Codex App on macOS repeatedly prompts to reinstall bundled computer-use plugin after every restart

What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?

26.602.30954

What subscription do you have?

ChatGPT Plus

What platform is your computer?

arm64 arm Darwin 24.6.0

What issue are you seeing?

On macOS, the bundled computer-use plugin appears to require reinstallation after every full restart of Codex App.

The plugin payload itself was still present on disk, so this did not look like a normal uninstall or download failure. The issue appeared to be caused by missing persistent plugin cache and missing enabled-state registration.

Observed evidence:

• The Computer Use app bundle still existed:

/Users/<redacted>/.codex/computer-use/Codex Computer Use.app

• The persistent bundled plugin cache for computer-use was missing under:

~/.codex/plugins/cache/openai-bundled/computer-use/

• The enabled-state entry for computer-use@openai-bundled was missing from:

~/.codex/config.toml

Relevant startup log lines:

bundled_plugins_runtime_marketplace_written pluginCount=4 pluginNames=["browser","chrome","computer-use","latex"]
bundled_plugins_marketplace_added marketplaceName=openai-bundled marketplacePluginNames=["browser","chrome","computer-use","latex"]
bundled_plugin_install_skipped_missing pluginName=computer-use

### What steps can reproduce the bug?

Feedback ID: 019e974b-220d-75b0-a0d4-f3ea8f02f491

### What is the expected behavior?

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Once `computer-use` is installed and enabled, Codex App should persist that installed/enabled state across restarts and should not prompt for reinstallation unless the plugin was actually removed, invalidated, or upgraded intentionally.

### Additional information

Environment:
- Codex App version: `26.602.30954`
- macOS: `15.6.1 (24G90)`
- Hardware: `MacBook Air, Apple M3, Apple Silicon`
- Company-managed device: `No`
- DEP enrollment: `No`
- MDM enrollment: `No`

Redacted pre-remediation `~/.codex/config.toml` snippet:

```toml
[plugins."browser@openai-bundled"]
enabled = true

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

[features]
js_repl = false