Digest / August 22, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — August 22, 2026
114 new issues filed ·
14 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (114)
- Windows: enabled=false still scans plugin cache; extension-host locks chrome; trusted cwd + catalog ingest (GPT Pro + Copilot Pro)
- Codex Stuck in Login Loop Windows 11
- Proposal: Codex-native evidence-driven semantic escalation for dynamic multi-agent graphs
- Session becomes unusable: Invalid input[N].id = fc_... (expected ctc) when replaying history
- After the update, I lost my projects and servers
- Nested Code Mode exec_command is invisible while running and appears after task_complete
- Custom-agent model_instructions_file is silently ignored while parent base instructions are inherited
- Unexpected weekly usage increase
- Last Windows Codex App Update Causing error sandbox
- [Usage] Pro 20x weekly allowance can be exhausted in one day — investigate capacity and agent overhead
- Feature request: expose setInputFiles fallback for hidden file inputs when filechooser event never fires
- Windows desktop: unified exec fails at apply deny-read ACLs in every workspace
- Windows Codex Chrome/Computer Use browser control fails: about:blank, JS kernel timeout, and URL detection failure
- Plan mode unexpectedly switches to Default without an explicit mode change
- Codex APP Error,BUG
- Archive chat does nothing and there is no option to delete chats
- Android: Voice Mode hides connected app tools; switching to text exposes them in the same chat
- Not recieved banked reset!
- Session transfer between Codex CLI and Codex Desktop
- Codex automatically changed priority mode without permission, so i lost most of my usage
- Web-grounded answer presents stale search snapshot as current verification
- I haven't received my GPT reset quota
- [Windows] Clean bundled-state reset does not bootstrap the managed openai-bundled marketplace
- Windows execpolicy false positive when Start-Process and an unrelated URL appear in the same PowerShell script
- Benign usage blocked by safety check
- Codex Desktop 26.818.5229.0 repeatedly crashes on Windows while Codex CLI remains stable
- I have to explicitly ask the model to re-read the doc and answer me correctly!
- [App] Pre-fill project name from the first selected source folder
- UI: Task step counter shows "Step 2 / 6" despite 4 items being marked complete
- GPT-5.6 Plus weekly usage suddenly drained from ~99% to 0% within hours — possible usage accounting regression
- [Bug] Subagent task messages never delivered to spawned agents; agents idle or act on inherited context (Windows desktop app)
- Symlinked standalone skills inherit plugin namespace from target ancestors
- I don't have the "max" reasoning effort settings in the Codex plugin.
- Data loss: agent-generated PowerPoint COM cleanup closes unrelated unsaved presentation
- VSCode Codex Version 26.818.41509 unexpected status 401 Unauthorized
- Windows Desktop 26.818.5229.0 clears a valid second-account token and enters a 401 restart loop
- Codex App regression after Aug 21 update Shell Helper, PowerShell and Git commands no longer execute
- 20M milestone banked reset not credited to my account
- Windows: Chrome side panel cannot control tabs because browser-client path is reported missing despite valid native host
- Continue with Work makes existing chat local-only with no way to restore cloud access
- Auto open edited files in sidebar preview
- [CLI 0.149.0] /feedback consistently fails after ~5s on Sentry DNS resolution in network-restricted tmux session
- ChatGPT macOS app loses account information after restarting
- Usage not shown in macOS menu bar
- External GitHub write succeeds but Codex terminates on {"detail":"Bad Request"} without state reconciliation
- internal browser crashes the codex app
- Popup dismissed when annotating
- Codex Cloud creates detached work checkout with no Git remote
- Codex App: Add per-tool timing and performance breakdown
- [Sites] Add a host-owned push_source tool so repository credentials never cross agent transcripts
- Windows Remote: apply_patch fs sandbox helper exits with 0xc0000142 on update/delete
- [macOS][Quick Chat] Hotkey popup hides after Send; response appears only in main window
- Codex in-app browser Basic Auth dialog briefly appears and then disappears
- model choosing error
- [Linux][WSL2] Desktop app maximize leaves the client at a small size under WSLg
- Codex Desktop can apply a concurrently created child task title to its parent
- Default auto-compaction waits until 94.7% of usable context because it uses the raw window
- [Kitty preview terminal] German ß/? key inserts every character twice
- Codex Desktop sends invalid strict tool schemas (list_threads / list_archived_threads) - upstream rejects with 'Missing limit'
- Codex Desktop on Windows uses the same taskbar icon as ChatGPT.
