Automations fail are self archived to cover up mistakes/issues forever - wasted credits/lost subscriptions

Open 💬 3 comments Opened Apr 9, 2026 by JHenzi

💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

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

Version 26.406.31014 (1395)

What subscription do you have?

Max

What platform is your computer?

Insecure - Mac M1

What issue are you seeing?

Automations run, have errors, they are archived and can't be seen.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Run an automation, hope it works, probably won't, can't see why.

What is the expected behavior?

Automations run, don't archive themselves.

Additional information

I'm trying so hard to stay a customer and I feel like this app is designed to not work well. The model is refusing to do things, there's no internet access for automations, filing tickets seems like a giant waste of time. Was told last time to not be a customer because the app doesn't work. [EDIT: in this bug report you're asking me to run commands on my computer - I've paid for Codex to run applications but OpenAI has decided I can't access the internet from my own computer. That's weird]

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3 Comments

github-actions[bot] contributor · 4 months ago

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

#15823
#15875
#15878
#16994

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JHenzi · 4 months ago

Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate. Threads generated by automations have been automatically archived #15823 Automations fail, archive themselves - totally useless #15875 Automations fail #15878 Desktop automations on Windows/WSL create automation runs but no rollout materializes, then resume fails with 'no rollout found' #16994 _Powered by Codex Action_

No.

redyuan43 · 4 months ago

I have an implementation prepared for this and would be happy to open a PR if the Codex team would like to invite one.

What it does:

adds a third post-plan action: Yes, clear context and implement
keeps only the latest completed <proposed_plan> as the compacted summary payload
clears the rest of the model-visible conversation history
switches back to Default mode
automatically submits Implement the plan.

Implementation notes:

I kept this as a dedicated plan-only handoff compaction path rather than reusing generic /compact, so the approved plan is preserved while the extra chatter is dropped.
The change includes matching TUI, core, app-server/protocol, docs, and tests support.

Prepared branch / commit:

branch: redyuan43/codex:ivan/plan-only-handoff-compaction
commit: ce1fdd8ace80d9be66eab4a2e468833da691eee6

If this aligns with the intended solution, would the Codex team be willing to invite a PR for it?
https://github.com/openai/codex/compare/main...redyuan43:ivan/plan-only-handoff-compaction?expand=1

Adding a UI snapshot and the ready-to-open PR link for reference.