Extensive UI flickering when codex is working
Open 💬 5 comments Opened Feb 16, 2026 by thetinygoat
What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
Version 26.212.1823 (661)
What subscription do you have?
ChatGPT Plus
What platform is your computer?
Darwin 24.6.0 arm64 arm
What issue are you seeing?
The ui flickers a lot while codex is working. Sharing a video.
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/d440f591-1d87-4349-94cb-5464929ee6d9
What steps can reproduce the bug?
I did nothing special, just using it for a while introduces this issue.
What is the expected behavior?
_No response_
Additional information
_No response_
5 Comments
It especially blinks a lot with the diff panel open.
I've started getting this behavior recently as well. Most recently confirmed with version 26.409.20454 (1462)
Same for me. I have big monitor and it starts flickering when I expand the window beyond certain size
Same for me.. especially reproduced often on external monitor
Same for me. The version is 26.506.31421. Is there any solution?