Blank lines when using "suppress code comments when thinking"
Open 💬 0 comments Opened Mar 9, 2026 by tallchap67
What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
26.306.996.0
What subscription do you have?
Plus
What platform is your computer?
Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 x64
What issue are you seeing?
In a chat, with "suppress code comments when thinking" enabled, each one emits a blank line to the UI, so the chat responses can end up very, very spaced out visually.
<img width="1024" height="1024" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f801d25a-3aef-4209-823a-3faf284df712" />
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Enable "suppress code comments when thinking" and then perform a complex task using a CLI tool like GH, or AWS, or even repeated powershell tasks.
What is the expected behavior?
No additional blank lines when "suppress code comments when thinking" is enabled.
Additional information
_No response_