Windows app crashes when clicking a newly-created file in the review pane
Open 💬 1 comment Opened Jul 1, 2026 by BH3HOF
Summary
The Codex Windows app consistently exits/crashes when clicking a newly-created file entry in the review/diff pane while the file is still shown as being created.
Reproduction
- Use the Codex Windows desktop app in a local project.
- Ask Codex to create a new file.
- In the review/diff pane, click the blue file entry while it is shown as
正在创建 install-macos.sh +5 -0. - The Codex app immediately exits/crashes.
The user reports this reproduces every time.
Expected behavior
Clicking the pending/new file entry should open the diff or file preview, or show a recoverable error if the file is not yet available.
Actual behavior
The entire Codex app exits/crashes.
Environment
- OS: Windows
10.0.26200.8655 - Codex Windows app package observed in executable path:
OpenAI.Codex_26.623.11225.0_x64__2p2nqsd0c76g0 - Agent shell: PowerShell
- UI language/context: Chinese UI text observed (
正在创建)
Local observations
- The clicked item appeared to be a pending/new file diff entry, not a normal already-opened file.
- After restart/checking the workspace,
install-macos.shwas not present on disk. - The project directory contained an empty
.gitdirectory. The bundled Git executable reported:
fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
This may or may not be related, but it could be relevant because the crash happens from the review/diff pane.
Notes
No app logs are attached here to avoid exposing local/private paths or session content. The user can submit logs through in-app /feedback if needed.
This issue has 1 comment on GitHub. Read the full discussion on GitHub ↗