Timeline entries in VS Code when using Codex
What variant of Codex are you using?
VS Code Extension
What feature would you like to see?
I would like Codex to create VS Code Timeline entries for code changes, similar to how GitHub Copilot does.
In Visual Studio Code, the Timeline view shows a history of changes for each file.
When I use GitHub Copilot, every generated or replaced code block automatically creates a Timeline entry. This allows me to compare the current implementation with the generated suggestion directly in the Timeline diff view.
However, when I use Codex, no such Timeline entries are created — even though Codex also generates or replaces code. This makes it harder to track and review Codex‑initiated changes.
Feature request:
Please add support for creating Timeline events in VS Code whenever Codex modifies a file, so that Codex changes can be reviewed just like Copilot changes.
Additional information
This feature would greatly improve transparency and reviewability when working with Codex inside VS Code. It would also make Codex feel more integrated with the editor’s native change‑tracking tools.
2 Comments
Seems odd that the Codex add-on has no way to approve file differences or even understand what file is open and just writes to the file directly with no history. Anyone figure out a way to work around this? Maybe a different Chat that supports login to Codex? (not using OpenAI API key)
Several months and Codex in VS Code is still just a glorified chatbot... I get the following error as it seems to try to edit the file though: "apply_patch can’t read the file because the workspace sandbox helper is failing, so I’m using an escalated PowerShell write"