Digest / July 23, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — July 23, 2026
156 new issues filed ·
28 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (156)
- Codex Chrome plugin returns invalid tab IDs (-1) and cannot control Chrome
- Spreadsheets plugin cannot access load_workspace_dependencies in Codex CLI
- [Windows][26.715.10079.0] Opening Codex spawns rapid Git/PowerShell churn and drives WMI + Defender CPU to ~60%
- exec_command PreToolUse payload drops workdir and misclassifies isolated worktrees
- Why can't I access the 1M-token model context window when using the Azure API?
- Autocomplete “no match” menu intercepts Enter for ! shell commands
- Error decoding response body with WorkOS redirect after sign in.
- Remote-installed plugin MCP prompts `codex mcp login`, but the command cannot resolve the server
- Windows: selecting a directory via showDirectoryPicker in the in-app browser terminates the entire Codex app
- [App] Add Git status decorations to the workspace file tree
- After compacting context, model replies to old messages
- Codex app-server reaches 27 GB footprint and 36 GB swap after compacted records grow one rollout JSONL to 10.2 GB with repeated inline PNG data URLs
- Benign user-owned SMS verification helper is blocked as cyber risk only in a subagent
- Codex CLI: /usage “redeem/reset limit” shows applied, but “usage limit reached” persists (macOS, codex-cli 0.145.0)
- gpt-5.6-sol: "Script completed" is reported while the nested shell session is still running
- UI errors related to the plan mode
- App flashing and unusable
- Make /status output safer to share by redacting account and session details
- Codex app: active background-thread spinner needs a configurable high-visibility color
- Windows: Arabic RTL text renders as separated/reordered characters in Codex CLI
- Windows app sandbox blocks Node path traversal and elevation approval fails internally
- model_reasoning_summary="detailed" yields heading-only reasoning summaries with no prose
- [Bug] Free reset changed weekly reset_at without restoring allowance
- Windows installer 0.145.0 missing codex-windows-sandbox-setup.exe
- Desktop upgrade to 26.715.72359 hides existing thread even though it is resumable and indexed
- `notify` silently stops firing on long threads: payload passed as single argv exceeds Linux MAX_ARG_STRLEN (execve E2BIG)
- [P0 regression] Windows desktop launch saturates all CPU cores via WmiPrvSE (26.715.10079.0)
- Korean typo "토근" is still present in latest Windows app
- Custom LiteLLM model alias gpt-5.6-sol, gpt-5.6-terra, gpt-5.6-luna fails; /model switch poisons session
- [Windows][Chrome extension] attach/executeCdp race causes "Debugger is not attached" and browser action timeout
- Native OTel export omits originating-thread context for side conversations and title-generation helpers
- Codex is excessively skill-first: implicit skill use takes priority over understanding the request
- Windows app: “Files and folders” attachment picker only allows selecting files
- Let the current model help decide what matters during compaction
- 0.145.0: Windows sandbox setup re-runs ACL repair when writable-root rights are inherited-only; large %TEMP% makes spawn hang >60s (windows-sandbox tests deterministically time out)
- Codex Desktop (macOS): renderer OOM crash loop (~5 min) with many concurrent threads — unbounded thread history retention, post-reload refetch storm, 170+ leaked renderer processes
- Windows: built-in image_gen fails after ~308 seconds on complex prompts while ChatGPT web completes
- Codex App: add UI zoom controls for larger text and screen scaling
- Codex adds foreign characters to thread titles
- [Codex App] IAB browser session IDs are resumed as remote SSH thread IDs
- PostToolUse: non-blocking model-visible tool output replacement
- Explicit 'do not use this skill' instruction triggers and loads the prohibited skill
- WSL: codex-core safe-command test fails when Windows PowerShell is on PATH
- Codex enters self-reinforcing governance loops, ignores bounded scope, and exhausts usage without completing tasks
- CLI intermittently halts with `{"detail":"Bad Request"}` and requires manual resume
- Codex (terra) repeatedly stopping prematurely
- Codex Desktop (macOS): Codex Security plugin detail opens blank after app/list pushes the full 2,402-app catalog
- Windows 10: Codex Desktop never reruns Windows Setup after Sandbox user is missing (helper_sid_resolve_failed, Win32 error 1332)
- VS Code extension: project-scoped Streamable HTTP MCP resources load but tools are not injected
- `More details` should be in the same language as the thread
- Codex App crashes when reopening a long-running task and incorrectly keeps it marked as running
- When the current conversation is opened via Quick Chat, it cannot be displayed in a separate window.
