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Codex Desktop: context usage indicator disappeared from chat window

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened May 22, 2026 by shezhidian Closed May 22, 2026
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

The latest Codex Desktop update appears to have removed or hidden the context usage progress indicator from the chat window.

This is a regression because context usage is critical for deciding when to compact the conversation, start a new thread, or avoid quality degradation in long-running tasks.

Please restore the context usage percentage/progress indicator, or provide an equally visible replacement in the Codex Desktop UI.

<img width="1173" height="193" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/7a040bad-f447-4bd3-ad48-99c437a22995" />

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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.

  • #23794
  • #23591
  • #23928
  • #23862
  • #23838

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gomisha · 3 months ago

Once activated, the /status panel keeps displaying the context window at all times for new and existing threads, not just on demand.

I activate it by typing /status and then selecting the Status Toggle Context Usage overlay popup.

<img width="727" height="134" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/7ddb4af2-b612-4880-9148-28d94c82b8f6" />

Once it's activated, it stays on all the time for the current and future threads:

<img width="302" height="514" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/7748cd5d-3933-4f40-a481-a8e6aa9df2d2" />

srothgan · 2 months ago

@shezhidian You can toggle context window display in the codex settings. Settings -> General -> Composer -> Show context window usage