Digest / August 13, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — August 13, 2026
118 new issues filed ·
24 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (118)
- [Bug] Multi-Agent V2 child gets service_tier=priority after parent switches to default, even when spawn_agent omits the field
- Codex silently reduced a paper-replication task, then presented a smoke test as evidence about the paper being "unsupported"
- Reset card does not display specific expiration time
- macOS standalone: apply_patch fs helper re-exec through current symlink fails with EPERM
- MCP tool results lose content when structuredContent is present (Codex App 26.803.81509)
- App-server: expose atomic idle-only turn admission
- CreateProcess: Rejected("Failed to create unified exec process: helper_unknown_error: setup refresh had errors")
- Windows computer control plugin cannot read windows and still returns EPERM after permission is granted — Environment: Windows, Codex desktop app
- Codex credits consumed ~38,000–39,000 overnight with zero tasks issued — recurring bug, cap not enforced, no warning given
- Windows: all Claude-marketplace plugin hooks fail — hook bash resolves to the WSL shim; async hook protocol unsupported; failures report only 'Failed' with no diagnostics
- Codex Desktop analytics queue saturation emits thousands of warnings and drops events
- TUI fork keeps the parent thread's writer active, preventing resume from another TUI
- Amazon Bedrock Mantle /responses/compact retains all supplied assistant items across repeated CLI 0.147.0-compatible calls
- Codex Desktop IAB dispatches input events but native text selection never changes
- [Windows][Desktop 26.803.10989.0] cert-parent-death sentinel opens visible Terminal error 0x800700E8
- Codex Desktop: bulk export all generated outputs from a chat
- TUI still shows “Implement this plan?” after implementation starts from another client
- Research: Codex Plan mode behavior and prompt architecture
- [macOS] Two profiles run duplicate Computer Use services at high CPU; disabling one does not tear it down
- [Windows][26.803.10989.0] Multiple embedded browser tabs accumulate WebView2 processes and crash Codex when a task finishes
- Linux Codex App: Usage quota drops by ~50% immediately after reset without any activity
- [Windows][Desktop] Typing `/` crashes MSIX-launched Codex with Chromium breakpoint exception
- node_repl js only returns execution_duration_ms to the model when nodeRepl.write emits output
- [Critical data loss] Codex deleted important project files without an explicit deletion request or confirmation
- [Documents skill] Page-cited DOCX Q&A can trigger full PDF/PNG rendering; renderer lacks page-range and timeout support
- [macOS app] Existing chats hang after Wi-Fi SSID switch until restart
- [Windows Desktop 26.803.10989.0] Intermittent whole-window UI freezes with normal system resources
- `auto_review.policy` silently replaces the catalog security policy despite being described as additional instructions
- Failed to use /btw
- Execpolicy allow rules silently stay sandboxed when any denied-read path is configured
- bad result
- Chat gpt - chat is finished in the codex desktop app but still calculating in the browser and the message is stuck in the browser
- Codex crashes when credits are exhausted
- Codex CLI 0.146.0: /backend-api/codex/responses/compact returns 404 {"detail":"Not Found"}
- Codex App 26.803.61601 on macOS: dictation button stalls before Realtime starts
- [Windows Desktop] Failed Cloud chat creation leaves the conversation stuck with no way back to Local
- Managed worktrees should use readable, task-derived names instead of opaque IDs (883f, 576d11db-…)
- Add explicit mode for interrupting
- "Yes, and don't ask again" remembers exact command instead of command/executable
- Audio attachments: add playback speed control, and allow HTTP(S) audio sources (not just local files)
- Selected model is at capacity. Please try a different model.
