Digest / July 22, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — July 22, 2026
141 new issues filed ·
27 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (141)
- [Windows x86-64][Python SDK 0.144.4] app-server preflight succeeds but first turn terminates failed/other
- Feature request: Keep model-control terminology in English across all UI locales
- [macOS]：In archived tasks, the text and the "unarchive" button overlap.
- forking a chat doesn't fork cleanly
- Windows Codex app: file-edit approval buttons are unresponsive in Remote SSH conversations, while CLI approval works
- [Bug] spawn_agent hangs indefinitely without returning control
- Claude Code session imports ignore compaction and exceed the Responses input item limit
- [Bug] Persistent goal runs for over a day while repeatedly planning instead of delivering
- [Windows] Completed subagents leave STDIO MCP Node.js processes running (245 processes / 18 GB)
- [Bug] writing-plans generates 4,000–5,000-line code-heavy plans instead of implementation
- Add an exit path from local Codex threads to cloud Chat
- Usage may be reseting weekly limits.
- [Bug] Sol high/xhigh loses the goal and loops across Release 1–3 in an unmerged hidden worktree
- [CLI/TUI] Resume renders the full thread history instead of bootstrapping the latest turn
- [Bug] Cloud planning loop consumes excessive CPU/RAM with no per-thread performance telemetry
- [Windows][26.715.8383.0] Desktop app appears to trigger sustained WMI/Defender CPU usage that stops immediately on full app exit
- Explicit, auditable promotion of operator feedback into Memories
- Sites and other plugins not available in a thread
- Google Drive plugin requires broad all-files read/write access to read one Doc
- Codex app is continuously spawning git.exe processes
- [Windows] XLSX preview horizontal scrollbar is visible but cannot be dragged or scrolled
- Windows apply_patch invalid-base64 failures and silent large-file truncation
- copilot chat extension prevents codex from starting up
- iOS regression: Projects sidebar list removed and intelligence selection broken in Project chats
- Potential silent model rerouting: GPT-5.6 Pro behaves as Instant / GPT-5.5 Mini
- File modification cards are not displayed in Codex
- Fenced HTML code block containing inline SVG renders as a broken image icon
- I need to connect the ChatGPT mobile app to the ChatGPT PC client, but the attempt failed.
- `codex mcp login` fails with "No authorization support detected" on macOS against a spec-compliant OAuth server (same version works on Linux)
- Codex Desktop subagent fan-out contributed to WindowServer watchdog crash under memory pressure on 16 GB MacBook Air
- Add native RTL support for Markdown rendering
- Broken auth endpoints link in MCP interface documentation
- [macOS 26.715.12143] Enabling “Control this Mac” briefly shows mobile device, then fails with remote-state / single-instance errors
- Plugin hooks fail on npm CLI: %PLUGIN_ROOT% not expanded in commandWindows
- Windows Desktop: Codex causes sustained WMI Provider Host high CPU usage
- Add an opt-in automatic update setting for Codex CLI
- Share Link does't update in the same chat
- Hooks: async command hooks are skipped, so Claude-format plugin hooks silently lose their background handlers
- Windows Codex Desktop always shows "Profile Error" after the second launch
- IDE Context silently disables because workspaceRoot is missing in recent VS Code extension builds
- Sync desktop personalization settings across devices
- ChatGPT Project context sync silently deletes generated workspace files on Windows
- Codex App 26.715.9868.0 / CLI 0.145.0: spawn_agent rejects gpt-5.6-luna with multi_agent_v2 enabled
- Feature request: Add a file explorer tree to the Codex desktop app sidebar
- [Critical data loss][Windows Desktop] Archiving a managed worktree follows a Junction and deletes files in the external target
- [Bug] macOS Traffic Light Window Buttons Top-Clipped at 100%+ Zoom on High-DPI Displays
- [Windows 26.715] app-server retains repeated full stdio MCP batches, consuming 10.6 GB private memory
- GPT 5.6 Sol Very high. Excessive Process Complexity and Goal Drift When Preparing an Implementation Prompt
- Add a keyboard shortcut to toggle Expand Panel in the built-in browser
- Codex chat panel never renders (permanently blank) — uncaught Monaco worker crash, reproducible across versions
- ChatGPT app rejects custom `base_url` / `auth` in `[model_providers.amazon-bedrock]` (only `aws.profile` and `aws.region` accepted)
- Multilingual support
- [TUI] Double-Esc interrupt/rewind frequently freezes or terminates long sessions
- Implicit skill routing ignores explicit negative trigger boundaries and invokes unrelated skills
- After the update this afternoon, fail to load "reset usage limit" and 2 times of reset chance are missing.
