Digest / July 21, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — July 21, 2026
137 new issues filed ·
38 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (137)
- Computer Use helper SIGTRAPs while traversing a SwiftUI accessibility tree; AppShot cannot attach
- Can't create new task: deferred dynamic tool must include a namespace: automation_update
- ChatGPT stopped Unexpectedly
- /new lag and not create new session
- Codex Desktop rich preview renders YAML frontmatter as body content
- [Regression] Codex Desktop rich preview renders valid YAML frontmatter as body content
- CLI /ide drops active file + selection when Codex runs in an editor-area terminal (onChangeActiveTextEditor(undefined) clears activeFile)
- Codex App: allow the diff viewer to follow or select the repository being modified
- ChatGPT/Codex desktop UI hangs while sessions work via VS Code and mobile
- Codex Desktop chats disappear from sidebar after restart when the first request is supplied as a pasted-text attachment
- Please allow me to disable BatchMode for SSH connections in ChatGPT/Codex app
- [Windows] Severe input lag and UI freezes when opening app and typing in chat
- Codex Desktop macOS: "Collapse all" is missing when multiple project groups are expanded
- [Desktop] After restart, Full Access session occasionally reverts to per-action approval and cannot be recovered — breaks long autonomous agent runs
- [Windows App] Codex hangs indefinitely when prompt contains chatgpt-conversation:// markdown links
- Make request_user_input timeout duration and timeout behavior configurable
- Windows app hard-codes /usr/bin/bash, preventing WSL agent from running on NixOS
- VS Code extension creates new chats in a stale project from global storage
- Windows Desktop + WSL agent: Browser, Chrome control, and Computer Use all fail through the shared bridge
- Add Google AI Studio (Gemini API) as a built-in model provider
- Configured GROQ_API_KEY secret is not available to Cloud task runtime
- Renamed usernames remain unavailable to other accounts
- [IDE][zh-CN] Extra High and Ultra are both translated as ‘极高’
- ChatGPT cloud conversation history disappeared across all devices immediately after the latest app update
- codex-cli always exceeds TPM limit on trivial prompts despite successful direct Responses API calls
- Remote Control enrollment fails with OSStatus -25300 on pre-T2 Intel Mac / macOS Monterey
- codex mcp login sends the OAuth `resource` parameter twice when `oauth_resource` is set, breaking strict providers (e.g. Amplitude MCP)
- Incorrect default behavior of the parent chat when managing background agents, leading to unnecessary consumption of rate limits and tokens.
- Codex desktop repeatedly blocks authorized localhost security validation and cross-repository report writes
- Computer Use 1.0.1000451 cannot load @oai/sky because nodeRepl.env is empty on macOS 26
- Chrome extension tabs remain locked by a stale session and DOM operations always time out
- Codex App (Windows): an unresolvable git root causes an unbounded, no-backoff retry loop that saturates the entire machine — 142/168 git calls hit the 60s timeout
- Windows Codex Desktop Playwright CLI sessions survive completed tasks and accumulate multi-GB Chrome process trees
- Mac OS Silicon doesn't want to install and go to trashcan
- Hook-injected <hook_prompt> messages cause infinite loop, consuming billions of tokens with zero useful output
- CLI resume truncates tail of last assistant message while VS Code shows full response (0.144.6, macOS)
- VS Code Codex sidebar hangs when GitHub Copilot Chat is enabled
- 429 Too Many Requests
- Wrongly applied cybersec restriction in session
- Regression: app-server conversations are classified under ChatGPT Work instead of Codex
- Desktop: model_catalog_json loaded but custom models not shown in picker (regression, related to #32349)
- Feature request: Add explicit proxy support to the ChatGPT desktop app
- /pets in CLI
- Token not refreshing my usage
- Codex closes completely when I close an image that was opened from within the app
- Streamable HTTP MCP initializes successfully but tools never become available in VS Code
- Show `/side` chats in a split pane instead of replacing the main chat
- Cannot create a local Work chat inside a ChatGPT Project (Windows Desktop App)
- [App] Allow Cloud repositories to be removed from the sidebar
- Codex App ignores supplied Gmail skill root and invents stale openai-bundled path
- Non-canceling follow-up messages can cause an active request to be skipped
- [Windows] spawn_agent dispatch stalls in background and resumes on app activation
- Codex Desktop creates a valid worktree, then shows “Failed to start the conversation” without sending thread/start
- Chrome native messaging app-server does not inherit NO_PROXY for custom base_url
- One-click migration omitted an existing project from Codex Desktop Hub and therefore from Android Remote
- Failed to resume pursuing goal
- Recursive remote cleanup can escape the intended directory through nested PowerShell/cmd quoting without a root-path safety stop
- Renaming an SSH alias leaves stale task bindings and makes existing tasks unopenable
- `apply_patch` can delete without visible Guardian review and report Delete+Add as Add-only
- Codex Desktop: completed subagents can remain as hidden resident blockers and prevent later spawns
- App Server API: register live external agents as child threads in the Subagents panel
- Cross-thread message silently changes receiver model and reasoning effort
- Plan-mode questions steal focus
- [Codex Desktop][Windows] Plain code file preview always wraps lines and provides no way to disable it
- Mobile-created Remote root threads can receive a reduced task-management tool profile
- Missing Review panel
- Built-in browser plugin unavailable in Codex App on Windows
- [Windows Desktop] Sandbox refresh recursively processes writable roots for 1–2 minutes before every tool call
- Symlinks in `permissions.*.filesystem` dropped instead of passed-through to bwrap with real path
- Codex Desktop ignores MCP App height update and leaves ~400px of blank space
- [App] create_thread advertises gpt-5.6-sol/xhigh but rejects it during validation
- What is the minimum supported version of Computer Use?
