Digest / August 27, 2026
Codex Issues Digest — August 27, 2026
170 new issues filed ·
19 resolved in openai/codex (UTC day).
New issues (170)
- Feature request: make the 5-hour and weekly Codex quotas sequential instead of concurrent
- Agent mindlessly polls long-running work instead of checking progress or advancing independent tasks
- agent overspending
- Codex Desktop leaves high-CPU grep and Python child processes after an interrupted task on macOS
- [macOS][26.820.60940] Personal Pro account logs out after /accounts/{account_id}/settings returns "Must use workspace account"
- Windows Computer Use becomes unavailable after unified exec runtime setup refresh failure
- [Low priority][Android Remote] Recents reverts to created-age timestamp after reopening
- [macOS][regression] `codex_app` MCP override makes `CODEX_APP_SERVER_USE_LOCAL_DAEMON=1` unreachable
- Codex suddenly won't open; only the animation plays
- request the cancellation of the 5-hour limit for the Plus package
- Windows: various symbols and escaping
- Unable to locate the Codex CLI binary or ensure the Electron resources include bin/codex
- Linux codex not updated correctly
- TS SDK: config/outputSchema plain-object guard silently accepts Date/Map/RegExp, corrupting serialized output
- Python SDK: retry_on_overload jitter can push sleep beyond max_delay_s
- asciicheck.py flags CRLF line endings as invalid characters (false positive on Windows checkouts)
- plugin-creator sample script crashes on non-ASCII marketplace.json under non-UTF-8 locale (missing encoding="utf-8")
- Codex bug
- skill-creator quick_validate.py crashes reading non-ASCII SKILL.md under non-UTF-8 locale
- Uploaded thread: 01a04088-ddbb-7d13-ba6a-64f21262823b
- Linux: a locked Secret Service keyring makes new sessions unusable and hangs exit forever
- [macOS][Desktop 26.814] getAuthStatus MCP timeout forces false logout during concurrent tasks
- [Windows] All Codex tool calls fail with “code-mode host exited during handshake”
- Codex/ChatGPT Desktop App crashing on loading older chats
- Proposal: bump history_version when remove_first_item rewrites history
- config load
- [macOS] Codex Desktop sustains 80%+ GPU usage whenever it is the focused foreground app
- macOS: offer Install on Quit after an update is downloaded
- [macOS] Computer Use cannot target a specific process when multiple apps share one bundle identifier
- CryptUnprotectData failed
- Computer Use turns itself off and prevents browser work
- [macOS] Codex Desktop auth loop persists on 26.820; rollback to 26.810.52044 fixes it
- [macOS] Finances shows “Connect” despite active connection; connector_link_already_active and no tools
- Codex Desktop 26.820.60940: global UI font weight became noticeably too thin after update
- Windows Desktop data loss: 457 local rollout JSONL transcripts deleted while thread records remain
- code-mode host exited during handshake; the 5.6 model is not working properly
- codex_app__create_thread is advertised but fails with “no longer available through dynamic tools”
- [ChatGPT Web] Add multi-select / selective bulk archive for chats
- [Windows Desktop][WSL] Enabling WSL agent environment makes app fail to start with "Operation not permitted (os error 1)"
- [Windows][26.820] In-app Browser entry disappeared; Ctrl+Shift+B no-op and open requests stay queued
- [Windows][Desktop] Browser/Chrome sandbox helper fails before page execution
- Windows ChatGPT/Codex Desktop 26.820.9563.0 can hang ~8 minutes before creating its main window
- Windows 26.826.11250 chats disappear after restart; feedback upload fails
- [Windows 26.820.9563.0] Desktop remains headless after external Codex CLI workaround
- codex queue: messages queued to exec threads are never delivered to a live turn, and can be silently destroyed
- codex_app MCP thread tools should inherit project and session execution settings
- [IDE extension][Windows] Pasting paths escapes underscores as \_
- [Windows] 26.820.9563.0 startup hang with high CPU; multi-module preload restores launch
- ChatGPT / Codex Windows desktop client consumes excessive network traffic (~106 GB in 7 days)
- Plan mode remains active internally after being disabled in the Codex desktop UI
- [Windows][Codex Desktop] Cloud Recents threads cannot be archived and are absent from web
- Codex Desktop Full Access + project prompt rules hard-reject commands because approval_policy=never
- [Windows][Codex Desktop] Allow configuring environment variables for MCP servers added via custom marketplace
- [macOS][MCP OAuth] Keyring write fails with Platform secure storage failure: UNIX[Operation not permitted]
- [Windows][26.820.9563.0] ChatGPT launches headless with MainWindowHandle=0; disabling updater fixes startup
- Codex Desktop task creation does not inherit no-approval full access
- Windows Desktop launches ChatGPT.exe background processes but no UI/window appears
- Add an in-session /resume command to Codex CLI
- readme_toc.py misparses tilde and longer Markdown fences
- Python SDK can drop an early turn/completed notification
- [Desktop][Windows] Paginated thread history stalls on duplicate ordinal while rollout remains complete
- Conversation history disappeared from several sessions.