- This is fucking stupid: Computer Use refuses to use the browser just because it cannot identify the address bar
- [Windows][TUI] PageUp/PageDown in the main transcript can snap scrollback to the bottom
- Unable to submit Shift+Enter in Codex in tmux in VSCode terminal
- Solve
- Post-compaction turn silently loses tool_search, app connectors, and configured MCP tools
- Codex App: detachable workspace panels for documents, review, browser, and computer use
- Remote-control daemon remains on old version after CLI update and becomes unrecoverable
- VS Code Codex panel does not start on Linux Mint unless VS Code is launched with --verbose
- Codex CLI incorrectly reports bubblewrap missing even when it is installed and available on PATH
- [CLI / TUI] 0.145.0 shows a blank terminal with no progress when resuming long threads
- Cant see if development was halted or "hidden" because of cybersecurity trust message. Also its false positive.
- Bundled OpenAI Docs skill has stale GPT-5.6 Luna and Pro mode facts
- UI Bug - ChatGPT icon on the "About GPT" page is displaying incorrectly.
- will constantly generate taskkill.exe when executing,
- GitHub Codespaces (browser) freezes after opening Codex sidebar
- Codex GPT 5.6 Sol consistently does not hard-wrap commit messages
- macOS moved official npm @openai/codex 0.120.0 binary to Trash; certificate revoked
- VS Code extension shows API model gpt-5.3-codex as "Custom" and CLI falls back to missing metadata
- Bug: standalone updater retains every previous release (~1.8 GB after 8 updates)
- [Bug] VS Code extension passes zero workspace roots and uses unrelated inherited working directory
- Timed out shell-command invocation discards command output
- Codex Ultra mode is just wasting usage
- Allow custom agent profiles to be selected as persistent top-level chats
- The “Complete Windows setup” page is stuck.
- The markdown links in the chat mode in the app is not clickable, only clickable in web chat.
- Clock widget renders almost completely black in Chat mode
- Intermittent desktop renderer/app restart or state rehydration.
- Make side chats recoverable after deletion or closure
- Show a welcome or ready state when a new side chat has loaded
- [Windows] Completed Codex task disappears from sidebar and task search while remaining recoverable by internal task ID
- Add emoji reactions to Codex responses
- Cross-device continuity for Codex tasks
- Support concurrent user edits while Codex is applying file changes
- codex exec >= 0.144.0: no shell tool exposed when config uses a custom model_provider and omits `model`
- Unable to install application from System Context for Enterprise deployment
- [TypeScript SDK] Expose an ephemeral thread option
- Mac app opens in "ChatGPT Work" interface instead of standard personal interface after update
- Computer Use unavailable on Windows: Application Protected files fail to copy from WindowsApps
- Codex VS Code extension hangs when VS Code is launched via /usr/share/code/code, but works via /usr/bin/code
- Remote control can create two simultaneously active turns in one thread
- Codex auto-update repeatedly triggers persistent syspolicyd/trustd CPU runaway until macOS reboot
- ChatGPT for macOS gets stuck blinking after launch on macOS Tahoe 26.5.2 (Apple Silicon M5)
- Closing addressed comments
- /agent command takes extremely long to switch back to the main agent
- Desktop: routine Git fetch/push triggers opaque Trusted Access cybersecurity blocks
- WSL path resolution broken after 2026-07-22 Store update — task creation fails, sidebar history missing
- [Windows] Setup hangs at “Complete configuration” after UAC approval on Windows 11 24H2
- [Windows][OpenAI Developers] Platform OAuth fails with go-jose cryptographic error, then API-key setup loops on reauthentication
- Appshots work in Work mode but fail in Chat mode after switching away
- Cyber safety checks are too strict, preventing real work.
- Factually unwarranted "this content can't be shown" and "Trusted Access" hint + link
- Chronicle research preview breaks all third-party screen sharing system-wide (macOS) until reboot
- Remote projects should remember folder paths and support saved locations
- [macOS] Scheduled automation returns to sleep after dispatch during DarkWake
- Codex App Pull Requests defaults to github.com and ignores authenticated GitHub Enterprise host
- Codex adds a .git folder to my source control branch that breaks TFVC.
