[Windows App] App reopens itself after closing normally
Open 💬 11 comments Opened Mar 27, 2026 by Paxmypax
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor)
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What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
26.325.212.11
What subscription do you have?
plus
What platform is your computer?
windows 10
What issue are you seeing?
After closing the Codex app normally (via the X button or menu),
the app reopens itself automatically after a few seconds.
The only workaround is to kill all Codex processes manually
via Task Manager — after that the app stays closed.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
- Open the Codex app
- Close it normally using the X button
- Observe: the app reopens by itself automatically
What is the expected behavior?
The app should stay closed after the user closes it.
Additional information
This behavior started after the latest update.
The "Set a global shortcut for Popout Window" option in settings
is unset. No Codex icon visible in the system tray.
11 Comments
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This is new. Before, we had zombie processes that needed to be killed manually, but now the app window just reopens itself and I have to kill its processes to exit it.
Happens To me as well only fix is closing from task manager.
Same for me, here is a simple video proving it. Also the processes keep duplicating, from 15 to 30:
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/77dce9eb-85a9-4f0a-ab35-6e41ef1c50cc
I am experiencing the same issue on Win10
same issue still persists
win 11
up
Bumping this thread since still happened today.
I can't close codex without it just randomly re-starting and opening again (and reminding me to upgrade (even though I have) and come back April 11, even though I have 100% avail usage.. and why tf is there no option to prevent the app from auto-opening/re-starting in settings? Seems buggy af
I am now on version 26.406.31014, and I don't see the window reopening anymore, nor do any zombie processes remain after exiting the app. :)
up
26.409.20454 fresh installation from MS store
still broken