Codex app plan-mode questions are truncated and unreadable on macOS

What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?

26.623.31921 (bundle version 4452)

What subscription do you have?

Unknown / not sure. This appears to be a desktop app UI issue rather than a subscription-specific behavior.

What platform is your computer?

Darwin 24.6.0 arm64 arm

What issue are you seeing?

In the Codex desktop app on macOS, Plan Mode sometimes asks follow-up questions before implementation. The question text is truncated with an ellipsis (...) and there is no obvious way to read the full text.

This is a serious UX problem because these questions are often important decision points. If the user cannot read the complete question, they cannot confidently answer it, and the agent may proceed with the wrong assumption.

Changing the display resolution does not appear to fix the issue. The UI should not hide critical prompt/question text behind ellipsis truncation.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

1. Open the Codex desktop app on macOS.
2. Start a task in Plan Mode where Codex asks clarifying questions before continuing.
3. Observe the Plan Mode question UI.
4. In some cases, the question text is cut off and ends with ..., with no clear affordance to expand, wrap, scroll, copy, or otherwise read the full text.
5. Try changing display resolution; the question can still remain unreadable/truncated.

I cannot provide a deterministic minimal prompt because this depends on when Plan Mode decides to ask a question, but the failure mode is in the app UI: critical question text is ellipsized instead of being readable.

What is the expected behavior?

Plan Mode questions should always be fully readable. In particular:

• Question text should wrap to multiple lines when needed.
• The container should grow or provide a scroll/expand affordance.
• Tooltips or hover-only disclosure should not be the only way to access the full text.
• Resolution, zoom, and window size changes should not make critical question text inaccessible.
• This should be handled as an accessibility and usability requirement, not just visual polish.

Additional information

This is especially frustrating because Plan Mode questions can control what Codex does next. Truncating them makes the user feel forced to guess. Please consider treating full readability of user-facing questions as a hard requirement for the Plan Mode UI.