Digest / July 16, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — July 16, 2026
225 new issues filed ·
27 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (225)
- Windows Codex app spawns 12–13 git.exe processes per second and recreates invalid empty .git directories
- Codex Mobile drops voice recording when reconnecting.
- write_stdin / numeric tool args fail when providers emit whole JSON floats (e.g. session_id: 96230.0)
- Windows ChatGPT app frequently becomes briefly unresponsive
- TUI: terminal pet active animations fall back to idle before task state changes
- Windows desktop 26.707.9981.0 hangs after loading serialport.node — missing napi_module_register
- Bug: Opening files with IntelliJ IDEA fails with DirectoryLock CannotActivateException
- ChatGPT web projects are not syncing to the Windows desktop app
- macOS 26.5: New Chat fails with "DeviceCheck token generation is unavailable" after updating to ChatGPT 26.707.72221
- Dependency issues
- ChatGPT Desktop (Codex) repeatedly freezes after sending prompts and generates recurring MoAppCrash reports (StackHash_0000)
- Stale MultiAgentV2 branch in legacy completion watcher obscures the active completion path
- [macOS App] Opening integration-heavy tasks spawns persistent renderers that survive archive and idle
- Unable to start codex "tasks"
- Locked Computer Use cannot be interrupted through Apple Screen Sharing despite “Press any key or click to unlock”
- Repo config.toml cannot override plugins / skills enabled state from user config.toml
- Abnormal quota statistics
- Codex Desktop crashes and automatically restarts when switching between long-running tasks (Windows, 26.707.9981.0)
- Unified ChatGPT Work/Codex desktop UI makes the active execution mode unclear
- Report Chat GPT Desktop Bug
- codex_cli_bug
- codex exec creates gpt-5.6-sol sessions with ~258K context, while interactive Codex sessions show 1.05M
- Relative write rules under :workspace_roots recursively expand across turns until process spawning fails with E2BIG
- Task creation timeout, no-active-thread error, and desktop freezes on Windows (26.707.72221)
- Eclipse AssistAI MCP tool calls fail with "Unexpected response type" from 0.139.0 onward
- [macOS] Codex in-app side browser renders pages as a repeated tiled grid
- [Windows] Codex freezes the desktop and repeatedly crashes after migrating to the new ChatGPT app
- Can't close review tab
- [Feature Request] Introduce a status indicator to prevent "Waiting for agents" terminal spam
- Codex 'Queue' Function Can't Be Switched Back On If Switched Off (new bug)
- Lies, lies, and more lies. GPT straight lies no matter what. i used to love codex. we're breaking up. maybe. who am i kidding. i will take the punishment. :(
- [Bug] Windows Codex Desktop intermittently freezes with desktop-notifications DLL failure (0xc06d007f)
- Accepting an AI edit in a writing block does not apply the changes
- `[Windows][Desktop 26.707.9981.0] Repeated ChatGPT.exe AppCrash with exception 0xc06d007f during normal Codex tool use
- `[Windows][Desktop 26.707.9981.0] Repeated ChatGPT.exe AppCrash with exception 0xc06d007f during normal Codex tool use
- Codex App: Allow the in-app browser to detach into a standalone window
- Local compaction v2 retains unbounded input_image payloads, causing repeated auto-compaction
- [Windows Desktop] Every completed response causes a system-wide stall and Event 1000 from bundled serialport.node
- Windows desktop Scheduled list is empty while the same account shows tasks on chatgpt.com
- Intermittent 400 on first gpt-5.6-sol turn: Responses Lite requires reasoning.context=all_turns
- [Feature Request][GUI App] A three-layer theming system: Theme v2, decorative theme packs, and advanced user stylesheets
- Agents repeatedly reread unchanged files already available in context
- [Windows] Composer is not cleared and UI stalls after every message send
- Codex App 26.707.9981.0 crashes immediately on Windows with exception 0xc06d007f
- gpt-5.6-sol repeatedly identifies itself as GPT-5.4 across official Codex harness & Pi sessions
