Digest / August 1, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — August 1, 2026
115 new issues filed ·
15 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (115)
- Codex Desktop Remote SSH: thread-management RPCs hang indefinitely while app-server stays healthy
- Scheduled tasks can stop in the background and resume only after being opened
- [iOS] Realtime Voice microphone mute also stops assistant audio output
- Android Remote Control times out listing WSL threads when thread/list scans rollouts
- [iOS Remote on Windows] Three projectless-chat cwd labels appear in Projects
- New version ignores the steer messages - just dropping it, so i need to retype
- Banked reset (expiring Aug 7) disappeared from my account without being applied
- Unable to create new chats in projects Windows 11 App
- Work and Codex is using the same limit, i would like to see work conversation on Codex also
- Docs ambiguity: scope of task-sensitive model/effort selection when settings are unpinned
- Codex Desktop remote loading disconnects when thread/read exceeds remote-control envelope limit
- "Jump to line" command ⌘ + click on Mac + PyCharm not working
- Return banked resets redeemed within 24 hours before a global usage reset
- `/clear` should preserve the active model in each CLI terminal session
- [Feature Request] When the codex process exits, it cleans up the temporary files created by codex under /tmp.
- Why aren't users' questions being answered?
- GPT Live disappeared from macOS desktop app after updating to version 26.727.51351
- VS Code extension: codex app-server memory grows unbounded, exhausts ~54 GB swap, and crashes twice
- Expose explicit model-to-rate-limit bucket mapping through app-server
- Native resume_agent silently changes a subagent’s model
- Critical regression: built-in image_gen tool is missing from Codex Desktop sessions despite the imagegen skill being available
- shell_snapshot validation fails when zsh KSH_OPTION_PRINT is enabled
- Weekly usage reset silently while 68% remained; no reset-credit consume call recorded
- In-app browser does not relay Visual Truth handoff and selection is omitted
- Codex Remote blocks private-LAN SSH with no per-conversation approval path
- Support mouse-click cursor positioning in the Codex CLI prompt
- [Bug] codex_app__automation_update schema type is null - causes DeepSeek HTTP 400 via CC Switch
- codex limit resets auto-consumed
- Refund on Tokens
- GitHub connector cannot add a second organization installation
- [Windows][Desktop 26.727.6591.0] Processes run but no visible window, even after terminating and relaunching
- Context Size
- [Windows Desktop] Defer automatic update restart until active tasks finish or the user confirms
- Docs and behavior disagree: default_permissions overrides sandbox_mode
- Code review runs on wrong branch when using worktree
- macOS ChatGPT Desktop Remote Control setup fails with "Unable to check security requirements"
- VS Code extension: diff snapshot fails on Windows with fs/readDirectory path error
- [Codex Security] Deep Scan setup fails with RangeError: Invalid string length
- Unable to login "failed to write OAuth tokens to keyring: Platform secure storage failure: The username or passphrase you entered is not correct."
- iOS Remote Project List is not synchronized with Codex Desktop (Projects are not using Desktop as the source of truth)
- [Bug] Chrome plugin omits PlaywrightDownload.path() from the agent API
- Codex ran out of room in the model's context window.
- Credits are draining like crazy in GPT 5.6 Terra and Sol
- Codex Desktop: 5–12 minute TTFT in a 210k-token legacy thread before any tool I/O
- macOS Computer Use: fresh Safari state succeeds, then coordinate click fails with -10005 noWindowsAvailable after app restart
- ChatGPT Desktop on macOS does not refresh chat list when conversations are created on web or another device
- Computer Use MCP server is automatically disabled whenever ChatGPT Desktop is restarted
- Opening an older conversation from Command-K search displays it in a small side window instead of the main chat view
- VS Code Codex conversation missing from sidebar but resumable by session ID in CLI
- ChatGPT Desktop cannot move an existing conversation into a Project
- Codex Desktop overwrites user config.toml and removes registered MCP servers
- macOS: Pet control icons separate from native circular backgrounds while dragging
- Codex Behaved as a Computer Virus: Unauthorized Security Architecture, Production Damage, and Obstruction of Remediation
- Weekly usage drains rapidly after reset on GPT-5.6 Sol, with dashboard/rollout discrepancy
- [macOS] Unable to download images generated in Chat mode
- no-active-thread-01a052ea-eac3-7fc1-af70-05bb16da20c3
- [Codex App/macOS] Repeated TAC false positives after Pro upgrade interrupt authorized and benign work
- Feature request: project teams with persistent workers, lanes, and shared agent channels
- GitHub plugin should expose organization installation link in connection menu
- Windows Terminal: --no-alt-screen retains only one viewport and does not preserve scrollback
- Windows sandbox refresh fails with helper_sandbox_lock_failed after SetNamedSecurityInfoW(ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED) on existing .sandbox-bin
- /side cmd problem
- Withdrawn
- [GitHub plugin] Route keyring-backed gh commands through scoped host access
- [Windows 11][26.707 confirmed; 26.727 follow-up] Codex-associated Git churn observed with 9.63 GB Page Table and 95.9% commit
- [VS Code] Codex repeatedly triggers GitHub “Select an account” dialog when multiple accounts are configured
