Digest / August 7, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — August 7, 2026
113 new issues filed ·
30 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (113)
- Runaway inline image duplication during context compaction creates 20+ GB rollout files
- MCP tool order is nondeterministic across runs (server groups iterate HashMap order)
- Allow users to configure or pin skill launcher priority
- avatarOverlay repeatedly requests app/list over Remote Control, transferring ~58 GB while idle
- Edge extension 1.2.30000.30 fails to create chat on macOS due to undefined path delimiter
- Codex Desktop loses line/column when opening file references in GoLand
- Desktop silently skips changed project hooks pending trust with no in-app review path
- Windows sandbox: command-runner crash loop due to C:\Users\Default permission denied (v0.147.0-alpha.6.5)
- Codex Desktop: support adding notes to a selected Plan mode answer (CLI parity)
- macOS: Pet compact control bar shifts horizontally when a task notification appears
- Windows Desktop 26.803.5235.0: UI process sustains ~90–102% CPU while idle
- MCP app-server 0.147 strips trailing slash from expected authorization-server issuer
- ChatGPT macOS app leaks zombie (defunct) child processes — exhausts per-user process limit
- Model picker is not synchronized with available models for the configured Bedrock provider
- Regression in 0.147.0: upgrade leaves all tools unavailable with existing code_mode_host=false
- Withdrawn
- ChatGPT.app repeatedly requests access to other apps’ data although Computer Use is not enabled
- Codex Desktop hides custom models in API-key-only sessions
- 0.147.0 regression: Azure Responses rejects empty functions namespace description
- After opening Codex, the number of system threads keeps increasing for an unknown reason.
- Feature request: support --sol --terra --luna flags in CLI
- Computer Use on Windows fails during app/window discovery with 0x80070003
- Main-process CPU burn ramps to ~80% of a core while idle, degrading UI responsiveness
- Android Remote chats started on a Mac host do not appear in desktop app history
- Allow compatible providers to opt into standalone image generation
- codex mcp login ignores oauth_resource when MCP URL has query parameters
- Codex CLI 0.147.0: /resume omits an existing session after update on Windows
- Linux sandbox: unreadable-glob ripgrep scan is fatal on WSL2 drvfs workspace roots that contain OS-restricted directories
- Git presence changes project-local config trust despite configured project_root_markers
- Automatic approval review fails with "duplicate field risk_level", commands rejected until app restart
- OpenAI-compatible providers: non-standard /v1/models key + no Responses API → workaround with codex-relay + stream:false
- After the Codex began implementing its plan, it responded with just a single line immediately after compaction - as if it were completely forgetting all previous context.
- [ChatGPT Web] Two-digit ordered list markers are clipped in the message composer
- Desktop app says "new rate limit reset available" but no additional reset is credited
- [macOS] Opening local threads waits 5s for thread-owner-discovery timeout
- Codex Desktop: opening any unloaded local chat waits ~5 seconds on owner discovery timeout
- [macOS][Chrome] openTabs succeeds but claimTab hangs until JS kernel reset
- Windows Desktop: Opening Plugins saturates app-server queue and causes subsequent message sends to time out
- [Windows Desktop 26.803] MCP fleet kill/respawn cycles (taskkill /T /F storms + per-spawn network re-fetch of git-pinned MCP servers) drive kernel/Defender CPU spikes and system-wide input stutter
- [macOS][regression] Desktop cannot resume Remote Control / CLI thread: `already has an active writer` after latest update
- Excessive Cyber Block
- Whitelisted commands lose sandbox bypass in compound commands
- Malformed `[agents]` entry: config/read surfaces misleading "AbsolutePathBuf deserialized without a base path" while other loaders report the real error; config/batchWrite blocked
- ChatGPT Work: two Sol Max Fast tasks became stuck, never completed, but exhausted weekly Plus quota
