Codex Windows App takes forever to load
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened May 25, 2026 by kendonB Closed Aug 4, 2026
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor)
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What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
26.519.41717 Beta
What subscription do you have?
Pro
What platform is your computer?
Windows 11 x64
What issue are you seeing?
Codex Windows App takes a very long time to load first up, even before the window pops up.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Open Codex App
What is the expected behavior?
It loads in a few seconds
Additional information
_No response_
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Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.
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not a duplicate. That is about the period of time after the window pops up. And I also see about 40s then.
fixed