Windows tray icon became white and is nearly invisible on the light taskbar
What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
26.616.3767.0 (the previous version observed before the update was 26.616.3309.0)
What subscription do you have?
Personal ChatGPT subscription
What platform is your computer?
Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 x64
What issue are you seeing?
After the Codex App updated from version 26.616.3309.0 to 26.616.3767.0, its Windows notification-area (system tray) icon changed from the blue Codex icon to a white monochrome icon.
On the standard light Windows taskbar and the hidden-icons panel, the white icon has almost no contrast against the background and is very difficult to see. This is an accessibility and usability regression: the Codex icon can no longer be identified quickly among other tray icons.
The current package contains the white icon at:
app\resources\codex-tray.ico
Restarting Codex and Windows does not restore the previous icon.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
- Install and run Codex App for Windows version 26.616.3767.0.
- Use the light Windows theme/taskbar.
- Open the notification-area overflow by clicking the hidden-icons arrow in the taskbar.
- Locate the Codex tray icon.
- Observe that the icon is white and blends into the light background.
The issue appeared immediately after updating from Codex App version 26.616.3309.0.
What is the expected behavior?
Please restore the previous blue Codex tray icon, or provide a theme-aware tray icon with sufficient contrast on both light and dark Windows taskbars.
The icon should remain clearly visible and recognizable in the notification area regardless of the selected Windows theme.
Additional information
The Microsoft Store currently uses the recognizable blue Codex artwork, while the installed tray resource is white monochrome. The blue icon was substantially easier to identify.
Switching the entire Windows interface to dark mode is not an acceptable workaround for an application icon contrast regression. Please replace the current white codex-tray.ico with the correct blue icon, or implement automatic light/dark variants.
Affected versions observed:
- Previous: 26.616.3309.0 — blue/visible tray icon
- Current: 26.616.3767.0 — white/low-contrast tray icon
4 Comments
I encountered the same problem as well, and there was no way to solve it.
If there is a solution, could you please reply to me?
+1
我也遇到过同样的问题，但没办法解决。
如果有解决办法，请回复我好吗？
I can reproduce this regression on the current Windows package
OpenAI.Codex_26.616.10790.0_x64__2p2nqsd0c76g0, including the light hidden-tray overflow panel.I inspected the packaged resource and loader to narrow down the cause:
app/resources/codex-tray.icocontains 16, 20, 24, 32, 40, 48, 64, and 256 px representations, so this is not a missing-resolution problem.RGB 255,255,255). The interior glyph is transparent, so the asset has essentially no contrast on a light tray background.process.resourcesPath/codex-tray.icoasset for Codex. Unlike the macOS template-image path, the observed Windows path does not select a contrasting asset for the current theme.A focused fix would be either:
Whichever approach is chosen, the hand-tuned 16/20/24 px representations should be retained and tested against both light and dark taskbar/overflow backgrounds. An asset-level regression test could also reject a Windows tray image whose visible pixels are uniformly white without a contrasting outline.
The public
openai/codextree does not appear to contain this Desktop/Electron tray implementation or packaged asset. I would be happy to prepare a focused PR with the asset/loader change and a regression test if a maintainer can point me to the contribution path and explicitly invite the PR per the repository contribution policy.