openai codex issues language Chinese

Open 💬 3 comments Opened May 22, 2026 by henry-jin89
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?

26.519.22136

What subscription do you have?

GPT PLUS

What platform is your computer?

ProductName: macOS ProductVersion: 14.8.5 BuildVersion: 23J423 x86_64

What issue are you seeing?

I can reproduce a similar issue on an Intel Mac.

Environment:
ProductName: macOS
ProductVersion: 14.8.5
BuildVersion: 23J423
x86_64
26.519.22136
3003

Language selected: Simplified Chinese / Traditional Chinese
Steps to reproduce:

Open Codex Desktop.
Go to Settings > General > Language.
Select Chinese or Traditional Chinese.
Quit the app completely with Cmd + Q.
Reopen Codex Desktop.
Open the app menu or right-click context menu.
Actual behavior:
The language setting appears to be saved, but the UI is still partially English.
For example, menu/context menu items such as Undo, Redo, Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete, Select All remain in English, while some macOS/system-provided items are shown in Chinese/Traditional Chinese.

Expected behavior:
After selecting Chinese or Traditional Chinese, the whole Codex Desktop UI and menus should be consistently localized.

Additional notes:
This is happening on Intel Mac x86_64, not Apple Silicon.
I also tried changing the macOS per-app language setting and restarting the app, but the issue still persists.
Screenshots attached.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Open Codex Desktop.
  2. Go to Settings > General > Language.
  3. Select Chinese or Traditional Chinese.
  4. Quit the app completely with Cmd + Q.
  5. Reopen Codex Desktop.
  6. Open the app menu or right-click context menu.

Actual behavior:
The language setting appears to be saved, but the UI is still partially English.
For example, menu/context menu items such as Undo, Redo, Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete, Select All remain in English, while some macOS/system-provided items are shown in Chinese/Traditional Chinese.

Expected behavior:
After selecting Chinese or Traditional Chinese, the whole Codex Desktop UI and menus should be consistently localized.

Additional notes:
This is happening on Intel Mac x86_64, not Apple Silicon.
I also tried changing the macOS per-app language setting and restarting the app, but the issue still persists.
Screenshots attached.

What is the expected behavior?

_No response_

Additional information

_No response_

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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.

  • #23815
  • #22846
  • #23431

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henry-jin89 · 3 months ago
检测到可能重复的问题。请核实并关闭您的问题。 Codex Desktop 语言设置更改了 localeOverride,但 UI 仍然保持英文 #23815 语言切换设置已保存,但重启后未生效 #22846 * 启用内置中文(zh-CN)用户界面支持 #23431 _由Codex Action提供支持_

On Intel x86_64 Mac, changing the app language to Chinese does not take effect. The similar issues mentioned above do not appear to cover Intel x86_64 Mac, so this may need separate investigation or optimization for Intel Mac devices.

henry-jin89 · 3 months ago

On Intel x86_64 Mac, changing the app language to Chinese does not take effect. The similar issues mentioned above do not appear to cover Intel x86_64 Mac, so this may need separate investigation or optimization for Intel Mac devices.