Codex panel stays loading indefinitly
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Jun 19, 2026 by AFCMS Closed Jul 6, 2026
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What version of the IDE extension are you using?
26.616.32156
What subscription do you have?
Plus
Which IDE are you using?
VSCode 1.125.1
What platform is your computer?
Linux 7.0.12-201.fc44.x86_64 x86_64 unknown
What issue are you seeing?
The Codex panel stays loading indefinitely with a horizontal overflow (scrollbar).
It started to happen within the last few days. I have tried using the pre-release version of the extension as well as the insider version of VSCode without sucess. I have also tried clearing my .codex folder.
It's not a remote only scenario like other similar reported issues.
<img width="1202" height="801" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b017086d-81be-42dd-832c-85708ec83a11" />
The output logs (same after and before clearing .codex):
2026-06-19 21:50:51.500 [info] Activating Codex extension
2026-06-19 21:50:51.500 [info] [CodexMcpConnection] Spawning codex app-server
2026-06-19 21:50:51.500 [info] [IpcRouter] I am the router
2026-06-19 21:50:51.500 [info] [IpcRouter] I am the router
2026-06-19 21:50:51.500 [info] [IpcRouter] I am the router
2026-06-19 21:50:51.500 [warning] [IpcClient] Received broadcast but no handler is configured method=client-status-changed
2026-06-19 21:50:51.555 [info] [CodexMcpConnection] Initialize received id=1
2026-06-19 21:50:52.013 [error] [CodexMcpConnection] cli: message="2026-06-19T19:50:51.956197Z WARN codex_core_plugins::manifest: ignoring interface.defaultPrompt[0]: prompt must be at most 128 characters path=/home/afcm/.codex/.tmp/plugins/plugins/ngs-analysis/.codex-plugin/plugin.json\n2026-06-19T19:50:51.956907Z WARN codex_core_plugins::manifest: ignoring interface.defaultPrompt[0]: prompt must be at most 128 characters path=/home/afcm/.codex/.tmp/plugins/plugins/ngs-analysis/.codex-plugin/plugin.json"
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Install the latest VSCode and the latest version of the extension (?)
What is the expected behavior?
I would expect the extension to work properly.
Additional information
_No response_
3 Comments
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I figured downgrading to
26.602.71036fixed the issueSeems to be a duplicate of https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/28330