- [Windows Desktop regression][26.715.10079.0] Project/tool calls trigger 92-100% CPU, UI freeze, and KERNELBASE crashes
- Hatch Pet skill directory is overwritten after using Create Pet workflow
- Codex CLI 0.145.0: spawn_agent rejects gpt-5.6-luna even though /model lists it
- Configurable prompt macro buttons in Codex desktop
- Show a Live Activity on iOS for /goal tasks running on macOS
- [Codex App/macOS] Frequent cyber-safety false positives hide final responses during benign local audio-tool development
- Bug: Pressing Cmd+C to copy selected text resets the scroll position to the bottom on macOS
- macOS Desktop: app-server pins ~2 cores rebuilding thread-history pages from very large rollout JSONLs (full re-parse per page)
- Calling claude -p inside codex cli returns timeout
- Windows Codex App: rejected apply_patch can leave a partial file modification after auto-review 400
- I am Pro (20x), But Codex shows Pro Lite, and the decrease usage limit speed as like Pro Lite
- `collab_tool_call` "spawn_agent" item missing from `exec --experimental-json` stream; "wait" item's `receiver_thread_ids` stays empty despite a real, successful delegation underneath
- IDE Context fails in Codex extension 26.715.x with RPC serialization error
- macOS Remote Control threads are reachable by ID but not discoverable in the desktop UI
- [Windows Desktop regression][26.715.10079.0] Authenticated startup crashes in bundled chrome.dll at two stable offsets
- Chat jumps upward while AI response is streaming
- Branched chats show the selected approval mode but do not honor it
- 🚨 [CRITICAL REGRESSION REGRESSION] GPT-5.6 Sol context cut again: 353K → 258K - NO LONGER WORKABLE!
- False-positive safety block during defensive GitHub repository audit Feedback ID: 019f8e96-7368-7202-b39a-d512923b71f1
- Windows sandbox setup helper fails with 0xc0000142 only when launched by Codex
- [Windows app] Process Manager polling causes ~12–15 taskkill.exe launches/sec and sustained 40–50% CPU at idle
- [VSCode] Wrong project/workspace selected for new chats
- Desktop task follow-ups can interrupt active work without clear queue/interrupt semantics
- Desktop sign-in routes an already-verified account to phone ENROLLMENT instead of challenging the existing MFA factor (web succeeds with identical credentials)
- [Data-loss bug] Selected-text sidebar creates orphan Codex threads that silently disappear after restart
- Automatic approval reviewer blocks Google Drive connector upload with Responses-Lite model error
- After waiting for me, every new message results in "Error creating chat failed to start turn: internal error; agent loop died unexpectedly" and "Error submitting message"
- No credit
- Security Incident Report: Cross-Account GitHub Authentication Confusion
- ChatGPT stopped unexpectedly. Restart ChatGPT to continue. If the problem persists, check the configuration or visit the documentation. Update ChatGPT. Open Config.toml. Restart.
- Chrome and Computer Use fail with two concurrent macOS users on one Mac
- MCP OAuth credentials are lost when a volatile GNOME Keyring session restarts
- Codex Desktop intermittently enters onboarding after Windows reboot instead of restoring the existing session
- Codex Desktop repeatedly blocks a read-only local software-integrity review as a cybersecurity risk
- Allow Scheduled tasks to target SSH-connected hosts and surface runs in the controlling Codex app
- WSL + VS Code image paste: Ctrl+Alt+V hint is unusable and PowerShell fallback requires Windows PATH
- TUI can offer permission grants without displaying the requested permission rule
- Frequent "Request blocked" interupting agent work
- Built-in Browser fails to commit Slate editor text or submit in Google Flow
- False positive cybersecurity filtering hides legitimate software verification output and blocks release auditing
- Windows Codex Desktop repeatedly leaks full-size Git LFS temp copies while refreshing a repo
- [Sites] Public deployment returns Cloudflare 403 on both default and active custom domains
- ChatGPT.app on macOS ignores system proxy / launchctl env / .env — only --proxy-server flag works
- Configure Codex web search independently from the active model provider
- codex exec --sandbox workspace-write is effectively read-only on native Windows
- Crash on Windows 11
- Windows: codex exec --sandbox workspace-write remains read-only
- Proposal: Preserve a Configurable Tail During Context Compaction
- spawn_agent does not expose gpt-5.6-luna
- Windows: composer “Add files and folders” only allows selecting files
- Use XDG Base Directory defaults for Codex configuration
- Regression in 26.715.72359: Automatic approval broken for all GPT-5 models (Microsoft Store)
- Codex product switcher missing in macOS app 26.715.72359; older builds work
- apply_patch fails on Windows with multiple writable roots
- [Regression] Codex repeatedly reprocesses massive cached context in long sessions, causing severe latency, timeouts, JSONL growth, and excessive credit usage
- TUI /resume intermittently forks the selected session into a new thread ID
- Windows desktop app does not load organization Skills while web client does
- Collapse and coalesce repetitive heartbeat updates instead of adding full chat turns
- screen too light
- Auto-approval review model codex-auto-review intermittently rejected by Responses-Lite (unsupported_value, param: model) - approvals fail closed
- Codex Micro: add chat scrolling as a knob mode
- Token Reset automatically used my newest and not my oldest reset
- Codex becomes severely unresponsive after being left idle with a pet enabled
- Chrome Use blocks top-level application/json navigation with ERR_BLOCKED_BY_CLIENT
