Digest / August 17, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — August 17, 2026
111 new issues filed ·
6 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (111)
- Documented 1M context window is unavailable in Codex CLI or Desktop App
- [Windows Desktop] Add photos & files freezes the app and causes a crash
- feedback
- Windows Terminal Preview duplicates non-ASCII input in Codex TUI under WSL
- VS Code Remote-SSH: long thread shows malformed JSONL, active-writer conflicts, and StreamingMarkdown failures
- stdio MCP servers accumulate under a live app-server on 26.810.52044, after the #18881 / #19753 shutdown fix
- [Windows][Subagents] Private permission profile cannot be applied before child tool registration
- Desktop: chat disappears after restart when one host is connected through both SSH and Remote Control
- 0.148.0-alpha.9: legacy local chats remain absent from sidebar after successful paginated-history migration
- [P0][app][macOS][26.810.52044] Launching desktop app immediately spikes mds_stores to 250–700% CPU; host becomes unusable until ChatGPT.app is force-quit
- Codex desktop: switching an existing thread to a custom API provider can break continuity and remote compact still hits api.openai.com
- Context compaction can turn completed plans into active work, causing repeated investigation loops
- [macOS][26.810.52044] Pet activity item does not navigate to its chat
- performance issues
- model_catalog_json from main fails in Codex App 0.148.0-alpha.9 after catalog schema change
- [macOS] ChatGPT composer text/background rendering appears vertically flipped
- TUI: compact successful command entries in the transcript
- VS Code extension regression: @ picker no longer shows previous conversations since 26.727.40816
- macOS: `codex mcp login` can print OAuth URL without surfacing a browser window
- CRITICAL / App-Unusable: Codex macOS Spawns Runaway computer-use Threads Until Dispatch Thread Exhaustion and Fatal V8 OOM Crash
- [ChatGPT Web] Pin state and sidebar organization mode can hide Recents
- Meta MCP OAuth blocked by issuer mismatch: support explicit per-server trusted issuer override
- Codex Desktop ignores XDG Documents directory on localized Linux systems
- [ChatGPT Web] Archived Chats pagination can stall at offset=30, causing intermittent “Something went wrong”
- macOS desktop: closing subagents leaves app-server at >100% CPU and residual node_repl sessions
- [Windows] Worktree creation fails with "Invalid string length" on pnpm Junction cycles
- [macOS][Pet] Notification controls trigger the parent bubble and open the main app
- My ChatGPT Plus Account Has Encountered a Rather Strange Subscription Issue
- Codex usage limit incorrectly reached after Pro subscription renewal
- Support message-boundary and range-based context compaction
- Group the IDE extension's thread list by project (cwd is recorded but not indexed)
- Windows ChatGPT Voice from Chat mode incorrectly creates Codex/Work artifacts
- Project related conversations disappears from projects
- [Windows][High impact] Codex Desktop reconnects 1/5–5/5 on every prompt despite codex doctor 17 OK / 0 warn / 0 fail
- Codex repeatedly wastes tokens and user time on preventable setup mistakes
- [desktop] Chrome file upload returns "Not allowed" despite Uploads set to Always allow
- Windows Desktop 0.148-alpha.9: parent /root session has no exec, only wait + collaboration tools
- [macOS][26.810.52044] Ctrl+Shift+M opens /model submenu instead of full model/reasoning/Fast picker
- PC mouse freezes completely when running Codex tasks
- Make codex-cli sessions available in mobile app
- Ctrl+g with Sublime Text fails
- [app][macOS][26.810.41047] Realtime voice leaves an orphan thread that cannot be opened, archived, or deleted
- Limit Reset bug
- Ctrl+g does not work with VS Code
- [Windows] ChatGPT app launches but no window appears — main process stuck "Not Responding"
- Codex Desktop on macOS: automatic context compaction fails every time with “error decoding response body”
- ChatGPT/Codex macOS app repeatedly crashes – Dispatch Thread Soft Limit Reached (build 6570)
- Windows ARM64 (Snapdragon X Elite): app hangs on splash / freezes at sign-in — no crash, no error in logs — on both 26.810.7004.0 and 26.803.10989.0
- Codex Desktop: background turn reported completed/interrupted while JSONL continues without final_answer or task_complete
- MCP OAuth rejects Microsoft Entra multi-tenant issuer after successful authentication
- Codex Desktop lists threads from a removed custom provider, then fails to open them
- WinGet package omits code-mode host, exposes no reliable `codex` command, and declares helpers as entry points
- test
- TUI: Enter can be downgraded to "Queued follow-up inputs" during a long-running goal until restart
- MCP tools/call fails with "Unexpected response type" when content annotations carry a non-integer priority (e.g. 0.6)
- [Windows Desktop 26.810.7004] Thread-scoped STDIO MCP processes and local-proxy CLOSE_WAIT sockets accumulate
- Codex credits
