Codex Desktop Windows: no working keyboard shortcut to paste into integrated terminal

Open 💬 1 comment Opened Aug 4, 2026 by pssdn
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?

26.727.6591.0

What subscription do you have?

Not relevant

What platform is your computer?

Windows x64, using the Codex Desktop integrated terminal with WSL2

What issue are you seeing?

There is no working keyboard shortcut to paste clipboard text into the integrated terminal. Copy works, and paste works through the application menu (Edit > Paste), but keyboard paste does not.

Ctrl+Shift+V, which is a common terminal paste shortcut, starts Voice Chat instead of pasting. Ctrl+V and Shift+Insert do not paste into the terminal.

The keyboard shortcut settings do not expose Terminal: Copy or Terminal: Paste; the only terminal-related command shown is Terminal: Open. Therefore the conflict cannot be remapped by the user.

This is distinct from #21638 and #26199: those issues report duplicate pasted text. In this case no keyboard shortcut pastes text at all.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

  1. Open Codex Desktop on Windows.
  2. Open and focus the integrated terminal.
  3. Copy a short text string to the clipboard.
  4. Press Ctrl+V: nothing is pasted.
  5. Press Shift+Insert: nothing is pasted.
  6. Press Ctrl+Shift+V: Voice Chat starts instead of pasting.
  7. Use Edit > Paste: the clipboard text is pasted correctly.
  8. Open keyboard shortcut settings and search for terminal copy/paste actions: only Terminal: Open is available.

What is the expected behavior?

The integrated terminal should provide at least one working keyboard shortcut for text paste. Ideally Ctrl+Shift+V should paste while the terminal has focus, or Terminal: Paste should be exposed in keyboard shortcut settings so the user can resolve the Voice Chat conflict.

Additional information

Keyboard copying from the terminal works. The problem is specific to keyboard paste and makes terminal-heavy workflows significantly less usable.

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1 Comment

github-actions[bot] contributor · 23 days ago

Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.

  • #35907

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