Digest / July 9, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — July 9, 2026
181 new issues filed ·
25 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (181)
- "Next tab" and "Previous tab" Navigation are unreliable
- Codex CLI on Linux can inherit stale Remote SSH environment after prior Codex Desktop SSH connection
- Codex 0.142.5 Failed Websocket Initiation
- Subagent count next to session name
- Drag/Drop in the File Browser Sidebar
- Windows Desktop UI freezes after typing a prompt (Application Hang: Top level window is idle / Quiesce)
- Markdown links and images support
- Codex tool-dispatch failure — shell_command advertised but rejected
- no-active-thread-019f4471-00fd-7343-9645-7dcfd4e3b59f
- Support pasting screenshots/images directly into Codex CLI
- Cannot run tool commands including bash commands, works briefly after restart
- Codex Desktop cause the computer to become sluggish and generate excessive heat on Windows 11
- Codex desktop in-app browser screenshots are DPI-scaled twice and tiled on Windows
- macOS Remote Control stuck in "connection is errored"; iPhone reports "This QR code is not a Codex pairing code"
- Codex CLI /status alternates between two actively-decrementing quota states in the same session
- Codex CLI 0.143.0 duplicates tool names, causing exec_command/apply_patch failures
- Codex app stuck on loading screen / unable to authenticate on macOS 27 Beta 3
- Reasoning trace renders as empty placeholders instead of normal content
- Project directory physically disappeared after Codex extension update and VSCode restart
- ■ Conversation interrupted - tell the model what to do differently. Something went wrong? Hit `/feedback` to report the issue.
- app-server tool router rejects exec_command as unsupported call: exec_commandexec_command
- Local Command Runner unable to be run by GPT-5.5
- PDF viewer resets to page 1 when switching tabs in the side panel
- This model is not supported when using X-OpenAI-Internal-Codex-Responses-Lite
- Codex Chrome plugin: `Browser is not available` after `openTabs()` breaks `claimTab` / `tabs.get` / controlled tab workflows
- Windows desktop app elevated sandbox setup resolves codex-windows-sandbox-setup.exe to package root instead of app\resources
- Codex Desktop does not refresh session context after /app handoff from CLI
- exec_command intermittently unsupported: "unsupported call: exec_command" then tool disappears entirely after disabling shell_tool
- Codex Desktop on macOS sometimes renders conversation view incorrectly
- TUI aborts with SIGABRT (double panic) when stderr is already closed during terminal restore
- Codex CLI has no access to shell
- Clipboard copy/paste loses ordered and bulleted list formatting
- Codex Desktop wrongly routes GPT-5.5 to Responses Lite, causing avoidable failures and wasted tokens
- codex-client doesn't retry transient "Item with id ... not found" (HTTP 400) Responses API errors
- Codex App Remote SSH handoff fails at "Applying uncommitted changes to worktree" even when local and remote checkouts are clean, matching, and git worktree works manually
- Profile Token activity weekly/cumulative views show phantom activity cells
- Codex CLI hangs during MCP OAuth login when credential store is auto/keyring on Linux
- All local and MCP tools fail with "unsupported call"
- Guardian auto-review can select a non-servable default model id for custom providers, causing fail-closed denials
- Model instructions exclude correct syntax for specifying subagent model
- Codex CLI 0.143.0: all workspace tools fail with "unsupported call: exec_command" on Linux
- 0.143.0 regression: built-in exec_command rejected as “unsupported call”; rollback to 0.142.5 fixes it
- Codex Mobile in ChatGPT APP Fails to Load Long-Running Threads
- compaction error
- Codex Desktop memory grows from ~19 GB to 63 GB overnight with Figma MCP connected on Windows
- Codex CLI 0.143.0 duplicates tool namespace/name: shell_command becomes shell_commandshell_command on Windows
- Codex CLI 0.143.0 routes namespaced tool calls as duplicated names
- Codex crashes Windows explorer.exe and have window size issue
- Codex CLI 0.143.0: direct tool calls fail as `unsupported call` because tool namespace is duplicated into the tool name
- Codex desktop workbook preview panel goes blank with PopcornElectronWorkbookPanel worker error
- Browser & Computer Use plugins silently unusable with a custom model_provider (no tool_search / dynamic tool discovery)
- Phone verification fails when logging in to Codex CLI and Codex App
- Codex Bug
- Exact/full match instead `prefix_rule`.
