Codex VS Code thread title renders but body is empty.

Open 💬 5 comments Opened Apr 25, 2026 by ttasovac

What version of the IDE extension are you using?

openai.chatgpt 26.422.30944-darwin-arm64

What subscription do you have?

Pro

Which IDE are you using?

VS Code

What platform is your computer?

Darwin 25.3.0 arm64 arm

What issue are you seeing?

A Codex VS Code thread opens with the correct title, but the conversation body is empty, so I cannot inspect or continue the thread from the IDE.

What I checked locally:

  • The transcript file exists:

~/.codex/sessions/2026/04/25/rollout-2026-04-25T12-33-16-019dc433-672c-74b0-8439-a04b145add41.jsonl

  • The JSONL validates successfully with jq -c . file >/dev/null.
  • Codex SQLite state points to that file.
  • The thread is not archived.
  • The VS Code UI renders the title but no messages.

SQLite row:

id=019dc433-672c-74b0-8439-a04b145add41
title=Scaffold vukomat existdb upgrade
archived=0
source=vscode
cwd=/Users/ttasovac/Development/ttasovac/raskovnik-frontend
cli_version=0.125.0-alpha.3

One suspicious detail: the threads.has_user_event value is 0 even though the transcript JSONL contains user messages.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

I can provide the affected local transcript privately if useful.

What is the expected behavior?

_No response_

Additional information

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