Codex Desktop crashes immediately on startup -- no window appears (Windows Insider Build 26200)
Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Jun 11, 2026 by s110905 Closed Jun 11, 2026
What version of the Codex App are you using?
26.608.12217 (Store package 26.608.1337.0; About dialog unreachable)
What subscription do you have?
ChatGPT Plus
What platform is your computer?
Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 x64
What issue are you seeing?
Codex Desktop crashes silently ~2 seconds after launch. No window ever appears. The codex CLI (npm package) works normally on the same machine.
Startup sequence captured from Sentry breadcrumbs + app log before crash:
app.will-finish-launching->app.ready- Log:
Launching app ... enableUpdater=true ... packaged=true platform=win32 - Node.js
url.parse()DEP0169 deprecation warning - HTTP GET
persistent.oaistatic.com/codex-app-prod/windows-store-update.json-> 200 - Crash -- process exits with code
0xE06D7363(unhandled C++ exception)
Three Crashpad minidumps (~36 MB each) were generated at:C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Packages\OpenAI.Codex_2p2nqsd0c76g0\LocalCache\Roaming\Codex\web\Codex\Crashpad\
What steps can reproduce the bug?
- Install Codex Desktop from Microsoft Store on Windows Insider Preview Build 26200
- Launch the app (from Start Menu, taskbar, or
shell:AppsFolderURI) - The process starts, runs for ~2 seconds, then terminates with no window shown
What is the expected behavior?
Codex Desktop should open and display the main window.
Additional information
- Windows security updates KB5094126 and KB5094135 were installed the same day the crash began
- Reinstalling the app and clearing all LocalCache data did not resolve the issue
- VS Code (also Electron-based) launches normally on the same machine, ruling out a system-wide Electron issue
- GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, driver 32.0.15.8157
- Locale: zh-TW (username contains CJK characters)
- Electron/Chromium: 149.0.7827.54 / Node.js: 24.14.0
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