File links in chat do not open in editor

Resolved 💬 6 comments Opened Apr 16, 2026 by gvirtuoso Closed Apr 16, 2026

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

What version of the IDE extension are you using?

26.409.20454

What subscription do you have?

GPT Pro

Which IDE are you using?

VS Code

What platform is your computer?

Darwin 25.4.0 x86_64 i386

What issue are you seeing?

I’m reporting an issue with the openai.chatgpt VSCode extension.

Summary

When I click file links sent by Codex in chat, the file does not open in the VSCode editor.

Actual behavior

Nothing happens when I click the file link (no file opens).

Impact

This breaks the fast navigation workflow to files referenced by Codex during implementation and review.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Steps to reproduce

Open a chat with Codex in VSCode.
Receive a response containing file links.
Click a file link.
The file does not open in the editor.

What is the expected behavior?

Expected behavior

Clicking a file link from Codex (for example, an absolute path with line reference) should open the target file in the editor.

Additional information

Troubleshooting already attempted

Updated VSCode and extension.
Ran Developer: Reload Window.
Confirmed workspace is trusted.
Disabled/re-enabled the extension.
Tested in another workspace.

Environment

VSCode 1.116.0 (Universal)
Commit: 560a9dba96f961efea7b1612916f89e5d5d4d679
Date: 2026-04-15T00:28:13Z
Electron: 39.8.7
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.1
OS: Darwin x64 25.4.0
Codex Plugin
Identifier: openai.chatgpt
Version: 26.409.20454

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6 Comments

github-actions[bot] contributor · 3 months ago

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

#17935
#17649
#17804
#17774
#18118

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gvirtuoso · 3 months ago

I just updated my plugin version to 26.415.20818 and now I'm able to open files again like before.

EricGT · 3 months ago

Thanks for posting the fix that worked for you and closing the issue. This will help others that may find these details. 👍

virtushda · 3 months ago

This was fixed for me, until I needed to reinstall the Codex extension. Now links are broken again.
I have confirmed the version is the same as mentioned above, and was that version before and after reinstalling.

gvirtuoso · 3 months ago

Which version are you talking about @virtushda ?

26.409.20454 - It was broken for me
26.415.20818 - Fixed the issue

virtushda · 3 months ago

.20818 only.
When I reinstalled it, the link behaviour broke.

I've since found AGENTS.md instructions in another thread about this problem, and with those instructions it is working properly again.