Digest / July 12, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — July 12, 2026
160 new issues filed ·
24 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (160)
- Auto-review uses stale account quota after account switch and blocks active task
- Add dark mode to the built-in PDF preview
- No 5.6 in open-vsx extension - publish the updated extension to open-vsx
- Codex did not follow explicit user instruction, causing unnecessary Work quota usage
- macOS: Dock restore animation stutters while WindowServer logs Invalid window
- VS Code extension does not show subagent activity and loses conversation state
- GPT-5.6 Sol rarely parallelizes programmatic tool calls, multiplying model turns and quota usage
- MultiAgentV2 canonical activity items omit effective subagent identity/model/effort metadata
- Expose code-mode parent provenance and terminal status to tool lifecycle hooks
- Desktop fork stores full history but agent receives missing or unrelated context
- Untracked files are not under unstaged tab
- [Windows][Desktop] OOM leaves intact local tasks missing from sidebar; /feedback also crashes and recovery consumes heavy usage
- [Bug/Severe] High-tier main sessions bypass subagent model limits, hiding threads and causing token bleed
- [VS Code][Linux] Diff view stalls while git-repo-watcher hits ENOENT under refs/codex/turn-diffs
- Codex Desktop SSH handoff fails for conversations larger than 16 MiB because rollout is sent as one WebSocket message
- Personal user has undeletable “Default templates” plugin marked installed-by-admin / installed-by-default
- reset my Codex quota twice, but my 5-hour usage window limit failed to recover either time.
- Desktop app always starts in Work mode and provides no way to switch to Chat
- Windows Desktop 26.707: sustained Electron main-process CPU/memory loop persists without Git
- False positive
- Make subagent names clickable and easier to distinguish
- ChatGPT–Codex shared project context and bidirectional task handoff
- [codex-cli 0.144.1] `gpt-5.6-sol` missing, `gpt-5.6-luna` not found despite listed
- CODEX
- Memory Phase 2 cannot create its gix baseline under WSL /mnt/c (DrvFS/9p)
- No max reasoning on Codex Windows
- Windows Desktop SSH project composer routes turns to local host and loses remote conversation mapping
- Windows sandbox apply_patch cannot update existing files in VS Code extension: helper_unknown_error applying deny-read ACLs
- app-server: first turn output blocked ~15-33s by cold model-catalog refresh when no explicit model is set
- GPT 5.3 codex on codex and cli internal requests bug
- unexpected status 404 Not Found: Model not found gpt-5.6-luna ON CODEX APP WINDOWS. GPT 5.6 luna not working IN WINDOWS 11 PRO.
- TUI: late interrupt key after pending steer commits can interrupt active turn
- VS Code Codex panel intermittently stuck loading on Linux: local webview assets fail with net::ERR_FAILED
- Context window usage not showing up despite having it toggled on in settings on Windows 11 pro
- IDE Extension incorrectly reports "usage limit reached" on the first request after quota reset
- Responses Lite: changing reasoning effort can strand a large session on “Request blocked.” until compaction
- Desktop: Computer Use / Browser Use PiP paints large black box when hovering close (X) control
- macOS desktop notifications appear but completion sound does not play
- TUI /agent replay duplicates subagent reasoning summaries and concatenates Markdown as ****
- GPT-5.3 Codex Spark fails because Codex sends unsupported reasoning.summary
- Auto-review can deadlock behind unbounded post-TurnComplete rollout flush on Windows
- Provide an option to disable input/paste auto-formatting in VS Code extension
- Codex Reset labeled “Expires 7/12” disappeared without being used before the end of the displayed date
- False positive cybersecurity block in Codex CLI during harmless invoice XML debugging
- Codex App: restore Shift+Tab Plan Mode toggle
- Codex Desktop can reapply a patch after the user rejects it
- PreToolUse updatedInput is displayed but not executed under named permission profiles (app-server/Desktop): sandbox spawns the original command
- Regression: Windows Desktop 26.707.3748 remote compaction disconnects after update
- Codex CLI TUI repeatedly hides and shows the text cursor in WezTerm while a turn is running
- Codex Desktop cross-thread delegation can silently wake a dormant thread and execute with stale context
- windows powershell , cant/fails to update with the offcial command (because of VPN)
- UI Rendering bug for a specific message (flickering)
- visual glitches with NVIDIA Geforce RTX 2050
- Codex CLI TUI truncates live assistant output while resume/session may contain the complete response
- Codex desktop apps return 403 for some requests, while regular quota-based requests work
- Codex Remote on Android omits codex_app tools in mobile-created tasks and hangs them in desktop-created tasks
- Codex Desktop: set_thread_archived hangs when an active automation archives its own task
- # Codex Desktop turn stays in “Thinking” after WebSocket stream disconnects with `Broken pipe`
- Context window usage appears to grow unexpectedly during long sessions
- Desktop app does not display Projects although they exist on the web
- Codex Desktop Remote SSH: unbounded reconnect loop leaks pwsh.exe on Windows host until it hard-freezes (1299 processes, 95% commit, 2 forced reboots)
- New Chat and Existing chats open but replying returns "Request failed with status 403".
