Windows Codex Desktop: Computer Use / Chrome enabled but node_repl tool missing
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What platform is your computer?
Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 x64
What issue are you seeing?
Computer Use and Chrome plugins are visible and enabled in Codex Desktop.
openai-bundled config/cache are present.
Computer Use returns NODE_REPL_MISSING.
Chrome also fails and appears to have no plugin execution tool exposed.
The Computer Use skill requires node_repl/js, but node_repl/js is not exposed in conversations.
Reinstalling Codex Desktop, rebooting Windows, installing PowerShell 7, and rebuilding openai-bundled plugin cache did not fix it.
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What steps can reproduce the bug?
- Open Codex Desktop on Windows.
- Enable Computer Use and Chrome plugins from the plugin page.
- Start a new conversation from "Computer Use -> Try in conversation".
- Send this prompt:
@computer-use Only diagnose. Do not use PowerShell, command line, or other fallback methods. Check whether the current session has node_repl/js tools. If not, reply only NODE_REPL_MISSING. If yes, list currently open Windows windows.
- The reply is NODE_REPL_MISSING.
- Run a similar Chrome plugin diagnostic prompt.
- Chrome also fails because its plugin execution tool is not exposed.
What is the expected behavior?
When Computer Use or Chrome is enabled, new conversations should expose the required execution tools, including node_repl/js or the equivalent plugin runtime, so Computer Use can list Windows windows and Chrome can read/control the current browser tab.
Additional information
The issue appears to be that the shared node_repl JavaScript execution tool is not injected into Codex Desktop conversations.
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