Feature request: mobile companion to view and control Codex desktop sessions

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Mar 10, 2026 by shuaizenge Closed Apr 18, 2026
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

What variant of Codex are you using?

App

What feature would you like to see?

I would like a mobile companion experience for Codex App so I can view and control an active desktop session from my phone.

A concrete version of this would be:

  • See the current desktop session status, transcript, pending tasks, and terminal/tool activity from a phone.
  • Send follow-up instructions or approvals from the phone while the main Codex session keeps running on desktop.
  • Resume, pause, or stop a desktop task remotely.
  • Get mobile notifications when Codex needs approval, finishes a task, or gets blocked.

This would be similar to the remote/mobile control workflow people use with Claude Code, where the desktop or local agent does the work, but the phone acts as a lightweight control surface.

Why this would help:

  • Many Codex tasks run for a while, so it is useful to monitor progress away from the desk.
  • Approval steps currently require being back at the desktop at the right moment.
  • For longer coding or debugging tasks, a phone view would make Codex much more practical in real workflows.

Even a first version with read-only session viewing + push notifications + simple reply/approve actions would already be very useful.

Additional information

A few implementation directions that could work:

  • Pair a phone with the signed-in desktop Codex app.
  • Expose an optional secure remote session channel for the active desktop task.
  • Support read-only mode first, then remote input / approval actions.

The key thing is not full IDE editing on mobile. The valuable part is being able to supervise and steer a desktop Codex session from a phone.

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3 Comments

github-actions[bot] contributor · 5 months ago

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

  • #13543
  • #12794

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Asuka-wx · 4 months ago

I built a Telegram bridge to control Codex from my phone

Turn local Codex sessions on macOS into a Telegram control surface you can actually use from your phone.

https://github.com/Asuka-wx/codex-telegram-bridge

One-line positioning:

Keep your existing ssh + tmux + Codex workflow, and use Telegram only as the remote layer for status, approvals, and follow-up input.

Why It Matters
No workflow rewrite: keep using local tmux + Codex instead of switching to a browser dashboard or remote desktop
Actually remote-usable: not just logs, but approvals, interrupts, and follow-up input
Clear multi-task control: one control topic plus task-specific topics for parallel work
Phone-friendly by design: useful when you are away from your machine but still need to keep work moving
Lower setup friction: one-command installer plus launchd service support

CyberMew · 4 months ago

@linear What ticket number is this a duplicate of?