Add rewind feature
Resolved 💬 4 comments Opened Feb 13, 2026 by toptechie156 Closed Feb 13, 2026
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (etraut-openai, contributor)
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What version of the Codex App are you using (From "About Codex" dialog)?
Codex 26.212.1823
What subscription do you have?
Pro
What issue are you seeing?
The rewind/undo behavior available in the CLI is not present in the macOS app.
In CLI, it is possible to resume a previous state in a session by pressing Esc twice. In the macOS app, there does not appear to be an equivalent resume flow.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
- Start a conversation/session in CLI.
- Continue that session
- Open Codex macOS app.
- Attempt to rewind the same prior session/thread.
Observed: no rewind/undo option/flow is available in the app UI/controls.
What is the expected behavior?
The macOS app should provide parity with CLI rewind behavior (rewind a prior message in a thread and continue from saved context).
4 Comments
In the app, you can just click on any thread in the left panel to resume it. There's no need to issue a specific command.
Thanks for the super quick response @etraut-openai
Sorry about the typo but I meant a rewind/undo feature in the app the one we can trigger in the cli by pressing Esc - Key twice.
I have edited the Issue heading and description as well for this, again sorry for the misunderstanding
Thanks for the clarification. We're tracking this feature request in #11086. Please upvote that issue.
Thanks! upvoted <3 excited to see this in the app soon!