Codex Desktop appshot fails on Intel Mac because Computer Use service is missing from x64 package

Open 💬 5 comments Opened Jun 22, 2026 by 13343459196

Description

On an Intel Mac, Codex Desktop exposes “Attach App Snapshot”, but every appshot attempt fails with “Unable to attach appshot”.

Environment

  • macOS 15.7.7
  • Architecture: x86_64 / Intel Mac
  • Codex Desktop: 26.616.51431
  • Install path: /Applications/Codex.app

Reproduction

  1. Install/run Codex Desktop x64 on an Intel Mac.
  2. Grant Screen Recording and Accessibility permissions.
  3. Open a normal app, such as Finder or TextEdit.
  4. Use Attach App Snapshot.
  5. The capture fails.

Observed logs

Appshot capture request created ...
Codex Computer Use capture worker failed errorMessage="Failed to spawn managed Computer Use service"
failureReason=start_request_failed
Appshot capture settled ... hadAxText=false hadScreenshot=false status=failed

Investigation

The x64 app appears to expect:

/Applications/Codex.app/Contents/MacOS/SkyComputerUseService

but that file is absent in the installed app. The official x64 DMG, Codex-latest-x64.dmg, also appears to lack SkyComputerUseService.

The universal/arm DMG includes a Computer Use plugin with SkyComputerUseService under:

Contents/Resources/plugins/openai-bundled/plugins/computer-use/Codex Computer Use.app/Contents/MacOS/SkyComputerUseService

but that binary is arm64 only and cannot run on x86_64.

Expected

Either:

  • ship an x86_64-compatible Computer Use/Appshot service in the x64 package, or
  • hide/disable the Attach App Snapshot entry on Intel Mac with a clear unsupported message.

Actual

The UI exposes Attach App Snapshot, but capture always fails.

Additional note

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