Clicking "Skip" creates a project folder instead of skipping
Open 💬 0 comments Opened Feb 3, 2026 by Geofront33
Description:
When launching Codex for the first time, clicking “Skip” immediately creates a New project folder under ~/Documents.
This behavior is confusing, because “Skip” implies not creating anything. In practice, it behaves like an implicit “Create New Project” action with a hardcoded location.
Expected behavior:
• If the intent is to create a project:
• The button should be labeled “New Project” instead of “Skip”
• Users should be able to choose a custom directory
• If the intent is truly to skip:
• No project folder should be created automatically
Actual behavior:
• Clicking “Skip” creates ~/Documents/New project without asking