@filename autocomplete not working
Resolved 💬 6 comments Opened Feb 8, 2026 by mvellazarb Closed Mar 5, 2026
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Just stays stuck on "loading..." when I hit tab. Codex CLI on Powershell Windows
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worked when codex on a subdir of Desktop, but not on my code folder, which is in C:\Code\MyRepo\...
Does this occur only for a specific project or directory, or does it occur for all directories?
In particular, does it work on a small project? Does the hang occur in a very large project?
Do you suspect this is a recent regression? Has it worked for you on previous versions?
ok so I have this directory structure
C:\Code\ExampleProj\ExampleProj.Thing\Calibration\ExampleProj.Thing.Calibration.Web\ExampleProjvite\srcWhen I start codex in the
srcsubdir, autocomplete not working.I tried copying the directory to a shallower location,
C:\Code\src, and starting codex here, autocompleted worked.Is it a filepath length issue therefore?
I assume it is not a project size issue as I used the same
srcdirectory in the above 2 cases.hadn't ever tried it before so can't say.
Same for me. Project is not overly large. Platform: Mac/Darwin. Path/working dir is short: ~/git/gam. When I press
@g, I see.gitignoreand nothing else, even though there are more files an folders with ag.@ashowsbashrc, but there are many more files and folders with ana. And@mshows nothing, even though there are many files and folders with anm(like another sub foldergamorrequirements.txt. Really weird behaviour.Issue I was having seems to have been fixed in latest version
Cross-linking #14673 here.
This issue is about
@filenameautocomplete not working. The companion ask in #14673 is broader: shell-like path completion directly in the composer for inline path-shaped tokens, not only@mentions.If Codex ends up tightening file/path completion behavior generally, these two should probably be kept in view together.