Text to speech does not work on WSL (Terminal/VSCode terminal)

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Feb 26, 2026 by gbbarroso Closed Feb 26, 2026

What version of Codex CLI is running?

codex-cli 0.105.0

What subscription do you have?

ChatGPT Pro

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.3-codex

What platform is your computer?

Linux 5.15.167.4-microsoft-standard-WSL2 x86_64 x86_64

What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?

VSCode / Windows Terminal WSL

What issue are you seeing?

Holding space for TTS does not work on WSL

What steps can reproduce the bug?

  • Start codex session via codex
  • Hold space bar
  • cursor just moves to the right - no signals of TTS (not even the animation)

What is the expected behavior?

  • Start codex session via codex
  • Hold space bar
  • TTS happens

Additional information

I have voice_transcription added as a feature

codex features list | rg voice_transcription returns voice_transcription under development true

Still, nothing happens. Also could not find anything related in the codex_tui.log

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