Digest / Week of July 13–19, 2026
Codex Week in Review — July 13–19, 2026
1,342 new issues filed ·
203 resolved in openai/codex.
Most discussed new issues
- Windows ARM64 app crash-loops on launch — ChatGPT.exe exports no napi_* symbols, serialport addon dies with delay-load 0xC06D007F
- Codex Desktop 26.707.71524: Browser and Chrome plugins fail with `Cannot redefine property: process`
- [Windows App] Repeated serialport.node delay-load failures cause severe UI lag
- Windows app hangs ("not responding") after launch — main process blocks forever in HID device enumeration (HID.node → hid.dll) when one HID device doesn't respond
- 🚨 [SEVERE REGRESSION] GPT-5.6 Sol context cut again: 353K → 258K despite advertised 1.05M
- [Windows] Codex App crashes in CrBrowserMain when Browser Use opens a page (0xC0000005 at chrome.dll+0x2e08f46)
- Windows x64: repeated background crash (0xC06D007F) in serialport.node causes UI freezes during normal use
- [Windows] Codex 26.715 enters a periodic ~15 s AppHang / ~10 s responsive cycle
- Codex Desktop frequently becomes unresponsive after updating to latest version on Windows
- [Windows ARM64] ChatGPT desktop 26.707.9981 (arm64) crashes on every launch — ChatGPT.exe exports no N-API symbols, delay-load of napi_create_function fails (0xC06D007F)
- Weekly limit is draining like the old 5-hour limit
- [Windows] App freezes: Work Louder/Codex Micro HID discovery blocks Electron main thread
- [Windows][Desktop 26.707.12708.0] ChatGPT.exe spawns hundreds of taskkill.exe/conhost.exe processes, causing WMI storms and DWM degradation
- gpt-5.6-sol loses all MCP tools after runtime metadata changes to tool_mode = "direct"
- [Windows] Codex freezes the desktop and repeatedly crashes after migrating to the new ChatGPT app
- [Windows] Codex app hangs after Codex Micro gate activation.
- Codex Desktop App immediately exits on Windows ARM64 (Snapdragon X Plus)
- Make the temporary removal of the 5-hour usage limit permanent
- High CPU Usage Triggered by Windows Defender & WMI When Launching Codex Desktop on Windows 10
- Windows x64 ChatGPT/Codex 26.707.9981.0: repeated 0xC06D007F and 2-3 second system input lag when opening a new task
Day by day
- July 13, 2026 205 new · 35 resolved
- July 14, 2026 246 new · 33 resolved
- July 15, 2026 213 new · 30 resolved
- July 16, 2026 225 new · 27 resolved
- July 17, 2026 176 new · 38 resolved
- July 18, 2026 136 new · 27 resolved
- July 19, 2026 141 new · 13 resolved