Focus is stolen from terminal when codex requires a reply
Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Feb 11, 2026 by mig8447 Closed Feb 14, 2026
What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
260210.1703 (602)
What subscription do you have?
Plus
What issue are you seeing?
Whenever I'm typing in the terminal and codex is doing something and needs input, the cursor focus changes to the text area, this is annoying and can cause to aprove undesired stuff, or send unwanted messages
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Send a prompt that will require some thinking and will require your input later, then open the terminal, type commands, wait for the LLM to ask questions, the focus shifts automatically, which poses a security risk
What is the expected behavior?
If focus is on the terminal, preserve the focus, otherwise, focus can be moved into the message input
Additional information
_No response_
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