Codex Windows tray icon is blank/white in the system tray.

Open 💬 2 comments Opened Jun 29, 2026 by showyii

Environment

  • OS: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro
  • Windows version: 10.0.26100 Build 26100
  • Codex app version: 26.623.8305.0
  • Install source: Microsoft Store
  • Theme: reproduced in both light and dark mode

Issue

The Codex tray icon area exists and the tooltip shows Codex, but the icon renders as blank/white in the Windows system tray.

Steps Tried

I already tried:

  1. Restarting Codex
  2. Restarting explorer.exe
  3. Switching Windows light/dark theme
  4. Rebooting Windows
  5. Reinstalling Codex
  6. Clearing the Codex entry under HKCU:\Control Panel\NotifyIconSettings
  7. Starting Codex again after clearing the tray icon cache

Result

The tray icon is still blank/white.

Expected Behavior

The Codex tray icon should render normally in the Windows system tray.

Screenshot

I can provide a screenshot showing the blank tray icon.

<img width="97" height="87" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1bdfb2a2-a45f-4621-a6c4-7b69f687efb8" />

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