- Cmd-K: treat an unmatched phrase as “New chat”
- Windows Desktop + WSL2: inline Visualize silently fails because /mnt/c/... is normalized as a Windows root path
- Removed by author request
- Codex Desktop Windows native sandbox setup fails, WSL works; unelevated fallback also fails
- Opened in error
- Permission changes mid-task are not applied in the same session
- Remote SSH: `codex_app.wait_threads` has no registered handler while list/read/send remain healthy
- GPT-5.6 Sol context window remains limited to 272k despite 1M configuration
- Approval auto-review rejects first escalation as too many requests
- Local Work chat cannot be archived in Windows client
- Serialize concurrent rollout writers before assigning paginated ordinals
- Codex background memory worker runaway — bug and quota restoration request
- Rollout JSONL grew to 98 GB from inline Base64 PNG payloads
- [Desktop] Completed thread shows stale pre-crash state after restart while rollout & state DB stay intact — thread_history projection is never rebuilt
- [macOS] Ambient Suggestions spawns a background conversation with cwd: /, turning AGENTS.md/CLAUDE.md discovery into a full-disk rg scan (also reads ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md)
- Personal skill updates fail to save in ChatGPT Work (HTTP 500)
- GitHub @codex review is pinned to one workspace when the same repository is connected to two active workspaces
- App Server: enforce restricted readable roots for workspaceWrite turns
- In-app Browser: add private sessions, clear site data, and hard reload controls
- ChatGPT Chrome sidebar is read-only and falsely reports an outdated native host
- Codex command runner triggers Windows kernel crash on Insider Build 26340.9233
- Codex App Doesn’t Reopen After Restart
- macOS desktop upgrade can strand existing local tasks on stale symlinked writable roots
- Browser “Always ask” approval setting is ignored; new sites open without prompting
- Codex Desktop Browser Use blocks an explicitly allowed website
- Seamless Codex Session Handoff Between CLI, Web, and Mobile
- Codex Desktop create_thread intermittently downgrades Full Access worktree children to managed approval mode
- Codex App: "Create permanent worktree" always fails with `fatal: invalid reference: refs/heads/HEAD` when the project's checked-out branch has an upstream
- CLI statusline keeps showing fast mode as off when it is actually on
- Expose RFC 8628 verification_uri_complete for ChatGPT device-code login
- Custom Agents MCP, sandbox restriction definitions broken
- 0.149.0 rejects symlinked custom-agent role files with misleading "agent type is currently not available"
- Codex Desktop app-control tools can hang without a terminal response
- Allow Codex Desktop to connect to an externally managed App Server
- Chrome plugin can read tabs but interactive browser controls are unavailable
- [Bug] Chat line history truncated to 3–4 messages and rendering unescaped HTML entities (` `)
- ChatGPT-auth first turn blocks on stale model/plugin fetches (~3.8s avoidable startup latency)
- 401 Unauthorized after updating from 0.148.0 -> 0.149.0-alpha.4.1
- Codex Desktop reports partial long-session work as completed; feedback upload also fails
- thread/realtime/start (WebRTC, ChatGPT auth) fails since 2026-08-22 ~15:30Z: "Field `session.model` is not allowed for this Codex realtime session"
- Codex desktop UI bug — right-edge scrollbar conflicts with window resize hitbox
- Feature request: one-click ChatGPT → Codex handoff with bidirectional task/results flow
- ChatGPT Desktop 26.818.41705: valid OAuth token rejected with 401 "Missing valid access token or actor biscuit" on every session, started immediately after auto-update
- macOS Computer Use: clicks can be offset on multi-monitor setups with negative display coordinates
- [Windows][Computer Use] Compact one-line activity overlay during desktop control
- SharePoint connector returns 403 “Database Is Read Only” for Microsoft 365 work account
- Claude Code skill import rewrites `.claude/` paths to `.Codex/`, producing directories that don't exist
- 1. `codex exec resume` rejects `-s/--sandbox`; a resumed turn wrote a file that `-s read-only` had blocked
- [Windows] Desktop resumes live goal output without backfilling a missing transcript interval
- Withdrawn — created in error
- [macOS] ChatGPT 26.818.41705 still enters unbounded SkyComputerUseService spawn storm, freezes Mac, and crashes
- switching back and forth view.
- GPT-5.6-sol replaces an explicitly named plan with an unrelated project
- Feature request: idempotent task creation and explicit phone ↔ Codex Desktop ownership handoff
Resolved issues (14)
- Feature request: expose setInputFiles fallback for hidden file inputs when filechooser event never fires
- [RETRACTED] Withdrawn by reporter - incorrect analysis
- False-positive "Invalid prompt" safety rejection in benign ML research conversations
- [Windows] Chrome plugin cannot connect or be uninstalled in Codex App
- [macOS][Quick Chat] Hotkey popup hides after Send; response appears only in main window
- Opened in error
- [Desktop] Completed thread shows stale pre-crash state after restart while rollout & state DB stay intact — thread_history projection is never rebuilt
- After the planning mode ends, two options will be provided at the bottom: "1. Yes, implement this plan 2. No, tell Codex how to adjust". The options menu will override the model selection options.
- Removed by author request
- [Windows][Desktop] thread/archive fails when rollout_path uses the \\?\ prefix and list activity reintroduces it
- Session transfer between Codex CLI and Codex Desktop
- Withdrawn — created in error
- 0.149.0: Auth headers not sent — 401 Unauthorized in ChatGPT login mode (worked in 0.148.0)
- switching back and forth view.