Image paste fails in some Codex CLI sessions (Ctrl+V and Right-click Paste both fail)
Resolved 💬 5 comments Opened Apr 20, 2026 by wenshirong Closed Apr 23, 2026
What version of Codex is running?
- codex-cli 0.121.0
- @openai/codex@0.121.0
Platform
- OS: Windows NT 10.0.26200.0
- Shell: PowerShell 5.1
- Terminal: JetBrains-JediTerm (IDE integrated terminal)
Problem summary
Image paste works in some newly started Codex sessions, but fails in other sessions on the same machine/account.
Steps to reproduce
- Start Codex interactive session A.
- Copy an image to clipboard.
- Try paste with
Ctrl+Vand alsoRight-click -> Paste. - No image is attached.
- Start another Codex session B on same machine.
- Repeat paste, image attaches normally.
Expected behavior
Image paste should be consistently available across sessions with same environment.
Actual behavior
Session-level inconsistency: some sessions accept image paste; others do not.
Both keyboard paste and context-menu paste fail in bad sessions, so this is not just a shortcut mapping issue.
Extra notes
codex --helpshows image input is supported (-i, --image <FILE>...).- This looks like session/channel capability regression or initialization mismatch.
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