Codex App: context/compaction progress indicator disappeared from composer UI

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened May 22, 2026 by hu18310055211-coder Closed May 22, 2026

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

What happened?

In the Codex desktop app, the context/compaction progress indicator that used to appear near the model/composer controls is no longer visible.

This indicator was important because it let users see when a long-running thread was approaching context compaction. Without it, users cannot tell whether they should hand off to a new window/thread before automatic compaction happens.

Why this matters

For long-running local workflows, users need a visible context budget/compaction progress signal. The missing indicator makes it hard to safely continue or decide when to start a new thread.

Environment

Codex desktop app on Windows
App version observed: 26.519.3891.0
Model shown in UI: gpt-5.5 with high/medium reasoning selector visible

Expected behavior

The UI should show a visible context/compaction progress indicator, or provide an equivalent status in the model/composer dropdown.

Actual behavior

The indicator is not visible in the composer/top controls. The user only sees the model selector and microphone icon.

Attempts already tried

Restarted the Codex app
Checked local config/state for an obvious context/token/progress meter setting
Tried toggling the closest-looking persisted state (composer-auto-context-enabled), but the app rewrote it on launch and the indicator did not return

Request

Please restore the visible context/compaction progress indicator, or add an explicit replacement that shows remaining context / compaction progress in the composer UI.

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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.

#24066
#24044
#24029
#24015
#23794

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hu18310055211-coder · 3 months ago

Update from local verification: the two likely fallback surfaces are also not available to the user:

Opening the model/reasoning dropdown near 5.5 高 does not show context usage / remaining context.
Typing /compact does not provide a useful visible context usage percentage for this user.

So this is not just a relocation of the old ring into another visible menu. In this desktop build, the user currently has no accessible context/compaction progress indicator.

This is a high-friction regression for long-running desktop threads because users cannot tell when to hand off to a new thread before compaction.

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.

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