Auto restart after update doesn't work

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Jun 16, 2026 by Frulfump Closed Aug 11, 2026

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

Version 26.609.71450 • Released 16 Jun 2026

What subscription do you have?

Plus

What platform is your computer?

Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 x64

What issue are you seeing?

After clicking the blue update button which says Codex will restart it doesn't.
I see two codex.exe processes in Task Manager and killing them after 5+ minutes makes no difference (I don't have a slow PC)

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Just click the update button

What is the expected behavior?

Codex is restarted after finishing the update

Additional information

Still happening as of 2026-08-02 on the latest version

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2 Comments

AXsss · 1 month ago

两周了,还没修复这个问题

Frulfump · 17 days ago

Dupe of https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/24047 so please upvote that one and add any additional info you got