- Type-in substring or fuzzy search for subagent names in the /subagents list (multi-agent V2)
- Codex desktop drained newly bought credits at a higher rate and also while being idle
- Windows sandbox: setup payload passed on the command line exceeds the CreateProcess limit (os error 206)
- [Desktop regression] Auto-review Guardian threads appear as duplicate project sidebar tasks
- macOS: Annotation mode does not activate on localhost pages
- MultiAgentV2 runaway delegation: 74 subagents, 3-level nesting, 5.39B recorded tokens, and repeated review/test loops in one task
- aass
- Codex Desktop on Windows misdiagnoses workspace permission denial as Access database lock and claims hidden UI is visible
- Linux x86_64 .deb contains malformed bundled Tectonic binary
- [Windows][App][Browser] Saving an annotation turns toolbar red and disables Send
- [macOS][Pets] Pet returns to Idle while assistant is still thinking/streaming
- Excel export runtime is missing after reinstall on Windows
- [Windows][App][Projects] False “files could not be synced” warning when project sources are available
- Project Sources available in ChatGPT (11/11) but Codex task mounts 0/11; only AGENTS.md syncs
- [App/Linux] Review → Committed hangs when project root is opened through a symlink
- Infinite loop inspecting agent status and missing functions.exec tool with GPT-5.6 model
- [App/Linux] ChatGPT Project source names appear, but source files never sync locally and Work has incomplete context
- Support PostToolUse.suppressOutput
- [macOS Desktop][turn/steer] Entire completed assistant message disappears from transcript
- `app-server` drops global `-c` overrides when another `-c` appears after the subcommand
- Codex Desktop 26.810: repeated compacted image snapshots grow rollout to 16.9 GB and app-server to 19.5 GB
- CRASHING
- Desktop (Windows): corrupt logs_2.sqlite B-tree causes a deterministic, unrecoverable app-server handshake timeout
- Inconsistent Hotkey for Command Approval
- GitHub Connector: repository/PR/file reads work, but refs, commits, compare and workflow runs return 403
- Spreadsheet skill not loading
- [Not a Codex bug] Drag outline caused by Windows DragFullWindows=0
- Windows Desktop: apply_patch intermittently fails or hangs when updating existing files with split writable roots
- Windows desktop app repeatedly restarts during active tool calls
- [macOS Desktop] Interrupted in-app Browser call leaves task stuck and headless Chrome processes running
- Codex desktop: horizontal scrollbar closes expanded Mermaid diagrams
- [macos] Superfluous Empty Logs created on each app startup
- Windows Desktop: focus/idle transition causes system-wide cursor jitter
- macOS app update leaves pre-update node_repl host unable to authenticate to new Computer Use service
- It is impossible to open a Terminal window in ChatGPT/Codex in the latest version.
- [Sites] Public site URLs can unexpectedly expose account-linked identifiers
- MCP OAuth: a rejected refresh token stays "usable", so Codex retries it forever and never surfaces re-authentication
- GPT-5.6 Codex turns bounded codebase work into self-reinforcing verification and governance layers
- Windows Desktop: ChatGPT/Codex processes and Chrome tabs accumulate during local work, causing system-wide slowdown
- [Windows][GPT-5.6 Sol] Chrome/browser tasks are extremely laggy and token-heavy on both Medium and xhigh
- [Contributor recognition] Recognize sustained Codex QA contributors with usage credits or Pro access
- Value for Money
- [macOS][Codex Desktop] Browser preview cards cannot foreground OAuth authorization
- Can't download or view images from ChatGPT Response because nothing happens
- [Codex x Obsidian URI] Smart open markdown located known Obsidian vault
- Codex documentation and model-facing instructions recommend unsafe prefix rules as examples of safe ones
- (withdrawn)
- Agent safeguard repeatedly flags ordinary dev automation as "possible cybersecurity risk," escalating to a full goal block on a long-running unattended task
- Remote Control tasks remain visible after account switch while their projects disappear
- Remote Control turn from account B silently executes against account A usage
- Opening reattached remote threads after host re-enrollment restarts Codex Desktop
- Error when starting a thread with a new worktree and no environment configured
- Codex Desktop Crashes While Idle as Computer Use Workers Multiply
- [Windows][Codex Desktop 26.810.7004.0] Clicking “Change address” in the in-app browser email picker crashes the main browser process
Resolved issues (6)
- apply_patch reports success for no-op update hunks
- Codex App chat search should match emoji in thread titles
- Codex Desktop: request_user_input option info tooltips do not appear on hover in Plan mode when zoom level is above 100%
- Group the IDE extension's thread list by project (cwd is recorded but not indexed)
- Project Sources available in ChatGPT (11/11) but Codex task mounts 0/11; only AGENTS.md syncs
- [Not a Codex bug] Drag outline caused by Windows DragFullWindows=0