Codex desktop app file preview renders valid JSON files as a blank page.
Open 💬 0 comments Opened Jul 3, 2026 by Zoezzz
Environment:
- Codex desktop app
- File examples:
- cases/xxxxx/cases.preview.json
- cases/xxxxx/cases.enriched.json
Observed:
- Clicking/opening the JSON file in Codex shows a blank view.
- The file is not empty and is valid JSON.
Validation:
- cases.preview.json: 29KB, parses successfully, Array with 93 items.
- cases.enriched.json: 540KB, parses successfully, Array with 93 items.
- No null bytes.
headshows normal JSON content.
Expected:
- Codex should display the JSON content or show an error if preview is unsupported, not a blank page.
Workaround:
- Markdown preview file displays normally.
Environment:
- Product: Codex desktop app
- App version: 26.623.101652
- App bundle version: 4674
- App bundle id: com.openai.codex
- Bundled Codex CLI: codex-cli 0.142.5
- PATH Codex CLI: codex-cli 0.130.0
- OS: macOS 15.5 (Build 24F74)
- Kernel: Darwin 24.5.0
- Architecture: arm64