Rendering is completely broken when git is detected

Resolved 💬 6 comments Opened May 20, 2026 by runfence Closed May 20, 2026
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

What version of Codex CLI is running?

0.131.0

What subscription do you have?

Pro

Which model were you using?

_No response_

What platform is your computer?

Windows

What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?

Windows Terminal (PowerShell)

Codex doctor report

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}

What issue are you seeing?

<img width="1891" height="902" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1dafa0d2-c2dc-4c1f-bb4d-1fd101f23fda" />

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Have a git repository.
Open codex.

What is the expected behavior?

Normal rending.

Additional information

It started in 0.131.0 so I specified that version even though my logs show 132. Rolling back to 130 fixes the issue.

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6 Comments

github-actions[bot] contributor · 2 months ago

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

  • #23512
  • #23031

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fcoury-oai contributor · 2 months ago

What Windows version are you running? Can you click this little chevron here and select About and send me your Windows Terminal version?

<img width="589" height="369" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/2788adde-1518-4075-bc8a-cbb41f84e86f" />

fcoury-oai contributor · 2 months ago

Also, can you start codex on a folder that's not a git repository, like O:\\Dropbox for instance and send me a screenshot?

runfence · 2 months ago

@fcoury-oai
Windows Terminal 1.24.11321.0
Windows 25H2 26200.8117

I can only send you v.0.130.0 screenshot now cause I downgraded it and now it's busy. But removing .git/HEAD fixes the issue (it shows commit hash instead of branch name).

This issue is not related to Dropbox - I reproduced it in home folder too.

<img width="1310" height="536" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/96fdaafc-b7d7-4e69-870b-43f5eea33e0e" />

runfence · 2 months ago

@fcoury-oai my statusline setup is:
gpt-5.5 high · O:\Dropbox\... · develop · Context 47% used · 5h 64% · weekly 65% · 22.8M in · 148K out · Main [default]

Maybe it's the cause.

runfence · 2 months ago

@fcoury-oai I reinstalled cleanly codex 0.132.0 under a separate account and made screenshots for you. No statusline this time. This is on default settings.

Without GIT

<img width="1437" height="442" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0bd402c6-472d-49c6-b633-ae547a234fe9" />

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With GIT

<img width="1463" height="687" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/fe107b96-cce1-44a3-b41e-26e4b58f02bb" />

--
Update: same without yolo.