codex resume only has scope of your current dir. if you do so from another dir it has no idea.
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Feb 6, 2026 by younesbram Closed Feb 6, 2026
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (etraut-openai, contributor)
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What version of Codex CLI is running?
latest as of 2/6/2026
What subscription do you have?
enterprise
Which model were you using?
5.3codex
What platform is your computer?
windows
What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?
wsl
What issue are you seeing?
codex resume only has scope of your current dir. if you do so from another dir it has no idea. make it so resume sees a list of all resumable ones, not an empty list if youre in another dir. hint github copilot laready has this feature
What steps can reproduce the bug?
make a codex chat, chat a bit, then go into another dir and try codex resume, it will show u nothing. u have to be in the same dir. atl east show a CTA that theres in another dir or add anotehr tab like how copilot has tabs for remote/alldirs/current/local etc
What is the expected behavior?
expected is it shows me all my chats there that are resumable, not per dir.
Additional information
_No response_
3 Comments
This is by design. It's generally not a good idea to resume a thread from another directory because it can change config settings, available skills, etc.
If you really want to do this, you can use
codex resume --all.Thanks Mr Traut! Thats what I was looking for. I shouldve read the manpage better. Happy friday!Sent from my iPhoneOn Feb 6, 2026, at 12:41 PM, Eric Traut @.***> wrote:etraut-openai left a comment (openai/codex#10936)
This is by design. It's generally not a good idea to resume a thread from another directory because it can change config settings, available skills, etc.
If you really want to do this, you can use codex resume --all.
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we should add the codex resume --all to the codex help part!