Record & Replay unavailable because managed Computer Use service fails to spawn
Summary
Record & Replay is not available in the Codex app plugin list/installable plugin list, and the desktop app logs repeatedly show the managed Computer Use service failing to start.
Environment
- Codex Desktop app:
26.616.71553 - Codex CLI:
0.142.0 - macOS:
26.5.1 (25F80) - Machine architecture:
x86_64 - Codex bundle id:
com.openai.codex
What I checked
~/.codex/requirements.tomldoes not exist.~/.codex/config.tomldoes not setfeatures.computer_use = false.- Relevant macOS TCC permissions for
com.openai.codexare allowed: kTCCServiceAccessibility:auth_value=2kTCCServiceScreenCapture:auth_value=2kTCCServiceListenEvent:auth_value=2- Full Disk Access is not granted, but the Record & Replay docs only mention Computer Use availability/enabled.
- Browser Use resolves as available in logs:
browser_use_availability_resolved available=true browserPane=true platform=macOS reason=available release=26.616.71553- The installed bundled plugin marketplace currently only includes
browser,chrome, andlatex; it does not includerecord-and-replayorcomputer-use.
Install attempts
$ codex plugin add record-and-replay@openai-bundled --json
Error: plugin `record-and-replay` was not found in marketplace `openai-bundled`
$ codex plugin add record-and-replay@openai-curated --json
Error: plugin `record-and-replay` was not found in marketplace `openai-curated`
$ codex plugin add computer-use@openai-bundled --json
Error: plugin `computer-use` was not found in marketplace `openai-bundled`
Relevant log
The latest failing desktop log line is:
2026-06-23T14:27:47.148Z warning Failed to reconcile managed Computer Use service appshotsEnabled=true errorMessage="Failed to spawn managed Computer Use service" errorName=Error errorStack="Error: Failed to spawn managed Computer Use service\n at gl.ensureServicePidForEnabledFeatures (/Applications/Codex.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/.vite/build/main-cC-d0ezP.js:285:8495)\n at async /Applications/Codex.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/.vite/build/main-cC-d0ezP.js:285:7467" nodeReplEnabled=false
I also found an earlier log where the bundled marketplace request included these plugin names, but the request timed out:
marketplacePluginNames=["browser","chrome","computer-use","record-and-replay","latex"]
After restart and permission setup, the current bundled marketplace snapshot only reports 3 plugins.
Expected behavior
Record & Replay should be available on macOS when Computer Use is enabled and permissions are granted, or the app should show a clear reason why Record & Replay / Computer Use is unavailable.
Actual behavior
Record & Replay is unavailable in the plugin list and installable plugin list, and the managed Computer Use service fails to spawn.
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