Digest / August 11, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — August 11, 2026
131 new issues filed ·
18 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (131)
- Plugin MCP servers: no workspace/project-root signal (hooks have cwd; MCP servers don't)
- [Android] /goal is missing from the slash command picker until the first remote chat interaction
- Codex CLI does not expose actionable diagnostics for suspected cyber-safety
- Unexpected Safety Check
- no
- Unknown model gpt-5.6-luna
- /side isnt respecting ctrl+/ in Git Bash Windows
- GitHub plugin attempts comment writes outside App installation before using gh
- Codex Remote on iOS displays raw Visualize content reference instead of rendering visualization
- VS Code extension ignores project-scoped approval_policy = "never" for sandbox escalation requests
- [Chrome plugin] Intermittent 3s CDP Runtime.evaluate timeout after successful navigation
- [App Server] stale watched_status overrides completed subagent state during thread enrichment
- Codex Desktop app crashes on startup (ACCESS_VIOLATION 0xC0000005) on Intel UHD 620 — regression in newer versions
- [Desktop App] Sidebar overflows onto secondary monitor with mixed display scaling
- Windows sandbox cannot access a Box Drive workspace mounted through a Junction; CreateProcessWithLogonW 267 and apply_patch fs helper failures
- [Desktop App] Some UI text remains in English when the app language is set to Chinese
- ChatGPT Work navigation rail does not update the active marker after jumping to an earlier turn
- [macOS] Codex login redirects to /add-phone after successful Authenticator MFA
- ChatGPT iOS auto-generated conversation title unexpectedly in Chinese (Conversation is in English actually)
- Android Remote pairing fails on two Windows PCs after removing the phone from Linked Devices
- [Windows][Desktop] Microsoft Store update can overwrite `local-projects` with empty state and mirror it to `.bak`
- Codex App: “Usage limit resets” fails to load, hiding banked reset inventory
- Guardian treats user messages in transcript as untrusted
- “Open in PyCharm” does nothing after upgrading to PyCharm 2026.2 on macOS
- [Windows] Computer Use cannot enumerate or launch desktop apps on one machine
- 429 Too Many Requests on /backend-api/wham/rate-limit-reset-credits blocks reset-credits UI in both desktop app and web (Pro)
- Selected model is at capacity. Please try a different model.
- [Wishlist] Pin Agent environment per project/thread instead of a global Windows/WSL toggle
- A repeatedly blocking Stop hook can trap Codex CLI in an infinite no-escape loop
- [Windows] Reconnecting 5/5 and severe slowdown with 4 concurrent Luna Max tasks
- [Windows] "Finish Windows setup" loops with no UAC prompt; sandbox runner gets Access Denied on C:\Users\Default
- [macOS][Codex Desktop][In-app Browser] Multiple TinyMCE iframes emit MutationObserver non-Node errors
- Status indicator can disappear after switching between active threads
- [Regression][macOS 26.803] Local/Worktree selector still missing from new-task composer
- Selected model is at capacity. Please try a different model.
- [Windows/iOS Remote] New mobile-created conversations time out on every first message
- Locked Computer Use fails after idle display lock while manual lock works
- Allow Codex App to connect to a custom app-server endpoint
- [Cyber] Codex App: gpt-daybreak-blue-latest rate limited by unrelated org (40M TPM) — regression of #10057
- [macOS] Desktop app becomes unresponsive after a Codex task completes
- Realtime voice sessions do not receive AGENTS.md / Personality instructions that text sessions do
- Usage limit resets issue
- Responses Lite sends an empty description for the default functions namespace, rejected by Azure OpenAI
- Feature request: dynamic model aliases/macros in Codex CLI sessions
- [Linux][CLI 0.147.0] Wi-Fi switch: HTTP 101 reconnects followed by incremental state mismatch and repeated EPIPE
- AGENTS.md: two stale file references, two internal restatements, and two doc-vs-enforcement mismatches
- Docs: project_doc_max_bytes semantics are undocumented — the 22.5KB root AGENTS.md leaves ~9.7KB before nested files are truncated
- Codex CLI 0.147.0 repeatedly interrupts long-running turns after WebSocket reset; HTTPS fallback does not recover
- Content flagged for cybersecurity (but it's benign)
- Selected model is at capacity. Please try a different model.
