Codex Desktop macOS hangs after onboarding / entering main page.

Open 💬 1 comment Opened Apr 26, 2026 by groverlemke50

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

Codex Desktop macOS hangs after onboarding / entering main page.

What subscription do you have?

plus

What platform is your computer?

MacOS

What issue are you seeing?

Codex Desktop macOS hangs after onboarding / entering main page.

Version:
CFBundleShortVersionString = 26.422.30944
CFBundleVersion = 2080

Runtime log:
name=com.openai.codex-spks
failed to do a bootstrap look-up: xpc_error=[3: No such process]

But the app bundle does not contain this XPC service:
grep -R "com.openai.codex-spks" /Applications/Codex.app/Contents => no output

find /Applications/Codex.app/Contents -path "XPCServices" -maxdepth 5
=> only Sparkle.framework XPCServices, no Codex XPC service

launchctl:
launchctl print gui/$(id -u) | grep -i "codex\|spks"
=> no output

Already tried:

  • moved ~/.codex/.codex-global-state.json
  • lsregister -f /Applications/Codex.app
  • xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Codex.app
  • reinstalled Codex.app
  • did not delete ~/.codex or Application Support

What steps can reproduce the bug?

open -a Codex

What is the expected behavior?

_No response_

Additional information

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