Codex Desktop 26.623 on Windows: context-window usage indicator missing again from composer UI

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

Codex Desktop on Windows. Current local package path: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\OpenAI.Codex_26.623.9142.0_x64__2p2nqsd0c76g0\app\resources\codex.exe This was first observed after the late-June 2026 Windows Desktop updates around: OpenAI.Codex_26.623.4041.0_x64__2p2nqsd0c76g0

What subscription do you have?

ChatGPT Pro / Codex Pro 20x

What platform is your computer?

Windows 11

What issue are you seeing?

The context-window usage indicator is no longer visible in the Codex Desktop composer UI.

Previously, the composer/model-selector area showed a visible context-window usage indicator/donut near the model selector. In the current UI, the bottom composer shows the model selector, e.g. 5.5 Extra High, microphone, and send button, but no context-window usage indicator.

This is not just a stale 0% value. The indicator is absent from the composer UI entirely.

This makes long-running coding threads harder to manage, because there is no passive way to see context pressure before compaction, context loss, or quality degradation.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

1. Open Codex Desktop on Windows.
2. Open an existing local project/thread or start a new thread.
3. Look at the bottom composer area near the model selector.
4. Observe that no context-window usage indicator/donut is visible.

What is the expected behavior?

Codex Desktop should show a visible context-window usage indicator in the composer UI, or provide an obvious setting/location for restoring it.

If this has intentionally moved, the new location should be documented or discoverable in the UI.

Actual behavior

No visible context-window usage indicator is shown in the composer UI.

Additional information

There was already a large historical thread:

• #23794 — "Codex Desktop no longer shows visible context/token usage indicator"

That issue was closed as completed after a setting/toggle path appeared to restore the indicator for some users.

However, the issue appears to have resurfaced or mutated in the 26.623 Windows Desktop line.

Related current/late-June issues:

• #30326 — reports the token usage indicator in chat is "gone again" on 26.623.41415, but was closed as duplicate.
• #30567 — open, but covers stale/0% context usage after reopening historical threads, not the indicator being absent entirely.
• #29437 — open Windows issue for context donut showing 0% after reopening.
• #29098 — open issue for "Show context window usage" setting not persisting after logout/login.
• #27244 — older open desktop UI regression mentioning missing context usage indicator.

I am opening this because there does not appear to be a current active canonical issue for the specific symptom:

Codex Desktop 26.623 on Windows no longer shows the context-window usage indicator in the composer UI at all.

Additional information

The official Codex changelog does not appear to document an intentional removal of the context-window usage indicator.

Please restore the visible composer indicator, or provide a clearly documented replacement/toggle.