- Workspace GitHub plugin importer rejects local stdio MCP for Codex-only plugins
- Codex Desktop: image thumbnails fail with "File stream access denied" — estuary download URL is fetched without Authorization
- [TypeScript SDK] Expose hardened execution controls for automation
- ChatGPT app and Codex extension syncing error deletes some chat histories
- Feature request: Codex workspace continuity across devices
- Codex extension 26.715.61943 remains stuck on the ChatGPT logo after normal startup and normal Developer: Reload Window. It reliably loads only when Developer Tools are open during Reload Window.
- ChatGPT Desktop startup rewrites bundled computer-use MCP to enabled=false while plugin stays enabled
- app-server: add non-destructive pause/resume for multi-agent thread trees
- Windows TUI livelock: main thread spins 100% user-mode in a parser/scan loop — UI frozen, zero console writes, session otherwise keeps working (0.145.0)
- Allow Codex Micro Mic key to trigger global Hold-to-dictate
- Windows Desktop: writable Documents roots can be CFA-blocked without a safe file-operation channel
- Windows Remote Control fails after auto-update 26.715.4045.0 -> 26.715.9079.0 (works before, broken after)
- Device-code login hides disabled account setting until after repeated MFA loops
- Some in app browser use crashes spp
- Managed Shopify plugin validators ship without required runtime dependencies
- Evicted MultiAgentV2 subagent resumes with parent model and reasoning effort
- Bring back 5-hr limit or allow Ultra budgets
- Computer use option disappears when connected to remote ssh project
- Codex App enables worktreeConfig in a bare common-dir and breaks every linked worktree
- Codex Desktop on Windows: apply_patch and some exec processes hang indefinitely
- Local workspace CSV opens as raw text, while Open with Codex opens a spreadsheet canvas
- Bugs in ChatGPT Classic and incomprehesnsible limitattions in the new ChatGPT App.
- MultiAgentV2 cross-provider subagent cannot consume encrypted task assignment
- Codex App: allow staging only the Last Turn diff
- Hooks: expose tool-call correlation in `PermissionRequest`
- Support opt-in provider manifests for custom model catalogs
- Agent gets stuck in a loop of informing status without performing any work
- Windows sandbox cannot recover when `deny_read_acl_state.json` becomes 22 NUL bytes after a system crash
- Windows: sandbox broker wedges conversation thread across client restarts (deny-read ACLs -> silent hangs, spinning codex-windows-sandbox-setup); evidence of ACE accumulation (TokenDefaultDacl error 1344)
- [IDE / VS Code] Sessions misses recently updated conversations because provider limits by created_at
Resolved issues (27)
- Support adding custom editors in "Open In" menu
- Windows desktop app spawns many conhost.exe/taskkill.exe processes and can saturate disk
- Codex Desktop on macOS fails to open chat file links in the built-in preview
- Automatic theme change on Codex CLI
- Every time hovering on the thread name, app got stuck
- [Bug] VS Code extension passes zero workspace roots and uses unrelated inherited working directory
- Cross-device continuity for Codex tasks
- Codex VS Code extension hangs when VS Code is launched via /usr/share/code/code, but works via /usr/bin/code
- TUI startup banner border wraps incorrectly in narrow terminals
- In-process app-server drops AgentMessageDelta under backpressure, truncating TUI output
- Bad TUI on vertical screens
- False-positive cybersecurity hard failures in codex operated in a homegrown harness during local software-integrity unit tests (8 events across 4 jobs)
- GPT-5.6 instruction template identifies the model only as GPT-5
- Accidental prompts using the Tab key
- Add a /loop recurring prompt command to the Codex TUI
- Allow collapsing "Edited File" panel by default in VS Code Codex chat UI
- Consult ChatGPT Pro
- [Windows] Setup hangs at “Complete configuration” after UAC approval on Windows 11 24H2
- Figma connector in Codex desktop is read-only; use_figma write tool missing
- Cyber safety checks are too strict, preventing real work.
- [Codex CLI][TUI][BUG] TUI hangs at 100% CPU when syntax-highlighting long single-line exec commands
- Windows TUI livelock: main thread spins 100% user-mode in a parser/scan loop — UI frozen, zero console writes, session otherwise keeps working (0.145.0)
- Codex requires imagegen deplyment when changing code
- Right click on a bad written word don't suggest corections
- TUI crashes when using /side on long-running sessions.
- WSL path resolution broken after 2026-07-22 Store update — task creation fails, sidebar history missing
- Multilingual support