- False positive about trusted access and biological context
- Unexpected weekly usage reset overwrites active Codex window and moves reset date — third occurrence
- Codex App: repeated current-date developer context causes tool-loop repetition and role drift
- Codex Security scan cannot be loaded due to attackPath.impact schema mismatch
- [Pro 20x] Severe 7-day quota depletion during light workloads + frequent "Selected model is at capacity" with usage remaining
- Auto-review reviewer state is not shown with a custom permission profile
- [Linux/Android] Luna Max reasoning effort missing on desktop; remote Max session displays as Medium
- [macOS][Codex App][Plugins/Hooks] Removed plugin Stop hook keeps running until full app restart
- macOS Codex CLI 0.147.0 blocked as malware due to missing notarization ticket
- codex resume omits a thread after an ordinal mismatch
- [macOS Desktop] Enabled plugin skill is injected but its stdio MCP tools are absent after full restart
- Codex for Windows: Luna cannot be used as a sub-agent when Sol is selected as the main model
- Sub-agent launcher rejects configured gpt-5.6-luna while direct Codex Luna run succeeds
- Codex Windows App failed to start after switching to WSL mode
- Shared project not showing in Desktop app
- Windows elevated sandbox fails on session-scoped mapped-drive cwd with error 267
- [macOS] Computer Use captures Stage Manager thumbnail, poisons ScreenCaptureKit stream (-3811/-3812)
- Resume is slow for large legacy sessions due to duplicate full-history processing
- [Bug] Recurring scheduled tasks disable themselves after successful runs without user authorization
- GitHub @codex work task gets no tool to push back to existing PR despite write access
- Remaining usage decreases while Codex is fully closed
- Subagents need an MCP capability broker: parent allowlists, zero-start by default, bounded pooling, and deterministic teardown
- Plus account shows 100% weekly usage remaining but Codex returns "You've hit your usage limit"
- Responses Lite turns custom base-instruction overrides into additive developer messages
- Cloud Browser provisioning failure on ChatGPT Pro
- Cursor 3.15+: Codex sidebar with session history fails to open; no Activity Bar fallback
- [Windows] Codex Desktop 26.803.10989.0: "Error: write EOF" main-process modal keeps appearing (with log evidence and my analysis)
- Subagents panel permanently shows completed agents as Active and Working
- Support reliable cross-provider session handoff with normalized tool history
- Request too large for gpt-5.6-luna in organization org
- Possible Pro 20x entitlement or weekly quota accounting mismatch
- Windows Browser Use blocks raw JSON and CSV with ERR_BLOCKED_BY_CLIENT while HTML works
- Codex Desktop context compaction fails with /responses/compact 404 on Windows
- App-server: add safe thread-scoped registration for host-provided hooks
- App-server: add explicit multi-root customization discovery for AGENTS.md and project hooks
- State startup query scans the full threads table
- Collapsing a parent folder hides its child folders one by one
- [multi-agent][gpt-5.6-sol] Orchestrator turns out-of-scope reviewer findings into an unbounded blocking loop
- Safety rejection incorrectly ends turn as "aborted by user" without explanation
- [App] Popout Window run-location click hides the window and breaks the hotkey until restart; cloud projects cannot start new chats from the desktop app
- Codex App reports usage limit immediately after upgrading from Free to Plus
- [Windows Desktop][26.803.10989.0] Six stuck app-server requests freeze every window and remove Fast mode
- apply_patch "Update"/"Delete" always fails on Windows Desktop: fs sandbox helper stack overflow (0xC0000005 in essctl.dll); "Add" works
- Terminal links open in external browser instead of in-app
- Add shortcut to toggle line comments
- VS Code extension: controls for edited-file expansion and hover previews
- macOS app returned content from an unrelated conversation and showed inconsistent thread state
- Codex Desktop Linux: severe lag and high CPU/GPU usage on Hyprland with hybrid graphics
- Codex Desktop WSL agent still creates projectless workspaces under /mnt/c instead of the WSL home
- TUI: Quickly interrupting a submitted prompt drops it from rollout history
