Codex Desktop pet animation falls back to idle while task is still running
Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Jun 20, 2026 by qswang977 Closed Jun 20, 2026
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Feedback ID: 019ed38b-393f-7c32-85f2-fa10ae0c3452
Issue:
Both built-in pets and custom pets briefly switch to the running animation when a task starts, but after a few seconds they automatically fall back to idle even while the task is still running. After a task completes, the review/completed animation also only appears briefly and then returns to idle.
Impact:
The pet cannot be used as a reliable task-progress indicator. The notification card still shows the correct task state, but the pet animation no longer reflects it.
Expected:
- While a task is running, the pet should continue looping the running animation.
- When a task is ready for review/completed, the pet should continue showing the review/completed state until the task state changes or the notification is dismissed.
Environment:
Codex Desktop on Windows
Version: 26.616.5445.0
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This appears to be a duplicate of #28995. Closing this issue and tracking the bug there.
Additional reproduction detail from this report: reproduced on Windows with Codex Desktop 26.616.5445.0; affects both built-in pets and custom pets; running/review animations briefly appear and then fall back to idle while the task state remains active.