- [App] Reasoning-effort picker cannot override project .codex/config.toml default
- Codex Desktop: add payment-method change at upgrade checkout and one-click restart guidance
- Add a "notes" within each project/chat
- Really tired of this. How can a billion-dollar company still not fix these issues or get them right?
- Codex Desktop Markdown tab becomes unclosable after editing from source view
- [Windows] ChatGPT.exe uses 15–25% CPU while idle due to repeated executable relocation and plugin sync failures
- Codex Desktop sent over 1 GB during a small HTML task; possible repeated upload of reference images/video
- Codex Windows app exits when a shell tool launches interactive llama-cli.exe
- Can worktree creation be supported for projects with multiple Git repositories?
- The Codex app should always remain minimized and should not open automatically / keep the focus in the text field
- Windows desktop app spawns many conhost.exe/taskkill.exe processes and can saturate disk
- Windows: apply_patch stalls for 49-86 seconds while WindowsApps launcher returns Access is denied
- Can't change from chat mode to work mode
- [Desktop/macOS] Renderer freezes after referencing large local Codex chats while backend tasks continue
- macOS: Opening any local project consistently crashes the desktop app (EXC_BREAKPOINT / SIGTRAP)
- macOS ChatGPT/Codex app does not attempt Remote SSH connections to private LAN IP addresses
- Codex desktop app default thread list does not include remote-ssh-codex-managed host after restart
- Right click on a bad written word don't suggest corections
- Support an opt-in authoritative external skill provider
- [macOS] Bundled latex.png ships as 0600, causing repeated 100 MiB staging leaks
- [macOS] Edit action missing for user messages in ChatGPT surface
- Allow custom top-level request body fields per model_provider (e.g. gateway cache controls)
- False-positive cybersecurity hard failures in codex operated in a homegrown harness during local software-integrity unit tests (8 events across 4 jobs)
- App freezes for 3-10 seconds shortly after opening any new chat.
- Pinning a conversation with a non-OpenAI provider leaks all pinned OpenAI conversations into the list
- Windows elevated sandbox loses logon session (CreateProcessAsUserW error 1312), causing repeated retries and excessive quota usage
- Built-in browser responsive viewport resets after agent releases tab
- [Windows] Codex Desktop leaks high-CPU elevated PowerShell processes after completed shell tool calls
- [Windows] Codex Desktop spawns hundreds of lingering taskkill.exe processes during agent work and freezes the OS
- [Windows Desktop] electron-sampler retries failing Win32_Process snapshots indefinitely and can cause process buildup
- [Feature Request] Add repository-aware, sanitized task handoff across workspaces
- Chrome and Computer Use fail when desktop app uses a custom CODEX_CLI_PATH build
- Remote Control setup missing in Codex Windows app although mobile Remote is available
- Automatic theme change on Codex CLI
- Codex dies every time I hit ' in any app.
- Windows: repository-specific TUI escape-sequence leakage persists (like [A [201) still happens in codex-cli 0.145.0
- Windows Desktop: Unable to create a Chat inside a Project. Work and Projects integration appears inconsistent.
