Windows Codex app: file-edit approval buttons are unresponsive in Remote SSH conversations, while CLI approval works

What version of Codex CLI is running?

codex-cli 0.144.6

What subscription do you have?

ChatGPT Plus

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.6-sol, any reasoning effort

What platform is your computer?

Microsoft Windows 11 NT x64 26220.8690, Remote host: Debian 13.6, 6.12.95+deb13-amd64

What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?

Windows Terminal, Windows PowerShell 5.1 and OpenSSH, connected to Debian 13.6 over SSH.

Codex doctor report

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  "overallStatus": "ok",
  "codexVersion": "0.144.6",
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        "control socket": "/home/codex-agent/.codex/app-server-control/app-server-control.sock",
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        "pid file": "/home/codex-agent/.codex/app-server-daemon/app-server.pid (missing)",
        "settings": "/home/codex-agent/.codex/app-server-daemon/settings.json (missing)",
        "status": "running",
        "update-loop pid file": "/home/codex-agent/.codex/app-server-daemon/app-server-updater.pid (missing)"
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      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 89
    },
    "auth.credentials": {
      "id": "auth.credentials",
      "category": "auth",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "auth is configured",
      "details": {
        "auth file": "/home/codex-agent/.codex/auth.json",
        "auth storage mode": "File",
        "stored API key": "false",
        "stored ChatGPT tokens": "true",
        "stored agent identity": "false",
        "stored auth mode": "chatgpt"
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      "status": "ok",
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    "git.environment": {
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  }
}

What issue are you seeing?

The Windows ChatGPT/Codex app cannot accept or reject file-edit
approval requests in a synchronized Remote SSH conversation.

Shell-command approvals work normally in the Windows app. However,
when the app displays:

Allow ChatGPT to edit the following file?

both Allow once and Deny are completely unresponsive. Mouse
clicks have no effect, and keyboard focus does not reach the controls
reliably. The conversation remains stuck in the awaiting-approval
state.

The same pending approval is simultaneously visible in the synchronized
Codex CLI conversation on the Debian host. Pressing y in the CLI
immediately accepts the edit. The Windows app then synchronizes,
removes the pending approval, and continues normally.

This indicates that the approval request, Remote SSH connection,
filesystem permissions, and backend processing are functional, while
the Windows app's file-edit approval UI is not.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Uploaded thread: 019f873e-82b0-7951-ad70-886e9ffc4bcb

What is the expected behavior?

Clicking Allow once should accept the proposed file edit and allow
the conversation to continue.

Clicking Deny should reject the proposed edit and unblock the
conversation.

Both controls should be accessible using mouse and keyboard input.

Additional information

Windows app

• ChatGPT/Codex for Windows: 26.715.70719
• Released: July 21, 2026
• The same problem was previously reproduced on version 26.715.52143.

Local computer

• Microsoft Windows 11 NT x64 26220.8690
• Authentication: Sign in with ChatGPT
• Subscription: ChatGPT Plus

Remote environment

• Remote SSH host: Debian GNU/Linux 13.6
• Kernel: 6.12.95+deb13-amd64
• Codex CLI: 0.144.6
• Workspace: /srv/codex-matrix

Diagnostics

• Uploaded feedback thread:

019f873e-82b0-7951-ad70-886e9ffc4bcb

• Earlier Windows app profile trace:

019f820d-57fb-77a3-88fe-b14cc896f3b0

Updating Codex CLI from 0.144.3 to 0.144.6 did not change the behavior.

The agent responded in Czech because of my existing language
preferences, but the reproduction prompt, approval UI, and all
relevant actions are shown in English. The response language does not
affect the issue.

A screen recording was also provided privately to OpenAI Support (Case ID: 11830910).

<img width="1919" height="1026" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6140c97f-96d0-41ed-8e43-896fb72cd303" />

<img width="1919" height="1029" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f33eff5c-79fc-4072-81e4-502cdd9d9175" />

Reproduction steps

1. Sign in to Codex CLI and the Windows ChatGPT/Codex app using the

same ChatGPT Plus account.

1. Connect the Windows app to a Remote SSH environment.
2. Start a new conversation from Codex CLI in the remote workspace.
3. Open the synchronized conversation in the Windows app.
4. Ask Codex to run one harmless shell command and then create one

Markdown file using the built-in file-edit action.

1. Approve the shell command in the Windows app. This works normally.
2. Wait for the file-edit approval dialog.
3. Click Allow once. Nothing happens.
4. Click Deny. Nothing happens.
5. Switch to the same synchronized conversation in Codex CLI.
6. Press y to accept the pending file edit.
7. The edit succeeds immediately and the Windows app synchronizes

and continues normally.