Codex App macOS: traffic-light window controls do not perform standard actions
Open 💬 3 comments Opened Jun 11, 2026 by radiskulls
Bug description
In the Codex desktop app on macOS, the native-looking red/yellow/green window controls in the upper-left corner do not perform the standard macOS window actions.
Observed behavior:
- Green button does not make Codex enter full screen.
- Yellow button does not minimize the Codex window to the Dock.
- Red button does not close/quit the Codex app as expected.
Steps to reproduce
- Open Codex desktop app on macOS.
- Click the green upper-left window control.
- Click the yellow upper-left window control.
- Click the red upper-left window control.
Expected behavior
The window controls should behave like standard macOS traffic-light controls:
- Green enters full-screen mode.
- Yellow minimizes the window to the Dock.
- Red closes the window, or otherwise performs the standard close/quit behavior expected for the Codex app.
Actual behavior
The controls are visible, but clicking them does not trigger the expected standard macOS actions.
Environment
- Component: Codex desktop app for macOS
- Codex App: 26.608.12217
- Bundle version: 3722
- Bundle identifier: com.openai.codex
- Bundled Codex CLI: 0.138.0-alpha.7
- macOS: 15.7.7 (24G720)
- Architecture: arm64
Additional context
This is distinct from visual clipping/truncation reports for the top-left controls. The issue here is functional behavior: the controls do not perform close/minimize/full-screen actions in the standard macOS manner.
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