codex-cli 0.117.0 ignores custom prompt list in app-server TUI and shows "Not available in app-server TUI yet.

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Mar 27, 2026 by PanagiotisC00 Closed Mar 27, 2026

What version of Codex CLI is running?

codex-cli 0.117.0

What subscription do you have?

plus

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.4

What platform is your computer?

Ubuntu Linux

What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?

normal terminal session

What issue are you seeing?

On codex-cli 0.117.0, custom prompts under ~/.codex/prompts are not usable from the terminal UI.

Typing /prompts:<name> shows:

Not available in app-server TUI yet.

This is confusing because I am using Codex normally in an Ubuntu terminal, so there is no obvious indication that the CLI is running an "app-server TUI" path internally.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

If prompt files exist in ~/.codex/prompts, then /prompts:<name> should work in the terminal UI, or at minimum the CLI should clearly explain that custom prompts are unsupported in this UI path.

The CLI log also shows list_custom_prompts requests being issued.

What is the expected behavior?

Typing /prompts:<name> returns:

Not available in app-server TUI yet.

Additional information

The message itself is misleading:

Not available in app-server TUI yet.

From a user perspective, I am just running Codex in a terminal. I do not know what "app-server TUI" means, and the message does not explain whether:

  • the syntax is wrong,
  • prompt files were not found,
  • or the feature is simply unsupported in this frontend.

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