Whitespace formatting is lost when you leave a new chat and come back to it before submitting
Open 💬 0 comments Opened Feb 7, 2026 by regexboi
What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
260206.1448
What subscription do you have?
Plus
What issue are you seeing?
Whitespace formatting is lost when you leave a new chat and come back to it before submitting
What steps can reproduce the bug?
- Start a new thread and type in some whitespace formatted text. i.e. newlines and tabbing
- Before clicking submit, navigate to a different thread
- Click new thread under the same project as the draft was started and all the old text is there, but as soon as you do a keypress in the text input area, all the whitespace is lost.
What is the expected behavior?
When returning to the chat draft, the whitespace should still be there.
Would also be nice to show a draft thread box under the project, right now users just have to know if they start a new thread under the project it preserves the draft, probably just a side effect but its a useful feature! I often refer back to other threads while drafting a prompt for a new one, or just want to check in on a completed thread while im in the middle of editing one.
Additional information
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