VS Code extension: support VS Code notifications

Open 💬 5 comments Opened Jun 5, 2026 by monolith-jaehoon

💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (etraut-openai, contributor) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

What variant of Codex are you using?

IDE Extension / VS Code

What feature would you like to see?

I would like the Codex VS Code extension to support notifications through VS Code's own notification UI.

When I have multiple VS Code windows or workspaces open, it can be hard to know which Codex session needs attention.

A VS Code notification would make this clearer because it could appear in the relevant VS Code window and provide context about the workspace or Codex session.

Additional information

As far as I know, VS Code extensions can use VS Code's notification API.

I also saw existing discussions around sound notifications. Sound notifications are useful, but when multiple VS Code windows are open, sound alone does not make it clear which VS Code window, workspace, or Codex session the notification came from.

For that reason, I think VS Code notifications would be helpful for users who work with multiple VS Code windows or projects.

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5 Comments

etraut-openai contributor · 2 months ago

Which notification API are you referring to? Are you talking about the toasts that appear within the VS Code window? Those are easy to miss, especially if you have VS Code in the background when they fire.

monolith-jaehoon · 2 months ago

I’m referring to OS-level notifications, not VS Code’s in-window toasts.

For example, VS Code Copilot sends an OS notification when a task finishes or when it needs user input. Codex does not seem to do that right now, so it is easy to miss when I’m working in another window.

I found that Codex can be configured to play a sound via its config file, but if I have multiple VS Code windows open, sound alone does not tell me which window or session needs attention.

Also, with VS Code Copilot, clicking the notification brings me back to the relevant VS Code window, which is very convenient. That is the kind of behavior I’m asking about.

monolith-jaehoon · 2 months ago

I found a temporary workaround for custom notifications:

https://github.com/huangwb8/VibeNotification

I also opened two PRs to make it more useful with Codex:

Focus the relevant VS Code window/workspace when clicking the notification: https://github.com/huangwb8/VibeNotification/pull/3
Improve the notification message formatting: https://github.com/huangwb8/VibeNotification/pull/4

This is not a native VS Code notification, but it seems usable as a temporary workaround.

yongminparks · 2 months ago

+1
please!

dandv · 28 days ago

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