- Regression in codex-cli 0.143.0: Existing conversation fails with Unknown parameter: input[...].namespace, but works in 0.142.0
- Request to add Chinese interface language
- Codex App: Add configurable macOS Dock badge count for completed local tasks/turns
- The quota keeps changing, and the difference is too large.
- CLI 0.143.0 duplicates shell_command namespace and returns unsupported call
- Regression in 0.143.0: workspace shell unavailable + Unknown parameter: input[107].namespace
- Add side-chat-specific default model and reasoning settings
- [Windows] Codex App times out when creating a task or starting a conversation
- Feature request: user-editable global memory for Codex preferences
- Codex Desktop crashes after sending any prompt on Windows 11 25H2 (Build 26200.8655)
- Bad tool calling
- codex update broken on macOS/Linux (0.143.0): chatgpt.com/codex/install.sh is stale, still serving pre-#31667 line-based awk that can't parse compact GitHub JSON
- Windows sandbox runner fails to spawn any local command with CreateProcessAsUserW failed: 1312 on Windows 11 24H2
- Chrome plugin installde from official source via Codex APP, doesn't work.
- Please check unusual Codex token usage and limit behavior
- codex-cli 0.143.0: gpt-5.5 interactive sessions fail shell tool routing with unsupported call shell_commandshell_command
- Agent should analyze reference component trees before attempting visual/layout fixes
- Codex CLI 0.143.0 duplicates tool call names, causing unsupported call errors and no shell access
- Codex CLI ignores rmcp implementation for scope selection (ignores RFC 6749, RFC 9872)
- Codex requires imagegen deplyment when changing code
- Windows sandbox apply_patch wrapper fails: generated .bat points to WindowsApps and corrupts multiline patch args
- Agent should analyze reference component trees before attempting visual/layout fixes
- Multi-account support / Account switching in the Codex desktop app
- dashboard
- Windows Codex Desktop node_repl Playwright cache mismatch around Chromium revision 1200
- Expose Goal controls outside the interactive TUI, both for external automation and agent-side workflows.
- Codex usage meter decreased unexpectedly while idle
- Windows sandbox elevated setup helper fails with ShellExecuteExW 1223 / codex-windows-sandbox-setup.exe popup
- Remote control Windows to Android not working at all
- Gmail sending guardrails fail
- Codex Desktop Stripe plugin install fails due to remote bundle plugin.json name mismatch
- Codex Desktop main process leaks memory in Chromium PartitionAlloc / Memory Tag 253 on macOS
- Sites Plugin Broken - won't re-auth on reinstall
- Workspace tool Failed
- Paid x5 plan loses ~20% of 5-hour limit while idle
- Large files open with a blank preview in the Codex app
- Support Git-backed remote skill sources
- Codex remote control can't start on Windows
- CLI prompts can steal in-progress typing and accidentally accept y/a/n or 1-3 selectors
- Codex Desktop for Windows only launches with `--no-sandbox`; normal launch hangs before logger initializes
- Frequently got possible cybersecurity risk
- Shell snapshot aliases are lost for same-shell commands
- Actionable usage limit approximations and estimates
- GPT-5.6 Sol cannot specify subagent models, forcing all subagents to also be Sol instances