- STOP Cannibalizing Your Customer-Base with making products other than models
- GPT Sites - custom domain intermittently showing access denied
- Repeat safety rejections for aggressive code QA work during development
- Cyber-safety false positives interrupt defensive repository review and obscure model routing
- [macOS][26.715.72359] In-app browser crashes on site permissions; Duo local-network access remains denied
- [Codex App/macOS] Repeated cybersecurity false positives disrupt normal Csound development
- Standalone Windows CLI `:workspace` profile creates unsupported split roots and breaks `apply_patch`
- Request blocked
- Potential data loss: Conversation becomes inaccessible after WebSocket timeout; recovery returns HTTP 500 “Can’t load conversation”
- CLI: Error running remote compact task: Request blocked
- VS Code Codex chat shows misleading visible message order and timestamps
- Forked session loses all original record timestamps when editing an earlier prompt (codex-cli 0.145.0)
- Codex Desktop: open Sites entries in the companion browser
- Option to edit an earlier prompt in place instead of always forking (config toggle and/or per-edit prompt)
- [MCP] Make OAuth lifecycle and reauthentication reliable for enterprise SSO
- Allow one project to contain local and remote tasks via per-host directory mappings
- High CPU usage (Up to 100%) on Windows caused by repeated Git scans of large untracked directories
- Plan Mode sometimes disappear automatically
- Codex is assuming I want to use local Mongodb in Docker despite having the cloud uri in env file
- CLI: Request blocked (not during compaction)
- “Approve for Me” mode makes apply_patch 3,128× slower on a large repository (Windows)
- Codex app associates old merged PR with every chat on the default branch
- GPT Live not available after update
- Add Codex/ChatGPT Documentation path for Agents
- Loading previous chats
- Subagents do not show their model or intelligence level
- Scheduled Codex Desktop runs hang on `list_threads` while interactive calls succeed
- Codex Desktop auto-compaction completes but leaves long-running thread ~80% full, causing repeat compaction and usage waste
- Codex did not complete the task assigned but acted as if it did
- Codex Desktop does not surface active OpenAI incidents or pause failure-prone long-running sessions
- Codex Desktop does not surface active service incidents or protect usage-heavy runs during known degradation
- Codex can claim external-app configuration success without verifying the live postcondition or rolling back regressions
- Expose authoritative account-specific Codex quota reset events and rollout notices in-product
- Codex Desktop can assert visible app/tool success after backend-only changes, before foreground acceptance
- Codex usage panel needs an authoritative reset and entitlement event history
- Codex can silently replace an operative feature with scaffolding and still report delivery progress
- Codex needs authoritative in-product quota reset and entitlement-change notices
- Codex quota-reset announcements need in-product eligibility and rollout status, not social-only signals
- Codex Desktop should surface active service incidents before costly long-running agent work
- Codex and Work analytics can show contradictory quota pools and zero credits while the global usage gate remains blocked
Resolved issues (28)
- Unable to submit Shift+Enter in Codex in tmux in VSCode terminal
- iOS Remote turn is saved to CLI thread but active TUI does not render it
- Small glitch on the UI when planning
- exec_command PreToolUse payload drops workdir and misclassifies isolated worktrees
- Windows installer 0.145.0 missing codex-windows-sandbox-setup.exe
- 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.
- Codex CLI does not send a User-Agent header on MCP Streamable HTTP requests
- All market automation is banned now?
- UI Rendering bug for a specific message (flickering)
- Windows 10: Codex Desktop never reruns Windows Setup after Sandbox user is missing (helper_sid_resolve_failed, Win32 error 1332)
- Codex CLI 0.145.0: spawn_agent rejects gpt-5.6-luna even though /model lists it
- macOS Desktop: app-server pins ~2 cores rebuilding thread-history pages from very large rollout JSONLs (full re-parse per page)
- I am Pro (20x), But Codex shows Pro Lite, and the decrease usage limit speed as like Pro Lite
- [VSCode] Wrong project/workspace selected for new chats
- Archive chats not loading
- Approval dialog hides original pipeline and shows only one parsed segment
- codex exec --sandbox workspace-write is effectively read-only on native Windows
- [TUI] Double-Esc interrupt/rewind frequently freezes or terminates long sessions
- CLI: Error running remote compact task: Request blocked
- Sync terminal title with thread name, and update it immediately on rename
- Allow one project to contain local and remote tasks via per-host directory mappings
- Codex can claim external-app configuration success without verifying the live postcondition or rolling back regressions
- Expose authoritative account-specific Codex quota reset events and rollout notices in-product
- Codex usage panel needs an authoritative reset and entitlement event history
- Codex quota-reset announcements need in-product eligibility and rollout status, not social-only signals
- Codex Desktop should surface active service incidents before costly long-running agent work
- Codex can silently replace an operative feature with scaffolding and still report delivery progress
- Codex Desktop does not surface active OpenAI incidents or pause failure-prone long-running sessions