[FEATURE] Make context window usage more prominent in macOS app

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Feb 17, 2026 by PaulRBerg Closed Apr 3, 2026
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (etraut-openai, contributor) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

What feature would you like to see?

The context window indicator in the Codex macOS app is currently buried in the bottom-right corner of the interface. It's easy to miss, which makes it hard to keep track of how much context you've consumed during a session.

I'd like the context window usage to be more prominent — ideally displayed in a more visible location (e.g., the toolbar or top area of the chat), or with a visual treatment that makes it stand out more (progress bar, color changes as it fills up, etc.). Or at least place it in the bottom-left corner where it's normally displayed in Codex CLI/Claude Code.

Knowing how much context remains is critical for deciding when to start a new session or trim the conversation, and the current placement makes this information too easy to overlook.

Environment:

  • Codex CLI: codex-cli 0.101.0
  • Platform: macOS Tahoe v26.3

Screenshot

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Additional information

<img width="860" height="195" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/83279527-f842-4d4f-b502-81b5a1edf126" />

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2 Comments

spider-yamet · 6 months ago

May I pick up this issue?
Hope this project is open for contribution.

etraut-openai contributor · 4 months ago

This feature request hasn't received enough upvotes, so closing.