UX footgun: `/feedback <text>` can be routed like a normal prompt instead of opening or pre-filling the feedback flow
Open 💬 1 comment Opened Jun 29, 2026 by Rokurolize
What version of Codex CLI is running?
codex-cli 0.143.0-alpha.29
What subscription do you have?
ChatGPT Pro
Which model were you using?
Not model-specific. This is about Codex CLI/TUI slash-command parsing and feedback UX.
What platform is your computer?
Linux 6.18.33.2-microsoft-standard-WSL2 x86_64 x86_64
What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?
Windows Terminal 1.24.11321.0, WSL 2.7.10.0
Codex doctor report
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}What issue are you seeing?
/feedback is documented and presented as a slash command for sending feedback/logs to the Codex maintainers, but the UX around inline text after the command is misleading.
If I type /fee and press Tab, Codex autocompletes it to /feedback , including a trailing space. From a user's point of view, that trailing space strongly suggests that the command accepts text after it, for example:
/feedback Non-Japanese characters appearing in Japanese responses in the CodexThe /feedback token is also shown in blue, which makes it look like the slash command was recognized correctly.
However, instead of clearly opening the feedback UI, rejecting the inline text, or using the inline text as the initial feedback body, the input can be treated like an ordinary model prompt. The assistant may then respond with something like "Feedback received" or otherwise acknowledge it conversationally. That creates a false sense that the feedback was submitted successfully, even though the user did not go through a clear feedback submission flow.
This is a serious UX footgun because developers who rarely use /feedback may try to submit valuable feedback this way once, receive an apparently successful assistant acknowledgement, and then never realize that the message may not have reached the intended feedback channel.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Uploaded thread: 019f135d-dc73-7cd3-97d3-d40788c7bcca
What is the expected behavior?
One of the following should happen:
- If
/feedbackdoes not accept inline arguments, then submitting/feedback some textshould show a clear error before sending, preferably in red, and preserve the typed text in the TUI so the user can select and copy it.
- If inline arguments are acceptable, then the feedback flow should open and the text after
/feedbackshould be pre-filled into the feedback body.
- If
/feedbackis recognized as a slash command, it should not also be routed to the model as a normal prompt. The assistant should not produce a conversational acknowledgement such as "I received your feedback", because that looks like a successful submission confirmation.
- The visual styling should match behavior. If
/feedbackis shown as a recognized command, pressing Enter should execute the feedback command path, not silently fall back to ordinary prompt handling.
Additional information
Related but not exact existing issues found during duplicate search:
- #20497:
/feedback ...is treated as normal chat content in a safety-blocked conversation. - #27583: mentions that
/feedbacklooked like a normal Codex conversation and did not clearly show a feedback submission dialog.
This issue is specifically about the slash-command autocomplete and inline-argument UX: /fee + Tab produces /feedback with a trailing space, which strongly implies that the user should type something after it, but that text is not clearly handled as feedback content.
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