Chrome plugin missing from Codex Plugin Directory

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Same problem

I have a workaround, which might be of interest!
https://x.com/Tomodovodoo/status/2053781991397429742

Same all plugins disappeared. I believe it happened with recent updates.

Same issue on Windows.

Codex Desktop:
OpenAI.Codex 26.506.3741.0
Package:
OpenAI.Codex_26.506.3741.0_x64__2p2nqsd0c76g0

Diagnostics:
BundleHasChrome = True
TmpMarketplaceHasChrome = False
PluginCacheHasChrome = False

After renaming/deleting .codex\.tmp\bundled-marketplaces and restarting Codex, the active marketplace still regenerates without Chrome.

I also manually copied the full openai-bundled marketplace from the installed app resources into .codex\.tmp\bundled-marketplaces\openai-bundled. The Chrome plugin.json existed afterward, but Codex Plugins UI still did not show Chrome.

When this will be resolved ? Any update?

Additional macOS data point, current build.

Environment:

• Codex Desktop: 26.513.20950 (CFBundleVersion 2816)
• Embedded CLI: codex-cli 0.131.0-alpha.9
• macOS: 26.3 build 25D125, arm64

User-visible symptom:

• Open the Plugins picker/directory.
• The picker remains on Loading plugins....
• Typing/searching for Chrome / Google Chrome does not produce a selectable Chrome plugin, even though Chrome is installed/enabled locally.

Local evidence, sanitized:

• ~/.codex/config.toml contains:
• [plugins."chrome@openai-bundled"]
• enabled = true
• [marketplaces.openai-bundled]
• source = "~/.codex/.tmp/bundled-marketplaces/openai-bundled" (expanded locally)
• ~/.codex/.tmp/bundled-marketplaces/openai-bundled/.agents/plugins/marketplace.json lists:
• "name": "chrome"
• local source path ./plugins/chrome
• policy installation AVAILABLE
• ~/.codex/plugins/cache/openai-bundled/chrome/0.1.7/.codex-plugin/plugin.json exists and has:
• "name": "chrome"
• "version": "0.1.7"
• "interface.displayName": "Chrome"
• "interface.shortDescription": "Control Chrome with Codex"

This differs from the original Windows report where the active temporary bundled marketplace did not include Chrome. On this Mac, the installed bundle, active bundled marketplace cache, and plugin cache all include Chrome, but the UI picker still stays in the loading/not-discoverable state.

Log notes:

• Current recent logs show repeated non-fatal manifest warnings such as ignoring interface.defaultPrompt for unrelated plugins, but I did not find a fresh current plugins/featured 403 in the last-hour logs.
• There is an older local log entry from May 7 showing codex_core_plugins::manager: failed to warm featured plugin ids cache ... /backend-api/plugins/featured ... 403 Forbidden, so this machine has hit the Cloudflare/featured-cache path before, but the current repro is not explained solely by a missing local Chrome marketplace entry.

Expected:

• If chrome@openai-bundled is enabled and present in the active bundled marketplace/cache, the plugin picker should finish loading and show/select Chrome.

How about windows user?

I found that the plugin returned if I was connected via a VPN through the US.

Same here, its not in my plugin list

I’m hitting a very similar Windows issue on Codex OpenAI.Codex_26.527.3686.0_x64__2p2nqsd0c76g0.

After uninstalling/reinstalling Codex and restarting the PC, Chrome/Control Chrome does not appear in the Plugin Directory search.

Local diagnostics:

• Installed app bundle Chrome plugin exists:

C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\OpenAI.Codex_26.527.3686.0_x64__2p2nqsd0c76g0\app\resources\plugins\openai-bundled\plugins\chrome
-> Test-Path true

• Installed app bundle has Chrome skill:

...\plugins\chrome\skills\control-chrome\SKILL.md
-> Test-Path true

• Active bundled marketplace points to:

C:\Users\<user>\.codex\.tmp\bundled-marketplaces\openai-bundled

• Active marketplace has a plugins\chrome directory, but it is incomplete. Recursive listing only shows:

plugins\chrome\extension-host\windows\x64\extension-host.exe

• Active marketplace is missing:

plugins\chrome\skills\control-chrome\SKILL.md
plugins\chrome\scripts\browser-client.mjs
plugins\chrome\plugin.json

• Versioned plugin cache still has the full Chrome skill:

C:\Users\<user>\.codex\plugins\cache\openai-bundled\chrome\26.527.31326\skills\control-chrome\SKILL.md
-> Test-Path true

• Codex config still says:

[plugins."chrome@openai-bundled"] enabled = true

Native host also appears broken:

check-native-host-manifest.js --json reports:

{
  "manifestPath": "C:\\Users\\<user>\\AppData\\Local\\OpenAI\\extension\\com.openai.codexextension.json",
  "registryKey": "HKCU\\Software\\Google\\Chrome\\NativeMessagingHosts\\com.openai.codexextension",
  "registryManifestPath": null,
  "exists": true,
  "correct": false,
  "problem": "Windows native host registry key does not exist: HKCU\\Software\\Google\\Chrome\\NativeMessagingHosts\\com.openai.codexextension"
}

I am using Enterprise ChatGPT with Codex and had the Chrome plugin installed and working. After restarting, the Chrome plugin disappeared. The issue was resolved temporarily after installing an available Codex patch: Codex worked immediately after installation, but the Chrome plugin was unavailable again as a plugin in Codex after a subsequent restart.

Version 26.602.30954