Add a first-class Remote section to the Codex Desktop sidebar

Open 💬 1 comment Opened Jul 16, 2026 by cstar707

What feature would you like to see?

Please add a clearly visible Remote section to the Codex Desktop sidebar, matching the Remote entry in the ChatGPT mobile app.

Codex Desktop already has remote-control capabilities through settings/connections, but the workflow is difficult to discover and does not feel like a first-class part of the desktop product. A dedicated sidebar destination would make it obvious that one desktop can connect to and control another Codex host.

Requested workflow

  1. Codex runs on a primary workstation or build machine.
  2. A second computer running Codex Desktop signs into the same account or pairs securely.
  3. The second computer opens Remote from the sidebar.
  4. It selects the primary workstation.
  5. The user can continue existing threads, start new tasks, inspect diffs and terminal output, approve actions, and monitor running work.

This request is specifically about Codex-to-Codex remote control, not generic SSH access or remote server administration.

Suggested sidebar

Projects
Automations
Plugins
Remote

Why this would help

  • Makes desktop-to-desktop Remote Control easy to discover.
  • Provides feature parity with the ChatGPT mobile Remote experience.
  • Lets users keep repositories, credentials, build tools, and execution on the host machine.
  • Makes it practical to continue long-running Codex work from a laptop or another desktop.
  • Creates a natural place for host status, pairing, permissions, active sessions, and connection diagnostics.

Ideally, this would reuse the existing Remote Control infrastructure and expose it as a persistent, first-class desktop surface rather than hiding it under settings.

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