- Desktop "Run now" creates automation tasks with a 1-tool manifest; scheduled and remote-initiated runs of the same automation receive the full codex_app tool suite
- [Withdrawn]
- Codex desktop app crashes on Windows x64 after Codex Micro / serialport path is triggered
- CLI plugin inventory can report account-installed plugins as uninstalled
- [Windows Desktop] Archiving a worktree thread appears to delete tracked files from the main checkout
- Codex Windows app intermittently hides existing local tasks from the project task list
- Chinese Characters Become Invisible When Moving the Cursor with Arrow Keys in Codex CLI
- Plus member, but I have never received a reset card
- Make the multi-agent v2 max_threads conflict error actionable
- Unexpected automatic usage reset instead of milestone banked resets
- [Windows desktop] Creating an in-app Browser tab terminates Codex after about:blank WebView attachment
- Windows Desktop ignores redirected Documents Known Folder for projectless workspaces
- Windows 11 ARM64: ChatGPT desktop app crashes immediately after automatic Codex migration (26.707.9981.0)
- Automatically hide the desktop pet during fullscreen apps and screen sharing
- Windows x64: repeated background crash (0xC06D007F) in serialport.node causes UI freezes during normal use
- /agent no longer allows agent thread switching
- Lost reset count
- [Linux] VS Code renderer crashes when opening Codex sidebar in 26.707.91948; rollback to 26.707.71524 fixes it
- After each copy/title question is answered, the copy I submitted disappears; please make it visible!!!
- Bring back 'Recently Used Projects' sorting
- [Windows][Desktop 26.707.9981.0] Post-merge thread switching and prompt submission freeze with thread/resume latency and ResizeObserver errors
- Windows startup crash: bundled @serialport/bindings-cpp delay-loads Node-API from ChatGPT.exe (0xc06d007f, ERROR_PROC_NOT_FOUND)
- [macOS][Fullscreen Space] Chinese Pinyin IME candidate window is invisible in the Option+Space chat overlay
- Codex Desktop automation_update can false-succeed without owner-host persistence or readback
- Native Apple Watch app for voice prompts, agent monitoring & tool approvals
- [Windows x64] Codex Micro HID.node repeatedly raises 0xC06D007F and causes UI stutter
- Windows: Severe UI lag and "Not Responding" after updating Codex Desktop to v26.707.72221
- [Windows App 26.707.9981.0] MCP suites persist after subagents complete, reaching 10.9 GB private memory
- GitHub connector authenticates successfully but cannot access authorized repositories or PR review threads
- Add ability to create temporary chats in combined ChatGPT app. (Feature parity with web and old ChatGPT app UI)
- Add user-controlled, persistent transcript folding to Codex CLI
- Login via Safari
- Codex Desktop project grouping disappeared from sidebar
- Codex Desktop crashes when Excalidraw opens a local image
- Codex Desktop crash lost active-task progress
- Codex App crashes when in-app browser opens a site with failed TLS / fake-ip routing
- Add direct-keyring regression coverage for concurrent MCP OAuth refreshes
- [Windows] Repeated ChatGPT.exe crashes with 0xc06d007f cause system-wide micro-freezes
- Event-driven background task callbacks
- Problems with WSL Sandbox
- Codex Desktop automations need first-class run identity and live status
- [app] Side chats provide no chance to disable “Use memory” before it is locked
- Feature Request: Add Chinese (Simplified) UI localization
- MCP tools discovered but unavailable after updating from 0.144.4 to 0.144.5
- Feature request: Add native microphone and voice dictation to the Codex chat input
- Codex Desktop: image preview close button overlaps the native window close button on Windows
- Multi-Agent V2 sends OpenAI-specific agent_message items to external Responses providers
- macOS Codex Desktop 26.707.91948 still overrides custom profile with never/user
- Codex doesn't want to clean up browsers, especially in Scheduled tasks.
