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Codex Issues / #13856

Local file links with spaces are not reliably clickable/openable in Codex desktop app

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Mar 7, 2026 by CodexUser101 Closed Mar 7, 2026
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

Thread ID: 019c9e80-b897-7841-8f11-5246e07dcbf9
Summary: %20 links clickable but don’t open correctly; raw-space links often not clickable.

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2 Comments

github-actions[bot] contributor · 5 months ago

Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.

  • #13123
  • #13548
  • #13656

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CodexUser101 · 5 months ago

Confirmed duplicate of #13123.

I reproduced the same behavior on macOS:

  • URL-encoded local paths (%20 etc.) render clickable but fail to open correctly in Finder.
  • Raw-space paths may render as plain text/non-clickable.

Thread/session reference: 019c9e80-b897-7841-8f11-5246e07dcbf9