- Codex Desktop incorrectly sends Azure Image Generation request for normal text chat while Codex CLI works correctly
- Weak Codex Mobile Security
- Usage limit inconsistencies
- mcp server startup is unbounded
- Conversation becomes permanently unusable after hitting 50 image limit
- /compact returns instantly and loses prior task context in 0.143.0 and 0.144.0
- Codex stating new version of codex required when in most recent version
- Windows Codex Desktop fails on second launch with Access denied / AppModel Runtime 0x80070005; Reset-AppxPackage allows one launch only
- Codex App renames conversations to "New task"
- 0.144.0: codex-code-mode-host is missing
- Just paid 2 times and it is still saying Usage limit reached
- Emergence of `codex-code-mode-host is missing` errors after upgrading codex
- /compact triggers automatic context compaction again after submitting the next prompt
- ChatGPT desktop upgrade leaves Remote Control daemon on an older Codex runtime, hiding new models in Remote projects
- Projects Sort By Last updated only sorts tasks within project groups, not projects
- CLI TUI input latency scales with number of configured workspace_roots
- Add a keybinding to cycle configured models
- App-server process fails with ENOENT due to incorrect binary path (codex/codex vs bin/codex) on macOS ARM64
- GPT-5.6 models get no tools in read-only sandbox (codex exec -s read-only says it has no shell/file tools)
- ChatGPT Desktop / Codex app is using excessive memory, reaching 68 GB on a 36 GB MacBook
- After upgrade ChatGPT app projects are missing
- Codex App: GPT-5.3 Codex Spark fails with "Unsupported parameter: reasoning.summary"
- Not updating existing projects from ChatGPT
- Codex Desktop terminal fails before PowerShell starts: helper_unknown_error
- Codex client does not support openai/form requests from Sites design picker
- [Critical][Codex App] GPT-5.6 Sol is catalog-capped at 372K (353.4K effective) vs the 1.05M model spec
- Desktop logs expected project trust-gate diagnostic as high-volume ERROR rows in logs_2.sqlite
- Desktop UX regressions in the unified ChatGPT/Codex app
- Codex tool execution fails because `codex-code-mode-host` is missing
- All GPT-5.6 Sol turns fail because MultiAgentV2 uses reserved collaboration.spawn_agent
- Kitty: Ctrl-C exit can leave keyboard protocol fragments in zsh
- macOS: Self-update removed Codex.app, official Codex download installs ChatGPT instead
- Windows Codex docs winget command installs wrong Microsoft Store app
- Support Optional 1M Context for GPT-5.6 in Codex (Follow-up to #19464)
- Linux Codex CLI cannot use GPT-5.6 models while macOS works with the same Codex version (0.144.0)
- Codex with GPT-5.6-Sol through Azure fails every turn with X-OpenAI-Internal-Codex-Responses-Lite
- Feature request: add a one-way privacy setting to hide ChatGPT conversations from Codex
- Organize: Project | Sort by: Last updated in the sidebar is ignored - hard to find recent work
- /model does not list GPT-5.6 models that are available via -m
- Codex App: Queue applies follow-ups after an intermediate turn instead of waiting for task completion
- Codex CLI with Azure OpenAI gpt-5.6-sol fails due to Codex-specific tools / collaboration namespace
- Codex Windows app flickers constantly on launch.
