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Codex Mac App: /goal shows “No commands” and is not usable from slash command autocomplete

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened May 5, 2026 by GGBondBlueWhale Closed May 5, 2026
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

What version of the Codex App are you using?

Version 26.429.30905 (2345)

What subscription do you have?

ChatGPT Pro ($200 plan)

Which model were you using?

GPT-5.5 Extra High

What platform is your computer?

macOS Tahoe 26.4.1, MacBook Pro 16-inch, Apple M5 Max, 128 GB memory

What issue are you seeing?

The new /goal command does not appear to be discoverable or usable in the Codex Mac Desktop App.

After the recent /goal feature was announced for Codex, I tried to use it in the Codex Mac app. However, when I type /goal in the composer, the slash-command popup shows “No commands”.

This does not look like slash commands are completely broken in general. The command popup opens, but /goal itself is missing from the command list / autocomplete results.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

  1. Open the Codex Mac Desktop App.
  2. Open any project or chat.
  3. Click into the composer input.
  4. Type /goal.
  5. Observe that the slash-command popup shows “No commands”.

What is the expected behavior?

One of the following should happen:

  • /goal should appear in the slash-command autocomplete and be usable from the Desktop App; or
  • the Desktop App should show a clear message that /goal is currently CLI/TUI-only, experimental, or not yet supported in the Desktop App; or
  • the documentation / UI should clarify where /goal is currently available.

What is the actual behavior?

Typing /goal in the Codex Mac Desktop App shows “No commands”.

There is no explanation telling the user whether the feature is unsupported in the Desktop App, hidden behind an experimental setting, gated by app version, or missing from the slash-command registry.

Why this matters

The current behavior is confusing because /goal appears to be an officially announced Codex feature, but the Desktop App gives no indication of whether it is unsupported or simply missing from autocomplete.

For users who primarily use the Codex Desktop App, this makes the feature effectively undiscoverable and unusable.

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3 Comments

github-actions[bot] contributor · 3 months ago

Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.

  • #20836
  • #20778
  • #20548

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GGBondBlueWhale · 3 months ago

Thanks for the duplicate check. I reviewed the suggested issues, and this does not appear to be the same problem.

  • #20836 and #20778 are about the hatch-pet / /pet skill command in Codex Desktop. This issue is about the built-in /goal command.
  • #20548 is about codex-cli 0.128.0 on WSL/Linux reporting an unrecognized /goal command. This issue is about the Codex Mac Desktop App slash-command autocomplete showing “No commands” when typing /goal.

The specific issue here is that in Codex Mac App Version 26.429.30905 (2345), the slash-command popup opens, but the built-in /goal command is not discoverable or usable from the Desktop App UI.

etraut-openai contributor · 3 months ago

This feature hasn't yet been integrated into the app.

It's currently available in the TUI as an "under-development" feature. The next release of the TUI (0.129.0) will switch it to an experimental feature. It will be surfaced in the app at some later time once it is stabilized.