Digest / Week of August 3–9, 2026
Codex Week in Review — August 3–9, 2026
846 new issues filed ·
509 resolved in openai/codex.
Most discussed new issues
- # Codex extension fails to start: "The extension couldn't load its resources"
- [macOS][regression] Desktop cannot resume Remote Control / CLI thread: `already has an active writer` after latest update
- Unable to install after clicking Update in the Codex app today
- 0.147.0 regression: Azure Responses rejects empty functions namespace description
- [Windows][WSL][26.730.8199.0] Integrated terminal silently fails before PTY/WSL startup; bottom and side panel cannot open
- Windows Computer Use reuses a stale node_repl exec context across JS calls
- Windows Computer Use fails at EnumWindows with 0x80070003
- Opening the ChatGPT desktop app silently consumes the Codex weekly limit (fixed 6% per background suggestion run; reproduced under controlled conditions)
- Codex Desktop: opening any unloaded local chat waits ~5 seconds on owner discovery timeout
- Codex desktop rehydrates closed, terminal subagents as Working after restart
- Codex CLI 0.147.0 Sends Empty Tool Description to Azure Responses API
- Computer Use on Windows fails during app/window discovery with 0x80070003
- Codex Desktop: completed subagents restore as Active after reload
- # [Windows] Desktop app crashes ~10s after UI loads, reproducible with a completely empty CODEX_HOME (0xc0000409, utility process)
- Native Bedrock Codex GPT-5.6 Sol lacks explicit cache controls, producing high cache-write spend
- Windows Computer Use fails with spawn EPERM; elevated sandbox setup fails on WindowsApps ACL
- Windows Computer Use approval prompt never appears; launch_app fails with `node_repl exec context not found`
- [Windows][26.730.7989.0] Computer Use fails before app selection with EPERM lstat on Codex runtime
- Cannot use multiple terminal sessions
- Codex Desktop: declared owner-auth and secret-manager capabilities are absent at runtime
Day by day
- August 3, 2026 133 new · 42 resolved
- August 4, 2026 116 new · 104 resolved
- August 5, 2026 142 new · 129 resolved
- August 6, 2026 134 new · 189 resolved
- August 7, 2026 113 new · 30 resolved
- August 8, 2026 113 new · 11 resolved
- August 9, 2026 95 new · 4 resolved