Colon-prefixed output is truncated in VS Code Codex extension
Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Aug 31, 2025 by loginx Closed Sep 2, 2025
What version of Codex is running?
VS Code Extension v0.4.0
Which model were you using?
gpt-5-high
What platform is your computer?
Darwin 24.6.0 arm64 arm
What steps can reproduce the bug?
- Install the latest Codex VS Code extension (v0.4.0).
- Trigger a completion where Codex should output a colon-prefixed string. Example: request Codex to output
read:project. - Observe the result in the editor.
What is the expected behavior?
The extension should output the full string read:project.
What do you see instead?
Output will be:
read
The word after the colon will be replaced with a newline. This transformation also happens in the prompt you send through the extension.
Additional information
This bug breaks any completion involving key:value syntax, YAML, configs, or namespaces. It appears to be either a token handling or output post-processing issue in the extension itself.
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