Pasted text placeholder has broken behavior for longer text
Open 💬 0 comments Opened Feb 7, 2026 by nine15pm
What version of Codex CLI is running?
0.98.0
What subscription do you have?
Plus
Which model were you using?
gpt-5.3-codex
What platform is your computer?
Linux 6.5.0-35-generic x86_64 x86_64
What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?
VSCode
What issue are you seeing?
When I paste lengthy text into codex CLI input box, the pasted text placeholder has broken behavior in 2 ways:
- Pressing backspace duplicates the visual pasted text placeholder 2-3 times (without showing raw text or editing raw text) before then displaying a small part of the raw pasted text.
- Pressing enter duplicates the visual pasted text placeholder 2-3 times (without submitting the prompt) before then displaying a small part of the raw text, then submitting the prompt.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
- Paste lengthy text into codex prompt input field, e.g. 1024+ characters
- Press backspace or enter, doesn't trigger expected result
What is the expected behavior?
- Pressing backspace once should change pasted text placeholder to raw text to allow for editing
- Pressing enter once should directly submit the prompt
Additional information
Video of backspace behavior:
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/bee811ea-031d-4e5d-9e78-36fc65f0330d
Video of enter behavior:
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/ccc617d2-8e41-4e78-8c99-4efedb78dbf6