Feature Request: Add rendered LaTeX math support to the Codex App (inline + block)

Resolved 💬 11 comments Opened Feb 5, 2026 by Avi-D-coder Closed Mar 20, 2026

What variant of Codex are you using?

App

What feature would you like to see?

Codex App should render LaTeX math (inline + display), matching ChatGPT’s behavior. Currently, Codex writes math as Unicode symbols only, which is hard to read when writing plans and doing math-heavy coding. I frequently switch to ChatGPT just to read equations.

Requested support (same syntax as ChatGPT):

Inline: $...$ → e.g. $e^{i\pi}+1=0$ $e^{i\pi}+1=0$

Display: $$...$$ → e.g.

$$e^{i\pi}+1=0$$
$$e^{i\pi}+1=0$$

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11 Comments

Madder · 5 months ago

+1 I This is an issue for me in both the app and the VSCode extension.

GritLs · 5 months ago

+1 really need this feature

atemerev · 5 months ago

Oh I really really need this - probably can be oneshotted by codex...

Cyfine · 5 months ago

+1

Cyfine · 5 months ago

It has support in math, but broke frequently among updates. In one version $x$ works and in another this will not. Now $x$ syntax is broken in app, \(x\) will render inline while $$x$$ works for equation block. Weird and inconsistent. Btw I hate this \( delimiter.

salehrayan · 5 months ago

+1 yes

Avi-D-coder · 4 months ago

This seems to be working now

salehrayan · 4 months ago

@Avi-D-coder What do you mean it seems to be working now? Are you getting rendered latex?

Avi-D-coder · 4 months ago
@Avi-D-coder What do you mean it seems to be working now? Are you getting rendered latex?

yeah

BinaryOutlook · 4 months ago
BinaryOutlook · 4 months ago

Issue fixed with the latest version of Codex!