- 403 error when creating a normal ChatGPT conversation in the macOS Codex app
- Quick Chat returns 403 while ChatGPT Work tasks and Codex work normally
- Windows desktop: starting a task can saturate WMI Provider Host CPU
- Codex Desktop Ask for approval silently disables shell escalation in projectless tasks
- Appshot window selection clicks through into System Settings and triggers admin authentication prompt
- Chat history does not sync in new macOS ChatGPT app
- Windows Desktop crashes rendering mixed-version MCP tool records (.find on undefined)
- Windows Desktop regression: local links in rendered Markdown do not open in configured VS Code target
- Safety: agent misresolved a session-label rename as intent to close a Shopify store
- Context Window of 1M not showing in Codex Windows app
- ChatGPT New APP Chat Section is Horrible and is the worst gpt feature I've seen so far.
- Markdown preview switches to source and jumps to top after Codex edits
- Existing ChatGPT Projects not visible in new macOS desktop app (v26.7.51957)
- PreToolUse denial appends raw command or patch after sanitized hook reason
- MCP servers start but tools never cached (has_cached_tools=false)
- Possible bug: 'codex resume' appears to reduce available usage limit resets without use
- Regression: ChatGPT Record button disappeared after migration to the new ChatGPT/Codex macOS app
- Codex Desktop creates .git directories in non-repository workspace folders, breaking Windows Git overlay icons
- macOS ChatGPT Desktop 26.707.51957: new task creation silently fails and leaves an orphaned sidebar entry (no rollout found), while existing tasks and CLI work
- Regression: Codex cannot publish a committed branch to an already connected GitHub repository
- Codex workspace thread disappeared after updating the ChatGPT macOS app
- SSH session in ChatGPT macOS app on Intel MacBook Pro fails with unsupported reasoning.summary on gpt-5.3-codex-spark
- "Unstaged" option in the "Review" doesn't show untracked files
- The patch keeps failing to install.
- Automatically apply banked resets before they expire
- Automatically redeem unused banked resets before they expire
- Automatically redeem unused banked resets before they expire
- Tool-backed subagents silently inherit Sol Ultra instead of custom agent model settings
- Codex app repeatedly writes large SQLite etilqs temp files from internal Guardian thread metadata
- Windows Store 26.707.3748.0: EFS copyfile UNKNOWN breaks bundled marketplace and Computer Use native pipe
- Codex MCP OAuth sessions expire and require application restart
- Codex App build 5175 rapidly exhausts 5-hour quota with subagent history replay and thread-list polling storm
- Desktop app does not display ChatGPT Projects that are visible on chatgpt.com
- Missing Chat Projects in the new ChatGPT Work/Codex desktop app interface
- Agent violated plan mode restrictions and made changes to files
- Remote pairing is impossible: Android asks for desktop pairing code but macOS ChatGPT Work has no Remote/Devices entry
- Goal and reasoning selectors can show off/high while resumed task remains Ultra and proactive
- Codex Security validation blocked on defensive review of personal repository
- 5.6-Luna low consuming more usage than 5.6-Sol Low on the exact same task
- Good faith security research causing throttling on non-security related requests
- Flickering when using markdown code block
- Codex App: restore Shift+Tab Plan Mode toggle or make the shortcut configurable
- Deep-research
- Codex macOS app: Overview subagent count only reconciles after opening the Subagents panel
- Automation Loop
- TUI drops/garbles accented (dead-key) characters when pty is relayed over websocket (code-server / browser terminal), works fine in local terminal
- GPT-5.6 Terra and Sol exhaust the 5-hour Codex usage limit within minutes
- 5-hour usage limit exhausted right after reset: first rate_limits reading already reports used_percent=79% with no preceding model activity
- Codex Diff window doesn't open
- Codex Desktop: automation_update omitted from tool manifest; visible heartbeat misses run and becomes daily
- Chrome side panel: allow selecting a local Codex project for new chats
- URL Links in integrated terminal open in integrated browser instead of default browser.
- Apply access-control changes to the currently running turn
- Sending image causes unexpected cache invalidation
- Agent-created top-level task is hidden from desktop search and Codex Mobile Remote
- Question answering timeout as "No answer provided"
- Language parity for code block rendering in the Codex/ChatGPT App with the CLI
- There is description and UI bug in Codex latest web and MacOS app.
