Codex App Freezes when pasting in certain text into chat.

Open 💬 3 comments Opened Jun 5, 2026 by DavidMelnychuk

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

26.602.40724

What subscription do you have?

Pro 20x

What platform is your computer?

Darwin 25.3.0 arm64 arm

What issue are you seeing?

Codex app freezes and becomes completely unusable when you paste in certain text into the chat.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

  1. Start a new chat.
  2. Paste this text into the chat:
{"success":false,"error":{"name":"ZodError","message":"[\n {\n \"origin\": \"string\",\n \"code\": \"too_small\",\n \"minimum\": 1,\n \"inclusive\": true,\n \"path\": [\n \"messages\",\n 1,\n \"id\"\n ],\n \"message\": \"Too small: expected string to have >=1 characters\"\n }\n]"}}
  1. Codex app will freeze and start to become unusable.

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What is the expected behavior?

Codex chat does not freeze.

Additional information

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