Terminal/tab suffix shows codex" (stray quote in process/app name)
Resolved 💬 4 comments Opened Apr 16, 2026 by redbmk Closed Apr 17, 2026
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (etraut-openai, contributor)
responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.
What version of Codex CLI is running?
codex-cli 0.120.0
What subscription do you have?
ChatGPT Enterprise
Which model were you using?
gpt-5.4
What platform is your computer?
Darwin 25.3.0 arm64 arm
What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?
iTerm2
What issue are you seeing?
In iTerm2, my tab titles append the current foreground process in parentheses (e.g. (zsh), (less), etc.). When running Codex, it shows (codex") with a trailing quote.
This looks like Codex is setting/reporting an incorrect process name (e.g., argv[0]/process title) that includes a ".
Expected: (codex)
Actual: (codex")
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Run codex-cli and send any prompt. The terminal will show the name of the current directory:
❯ mkdir -p temp && cd temp && codex -- hidoing ☝️ will produce temp (codex") in the iterm tab title
What is the expected behavior?
The expected title for the same command should be temp (codex)
Additional information
_No response_
4 Comments
Thanks for the bug report. This will be addressed in the next release.
@etraut-openai was this resolved? Currently on the latest public build and experiencing same issue.
@ianmcvann, yes, this was resolved as fixed. If you're seeing something similar, please open a new bug report and fill in all the requested details in the bug template.
@etraut-openai @ianmcvann Yeah I'm still seeing the exact same issue as I reported it. I'm also on the latest version. It doesn't appear like the fix actually worked - should we re-open this ticket instead of creating a new one?
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5f66d3a8-4dfe-4ca2-975a-5817608e8cc4