- [Windows App] Full access warning is transparent and overlaps task content
- Image generation quality in Codex/Work is dramatically worse than in regular ChatGPT with the same prompt (Pro plan)
- Feature request: deliver external/async events as turns into a live (visible) session — today only headless remote-control threads are reachable
- Data loss: sub-agent TemporaryDirectory cleanup traversed an active bind mount and deleted the host repository
- Codex Desktop composer can double-dispatch one submit, creating two threads or duplicate steered messages
- Subagent tools are not exposed in ChatGPT Work or Codex Desktop
- Browser control rejects file:///mnt/c/... sandboxCwd in WSL agent mode for Windows-hosted folders
- [Windows Desktop 26.707.12708.0] Severe lag while typing and switching tasks; repeated 0xc06d007f crashes
- [App][Subagents] Child thread opens as a blank white view on macOS and iPhone
- feat: Add an i18n interface to Codex CLI; I have completed part of the prototype
- [Windows Desktop 26.707.9981.0] Trusted hook orchestration completes but PowerShell handler never reaches script entry
- Windows: pet/avatar overlay makes task switching and mouse dragging freeze
- Status not updated correctly between different sessions
- [Windows][Desktop] Bundled serialport.node DLL initialization failure correlates with severe startup lag
- Windows desktop: Japanese IME becomes unresponsive in Chat and Codex until focus moves to another text field
- [Windows][Japanese dictation] Spoken letter D is repeatedly transcribed as B
- [Windows ARM64] App crashes immediately after sign-in — delay-load failure: napi_create_function not found (0xc06d007f)
- Gmail plugin is enabled, but connector tools are not exposed in Codex CLI
- Windows ARM64 desktop app exits immediately after loading main screen
- Ask inside chat creates Codex task with conversation title instead of request
- gpt-5.6-sol loses all MCP tools after runtime metadata changes to tool_mode = "direct"
- Codex Desktop crashes or becomes unstable when the in-app browser is initialized - native serialport.node failure
- Windows Desktop: enabling workspace-write network access causes progressive UI lag and long Settings/session-switch spinners
- [macOS] New prompts hang before `turn/start` while Remote Control device-key calls occupy all libuv workers
- Codex Desktop hides a searchable recent pinned local task from default and pinned task lists
- Codex Browser blocks allowlisted localhost with enterprise network policy error
- TUI copies left padding spaces from code blocks
- [app][macOS][26.707.91948] ChatGPT/Codex repeatedly grows to 55 GB and freezes the system
- ChatGPT Desktop (OpenAI.Codex) fails to start after update with "spawn EINVAL" on Windows 10
- [Bug] Archived projectless threads are grouped as projects by cwd basename
- GPT-5.6-Sol lost access to create_thread tool after update
- Codex chat composer materializes HTML styling in pasted text as Markdown, changing code copied from VS Code or a web browser
- [MCP][Figma] Resources load but use_figma/get_design_context are not injected into Desktop threads (0.144.5)
- [P0 / Blocker][Windows App] Assistant responses are visually clipped and only readable via Copy last message
- Bug: No option to delete chats in macOS desktop app (v26.707.91948)
- multi_agent_v1 tools are not injected for GPT-5.6 Codex Desktop tasks, but work on GPT-5.5
- Codex unified-exec PTY can silently truncate ~/.bash_history via default HISTFILESIZE=500
- Browser and Chrome plugins unavailable with gpt-5.6-sol but work with gpt-5.6-terra
- Shared models_cache.json oscillates between originator-specific catalogs across app-server processes
- False-positive cybersecurity block triggered by harmless CLI input
- Regression: Computer Use tool-host missing in Windows app 26.707.12708 / CLI 0.144.5
- ChatGPT.exe (Codex desktop) crashes repeatedly in a loop, same process instance, since the 2026-07-13 update
- Mac app changed from ChatGPT to Codex after update — previous chats and GPTs are missing
- Codex Desktop coordinator loses thread read/send and automation tools after 26.707.91948 update
- Desktop app silently fails to attach node_repl MCP tools to new tasks — breaks Browser (in-app), Chrome, and Computer Use; CLI with the same config works
- The manual reset is gone
- Codex Desktop 0.144.5 does not mount installed Slack or Outlook connector tools
- Codex macOS: Cmd+Shift+N with six windows crashes/reloads existing windows and loses their thread routes
- Codex macOS: Cmd+Shift+N with six windows crashes/reloads existing windows and loses their thread routes
- Codex App is extremely laggy and frequently freezes during use
- [Windows App 26.707.12708.0] Codex Micro serialport.node failures still cause severe UI freezes
- gpt-5.6-sol does not receive tool_search, leaving deferred MCP tools unreachable
- GPT-5.6 Sol hides discovered MCP tools without exposing tool_search
- PPTX preview renders overlapping header shapes above titles despite correct PowerPoint file
- macOS 26.707.91948: Chat mode missing; GPTs inaccessible; Projects exist on web but not in desktop app
- Add a first-class Remote section to the Codex Desktop sidebar
- All responses getting blocked.
