Codex Desktop: "Failed to attach large pasted text" / Russian UI: "Не удалось прикрепить большой фрагмент вставленного текста"

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Found the real root cause
The broken file was:C:\Users\Admin\.codex\attachments\pasted-text-attachments.json

It was about 216 KB.
It started with NUL bytes.
ConvertFrom-Json failed with:invalid JSON primitive

Codex Desktop only handles “file missing” properly, but not “file exists and is corrupted”.
So every large paste failed before Codex could create the new pasted-text.txt.

ConvertFrom-Json failed with:invalid JSON primitive

ConvertFrom-Json is powershell https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/convertfrom-json?view=powershell-7.6

why?
my idea behind this comment , is to argue - but in the future - how should common folk should use the app without getting cofused (should be there a fallback? should the codex-app change idea if a user attempts to upload large files [without the ground reality that there is a better way to deal with the task - the users tries to do - which is easy for llm to achieve quickly in todays standards ])

make sure you are concive with what you want --- try read and then explain to yourself what was the older project was about
that being said Codex desktop can be nice for some people (Pasting files count as contextwindows/tokens) -- I recomend manually placing the files (unless you are trying to make a shortcut or tool) if you are just trying to get things done just place them in a folder , start a new chat and let codex do the magic

i see you atttached history.md reminder it will treat it as a file ,, not as a prompt
@arturmarkelov my suggestion for you is , just try to explain and ask it --- and be literal with what you want
I understand you got some .json file you want to do something with ? what you want , codex is really powerful - you can ask it to use python and then for it to create you an excel sheete -- or to notice interesting things in the data you give it ( you also have sidenote /plan or /goal --- but jsut talking to it and mentioning files in your project --- should work --- but I dont recomend using the codex-desktop --- unless your prompts are short )

solution 2# I also recomend disabling this bridge:tools/codex-clipboard-file-bridge.ps1 skill? I dont think its a good idea as it is modifing an application that changes heavily every 5 days (dont use it --- ) you can try just utilize core feature

if you insist ("I want to use the history.md" you can refer to it "explain to me what this @history.md is about and summrize" --- and it lightly scans the file - and you next prompt I want to do this thing I want to have this and this ,,, I want this output ,,, "I want to use this data" ) alternatively you can just make (use "history.md" , after you read it -- I want you to do this this thing with @file.json )

1. if the .json file is really corrpt manually leting codex-harness could be the better alternative

2.1. I argue you want codex to use its tool-calling -- because it should be able to deal with corrpt files -- use regex use grep maybe execute a little powershell or python file --- to mutate the data into a currect format (for whatever your orignal prompt and target was)

1. (you can argue , what if I want to upload a .docx a large .pdf) which I dont have an answer and for this you should play with the various features the software offer (and ways to achieve it) , ((it reminds me the era macos when it was big and the idea of floating windows seemed a bit novel ))

the bridge:tools/codex-clipboard-file-bridge.ps1
is a thirdparty tool - not an openai tool

(I recomend use the Codex-ide , not the desktop app)

I personally recomend using the cli/ide version
https://developers.openai.com/codex/ide

there is
https://developers.openai.com/codex/workflows
which mention the workflow

meaning pasted files treated as context thus , its recomended you put files in the folder ---
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whats your end goal, a project - summerization ? I recomending starting fresh (click "new chat") and not attach files this way --
just add files to your folder you are working on

root@bsd:/tmp/schoolproject# touch whatever3.md
root@bsd:/tmp/schoolproject# touch whatever2.md
root@bsd:/tmp/schoolproject# ls
whatever2.md whatever3.md

(prompt "Please refect to this 5 files, I want you ??to explain?? ??To do this with X.json files?? or ??I want this or this??")

im not really a user of the CODEX APP --- just make sure you make a new project that has normal access to files--- like a .git report or a code project

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in codex there is this thing called Threads --- and its a bit of a different expirence (Why? it doesnt force you to have a folder -- its a bit annoying navigating the files within the repo/project)

I can recomend you to try the ide ---- my guess you you try to agument and play with data or refrence older chats --- but I recomend you just make a new folder put your files there -- and use the codex ide which seems to make a lot less issues ... dont for to have a goal and target -- what you want to achieve and build with codex :)

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