Codex thread search does not match visible title or thread UUID
Open 💬 0 comments Opened Jul 21, 2026 by marcplotkin
What version of the Codex App are you using?
Codex Desktop 26.715.52143; ChatGPT iOS Remote client observed in local logs as codex_chatgpt_ios_remote v1.2026.188.
What platform is your computer?
macOS on Apple Silicon.
What issue are you seeing?
Codex thread search is not matching a thread by its visible display title or by its thread UUID, even though the same thread appears in the unfiltered thread list and can be opened/read directly.
Target thread:
- Thread ID:
019f62f9-2f25-7b92-8f4a-a0950fe32c03 - Visible display title:
Build account and billing - active - Status: active, not archived
Observed through the app thread APIs:
list_threads(limit: 12)includes the thread and shows the display titleBuild account and billing - active.read_thread(threadId: "019f62f9-2f25-7b92-8f4a-a0950fe32c03", turnLimit: 1, includeOutputs: false)succeeds.list_threads(query: "billing")returns the target thread.list_threads(query: "Build account")returns no results.list_threads(query: "019f62f9-2f25-7b92-8f4a-a0950fe32c03")returns no results.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
- Have an existing Codex thread with a visible display title containing multiple words.
- Confirm the thread appears in the normal unfiltered thread list.
- Search for a single word from the title that appears later in the title, such as
billing. - Search for an earlier title phrase, such as
Build account. - Search for the exact thread UUID.
Observed:
- One title token can find the thread.
- A visible title phrase does not find the thread.
- The exact UUID does not find the thread.
Expected:
- Search should match visible display-title text consistently.
- Search should match exact thread UUIDs, or there should be a separate explicit lookup path for UUIDs.
This may be related to the iOS Remote missing-thread issue in #30386, but it appears to be a distinct search/indexing problem because the thread is present and readable by direct list/read paths.