- Codex CLI monitor
- [Windows][WSL] Integrated terminal auto-closes when Git availability probe fails
- Codex Desktop: make exact task IDs searchable in the top search bar
- [BUG]: Claude Code and Codex github comments triggering loop
- Windows: .git owned by CodexSandboxOffline causes Codex project detection and Git clients to reject repository
- Failed /BTW fork - Code 32603
- Remote Control cannot attach to a live CLI session on the workstation (completed threads work, in-progress ones fail)
- Codex App window repeatedly turns completely blank after renderer crashes
- [macOS 26.803] SSH-connected host cannot resume some threads locally; orphan app-server blocks Remote pairing with 409
- app-server: fd exhaustion is reported as a missing requirements file at TUI bootstrap; daemon may not inherit the shell's fd limit
- VScode input box markdown should be optional
- Codex Scheduled Tasks execute at incorrect times and consume unintended usage
- TUI: queued follow-up inputs are permanently stranded after a failed prompt-edit branch
- Codex Desktop ignores Full access / Never ask and injects workspace-write + auto-review per thread on personal Pro account
- Remote HTTP MCP servers: handshake OK but tools never exposed in desktop conversations (regression in 26.803.61601/81509)
- Codex desktop pet buttons are not clickable at 150% Windows display scaling
- I m giving command on codex but it is showing error
- [bug] github:yeet PR-body guidance is out of sync with standalone yeet
- Resuming a named session repeatedly prints “Session renamed” although its name is unchanged
- Chronicle never generates 6-hour summaries — only the 10-minute tier ever runs
- Codex is slow and is not lik ebefore from suday take hours to program
- ChatGPT Work remote sandbox cannot use authenticated GitHub plugin for repository checkout
- TUI can permanently lose transcript scrollback when resize lands during replay/stream (cells become incomplete; later resizes can't restore)
- WebSocket connect logs print the full base URL, leaking credentials embedded in openai_base_url
- Windows Computer Use cannot enumerate windows: spawn EPERM
- [Windows][WSL] Switching Agent Environment from Windows Native to WSL hides existing project sessions
- [Windows] Codex Desktop repeatedly reconnects and fails with "stream disconnected before completion", while CLI works normally
- New macOS app – Projects are missing important features from the web version
- /experimental saves on Esc and writes flags the user never toggled
- Cross-thread orchestration cannot resolve pending request_user_input
- stream disconnected before completion
- iOS Remote Control reconnects after briefly backgrounding ChatGPT and takes 10+ seconds every time
- Critical data loss: sub-agent used git clean -fX for one ignored file and deleted the entire ignored data directory
- [Windows] Owner-only ChatGPT Sites auth dead-ends in Codex in-app browser because WebAuthn is unavailable
- Stream disconnected before completion
- stream disconnected before completion
- [Windows] Ctrl+T transcript view corrupts soft-wrapped CJK/Latin text after scrolling
- Intel macOS: Computer Use startup fails after 26.803.61601 (250 ms native-pipe timeout; managed helper absent)
- Support Apple Passwords AutoFill in the Codex in-app browser
- Allow cross-thread communication between agents
- Thread messages are lost/hidden when resuming a session
- Codex desktop app forces broken SMS/WhatsApp phone verification, ignores existing authenticator MFA (Egypt)
- Add Ability to Get Additional Tokens if You Pet and Feed the On-Screen Pet
- Codex Desktop macOS loses local execution: unified exec fails with ENOENT despite unrestricted filesystem access
- [App] Make supported config.toml options discoverable in Advanced settings
- Windows Desktop uploaded ~6.4 GB unexpectedly; codex.exe accounted for 98.8% of a controlled capture
- Desktop: local pinned threads appear gone after app update when last host was remote SSH
- [Bug] Codex App repeatedly disconnects and cannot complete tasks on macOS
- Status animation makes mouse selection and copying unreliable in GNOME Terminal/VTE
