Feature request: in-app fallback actions when source reference opening fails
Resolved 💬 4 comments Opened Mar 5, 2026 by 0okay Closed Apr 11, 2026
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor)
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What variant of Codex are you using?
App (Windows desktop)
What feature would you like to see?
Add built-in fallback actions when a source reference cannot be resolved/opened.
Requested UX:
- If opening a referenced file fails, show a compact action bar with:
- Open by absolute path
- Open with line (
code -g <path>:<line>) - Copy absolute path
- Copy
code -gcommand
- Display the exact normalized path Codex attempted to open (for debugging).
- Offer one-click "Retry with Windows normalization" when path contains suspicious patterns (e.g., duplicated drive prefix).
- Keep these actions in the same chat message so users don’t need manual command crafting.
Additional information
Related issues:
- Windows invalid path (
c:\C:\...) bug: https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/13548 - Diff-like line focus/collapsible context request: https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/13550
This issue focuses only on failure recovery UX and operational fallbacks.
Why this matters:
- When navigation fails, users lose flow and must manually reconstruct paths/commands.
- Explicit fallback actions would turn a hard failure into a quick recovery step.
4 Comments
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@ambrosino-oai May I work on this issue? I have some experience on this, hope this project is open for contribution
cc: @vb-openai
@spider-yamet, thanks for the offer, but the Codex app isn't open source.
Also, we generally prioritize features based on community upvotes. This one hasn't received any upvotes yet.
This feature request hasn't received enough upvotes, so I'm going to close it.