it uses them
- Cannot find how to turn off Fast mode in Codex app on macOS Apple Silicon
- Auto-expand edits in Codex app
- Make body area responsive and extendable
- Add a node-based workflow surface for Imagen in Codex App
- Improve Codex App image viewer with arrow-key navigation and reliable Copy Image
- `/stop <id>` to terminate a single background terminal
- Feature request: allow Browser use to use an external/system browser profile
- Allow remaining weekly usage before reset when 5-hour limit is active
- Expose stable per-agent metadata on every tool/subprocess invocation
- Codex desktop should separate user deliverables from Codex system files
- Ignore whitespace-only changes in edited-file summaries
- Add /copy N support
- Support asynchronous/background compaction in Codex CLI
- Add agent/subagent metadata to SDK streaming ThreadEvent items
- Feature request: native pre-session MCP selection dialog
- Add native skill kit / scoped skill management in Codex
- Allow compaction to use a different model
- Codex Desktop: allow hiding or collapsing the composer while reading
- Make default shell tool output token limit configurable
- Responses streams need lifecycle diagnostics for close, timeout, and partial-output failures
- Regression: split model and intelligence selector adds too many clicks
- Removing the need for compactions, and better token usage
- Conditionally start MCP servers based on project
- Image Gen support during plan mode
- Native AI-Generated Commit Messages with Chat Context
- Feature request: Show bundled/compatible Codex CLI version in VS Code Marketplace Overview notes
- Feature request: toggle for automatic Plan/Implement mode switching
- Add configurable keyboard shortcuts for native voice recording controls
- Provide `/help` in Codex cli
- Unable to add information in the plan mode.
- Expose current thread ID to local stdio MCP servers
- When scrolling up and down the page, avoid making a certain part move around.
- IDE extension: offer "Use session directory" or "Use current directory" when reopening a chat from another cwd
- Add a supported way to disable the edit review/apply confirmation UI for trusted repos
- When pressing ESC ESC ESC up up enter you can't get back to the last turn - and this rollback sometimes crashes
- Tagging sub-agents in the CLI
- Allow Windows users to run Codex in "no sandbox" mode and explicitly approve/deny commands
- Keep GPT-5.4-class long-context Codex models available for operational/GitOps workflows
- Multiple start-as user support for windows
- Support for different file encodings and windows style line endings in apply_patch internal function and codex.exe command line apply patch
- Automate Codex with Codex
- Feature request: add Git init, GitHub publish, and easier Git actions access in the Codex app
- Display File Diffs not for just `Last Turn`
- The skill-creator skill in codex does not have a feature for evaluation like Claude code.
- Feature Request: Markdown List Support for Prompt Input in Desktop App
- Codex API / Personal access token
- Pet overlay should show compact main-agent status
- Make the curated iOS app plugin discoverable
- skill management optimizing
- Add a setting to hide or dim the Computer Use cursor overlay
- Add a recovery option to start a new session from previous context after repeated compact failures
- Add full text selection support to the CLI composer
- Feature Request: LLM Wiki / Auto-Index Layer for ChatGPT History and Codex Workspaces
- Auto-resize text input window for longer user input
- Add --agents-file or --instructions-file option for explicit AGENTS.md path selection
- Improve highlighting on diffs a la delta or github
- Built-in image_gen tool should accept explicit parameters: size, quality, output_format, filename/path
- Add usage-limit rings to the /pet avatar overlay
- Feature request: hide file/artifact cards when diff summary is shown in Codex VS Code extension
- Generate project run commands automatically in Codex Desktop
- Document or expose deterministic controls for ARC cancellations on owner-approved MCP tools
- Allow Codex to access ChatGPT shared conversations
- Implement Chromium Extension Support for Integrated Browser
- Codex feedback: ChatGPT Project copying is triggering blocks
- Warn before switching models in a long-running session
- Add compact handoff command with copyable context
- Support FIXME comments in the Codex IDE CodeLens
- Detect Warp CLI agent sessions as Warp Terminal
- Expose Token Consumption Factor in UI for Better Model Selection
- TUI: support zsh-style directory traversal for @ file mention completion
- Support showing all saved conversations from /resume inside the TUI