[Bug] Windows Codex Desktop: Computer Use plugin missing from UI and native pipe fails with missing-helper-path

Open 💬 4 comments Opened Jun 2, 2026 by kyuvkbmgj8696967675-eng

Environment

  • OS: Windows
  • Codex Desktop version: 26.527.7698.0
  • Workspace: D:\Codex
  • Codex app path:

C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\OpenAI.Codex_26.527.7698.0_x64__2p2nqsd0c76g0\app\Codex.exe

Problem

Computer Use was available yesterday, but today it no longer appears in the Codex plugin UI.

The local config still contains:

[plugins."computer-use@openai-bundled"]
enabled = true

However, the current bundled marketplace cache only contains chrome, and computer-use is not visible in the plugin list.

Observed logs

computer-use native pipe startup failed
errorMessage="Windows Computer Use helper paths are unavailable"
reason=missing-helper-path

Downstream error when trying to use Computer Use:

Computer Use native pipe path is unavailable

Additional details

The Computer Use files appear to exist inside the installed Codex package, including:

C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\OpenAI.Codex_26.527.7698.0_x64__2p2nqsd0c76g0\app\resources\plugins\openai-bundled\plugins\computer-use\node_modules\@oai\sky\bin\windows\codex-computer-use.exe

But Codex Desktop does not register Computer Use in the UI and does not create/pass SKY_CUA_NATIVE_PIPE_DIRECTORY to the tool session.

Tried

  • Restarted Codex many times
  • Reinstalled Codex Desktop
  • Renamed/rebuilt bundled plugin cache under ~/.codex
  • Checked plugin cache and logs

Expected

Computer Use should appear in the plugin UI and native pipe should start successfully.

Actual

Computer Use is missing from the UI and native pipe startup fails with missing-helper-path.

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