Codex Desktop on Windows: right sidebar is cut off when status bar is visible

Open 💬 0 comments Opened Jun 3, 2026 by winnal

Bug report

In Codex Desktop on Windows, the layout breaks when the right-side sidebar is open while the bottom status/input bar is visible. The sidebar area that shows the progress, outputs, side chats, and subagent threads gets cut off, making the lower portion of the sidebar difficult or impossible to read/use.

Environment

  • App: Codex Desktop
  • Platform: Windows
  • Layout: multi-pane/thread view with right sidebar open
  • Visible UI elements involved:
  • right sidebar / progress panel
  • subagent thread list
  • bottom status/input bar

What happens

When the sidebar is shown and the bottom status bar/input composer is present, the sidebar does not appear to account for the vertical space occupied by the status bar. The lower part of the sidebar is clipped behind or outside the visible layout.

In the attached screenshots from the report, the subagent/thread area at the bottom of the sidebar is visibly cut off. The issue appears especially noticeable when the sidebar contains enough content to scroll, such as progress items, outputs, side chats, and several subagents.

Expected behavior

The sidebar should resize within the available viewport and remain fully usable when the status/input bar is visible. The subagent thread list should not be clipped; it should either remain above the status bar or scroll within a correctly bounded sidebar container.

Repro outline

  1. Open Codex Desktop on Windows.
  2. Open a thread with the right sidebar/progress panel visible.
  3. Ensure the bottom status/input bar is visible.
  4. Show enough sidebar content to include progress, outputs, side chats, and multiple subagents.
  5. Observe that the lower sidebar content, including subagent threads, is cut off.

Impact

This makes it harder to monitor or switch between subagent threads because the sidebar content can be partially hidden when the app is in a normal working layout.

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