Digest / Week of July 13–19, 2026
Codex Week in Review — July 13–19, 2026
1,335 new issues filed ·
202 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 hangs ("not responding") after launch — main process blocks forever in HID device enumeration (HID.node → hid.dll) when one HID device doesn't respond
- [Windows App] Repeated serialport.node delay-load failures cause severe UI lag
- [Windows][Desktop 26.707.12708.0] ChatGPT.exe spawns hundreds of taskkill.exe/conhost.exe processes, causing WMI storms and DWM degradation
- [Windows][Codex 26.715.4045.0] Page.captureScreenshot crashes GPU process after Code Integrity Event 3033 rejects bundled vk_swiftshader.dll
- Weekly limit is draining like the old 5-hour limit
- 🚨 [SEVERE REGRESSION] GPT-5.6 Sol context cut again: 353K → 258K despite advertised 1.05M
- Local compaction v2 retains unbounded input_image payloads, causing repeated auto-compaction
- Insane Codex Disk Usage from Subagents
- Standalone Windows app triggers WMI Provider Host (90–100% CPU) when opening one project, while the same project works normally in the VS Code extension
- 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
- Make the temporary removal of the 5-hour usage limit permanent
- [Windows] App freezes: Work Louder/Codex Micro HID discovery blocks Electron main thread
- Windows pet overlay hit region desynchronizes from the visible mascot over time
- GPT-5.6 Sol fails to execute shell commands: code-mode host exited during handshake
- High CPU Usage Triggered by Windows Defender & WMI When Launching Codex Desktop on Windows 10
- [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)
Day by day
- July 13, 2026 204 new · 35 resolved
- July 14, 2026 246 new · 33 resolved
- July 15, 2026 210 new · 29 resolved
- July 16, 2026 225 new · 27 resolved
- July 17, 2026 176 new · 38 resolved
- July 18, 2026 134 new · 27 resolved
- July 19, 2026 140 new · 13 resolved