- [CLI 0.147.0 regression] gpt-5.6-sol sends tools: [] with a custom Responses provider
- Question selector fails to load
- Allow referencing pasted images (attachments) in chat
- Codex Desktop navigation rail positions the selected user turn near the bottom instead of the top
- Codex Usage Depletion
- Windows Computer Use fails with spawn EPERM; elevated sandbox setup fails on WindowsApps ACL
- MCP tool-list changes are never picked up during a session
- CLI 0.147.0 reports “MCP startup interrupted” even though all servers initialize successfully
- Data loss: CODEX_HOME runtime directories (incl. sessions/ and archived_sessions/) deleted under a running app on Windows — 417 of 431 threads lost, no error logged
- `[Bug] Computer Use causes a replayd XPC reconnect loop and ~90% CPU while idle on macOS`
- CLI 0.147.0: Esc-Esc backtrack cannot find selected prompt in persisted thread
- Generated tool namespace has an empty description, causing Azure Responses API requests to fail
- [Windows] Permission selector permanently disabled by stale boolean composer-permission-mode-visibility state
- Regression in v0.147.0 with LiteLLM provider — streaming requests consistently fail
- Title: Windows Desktop: stale subagents remain Working and every child starts the full local stdio MCP suite
- [Windows] Computer Use list_windows fails with spawn EPERM before enumeration
- Capability-aware GitHub app routing for Next.js and audit-focused debugging flows
- Windows app: persist workspace layout and restore last open thread/window
- macOS seatbelt sandbox appears to break sourcekitd/sourcekit-lsp (SOURCEKITD FATAL ERROR: Service is invalid)
- macOS: Copy deeplink fails with false 'ChatGPT is focused' clipboard error
- Regression: Codex 0.147.0 fails against Azure AI Foundry while 0.146.0 succeeds
- Add explicit no-prune retention mode for archived local sessions
- [Windows] computer-use still uses EnumWindows although EnumDesktopWindows works in sandbox
- macOS Desktop 26.803.41515 removes Custom permissions and forces managed workspace profile
- apply_patch reports success for no-op update hunks
- Codex Desktop App doesn't show custom GPT action approvals
- Weekly limit not reset after indicated time
- [macOS][Global Dictation] Preserve transcript when pasting into an external app fails
- Opening the ChatGPT desktop app silently consumes the Codex weekly limit (fixed 6% per background suggestion run; reproduced under controlled conditions)
- Feature proposal: cache-aware generational compaction with a dedicated low-cost summarizer agent
- Amazon Bedrock Mantle has noticeable turn latency; reuse AWS auth setup across requests
- 0.147-alpha (Windows): App keeps thread writer for every opened thread until full app exit; no attach path for external clients
- Projects became blank after updating the Codex App, while conversations remain in Recents
- Windows Codex Desktop: opening/resuming historical subagent threads spawns duplicate MCP and node_repl process stacks
- Kitty graphics continuation chunks omit q=2, causing terminal ACK spam over SSH/iTerm2
- Usage panel shows "1% left" while backend-api/codex/usage reports 81% used (19% left); requests still succeed
- In-app browser silently ignores window.print() and print-preview requests
- # Codex extension fails to start: "The extension couldn't load its resources"
- Custom models in the Codex desktop app cannot use custom MCP services
- [hooks] Expose per-model-request timing in rollout for observability integrations
- Release note attribution show only @copyberry
- Bound explicit skill prompts and avoid duplicate host injection work
- Add to Codex Thread is unavailable for Remote SSH selections
- VS Code Codex threads appear in Recents but are not associated with the matching Codex App project
- Codex 0.147.0: token_exchange_failed after successful browser authentication on Windows and WSL
- MCP startup reports interruption when server returns -32601 for optional resources/templates/list
- Voice sessions started inside a Project are created outside the Project on Windows desktop
- MCP Servers not exposed
- Allow request_user_input in Default mode to wait indefinitely
