Codex Desktop stays on "Thinking" indefinitely for trivial prompts on macOS

What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?

Desktop bundled codex: 0.118.0-alpha.2 CLI: 0.117.0

What subscription do you have?

plus

What platform is your computer?

macOS

What issue are you seeing?

Codex Desktop gets stuck on "Thinking" indefinitely even for trivial prompts such as pwd and /terminal.

What I confirmed:

• Codex Web works normally
• Codex CLI works normally in the same environment
• Codex Desktop alone hangs
• Reinstalling the desktop app did not fix it
• Switching threads did not fix it
• I tested with a single project workspace, not only my home directory

Observed environment:

• CLI: 0.117.0
• Desktop bundled codex: 0.118.0-alpha.2
• Platform: macOS

Additional notes:

• Logs show turn/start being routed, but no visible response is returned to the UI
• Logs also show warnings for git config --get remote.upstream.url with exit code 1, but those appear to be non-fatal

codex-desktop-28ae69c1-130f-4d1a-b6cc-2a5282b4568d-87984-t0-i1-000015-0.log

codex-desktop-28ae69c1-130f-4d1a-b6cc-2a5282b4568d-87984-t0-i1-000015-0.log

What steps can reproduce the bug?

1. Open Codex Desktop on macOS.
2. Open a single project workspace such as /Users/takumashinnyo/Workspace/projects/socialboost.
3. Start a new thread.
4. Send a trivial prompt like pwd.
5. The app stays on "Thinking" indefinitely and does not return a visible response.
6. Sending /terminal also hangs.
7. Reinstalling the desktop app and switching threads did not fix the issue.
8. Codex Web and Codex CLI work normally in the same environment.

codex-desktop-28ae69c1-130f-4d1a-b6cc-2a5282b4568d-87984-t1-i1-000015-0.log

What is the expected behavior?

Codex Desktop should respond immediately to trivial prompts like pwd or /terminal, just as Codex Web and Codex CLI do. The app should either return the command result or show a clear actionable error instead of remaining stuck on "Thinking" indefinitely.

Additional information

Additional context:

• Codex Web works normally
• Codex CLI works normally
• Codex Desktop alone hangs
• Reinstalling the desktop app did not fix it
• I also tested with a single project workspace, not just my home directory
• CLI version: 0.117.0
• Desktop bundled codex version: 0.118.0-alpha.2
• Platform: macOS

Relevant log observations:

• Logs show turn/start being routed, but no visible response is returned to the UI
• Logs show warnings for git config --get remote.upstream.url with exit code 1, but those appear non-fatal

I can provide sanitized logs from:

• ~/Library/Logs/com.openai.codex/
• ~/.codex/sessions/

codex-desktop-28ae69c1-130f-4d1a-b6cc-2a5282b4568d-87984-t1-i1-000015-0.log