### What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)? Version 26.527.31326 (3390) ### What subscription do you have? enterprise ### What platform is your computer? Darwin 25.5.0 arm64 arm ### What issue are you seeing? `codex app ` no longer opens Codex App. It just focuses on the Codex App. ### What steps can reproduce the bug? Run `codex app` ### What is the expected behavior? Codex App should be opened/focused on the thread in the given workspace. ##

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`codex app <path>` no longer opens Codex App

Resolved 💬 9 comments Opened May 30, 2026 by MaksymPerevalov Closed Jun 1, 2026

💡 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)?

Version 26.527.31326 (3390)

What subscription do you have?

enterprise

What platform is your computer?

Darwin 25.5.0 arm64 arm

What issue are you seeing?

codex app <path> no longer opens Codex App. It just focuses on the Codex App.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Run codex app

What is the expected behavior?

Codex App should be opened/focused on the thread in the given workspace.

Additional information

_No response_

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9 Comments

github-actions[bot] contributor · 2 months ago

Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.

#25166

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DCjanus · 2 months ago

I can reproduce the same issue.

Codex App: 26.527.31326 (3390)
Codex CLI: codex-cli 0.135.0
Platform: Darwin 25.5.0 arm64 arm

Repro:

cd /path/to/workspace
codex app .

Expected: Codex Desktop opens/focuses a new thread for that workspace.

Actual: Codex Desktop only launches/focuses. It does not switch to the requested workspace and does not open a new thread.

This is related to #25166, but this issue is the documented CLI entry point: codex app [PATH].

SoraTakai · 2 months ago

Please fix this ASAP.

This is a critical bug.

SoraTakai · 2 months ago

Also, add a bridge test bw codex cli and codex desktop app.

codex app <dir> is pretty much the only place where codex cli -> codex app interaction occurs.

The fact that this bug surfaced to us users implies OpenAI does not have a single test for that interaction, which is rather strange (lame or both).

etraut-openai contributor · 2 months ago

Will be fixed in next release.

SoraTakai · 2 months ago

@etraut-openai I just received a Codex App update push and updated it: "Version 26.601.20914 • Released Jun 3, 2026".
I suppose this is the "next release" you mentioned but this bug remains unfixed.

As such, this ticket should be reopened.

etraut-openai contributor · 2 months ago

@SoraTakai, the bug was in the CLI. We haven't yet released the new CLI with this fix. It will be in 0.137.0.

DCjanus · 2 months ago

Confirmed fixed in codex-cli 0.137.0-alpha.4.

I tested the original repro on macOS:

cd /path/to/workspace
codex app .

With 0.137.0-alpha.4, Codex Desktop now opens/focuses the expected workspace and creates/switches to the correct thread. Thanks for the fix.

MaksymPerevalov · 2 months ago

thank you guys. I finally can remove my zsh scripts. I hate macos finder