New task button does nothing

Open 💬 0 comments Opened Jul 16, 2026 by fritzo

What version of the IDE extension are you using?

26.707.91948

What subscription do you have?

Pro

Which IDE are you using?

Cursor and VS Code

What platform is your computer?

Darwin 21.6.0 arm64 arm

What issue are you seeing?

In an /extension/panel/new tab, the upper right "New task" button no longer does anything at all. To create a new task, I need to close or archive the current task

What steps can reproduce the bug?

  1. Cmd+Shift+P > "Codex: New Codex Agent"
  2. Do anything with the agent, e.g. type "Who are you" and hit enter
  3. Now try to create a new task by clicking the upper right "New task" button
  4. Observe that nothing happens

What is the expected behavior?

  1. The current task is added to history
  2. The tab updates to a fresh new task

Additional information

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