The Codex app on Windows is absolutely garbage.
Resolved 💬 5 comments Opened May 20, 2026 by s7monk Closed May 30, 2026
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor)
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What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
latest
What subscription do you have?
pro
What platform is your computer?
_No response_
What issue are you seeing?
The Codex app on Windows keeps freezing inexplicably, displaying "Not Responding," and I have to close and restart CodeX to fix it. This problem happens so frequently that it's almost unusable. I've seen some people say that this is because too many images are being sent, and the app needs to load all the images each time. If that's the case, then the CodeX app is just awful.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
For example, in front-end development, you need to send page screenshots or design reference images in a chat. At first, there is no problem, but after sending a few images, this issue occurs.
What is the expected behavior?
Don't keep freezing for no reason!
Additional information
_No response_
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Too trashy, basically unusable.
The model itself is far worse than Claude, and the Codex app is basically unusable. It's just garbage.
A problem from a long time ago, never solved, unusable, and no one has fixed it. Subscription expired, switched to Claude, complete waste of time.
Sorry to hear you had a bad experience.
Closing because there's not enough detail in the bug report to investigate.