Plugin management UI/search overlay has severe blur/rendering artifacts

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

26.422.30944 (2080)

What subscription do you have?

chat GPT plus

What platform is your computer?

_macbook pro 2019 macOS 15.7.4

What issue are you seeing?

Device: 2019 Intel MacBook Pro, Intel CPU
Codex Desktop: latest version, freshly reinstalled
Browser Use plugin: restarted/reinstalled

Problems:

1. Browser Use in-app browser cannot navigate to any external URL.

• https://example.com fails
• http://example.com fails
• https://www.xiaohongshu.com/ fails
• tab remains about:blank
• error observed from tool: nodeRepl.fetch request failed

1. Local file:// HTML page renders correctly.
2. Plugin management UI/search overlay has severe blur/rendering artifacts.
3. Launching Codex with Chromium GPU flags does not help:

• --disable-gpu
• --disable-gpu-compositing
• --disable-accelerated-2d-canvas
• --disable-software-rasterizer
• --disable-features=CanvasOopRasterization,VizDisplayCompositor,UseSkiaRenderer
• --use-angle=swiftshader

1. Some flag combinations cause the Dock icon to bounce indefinitely and require force quit.

Tried:

• Reinstalled latest app
• Restarted Browser Use plugin
• Checked VPN/proxy/firewall basics
• Enabled Reduce Transparency in macOS Accessibility
• Tried disabling GPU/Chromium rendering flags

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Steps to reproduce:

1. Use a 2019 Intel MacBook Pro with Intel CPU.
2. Install the latest Codex Desktop app.
3. Enable or restart the Browser Use plugin.
4. Open Codex Desktop.
5. Open the in-app browser / Browser Use session.
6. Try navigating to an external URL, for example:

• https://example.com/
• http://example.com/
• https://www.xiaohongshu.com/

1. Observe that navigation fails. The browser remains on about:blank and the tool reports:

nodeRepl.fetch request failed

1. As a control test, open a local file:// HTML page in the same in-app browser.
2. Observe that the local file:// page renders correctly.
3. Open the plugin management page and use the plugin search UI.
4. Observe severe blur/rendering artifacts in the search overlay / plugin list area.
5. The issue persists after reinstalling Codex Desktop, restarting the Browser Use plugin, enabling macOS Reduce Transparency, and launching Codex with GPU-disabling Chromium flags.

What is the expected behavior?

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Additional information

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