- [ChatGPT Desktop] Weekly usage jumped from 16% to 75% after reset with no local requests during a 5-hour gap
- Codex Desktop: response annotation overlay crashes with CSSStyleDeclaration error and loses all unsent notes
- Codex should distinguish possible false-positive content handling from network reconnect errors
- TUI falsely reports "MCP startup interrupted" for servers that did connect (startup status events are droppable; lag handler mislabels them as cancelled)
- Context indicator is not being updated in status line in review mode
- Pro weekly usage drained 26% for 75.25M mostly cached tokens immediately after Aug 1 global reset
- App Server: expose signed per-thread effective capability and zero-history receipts
- [CLI][Windows] Login fails with token_exchange_failed although auth endpoints are reachable
- Android Remote only loads threads manually opened on Windows host; other threads stay loading
- ChatGPT Desktop (Windows) - sidebar shows empty state, no projects/conversations after latest update
- Sub-agent task messages are delivered with an empty payload (Codex Desktop)
- Expose privacy-preserving attestation for encrypted collaboration.spawn_agent arguments
- The CLI hiding pasted data can accidentally expose sensitive information
- Sync
- Windows Desktop: thread access mode silently reverts from Full access to workspace-write on thread reopen / app restart
- Subject: Urgent Product Proposal: Give the Fire Buddy (and all pets) a Damn Job
- Reasoning summaries not permanently displayed in CLI TUI during live streaming (on_agent_reasoning_final never called)
- One-shot Codex automation silently scheduled one year late due to timezone-ambiguous RRULE
- Auto-review converts explicit user approval into an unbound consent phrase loop
- Auto compact on /goal before work if new turn begins with mostly full context window
- 708.9M session-token loop (701.0M cached): Desktop /goal unbounded identical retries when blocked-state recording fails
- Desktop app sidebar hides existing local Codex sessions after restart/update
- Entering /agent causes the entire terminal to freeze, making all operations impossible
- [Windows Desktop] Goal-mode task becomes idle mid-work while command and goal remain active
- Windows ARM64 elevated sandbox: CreateProcessAsUserW failed: 5 launching Store PowerShell after successful setup
- Codex repeatedly ignores local AGENTS.md chat-output budget rule and emits routine reasoning/progress commentary, wasting model resources
- Usage-limit reset credits disappeared without manual redemption
- it f*****d up. codex admitted
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- codex apply ignores root --cd and can patch the wrong repository
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- Error creating chat no rollout found for thread id
- [iOS/macOS] GPT-5.6 Luna Max appears as Luna Medium in the same remote session
- Codex Desktop SSH workspace disconnects when image attachments exceed the 16 MiB WebSocket limit
- PreToolUse matcher bypassed for namespaced MultiAgentV2 spawn_agent
- Delete button is missing from Archived chats in the Windows app
- Model Reverts to Terra Medium
- Issue: Sol deleted production server directories after reporting “local server not responding”
- [P0][Regression] macOS app OOM-crashes at startup: external-agent-import parses 1.73 GB from Claude Desktop's app-support directory on every launch
- Windows: Codex panel renders once, then goes black on every subsequent open (webview never requests React render)
- [Windows app 26.727] "refresh token was already used" persists after logout, deleting auth.json, and signing in again
- Feature/source-evidence request: host-native one-shot operator-turn continuation for app-server clients
- [Windows][CLI 0.146.0] app-server queue saturation precedes silent exit to PowerShell
- URGENT: Prolite account weekly Codex usage went 0% → 97% in one day with unstable reset windows
- Remote Control active task causes duplicate internal message delivery on Windows
- Windows Desktop Full Access tasks intermittently request approvals, especially queued/background tasks
- [Codex Desktop][Remote SSH] Archiving a thread fails with EXDEV when archived_sessions is on another filesystem
- feat(codex): export an API-key-scoped model_catalog_json
- [App][macOS] Reveal in Finder opens Home instead of task working directory
Resolved issues (15)
- Recents should exclude tasks already included in projects
- [macOS][Codex App 26.727] Duplicate runaway ffmpeg children consumed ~900% CPU for 7.5 hours
- Critical regression: built-in image_gen tool is missing from Codex Desktop sessions despite the imagegen skill being available
- Code review runs on wrong branch when using worktree
- VS Code extension: diff snapshot fails on Windows with fs/readDirectory path error
- Windows Terminal: --no-alt-screen retains only one viewport and does not preserve scrollback
- Withdrawn
- [GitHub plugin] Route keyring-backed gh commands through scoped host access
- ChatGPT Desktop (Windows) - sidebar shows empty state, no projects/conversations after latest update
- Allow interactive prompts to wait indefinitely instead of auto-selecting a recommended answer
- [Windows Desktop] Goal-mode task becomes idle mid-work while command and goal remain active
- Windows ARM64 elevated sandbox: CreateProcessAsUserW failed: 5 launching Store PowerShell after successful setup
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- [Windows app 26.727] "refresh token was already used" persists after logout, deleting auth.json, and signing in again
- Add an unread-only sidebar filter with a keyboard shortcut