- Allow plugins to integrate with the code block renderer to support custom language highlighting.
- Error: Manual response is missing x-content-sha256.
- [Feature Request] Apply theme to fenced code blocks
- Codex Desktop rejects project-scoped automation creation for listed WSL projects but accepts projectless target
- usage limit
- Windows Codex App steals usage limits even when no tasks is done
- Windows TLS 1.3 data corruption risk with schannel 0.1.28
- Acting on its own remains a problem—what can be done about the excessive waste?
- Codex app ignores global Full access for sibling workspace and exposes no effective-permission control
- Handled steer can be re-acknowledged as new after a later compaction
- admin configurations in codez
- Cybersecurity false postive when fuzzing a newly written input parsing library
- `codex app` fails to detect the unified ChatGPT.app and downloads the installer (CLI still looks for Codex.app)
- Unused reset number decreased depsite not using it
- Enter key repeat can accept two stages of the model picker
- Limite Usage 5 Hours out
- Desktop plugin replacement can leave stale skill paths and MCP tool inventory until restart
- Windows Codex App Computer Use: Android Emulator activation intermittently fails and type_text does not reach focused fields
- Codex desktop composer misinterprets underscores in Windows paths as Markdown italics
- codex deletes itself since update
- Built-in `wait` tool capped at ~50s causes MASSIVE token burn on long waits (multi_agent_v2 re-samples every 50s)
- Codex App on macOS: support Continuity Camera “Import from iPhone” in the composer
- Proposed fix: normalize Windows SQL migration line endings
- Proposed fix: add native Windows bitmap clipboard fallback
- Windows Codex App: all local child-process tools hang with empty output after update and reboot
- codex not working after intergrating into chatgpt
- network_proxy limited mode changes prefix_rule allow semantics by routing trusted commands through managed proxy
- network_proxy managed CA bundle is not exposed to Cargo via CARGO_HTTP_CAINFO
- [Windows] workspace-write allows repo-root writes but denies child directories; elevated sandbox fails with error 1385
- request blocked while benchmarking vllm on open source models
- [Bug] Resuming an ultra-long session replays the full log, causing delays and clipped output
- Parent task doesn’t show changes made by a subagent in another worktree
- Codex Desktop crashes entire application due to missing tool call result
- ChatGPT Desktop: openaiDeveloperDocs makes thread/resume take 36 seconds
- Windows standalone: sandbox helpers resolved relative to PATH shim, not package release dir (breaks all sandboxed exec)
- Model is RIPPING through usage w/ huge delays between turns
- Codex/Desktop App Verification Uses an Unknown Phone Number I Never Added - Unable to log-in
- Symlinked .rules files in ~/.codex/rules are silently ignored
- app-server stream stalls after starting custom tool call with empty input
- Codex App: /review silently downgrades GPT-5.6 Sol from Ultra to Max
Resolved issues (24)
- New "ChatGPT" app: agents are very slow
- False positive
- CODEX
- Computer Use 1.0.1000366 crashes at launch on macOS 15.7.7 due to missing Swift Concurrency symbol
- Context window usage not showing up despite having it toggled on in settings on Windows 11 pro
- Viewing images causes sessions to be stuck in a Reconnecting loop
- Codex App: restore Shift+Tab Plan Mode toggle
- [Withdrawn] Codex Desktop startup immediately triggers account-wide ChatGPT "Too many requests" restriction on Windows
- PreToolUse updatedInput is displayed but not executed under named permission profiles (app-server/Desktop): sandbox spawns the original command
- 403 error when creating a normal ChatGPT conversation in the macOS Codex app
- Codex ships its own RG version which triggers MacOS safety standards
- Codex desktop apps return 403 for some requests, while regular quota-based requests work
- Automatically apply banked resets before they expire
- Automatically redeem unused banked resets before they expire
- Codex App: restore Shift+Tab Plan Mode toggle or make the shortcut configurable
- Codex SQLite feedback logs can write ~640 TB/year and rapidly consume SSD endurance
- Error: Manual response is missing x-content-sha256.
- IDE Extension incorrectly reports "usage limit reached" on the first request after quota reset
- Windows Desktop: Git/GitHub UI binding lost after crash/state restore; git origins and diffs work locally but no Git surface appears
- Unused reset number decreased depsite not using it
- Codex desktop composer misinterprets underscores in Windows paths as Markdown italics
- Handled steer can be re-acknowledged as new after a later compaction
- Windows Desktop: Chrome/Computer Use enabled but mcp__node_repl__js is not exposed; js_repl remains removed false
- Codex.app surfaces internal CodexDark asset layer as macOS app icon