VS Code Codex extension shows onboarding/welcome walkthrough again after every login

Open 💬 0 comments Opened May 29, 2026 by ciembor

What version of the IDE extension are you using?

Version: 1.122.1

What subscription do you have?

Chat GPT Plus

Which IDE are you using?

VS Code

What platform is your computer?

Darwin 23.4.0 arm64 arm

What issue are you seeing?

After signing in to Codex from the VS Code extension, the onboarding/welcome walkthrough is shown again, even though I have already completed or dismissed it before.

Behavior:
After each login, the welcome/getting started walkthrough appears again.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

  1. Open the Codex extension in VS Code.
  2. Sign in.
  3. Complete or dismiss the welcome/onboarding walkthrough.
  4. Sign out or restart VS Code and sign in again.
  5. The welcome/onboarding walkthrough appears again instead of staying dismissed.

What is the expected behavior?

Expected behavior:
The extension should remember that onboarding was already completed/dismissed and should not show it again after login.

Additional information

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