Codex Desktop regression: restore setting to hide PR icons in sidebar

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

Codex App 26.623.42026, build 4514

What subscription do you have?

Plus

What platform is your computer?

macOS / Darwin arm64

What issue are you seeing?

After a recent Codex Desktop update, PR/status icons are shown again next to pinned sidebar threads, and the previous setting to disable them appears to be gone.

This used to be configurable. The last verified Desktop App build I found that still contained the setting was:

• Codex 26.616.81150, build 4306, released June 24, 2026
• Setting/key strings still present:
• settings.git.showSidebarPrIcons
• showSidebarPrIcon
• UI string: PR icons in sidebar
• Description: PR status icons on chat rows in the sidebar

The next verified release I found after that was:

• Codex 26.623.30605, build 4415, released June 25, 2026

In that build, the toggle/settings keys appear to be gone, while the actual sidebar PR status strings are still present. So the sidebar PR icon display remained, but the setting to disable it seems to have been removed between build 4306 and build 4415.

This creates visual noise in the pinned thread list. I do not mentally organize Codex threads by merged/open PR state; I organize them by workstream/thread title. For long-running pinned threads, the PR icons make the sidebar harder to scan.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

1. Open Codex App 26.623.42026, build 4514.
2. Use pinned threads that have associated GitHub/PR metadata.
3. Observe PR/status icons shown next to thread titles in the sidebar.
4. Open Settings and search for terms like PR, pull request, GitHub, sidebar, and icon.
5. No setting appears to exist anymore to hide these PR icons.

What is the expected behavior?

Codex should restore the previous setting to hide PR/status icons in the sidebar, or expose an equivalent documented config option.

Suggested wording:

• PR icons in sidebar
• Show PR icons in sidebar
• Show GitHub PR status in sidebar

Additional information

The public openai/codex GitHub Releases page does not appear to be the best source for this specific Desktop UI regression, because the Desktop app bundles seem to be distributed via the Sparkle/Appcast channel. The relevant evidence came from comparing Desktop App release artifacts/appcasts.

I searched existing issues and did not find an exact duplicate for hiding PR icons in the sidebar. Related but different issues:

• #28733 requests showing PR links/numbers more visibly.
• #30340 reports blurry sidebar icons after the same app build.

A screenshot of the sidebar can be attached if useful.