Skills not showing for remote(s) in Codex Desktop

What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?

26.421.11020

What subscription do you have?

the $200 one

What platform is your computer?

Linux 6.1.159-181.297.amzn2023.x86_64 x86_64 x86_64

What issue are you seeing?

some of the Skills disappear after loading briefly when you select a remote instead of local in the dropdown.

for a few seconds the local skills show up, then disappear. sometimes reappear+disappear again:

<img width="600" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f76c9e35-c7f1-4101-8650-561b18240db2" />

What steps can reproduce the bug?

1. open Skills at the top of the sidebar
2. install a skill with "local" selected in top right dropdown
3. select "remote" in dropdown

at this point, the app should show then hide the skills

What is the expected behavior?

Skills on local should show up (with "+" button to install).

Additional information

• local in chat:

<img width="600" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/78764c2a-6fab-496b-a947-47169160bd4f" />

• local in Skills:

<img width="600" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/457d9160-0a24-4351-af50-46365e58d655" />

• plugin is registered in the marketplace.json:

``json
# /home/USER/.agents/plugins/marketplace.json
{
"name": "local",
"interface": {
"displayName": "Local Plugins"
},
"plugins": [
{
"name": "plugin-eval",
"source": {
"source": "local",
"path": "./plugins/plugin-eval"
},
"policy": {
"installation": "INSTALLED_BY_DEFAULT",
"authentication": "ON_INSTALL"
},
"category": "Coding"
}
]
}
``

• marketplace is registered in config.toml:

# /home/USER/.codex/config.toml
[marketplaces.local]
last_updated = "2026-04-21T11:32:04Z"
source_type = "local"
source = "/home/USER"

• restarted Codex Desktop Beta

• remote has parallel codex server versions:

• System Codex CLI:
• codex-cli 0.121.0

• VS Code extension bundled Codex:
• codex-cli 0.119.0-alpha.28

• Current running remote app-server:
• /usr/bin/codex app-server --listen ws://127.0.0.1:9234