Codex Desktop: Plugin search does not match plugin description text
Open 💬 1 comment Opened Apr 18, 2026 by Fenil-Patelll
Summary
In the Codex Desktop UI, the Plugins search box does not appear to match against a plugin’s description field, which makes capability-based discovery difficult.
Steps to reproduce
- Open Codex Desktop.
- Navigate to Plugins.
- In the search box, type a keyword that exists only in a plugin’s description (not in its name).
Expected
Plugins whose description contains the keyword should appear in results (case-insensitive substring match).
Actual
No (or incomplete) results unless the keyword matches the plugin name (and possibly other fields), but not the description.
Environment
- OS: Windows
- App version: (please fill in)
- Plugin source: Marketplace / local / both (please fill in)
Notes
If helpful, I can add a minimal repro example once I have:
- exact app version (About screen)
- one plugin example (name + description snippet) and the search keyword used
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