Codex App on Windows, when configured to use WSL, continues to reference the Windows-hosted config.toml
Open 💬 18 comments Opened Mar 5, 2026 by dhpancor
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What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
26.304.1528.0
What subscription do you have?
Plus for Teams
What platform is your computer?
Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 x64
What issue are you seeing?
Despite configuring Codex App to use WSL (for both the Agent environment and Integrated terminal shell) and restarting the application, the issue persists. When navigating to Configuration and clicking 'Open config.toml in WSL environment', the app still opens the Windows config.toml instead of the one configured within WSL.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Steps taken:
- Set Agent environment and Integrated terminal shell to WSL.
- Restarted Codex App.
- Clicked 'Open config.toml in WSL environment' in the Configuration section.
Result: The Windows config.toml opens instead of the WSL-resident file.
What is the expected behavior?
When WSL is selected, the app should point to the config file located at /home/my_user/.codex/config.toml (WSL) instead of C:\Users\my_user\.codex\config.toml (Windows).
Additional information
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18 Comments
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Not a duplicate.
the same problem
Same
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I hope they tackle it next week; it's been like this the whole time, causing problems with MCP.
same
same
am I correct that Desktop app is not open-source and there is no way to create PR ourselves? :)
not useable like this for pros
any update on this?
same, also couldn’t find the desktop config-path logic in the open-source
Still not working?
Still not working
Still not fixed. Any updates?
I was hoping that I can simply use the Codex App to get a UI for my Codex CLI I'm already using inside WSL. Until that's a reality, Codex app is completely useless for me. Uninstall for now.