Show active running tabs on top similar to browser tabs
Open 💬 6 comments Opened Apr 21, 2026 by Sik819
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor)
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What variant of Codex are you using?
App
What feature would you like to see?
For each active tab showcase a tab on the top to keep context of all running tabs (exclude history). Eg:
<img width="679" height="46" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0251f604-2079-4b1c-a924-bf3882503c2b" />
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I'm also running into this in the Codex Desktop app.
My main use case is keeping several conversations open at the same time, for example:
Right now switching between them means going back through the thread list or history, which adds a lot of friction and breaks flow. What would help most is browser-style conversation tabs across the top so active threads stay visible and are one click away.
The key part for me is persistent, fast switching between active conversations, not just history navigation. Pinning or reordering tabs would be a nice bonus, but even a minimal version would already make the app much easier to use for parallel work.
Any updates? This would come in pretty handy
See also:
Tangentially adjacent:
see https://github.com/Lyle-xub/codex-tabs
Adding a Windows use case and a mockup in support of this request.
One of my favorite parts of the Codex desktop app is the clean, focused workspace when the left sidebar is collapsed. However, I often run two or three conversations in parallel. Switching between them currently means reopening the sidebar and searching through a long list of conversations and topics, which interrupts my train of thought.
The mockup below shows the behavior I would find most useful:
This would not replace the sidebar; it would provide a lightweight “working set” for the conversations I am actively using.
<img width="1233" height="1275" alt="Codex desktop mockup showing three active conversation tabs across the top" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c4c6cfa3-93c5-47df-97f7-33b3e6b67f84" />
Channeling a little Chandler Bing: could switching between active conversations be any more sidebar-dependent? 😄
I would genuinely appreciate a quick maintainer take on this—even a short “worth exploring” or “not currently planned” reply would be useful.
Environment: Codex desktop app for Windows, version 26.818.8289.0.