Codex Windows app: top menu dropdown items remain in English when Windows and Codex UI language are set to Simplified Chinese

Open 💬 3 comments Opened Jun 7, 2026 by TBtree227

Codex Windows localization feedback

Title

Codex Windows app: top menu dropdown items remain in English when Windows and Codex UI language are set to Simplified Chinese

Environment

  • App: Codex Windows desktop app, Microsoft Store/MSIX
  • Installed package: OpenAI.Codex_26.602.4764.0_x64__2p2nqsd0c76g0
  • App version: 26.602.4764.0
  • OS UI culture after restart: zh-CN
  • Windows UI language override: zh-CN
  • Codex config: localeOverride = "zh-CN"

Issue

The Codex Windows app is partially localized into Simplified Chinese, but the top application menu dropdown items remain in English. For example, the menu bar labels such as File/Edit/View/Window/Help may appear localized, but opening their dropdown menus still shows English items.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Set Windows display language/UI culture to Simplified Chinese (zh-CN).
  2. Set Codex UI language override to Simplified Chinese (localeOverride = "zh-CN").
  3. Restart Windows.
  4. Open Codex Windows desktop app.
  5. Open the top menu dropdowns, such as File/Edit/View/Window/Help.

Expected behavior

All menu bar and dropdown menu items should be localized consistently in Simplified Chinese.

Actual behavior

Some or all dropdown menu items remain in English even after both Windows and Codex UI language settings are set to Simplified Chinese and the system has been restarted.

Additional notes

Local checks confirmed:

Get-UICulture = zh-CN
Get-WinUILanguageOverride = zh-CN
HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\PreferredUILanguages = zh-CN
Codex config [desktop].localeOverride = "zh-CN"

This appears to be an application-side localization gap in the Windows desktop app menu resources rather than a Windows language setting issue.

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