- Codex app on windows hat long overhead on shell commands
- TypeScript SDK splits valid JSON events on U+2028 in Node 24
- Full access not available when Sol Ultra is selected
- Codex Desktop advertises Browser, Computer Use, and Google Drive skills but does not inject their callable tools
- run time error
- Delete service is not wired in core launcher hooks" on Windows Desktop
- Codex Desktop Sources attachment becomes unpreviewable when original local file path disappears
- Codex Desktop: installed Sites plugin exposes design picker but omits deployment connector actions
- Safety: require a hard confirmation and recovery gate for bulk/home-directory deletion even in Full Access
- Browser and Chrome plugins are installed and enabled, but their control tools are not exposed to the task.
- macOS unified ChatGPT app hangs at launch (main process 100% CPU, no window) when an automation has an unsatisfiable RRULE
- Codex Sites publishing controls unavailable
- Proposal: Thread Reincarnation workflow for long-running Codex tasks
- VS Code extension fails to revert Codex changes and reports files as skipped
- Allow UserPromptSubmit hooks to fail closed before model requests
- Monthly usage limit drains abnormally fast (25% → 5% within ~15 tool calls in one session)
- macOS Computer Use ignores CODEX_HOME and recreates ~/.codex/config.toml
- gpt-5.6-sol drops Codex Desktop thread-management tools that are available on gpt-5.6-terra in the same task
- ChatGPT desktop app: Codex shell tool output mishandles carriage returns with ANSI sequences (ESC[K and SGR 8)
- Allow recurring automations to be excluded from global Memories
- Codex CLI ignores model setting from config.toml
- Feature Request: Official Codex Desktop external control API for hardware controllers
- Rapid ~/.codex growth from retained CLI session rollouts and active SQLite logging
- GPT-5.6-Sol skips ClickUp Get task and can fabricate an answer while Terra/Luna invoke it
- macOS Desktop: unified ChatGPT app consistently aborts during late startup with uncaught std::range_error
- [Windows] Computer Use is enabled but runtime/control tools are not exposed in Codex sessions
- Linux - Codex VS code extension stuck in loading.
- App Server turns on an existing thread complete but are not visible in Codex Desktop UI
- Project sidebar loses existing chat threads after restart despite sessions remaining in session_index.jsonl
- New task button does nothing
- Codex app thread-management tools are no longer exposed to agents after update
- No quick chat in windows desktop app
- Windows: Chrome, Browser, and Computer Use mentions recognized but callable tools are not attached (26.707.12708.0)
- please replace "⚠ Selected model is at capacity. Please try a different model." with a backoff algorithm
- [Windows] In-app Browser steals foreground focus when agent opens a new browser window
- Better iphone mirroring scroll compatibility with computer use
- unexpected status 401 Unauthorized
- Spreadsheet runtime unavailable in scheduled Codex tasks on Windows
- Custom subagent role silently inherits parent model/effort on CLI 0.144.5 (Windows)
- codex exec does not export the `codex.turn.token_usage` OTLP metric (0.144.x), despite #12913 being closed
- `model_info.tool_mode=direct` silently overrides enabled Code Mode flags and changes the model-visible tool surface
- Guardian threads retain their parent in rollouts but are absent from thread_spawn_edges
- Codex in Windows ChatGPT app: apply_patch takes 117s on localized Google Drive workspace vs 0.1s in Full Access
- MultiAgentV2: Ultra `codex exec --ephemeral` cannot find root thread, then exhausts agent slots
- Sites plugin MCP creates unbounded node/cmd recursion on Windows when VOLTA_HOME is not forwarded
- Computer Use runtime is unavailable (Feedback ID: 019f6c4d-4115-77b2-9aa8-c56c29eb7326)
- Legitimate cryptography development incorrectly blocked by cyber safety classifier
- Slack plugin is selected but Slack tools are unavailable in Codex desktop sessions
