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Persistent ghost overlay / duplicated blurred layer in Codex Desktop plugins page on Intel Mac

Open 💬 3 comments Opened May 21, 2026 by jding8190-source
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

What version of Codex CLI is running?

Installed app path: /Applications/Codex.app Version: 26.429.30905 Build: 2345

What subscription do you have?

no

Which model were you using?

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What platform is your computer?

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

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Codex doctor report

What issue are you seeing?

I am seeing a persistent rendering issue in Codex Desktop on macOS.

On the plugins page, Codex displays a large dark blurred overlay / ghost layer on top of the actual content. In some cases, search results or plugin cards appear duplicated or frozen. In other cases, the app renders only a background or partially broken UI.

This issue persists even after reinstalling the app and clearing caches, so it does not appear to be caused by local project files or normal UI state corruption.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

I am seeing a persistent rendering issue in Codex Desktop on macOS.

On the plugins page, Codex displays a large dark blurred overlay / ghost layer on top of the actual content. In some cases, search results or plugin cards appear duplicated or frozen. In other cases, the app renders only a background or partially broken UI.

This issue persists even after reinstalling the app and clearing caches, so it does not appear to be caused by local project files or normal UI state corruption.

What is the expected behavior?

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Additional information

codex-issue-report.md

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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.

  • #23660
  • #23640
  • #22276
  • #23178
  • #22304

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zhangqiongyueZQY · 3 months ago

I can reproduce a very similar Codex Desktop rendering/layout corruption on a newer macOS Intel build.

Environment:

  • Codex Desktop: 26.513.31313, build 2867
  • Installed app path: /Applications/Codex.app
  • Electron: 42.0.1 (from running crashpad annotation)
  • macOS: 12.7.4 (21H1123)
  • CPU architecture: x86_64
  • UI locale: zh-CN

Symptoms:

  • The Plugins page is visually corrupted: large blank/offset regions, duplicated or stale ghost layers, clipped plugin card text, and floating controls rendered far away from their expected positions.
  • The Manage/Settings popover is also affected: content appears displaced with large blank areas and blurred/ghosted regions, making normal settings/plugin operations unreliable.
  • The app remains partially interactive, but the affected pages are not usable for normal plugin/settings management.

Repro path seen locally:

  1. Open Codex Desktop.
  2. Navigate to the Plugins page.
  3. Open Manage/Settings from the top-right controls.
  4. The UI layout becomes corrupted as described above.

This appears to affect at least version 26.513.31313 as well, not only the earlier 26.429.x build reported in the original issue.

germandavid85 · 3 months ago

Possible workaround that may help others hitting this Intel Mac / Retina rendering corruption:

"/Applications/Codex.app/Contents/MacOS/Codex" \
  --disable-gpu-compositing \
  --disable-accelerated-2d-canvas

On my affected MacBookPro16,1 with Codex 26.519.41501, this fixes the broken New Chat / Plugins rendering. Full --disable-gpu did not work for me; Codex failed to launch with GPU access not allowed, so the narrower compositor flags seem more useful.