- Bug Report: Repeated “Stream disconnected before completion” rate-limit error as a subscription user
- Upgraded from Plus to pro, the limit didnt reset
- Feature request: opt out of auto-update / pin a version for Macs below the new minimum OS
- Android Remote cannot start turns in an idle large task: turn/start times out after 30s
- BUG with one Client which Chatgpt is using
- GitHub connector: support subscribing and unsubscribing to issue notifications
- macOS 27: Evaluate Endpoint Security descendants client as an alternative sandbox backend
- [Windows app regression] Subagent threads lose direct visibility/control and Spark is missing from spawn overrides
- Codex submitted charged Kling jobs before final user approval — request for answer and credit review
- Android Remote cannot re-pair after removing a previously connected phone
- Unable to use ChatGPT app on my laptop
- Codex App: add lifecycle controls for the generated_images cache (usage, retention, open folder, and final export)
- Windows standalone auto-upgrade installs a broken AppData CLI launcher without sandbox resources
- [Docs][Projects] Add a side-by-side comparison of ChatGPT Web/Cloud Projects, Local Projects, and Codex projects
- [Windows Desktop] Progressive memory growth during an automated SSH research workflow makes Windows unusable after 10+ hours
- [Linux] Active Agents show all Subagents/completed or not as active and working
- Ctrl-c Ambiguous Actions Cause Data Loss
- [Windows][26.803.10989.0][SSH Remote] Send stalls with a 5–6 GB memory spike and delayed queued/Steer delivery; ~100 KB attachments can crash
- [Windows Desktop][26.803.10989.0] Memory grows to 8.8 GB while idle and UI freezes after 1-2 messages
- [Windows][Desktop 26.803.5235.0] Git review cancellation spams Electron "Error: write EOF"; disable toggle is hidden
- Allow Codex Desktop Agent to interact with integrated terminal sessions
- AGENTS.md is not resolved per repository in multi-root workspaces
- auth command called too frequently (upon conversation switch)
- Windows Codex loses foreground command execution handle after ~30 seconds —
- math not rendered correctly on codex app on linux (correct on web)
- weird syntax in .cpp , mind to mention the .jsonl is a 400mb file
- TUI: add an optional split layout for conversation and activity
- Data loss on macOS: active rollout JSONLs are repeatedly deleted; sealed snapshot proves continued loss
- Removed
- [Windows] Codex Desktop leaks wslservice threads/handles and leaves node_repl processes after tool calls
- Codex desktop inspector shows checks from the wrong worktree
- Webview never starts when a system proxy (VeePN/privoxy) is active — 30s startup timeout fires, "Codex could not start"
Resolved issues (18)
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- ChatGPT Work navigation rail does not update the active marker after jumping to an earlier turn
- Windows App Server direct-stdio synthetic turn has one observed Responses transport failure on CLI 0.145.0
- Regression in VS Code extension 26.803.41515 on Linux Remote-SSH: Codex fails to load resources, any earlier version works
- Locked Computer Use fails after idle display lock while manual lock works
- Codex ran out of room in the model's context window.
- Auto restart after update doesn't work
- Codex CLI 0.147.0 repeatedly interrupts long-running turns after WebSocket reset; HTTPS fallback does not recover
- Android Codex Remote: please bring back microphone dictation in the active thread
- Windows Computer Use cannot capture AdsPower SunBrowser: contradictory identical-owner error
- Android ChatGPT app no longer opens old inactive Codex chats
- Codex Desktop ignores Full access / Never ask and injects workspace-write + auto-review per thread on personal Pro account
- Windows Computer Use cannot enumerate windows: spawn EPERM
- Better key authentication on SSH host remote connections on the Desktop and iOS apps
- tui text rendering issue , in c++
- Removed
- Codex desktop app for Linux
- Bug Report: Repeated “Stream disconnected before completion” rate-limit error as a subscription user