- Accessibility: “Choose project” is not announced by NVDA in New chat on Windows
- Desktop: periodically auto-update plugin marketplaces without requiring a restart
- Codex CLI 0.147.0 fails behind TUN proxy on Windows with os error 10061, MCP failure, and HTTPS fallback failure
- ChatGPT macOS app: ~4 GB idle `codex` process makes 8 GB Mac unusable
- GitHub review connector quota failure leaves required exact-head review blocked without retry guidance
- Closed at reporter request
- [Windows] Old subagents remain stuck as running after restarting Codex App
- Windows elevated sandbox: CreateProcessAsUserW denies launch (error 5), then fails with 'no such logon session' (1312) after registering the target MSIX package
- Sandbox causes significant managed `apply_patch` latency under `workspace-write` on Linux/WSL2
- Scroll position jumps back to my prompt when a response finishes
- Linux/WSL2: codex-code-mode-host 0.147.0 crashes with SIGTRAP (int3 at fixed offset 0x982442) on every shell exec — 0.146.1 works
- [Windows] plugin marketplace add fails to spawn Git when PATH has a stray quote before Git
- Desktop task becomes unsendable and cannot be stopped until app restart
- Windows Codex App-generated apply_patch launcher can target an AppX executable inaccessible to the sandbox
- Codex Desktop submitted a phantom prompt as user input without user action
- Thread is removed from Folder when another thread works on it
- Remote SSH thread becomes blank and thread/resume drops with "Max payload size exceeded" on a ~500 MB rollout
- [Windows app] codex.exe repeatedly crashes with 0xC0000005 at fixed RVA 0x819aa97
- Remote compaction and long-running tasks consistently fail across Codex Desktop/Work, VS Code, and WSL CLI
- [Windows Desktop] MCP OAuth secrets decryption requests 1 GiB and fatally crashes codex.exe
- Burning usage credits when specifically asked Codex Luna to stop repeatedly.
- Agent Plugin mcp.json does not resolve ${VAR} env values for MCP servers
- Separate Model Preference for Side Chats
- [Windows] Tool subprocess GenerateConsoleCtrlEvent can terminate the Codex App control plane
- Codex Desktop: new Worktree chat shows “Conversation not found” during thread/resume race
- Codex Security Deep Scan fails on missing candidate_ledger.json, consumes most weekly quota, then automatically starts another full scan
- ChatGPT desktop 26.810.41047 repeatedly spawns Computer Use workers and crashes with V8 OOM on macOS
Resolved issues (24)
- Codex desktop in-app browser screenshots are DPI-scaled twice and tiled on Windows
- [Windows] Codex desktop incorrectly shows “You don’t have access to Codex yet” and does not load account information
- Guardian infrastructure failures still surface as high-risk denials after retries are exhausted
- node_repl js only returns execution_duration_ms to the model when nodeRepl.write emits output
- Codex for Windows: Luna cannot be used as a sub-agent when Sol is selected as the main model
- Webview never starts when a system proxy (VeePN/privoxy) is active — 30s startup timeout fires, "Codex could not start"
- Error when trying to create a side thread
- Allow cross-thread communication between agents
- Open Codex Chat in a New Window in VS Code
- Pg up and Pg down keys doesn't work properly in Codex CLI
- Codex App reports usage limit immediately after upgrading from Free to Plus
- Closed at reporter request
- Android/Termux: sandbox reads /proc/sys/kernel/overflowuid before bwrap, fails with Permission denied
- Codex Security 0.1.14 Deep Scan fails with spawn EPERM on Windows when CODEX_CLI_PATH is unset
- Scroll position jumps back to my prompt when a response finishes
- # Codex extension fails to start: "The extension couldn't load its resources"
- Codex sidebar fails with "couldn't load its resources", webview font blocked by CSP (font-src)
- Codex extension fails to load resources on VS Code 1.101.2 / macOS 11.7
- IDE Context silently disables because workspaceRoot is missing in recent VS Code extension builds
- IDE Context fails in Codex extension 26.715.x with RPC serialization error
- VS Code IDE context auto-disables and selected text is not attached in WSL2
- VS Code /ide shows IDE context enabled but sends no active file or selection
- Codex VS Code extension stopped auto-including IDE context after update
- ide context not work for codex on cursor