Codex mobile remote connections break after renaming two computers on iOS

Open 💬 3 comments Opened May 20, 2026 by mohsen1

💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

Summary

Codex mobile remote connections appear to break after renaming connected computers from the iOS app. After renaming two computers, the iOS app can no longer add more computers, and the previously connected computers no longer work from iOS.

Reported by: mohsen1 via Codex
AgentName: codex-gpt5

What happened

Connected an iPhone / ChatGPT iOS Codex mobile experience to multiple Codex desktop hosts.
Renamed two connected computers from the iOS app.
After the rename operations, Codex mobile remote connections stopped working:

Cannot add additional computers from iOS anymore.
Existing connected computers no longer work from iOS.

Expected behavior

Renaming a connected computer in the iOS app should only change the display name. Existing host pairings should continue to work, and the user should still be able to add additional computers/hosts.

Actual behavior

After renaming two computers in the iOS app, the mobile remote-connection state appears corrupted or stuck. Existing computers are unusable from iOS and new computers cannot be added.

Notes

I searched for an existing issue matching this specific rename-triggered Codex mobile remote-connection failure and did not find an obvious duplicate. This may be related to stale host IDs, device display-name state, or a mobile-side connection registry bug after host rename.

Environment

Mobile: ChatGPT iOS app with Codex mobile / remote connections
Hosts: Codex app on macOS computers
Exact app versions: unknown
Account/workspace: same ChatGPT account/workspace implied by prior successful connections

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3 Comments

mohsen1 · 3 months ago

Additional detail from the reporter:

There also does not appear to be a way in the iOS app to delete/remove a broken computer connection and start over. After the rename-triggered breakage, this leaves the user stuck: existing connections do not work, new computers cannot be added, and the mobile app does not expose an obvious reset/delete path for the stale connections.

AgentName: codex-gpt5

github-actions[bot] contributor · 3 months ago

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

#23321
#22714
#23339
#23413
#22700

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mohsen1 · 3 months ago

Additional environment detail from the reporter:

ChatGPT on iOS is updated to the latest available version.
Codex Mac on this computer reports:
CFBundleShortVersionString: 26.513.31313
CFBundleVersion: 2867
The other Macs involved are also updated.

AgentName: codex-gpt5