[Desktop] “More Details” on selected text in a local Codex task silently creates a cloud Chat conversation
What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
26.715.12143
What subscription do you have?
plus
What platform is your computer?
_No response_
What issue are you seeing?
In a local Codex project task, selecting text and choosing More Details immediately creates or opens a new cloud Chat conversation.
This is easy to trigger accidentally because the menu action does not clearly say that it will leave the local Codex task context and create a persistent cloud-synced Chat conversation. There is no confirmation step, no visible destination label, and no warning that the selected text/context may be carried into a different conversation surface.
This has several unwanted effects:
It pollutes cloud Chat history with accidental conversations.
It makes the boundary between a local Codex task and cloud Chat unclear.
It is difficult to distinguish an intentional Chat handoff from an accidental text-selection action.
Users who deliberately keep work in local Codex tasks can create cloud conversations unintentionally.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Open a local project task in the Codex desktop app.
Select any text in the conversation.
Click More Details in the text-selection menu.
Observe that a new cloud Chat conversation is created or opened without an explicit confirmation that this is the destination.
What is the expected behavior?
“More Details” should not silently create a cloud Chat conversation.
At minimum, the app should clearly show the destination before any cloud conversation is created, for example:
Ask in this local Codex task
Create a cloud Chat conversation
Cancel
Creating cloud Chat should require an explicit user action and clearly disclose that it creates a cloud-synced conversation. Ideally, users should also be able to disable this text-selection shortcut or make the local-task behavior the default.
Additional information
This appears related to the broader ambiguity between local Codex tasks and cloud Chat/Work surfaces, but is distinct from existing reports about “More Details → Add to Task” freezing:
https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/31966
https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/32033