- ChatGPT Projects visible on chatgpt.com but missing from desktop sidebar after ChatGPT/Codex merge (macOS 26.707.30751)
- Codex Desktop edited the wrong local project despite the user being in another project
- Teamwork.com plugin rejects EU regional subdomains, then connects to the wrong host and never syncs
- Codex Relay fails on Windows ARM64 (Snapdragon) due to missing native bindings; WSL relay advertises unreachable IP
- gpt-5.6-sol/terra/luna hardcode use_responses_lite / multi_agent_version, causing 400s on Azure (and likely any non-ChatGPT-backend) model_provider
- The execution layer is unavailable before commands reach the workspace
- Cannot see current usage due to locale
- Windows: workspace-write sandbox blocks apply_patch with EPERM on %USERPROFILE%
- GPT-5.6 forces a restricted spawn_agent schema that makes documented custom agents unusable
- gpt-5.6 Responses Lite turns do not expose exec/code-mode tools in codex exec
- Codex Desktop treats symlinked project paths as separate projects, causing threads to disappear/reappear between restarts
- Bundled sites-design-picker MCP fails with “No such file or directory (os error 2)” when Node.js is not installed
- Codex five-hour usage limit appears to have been consumed abnormally fast
- [Outlook Email Connector] Shared-mailbox attachments target the signed-in mailbox and fail with ErrorInvalidMailboxItemId
- Esc-Esc “fork from earlier message” overwrites original session instead of preserving resumable branch
- Hebrew RTL/BiDi rendering is broken in ChatGPT/Codex desktop workflows on macOS
- Chrome extension reports app not installed because native-host manifest points to stale plugin link on macOS
- Unable to use gpt-5.6-sol with ChatGPT Plus
- codex 0.144.0 homebrew cask is missing `codex-code-mode-host` every command is failing with "failed to spawn code-mode host"
- Tool calling fails with brew
- after upgrade today, codex has degraded horribly
- ChatGPT composer shortcut no longer accepts alt+space
- Codex CLI shows monthly usage instead of 5-hour/weekly limits and consumes ~50% of monthly quota after a single prompt
- Markdown comment queuing no longer supported
- Restore Option+Space Quick Chat on macOS after ChatGPT/Codex app unification
- Feedback ID: 019f48fd-cfba-7e43-a843-cf61bf8b1fb8
- 5.6 not available on remote ssh
- Codex CLI loops until context is compacted
- Allow deny-list (blocklist) rules on top of Full Access / danger-full-access mode
- codex crash while running a node integration test
- [macOS 26.707.31123] Right Command global dictation no longer works after Codex → ChatGPT integration
- Missing the Tabs in Conversation to Navigate to Messages
- Remove the 60-second limit on blocking waits
- npm install -g @openai/codex@0.144.1 fails with 404 while 0.144.0 installs successfully
- Codex/ChatGPT Desktop: detached chat window does not respond to zoom controls
- Updating Codex to the latest version resulted in tasks disappearing and the model list changing
- Plan mode regression
- macOS: `codex app` ignores installed ChatGPT.app and creates duplicate Codex.app
- [macOS] 1,360 Node processes consume 41 GB and hang WindowServer within 20 minutes of restart
- Codex iphone&macbook connection failed. says Couldn’t update remote control availability
- Add Unforgit as a candidate MCP registry/marketplace listing
Resolved issues (25)
- GPT-5.5 xhigh via Amazon Bedrock stops automatically mid-task in Codex CLI, same as GPT-5.4 xhigh
- Cannot run tool commands including bash commands, works briefly after restart
- Local Command Runner unable to be run by GPT-5.5
- All local and MCP tools fail with "unsupported call"
- Update command failed with "Could not find Codex package or platform npm release assets for Codex $resolved_version."
- Guardian auto-review can select a non-servable default model id for custom providers, causing fail-closed denials
- 0.143.0 regression: built-in exec_command rejected as “unsupported call”; rollback to 0.142.5 fixes it
- Codex CLI 0.143.0 routes namespaced tool calls as duplicated names
- Desktop App on Windows 26.623.101652: Unable to send message (Loading...), previous build failed with "no rollout found for thread id"
- Codex CLI 0.143.0: direct tool calls fail as `unsupported call` because tool namespace is duplicated into the tool name
- Bad tool calling
- Codex CLI after updating to 0.136 it's completely unusable slow, using WSL
- dashboard
- Asking to create documentation or specs in Plan Mode can trigger actual implementation instead after confirmation
- Emergence of `codex-code-mode-host is missing` errors after upgrading codex
- ChatGPT integration
- ChatGPT Desktop / Codex app is using excessive memory, reaching 68 GB on a 36 GB MacBook
- The execution layer is unavailable before commands reach the workspace
- Codex tool execution fails because `codex-code-mode-host` is missing
- Organize: Project | Sort by: Last updated in the sidebar is ignored - hard to find recent work
- GPT-5.6 forces a restricted spawn_agent schema that makes documented custom agents unusable
- Project directory physically disappeared after Codex extension update and VSCode restart
- Unable to use gpt-5.6-sol with ChatGPT Plus
- after upgrade today, codex has degraded horribly
- Codex Windows app fails to launch and crashes in chrome.dll