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.
  • head shows 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

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