- Native Codex Security scan cannot write to its app-managed Temp directory on Windows
- GPT-5.6 Sol Responses Lite hides custom MCP tools; disabling Responses Lite restores them
- Codex Desktop macOS: Computer Use skill loads but required node_repl tool is not exposed
- Weekly limit is draining like the old 5-hour limit
- Cannot compact
- app-server: network denied for compound shell commands but allowed for single commands (0.144.4, macOS Seatbelt)
- French localization: Plan mode is incorrectly translated as “Forfait”
- Agent and Codex usage appear to share a weekly quota without disclosure or high-consumption warnings
- Shared agentic usage pool can exhaust a weekly Codex limit within hours without an adequate warning
- Codex app removed during update; latest ChatGPT app still lacks Codex despite ChatGPT/ChatGPT Classic split
- nix build missmatch of dependency hash
- Codex TUI does not fully redraw after Kitty automatically changes its terminal palette following a system dark/light theme toggle
- False positive security triggers hiding codex responses in concurrent data structure research code
- Windows Desktop remote SSH task resume sends empty path after reconnect
- Missing chats
- Allow hiding MCP tool widgets in Codex App
- [macOS App] Completed subagents stay open in thread_spawn_edges and restore stale MCP stacks
- Codex autonomously multiplied work across worktrees/subagents, exhausted weekly quota, then aborted the active turn
- Codex Desktop switches between Ask for approval and a named profile, mismatching reviewer and sandbox
- Codex App freezes when Crashpad retains a dead GPU process
- Bug in codex web create PR for GitHub
- Codex Web - Unable to clone my repository
- Codex-generated test harness leaked unbounded Docker/Xcode resources without post-run verification
- Stripe plugin shows error after completing login on web
- Remove the error
- [Windows] Built-in browser interaction crashes ChatGPT.exe with exception 0xc06d007f
Resolved issues (27)
- Windows desktop 26.707.9981.0 hangs after loading serialport.node — missing napi_module_register
- image_gen returns image data in session records but no image is shown, saved, or exposed as a path
- Built-in Browser plugin fails to initialize with “Cannot redefine property: process”
- [Windows App] GPT-5.6-Sol Max is filtered out and config max falls back to Light
- pawn_agent model and reasoning_effort overrides silently dropped when a non-empty agent role is applied
- Windows desktop Scheduled list is empty while the same account shows tasks on chatgpt.com
- Windows Codex App renderer crashes after creating a managed worktree
- computer use tool is missed
- [Withdrawn]
- Make the multi-agent v2 max_threads conflict error actionable
- VS Code custom permission profile overrides on-request/auto_review with never/user
- [RELEASE] The pipeline that releases to WinGet seems broken
- Codex Windows app intermittently hides existing local tasks from the project task list
- Codex desktop app crashes on Windows x64 after Codex Micro / serialport path is triggered
- Persistent Crashes on Windows 11 Pro — Stop asking to close unresolved issues
- Codex IDE doesn't work with GPT 5.6 models
- macOS 26.5: New Chat fails with "DeviceCheck token generation is unavailable" after updating to ChatGPT 26.707.72221
- Add global subagent runtime defaults for model, provider, and reasoning
- GPT-5.6 Sol root exposes spawn_agent without agent_type, blocking custom agent routing
- Subagent tools are not exposed in ChatGPT Work or Codex Desktop
- Codex macOS: Cmd+Shift+N with six windows crashes/reloads existing windows and loses their thread routes
- Support Codex in viewing GPT web conversations via shared links
- ChatGPT.exe (Codex desktop) crashes repeatedly in a loop, same process instance, since the 2026-07-13 update
- [Windows] Chrome plugin does not install native host and browser-client fails with "Cannot redefine property: process"
- Codex app on windows hat long overhead on shell commands
- Flicker in the gui
- Expose explicit rollback boundaries or cursors for app-server rewind