Codex App crashes when submitting a prompt
Open 💬 1 comment Opened Jul 14, 2026 by MaxAkbar
What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
Powered by Codex & OWL Version 26.707.72221
What subscription do you have?
Pro plan
What platform is your computer?
Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 x64
What issue are you seeing?
When submitting prompts to Codex the app just crashes see below for the logs:
^[[2m2025-09-17T04:21:44.967134Z^[[0m ^[[32m INFO^[[0m New model: gpt-5-codex, New effort: high, Current model: gpt-5-codex, Current effort: none
^[[2m2025-10-07T01:27:01.292565Z^[[0m ^[[32m INFO^[[0m Shutting down Codex instance
^[[2m2025-10-07T01:27:01.292658Z^[[0m ^[[32m INFO^[[0m interrupt received: abort current task, if any
^[[2m2026-02-10T03:15:10.668657Z^[[0m ^[[32m INFO^[[0m Shutting down Codex instance
^[[2m2026-02-10T03:15:10.668714Z^[[0m ^[[32m INFO^[[0m interrupt received: abort current task, if any
^[[2m2026-02-15T18:56:02.618149Z^[[0m ^[[32m INFO^[[0m Shutting down Codex instance
^[[2m2026-02-15T18:56:02.618225Z^[[0m ^[[32m INFO^[[0m interrupt received: abort current task, if any
What steps can reproduce the bug?
- Open the app
- Navigate to an existing folder
- Select a previous task
- Continue with a prompt
After a few seconds the app crashes silently
What is the expected behavior?
The app that does not crash?
Additional information
_No response_
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