Codex Desktop: project rename dialog closes when sidebar auto-hides in hover mode
What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
26.623.101652 (bundle 4674)
What subscription do you have?
ChatGPT Pro
What platform is your computer?
Darwin 25.5.0 arm64 arm
macOS 26.5.1 (25F80)
What issue are you seeing?
When the left sidebar is in hover / auto-hide mode, starting a project rename from the sidebar opens the rename dialog, but the dialog disappears as soon as the pointer leaves the hovered sidebar area and the sidebar auto-hides.
This makes it difficult or impossible to rename a project while using hover mode, because the rename UI is dismissed by the sidebar hiding rather than by an explicit cancel/save action.
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What steps can reproduce the bug?
- Open Codex Desktop.
- Put the left sidebar into hover / auto-hide mode.
- Hover the left edge/sidebar area so the sidebar temporarily appears.
- In the Projects list, open the project menu for a project.
- Choose the rename action.
- Move the pointer away so the hovered sidebar auto-hides.
Actual result:
The rename dialog disappears as soon as the sidebar unhovers / auto-hides.
What is the expected behavior?
The project rename dialog should remain open after it is launched, even if the sidebar auto-hides.
It should only close when the user explicitly saves, cancels, presses Escape, or clicks outside the rename dialog in a way that normally dismisses it.
Additional information
This may be related to #29307, which reports an auto-hidden sidebar child menu closing when the pointer crosses the sidebar boundary. This issue appears to be the same class of hover-region/popover ownership problem, but for the project rename dialog specifically.
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