- Codex Windows Desktop: Send button stops submitting prompts after 26.820 update
- Add project groups/folders to organize projects in Codex App
- Desktop “Branch in new chat” does not preserve parent model and reasoning effort
- Automatic approval review sends unsupported all_turns reasoning context to gpt-5.3-codex
- Multiple app-server instances sharing CODEX_HOME cause IPC router re-election loop and WAL unbounded growth
- Android Remote: generated output fails to open with `Slingshot app-server connection invalidated`
- [Windows][26.820.7780.0] Local execution fails to start after updating Codex Desktop
- Feature request: Let users choose when the 5-hour Codex usage window starts
- macOS: Chrome extension connected but @Chrome tool is not provisioned to desktop task
- [Windows Desktop 26.820.7780.0] composer_content full-status retries exhaust system commit and hard-freeze Windows
- [Windows][Desktop 26.820.9563.0] Chat mode hides the conversation title and overflow menu behind Work-only rendering gates
- [Windows][26.820.9563.0] Packaged activation shows no UI on non-system AppX volume; moving app to C: fixes it
- Codex App omits `model` field on /v1/responses follow-up requests when using a custom OpenAI-compatible provider
- Windows: App fails to launch, no renderer‑type process spawned, main process high CPU spin (26.820.9563.0)
- [Windows][26.820.9563.0] Resuming one specific 18.49 MB thread reproducibly leaves Desktop UI stuck
- App keeps crashing and forcing log-in
- 0.150.1 regression: sessions provisioned without shell tool (code-mode harness only exposes apply_patch + MCP); 0.149.1 works
- Missing capabilities
- Official Codex authentication loop after usage reset and Pro upgrade
- No structured IDE context channel
- No client-side file provider, unsaved buffers are invisible
- A way to apply edits on the client side
- File checkpoint / revert
- Responses anchored to the code
- turn/diff/updated when apply_patch is scripted
- Multiple cwd per thread
- [ChatGPT Web] Switching between alternate responses makes the answer disappear
- [macOS] Desktop 26.820.60940 ignores local App Server daemon
- macOS Desktop skill picker shows installed plugin skills twice from source and cache
- iOS Remote Control should keep a persistent logical session across brief app backgrounding
- Windows desktop: repeated "TypeError: h.setProgressBar is not a function" dialog when saving/downloading files
- [Windows Desktop 26.818.8289.0] Feedback upload failed because Codex runtime crashed with 0xC000001D
- Broken plugins usage - Github, Sentry, JIRA
- [Windows] Codex Desktop 26.820.9563.0 launches only as background process with no GUI
- [Windows][Remote Control] WebSocket auth repeatedly returns HTTP 403 after successful enrollment
- [Windows][26.820.60940] Ctrl+click no longer opens links in external browser after Aug 25 update
- Safety: avoid disabling macOS Wi-Fi network service during troubleshooting
- Chrome Extention bug
- Windows app launches background Electron processes but never spawns codex.exe or creates a window
- Temporary Chat opens blank page on Linux desktop app
- Multiple Model At Capacity Issues This Morning
- UserPromptSubmit hooks drop image attachments from the hook payload
- Desktop app 26.820.71523: Local Codex chat hangs indefinitely while bundled CLI works
- [Codex App] Background thread-description backfill creates thousands of hidden requests and causes 429s
- Active Work and Destroying Context
- TUI: Support pasting images directly from the system clipboard on Windows
- MCP shutdown can lose a rotated refresh token during session cleanup
- Do not consume credit if limit exceeds
- Windows: sandbox setup_marker.json written without an ACE for the invoking user in non-interactive exec, so setup repeats forever (orchestrator_helper_incomplete)
- [Windows][26.820.9563.0] Codex Desktop repeatedly loses auth after account-settings 401 while ChatGPT Web remains signed in
- Show an indicator in the sidebar for conversations that have an unsaved composer draft
- shell_snapshot: PowerShell state+environment capture always returns None
- shell-command: PowerShell -Command extraction ignores trailing argv elements, corrupting UTF-8 prefix step
- [macOS Desktop] Blocking final question is marked completed and triggers completion hooks
- Cybersecurity block message is non-actionable when content cannot be shown
- Docs: define nested subagent completion routing and completed-agent retention
- Projects are not displayed correctly in the Windows 11 version
- shell execution and other tools gone after update
- [Windows/WSL] Internal Git snapshot hashes large untracked files and can fill the WSL disk
- [macOS Desktop] Restoring one large VS Code-origin thread floods thread/items/list and resets IPC
- Can't publish on my site
- apply_patch gets much slower when replacing thousands of lines in a large file
- 5.3 codex spark which still shows 5hrs% as 100% and exceeding limit message still pop up
- Windows Desktop: assistant feedback icons are overlapped by the floating composer
- DISABLE AUTO-UPDATES
- Remove the 5-hour usage window for Extra High / Max / Ultra reasoning modes