- Codex Desktop regression: Subagents panel no longer opens a writable child-agent chat
- Codex desktop app (Windows) pins CPU via WMI — process-monitoring loop spawns ~10 helper processes/sec during any shell execution
- Feedback from a former Atlas user: Chat vs. Work and browser integration
- Windows Codex app repeatedly spawns WMI process snapshots causing high CPU usage
- Add a show less "button" after clicking show more
- Messages sent during active work can be dropped instead of steering or queuing
- Windows Codex dictation fails with "Unable to determine audio duration" and leaves retry state stuck
- Bug: Mid-goal user steers persist as requirements after /goal clear or new goal (only a new thread clears them)
- Regression: agents v2 agent view does not show commentary output anymore
- [macOS][Codex Desktop] Simulator workflows can exhaust RAM and disk, destabilizing the whole system
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- Support ChatGPT-subscription auth for Codex behind custom base_url / self-hosted observability gateways
- Codex desktop: xlsx preview reports "aren't supported yet" for every workbook after 26.715.70719 (build 5650)
- Codex Desktop file preview replaces the current tab instead of opening a new file tab
- Windows 26.715: duplicate MCP suites accumulate per session; termination misses cmd.exe/node.exe grandchildren (Job Object pattern exists in-repo but unused on MCP spawn path)
- Windows Desktop app discovery synchronously blocks the Chromium UI thread during cold + and Open in... lookups
- Codex sandbox returns EINVAL instead of EPERM for setuid() etc
- [Notion connector] query_data_sources is advertised but backend returns -32602 "Tool not found"
- Restore GPT-5.6 Sol’s 372k Codex context window, or provide an opt-in setting
- [Desktop][macOS and Windows 10] Built-in browser Performance settings page fails to load
- Severe multi-minute tool latency and inconsistent writable-root permissions in Codex Desktop on Windows
- for build week
- iOS Remote turn is saved to CLI thread but active TUI does not render it
- Add ability to toggle full file contents when in Codex Diff view in VSCode
- Undo changes button only supports git
- macOS: reopening a task with Data Analytics artifacts crashes AppRoutes with React error #185
- Codex thread search does not match visible title or thread UUID
- Codex login in Xcode doesn't work (redirect after login doesn't work, ui never logged in)
Resolved issues (38)
- [Windows 10] Unified ChatGPT app causes persistent Microsoft Defender CPU usage and system-wide mouse stuttering
- Codex Desktop rich preview renders YAML frontmatter as body content
- ChatGPT/Codex desktop UI hangs while sessions work via VS Code and mobile
- Please show conversation title in window title bar
- Add a bounded `/orchestrator <task>` command using native multi-agent tools
- Add a /restart command that restarts or reinitializes Codex without requiring the user to exit > and manually relaunch it.
- Chrome extension deep control hangs while direct chrome.debugger works; ambient network adds ~30s delay
- Account menu shifts after “Invite a friend” loads, causing accidental “Show pet” clicks
- Regression: app-server conversations are classified under ChatGPT Work instead of Codex
- [Windows] spawn_agent dispatch stalls in background and resumes on app activation
- Can't change from chat mode to work mode
- Streamable HTTP MCP initializes successfully but tools never become available in VS Code
- Support an opt-in authoritative external skill provider
- Recognize CUDA .cu and .cuh files for syntax highlighting in CLI diffs
- Can't create new task: deferred dynamic tool must include a namespace: automation_update
- vi editing mode (like claude code /vim)
- Built-in browser responsive viewport resets after agent releases tab
- Codex TUI prompt Feature: Shift+Enter to support newline in codex interactive prompt
- Add notification support for plan mode questions
- Error using /copy
- /copy fails after successful output in SSH session (regression in 0.116.0)
- footer model information does not get updated when switching to plan mode and back
- Drawing of the text input area messes with the TUI causing visual artifacts on successive terminal resizes
- /status command does not refresh weekly limit within the same session
- Persist update_plan task list in TUI after assistant response while waiting for user input
- Clarify resume hints for renamed threads
- Show current permissions/approval mode in the TUI status line
- Hooks: Stop hook systemMessage is forced to `warning:` — no info/notice severity for end-of-turn notes
- turn/start failed in TUI when network.enabled = true is enabled in requirements.toml
- Configurable TUI status bar fields for model, effort, context, and rate-limit usage
- Codex tui logs keeps growing and not getting rotated
- v0.133.0: /goal sets active goal but get_goal/update_goal are not exposed to the model
- OpenAI ChatGPT Codex extension for Emacs
- ChatGPT Desktop: openaiDeveloperDocs makes thread/resume take 36 seconds
- Regression: agents v2 agent view does not show commentary output anymore
- Feature Request: Allow passing conversation name as the second argument for /new command Description
- Garbled terminal input
- "Error: turn/start failed in TUI"