macOS desktop audio recording stops when switching threads

Open 💬 2 comments Opened Jun 25, 2026 by andrewsohrabi
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

Summary

On the macOS desktop app, switching threads while audio recording / dictation is active stops the recording and cuts off the current audio capture.

Repro

  1. Open Codex on macOS desktop.
  2. Start recording audio / dictation in the current thread composer.
  3. While recording is still active, click a different thread in the sidebar.

Observed

The audio recording is cut off immediately when the thread changes. The in-progress recording does not continue, and the captured input can be lost/interrupted.

Expected

Switching threads should not silently discard or cut off an active recording. Reasonable behaviors would include one of:

  • keep recording active while the selected thread changes,
  • preserve the recording with the original thread until it is submitted/cancelled,
  • or warn before switching if the recording must be stopped.

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2 Comments

github-actions[bot] contributor · 2 months ago

Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.

  • #28765

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andrewsohrabi · 2 months ago
Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate. * Codex Desktop loses pending dictation after ASR failure and window/thread switch #28765 _Powered by Codex Action_

related not exactly the same since we don't need ASR failure & window/thread switch to lose the live dictation