- Windows (elevated sandbox): approved escalated command still runs inside the sandbox in the CLI, works in Codex Desktop
- usage burning up
- bundled_plugins_marketplace_resolve_failed / plugin_marketplace_folder_write_failed
- [Windows Desktop 26.820.9563.0] auto-resuming multi-GB tool-heavy threads triggers ResizeObserver storm and hard-freezes the OS
- Per-tool plugin approval_mode ignored for bundled codex-app-tools in Desktop 26.820.60940 / CLI 0.150.0-alpha.8
- Browser runtime permanently caches empty provider discovery
- Windows sandbox capability SIDs accumulate and appear as Account Unknown in NTFS ACLs
- [Windows] First launch shows no window for about 15 minutes while extracting bundled cua_node runtime
- Windows ChatGPT Desktop 26.820 signs out on first interaction after enabling Advanced Account Security — refresh token immediately invalidated (401)
- iTerm2 Command shortcuts captured when keyboard enhancement is enabled
- Codex Desktop (Windows) closes silently a few seconds after launch (no Application Error / WER), sandbox log truncated
- Failed to upload feedback: feedback/upload failed in TUI
- Linux sandbox: node child_process.spawnSync/execFileSync returns EPERM after the child exits successfully (status 0, stdout captured)
- Codex agents incorrectly stop or declare completion while tasks are still incomplete
- Plugins have no supported runtime dependency installation contract
- [Windows] Clicking a generated image shows "hs.setProgressBar is not a function"
- [Windows][26.820.9563.0] ChatGPT Desktop launches headless after upgrade from Classic; no renderer/window created
- [Windows] Caret does not advance after typing in content copied from Codex
- [Windows] Pasting selected text into Codex removes line breaks and appends two trailing spaces
- Codex extension in vscode over ssh to windows busted with update
- Cursor trails in JetBrains JediTerm starting with Codex CLI 0.149.0
- Codex Desktop Windows: pasting a rich hyperlink loses its URL and inserts only display text
- Repeated Browser runtime attachment failure a
- Cannot use codex agents when brew install
- Support externally managed app-server daemon executables
- Codex Desktop: Markdown preview hides skill descriptions from YAML frontmatter
- [Windows/Android Remote] Stale project list persists across two phones; new chats cannot be created
- [Windows Desktop] Legacy onboarding task_e entries cannot be opened, archived, or deleted
- Agent should require explicit consent before changing workflows that can increase external metered costs
- [Windows Desktop] Tool-managed pytest subprocess can terminate the whole Codex app; same workload exits 0 in independent PowerShell
- Windows Desktop: clicking Canvas after generating an image breaks the chat
- TUI composer has no mouse text selection (drag-select then Backspace/type-over)
- Linux: inherited Herdr environment variables are unavailable to tools and subagents
- Linux: source-directory picker can overlap an active terminal authentication prompt
- [macOS][Desktop][multi-host] Sidebar grouping resets and archived tasks resurrect after restart
- Feature request: version marker (or stability guarantee) for the `codex exec --json` event schema — 0.144 "canonical turn items" silently broke downstream parsers
- [Bug] Standalone self-updater never deletes old releases, consuming 3.8 GiB
- [Meta] Abnormal Codex usage/quota depletion and usage-accounting inconsistencies — cross-report tracker
- GPT-5.6 Sol regression: invents governance, loses user authority, and mis-scopes cleanup
- Capped continuity mode after ChatGPT plan limits (Luna fallback)
- [macOS][Computer History] Retire or dismiss “Suggested skill” cards after the Skill is created
- Codex browser control unavailable across secure browser, built-in Browser and Chrome
Resolved issues (19)
- agent overspending
- [macOS][Desktop 26.814] getAuthStatus MCP timeout forces false logout during concurrent tasks
- [Windows] All Codex tool calls fail with “code-mode host exited during handshake”
- Fresh local agents are missing the exec_command shell tool
- Codex Desktop 26.820.60940: global UI font weight became noticeably too thin after update
- codex_app__create_thread is advertised but fails with “no longer available through dynamic tools”
- Plan mode remains active internally after being disabled in the Codex desktop UI
- Windows Desktop launches ChatGPT.exe background processes but no UI/window appears
- Unable to locate the Codex CLI binary or ensure the Electron resources include bin/codex
- Codex App omits `model` field on /v1/responses follow-up requests when using a custom OpenAI-compatible provider
- Official Codex authentication loop after usage reset and Pro upgrade
- Not refreshing after 5hr reset
- Can't publish on my site
- Windows Desktop: assistant feedback icons are overlapped by the floating composer
- Codex extension in vscode over ssh to windows busted with update
- Multiple Model At Capacity Issues This Morning
- Linux: inherited Herdr environment variables are unavailable to tools and subagents
- [Bug] Standalone self-updater never deletes old releases, consuming 3.8 GiB
- Windows ChatGPT Desktop fails to relaunch after first successful launch in the same session (0x800701C0)