- False-positive cyber_policy interrupts benign long-running local repository orchestration
- Opened in error
- Codex CLI 0.147.0 rejects Amazon Bedrock input and corrupts subagent handoff
- codex spark constantly triggers "Error running remote compact task: Codex ran out of room in the model's context window. Start a new thread or clear earlier history before retrying." even on fresh session
- [macOS] Clear codex icon not rendering properly
- [Feature Request] Clicking the Chrome-control preview should reveal the active Chrome tab
- Windows Computer Use cannot attach to any window; reports identical process as wrong owner
- Codex CLI 0.147.0 Sends Empty Tool Description to Azure Responses API
- Communication issue
- [Feature Request] Build an AI-native mobile OS instead of a screenless assistant
- macOS desktop app ≥26.730 crash-loops on launch on 16 GB Apple Silicon Mac (V8 crash ~6–15 s after launch); same builds fine on 48 GB machine
- [Bug] gpt-5.6-luna subagents lose spawn_agent in Multi-Agent V2 while Luna root and Sol children retain it
- ChatGPT account can generate images on chatgpt.com, but Codex CLI sessions never receive the image_generation tool
- Archived Chats: Unarchive provides no immediate UI feedback
- /side windows disappears when two /side windows are opened
- [Windows][Codex Security 0.1.18] Deep Scan fails because in-scope inventory preserves .\ paths
- Windows crash when pressing Enter with Chinese Pinyin IME at line-wrap boundary
- Codex extension fails to load resources on VS Code 1.101.2 / macOS 11.7
- [Windows] Computer Use screenshots fail with 0x80070424 under CodexSandboxOffline; launch_app times out
- Feature request: allow explicitly approved account-tile selection without credential entry
Resolved issues (30)
- Reproducible zombie-process and file-descriptor leak in ChatGPT/Codex macOS desktop app — build 26.730.61639
- macOS desktop app continuously leaks zombie processes until process limit is exhausted
- macOS ChatGPT/Codex Desktop leaks thousands of zombie child processes, exhausting process table
- Codex App leaks zombie child processes until macOS hits process limit
- [Bug] ChatGPT Desktop App leaks defunct (zombie) child processes during local agent/code execution tasks
- [macOS 14.3] CUA service launch crash triggers PiP zombie-process loop
- Composer placeholder: cannot disable + suggestions are not task-aware
- Add an option to hide rotating empty-composer prompt placeholders
- Add `codex exec fork` subcommand for headless/non-interactive fork
- Withdrawn
- Allow compatible providers to opt into standalone image generation
- [CLI 0.147.0 regression] gpt-5.6-sol sends tools: [] with a custom Responses provider
- After opening Codex, the number of system threads keeps increasing for an unknown reason.
- Regression: Codex 0.147.0 fails against Azure AI Foundry while 0.146.0 succeeds
- Add explicit no-prune retention mode for archived local sessions
- [Windows][26.721.4979.0] In-app Browser incident during Microsoft Store update-log lookup: startup crash loop, package remediation, and persistent deep-control timeouts
- Codex Desktop approval modal: Enter inserts newline in Other response despite Send hint
- Show a visible processing state while voice transcription is in progress
- [Regression] Codex Desktop rich preview renders valid YAML frontmatter as body content
- Feature proposal: cache-aware generational compaction with a dedicated low-cost summarizer agent
- Generated tool namespace has an empty description, causing Azure Responses API requests to fail
- Voice sessions started inside a Project are created outside the Project on Windows desktop
- Opened in error
- Communication issue
- Weekly limit not reset after indicated time
- ProcessHandle::terminate aborts its only child waiter
- macOS desktop app ≥26.730 crash-loops on launch on 16 GB Apple Silicon Mac (V8 crash ~6–15 s after launch); same builds fine on 48 GB machine
- Projectless scheduled tasks ignore network-enabled sandbox settings
- Horizontal scrollbar on extension while hovering a past session title
- After asking Codex to execute commands in WSL, the prompt became glitched