[Feature Request] Clicking the Chrome-control preview should reveal the active Chrome tab
What variant of Codex are you using?
Codex in the ChatGPT desktop app with the Chrome browser-control plugin.
App and platform
- Desktop app: 26.730.61639 (6234)
- macOS 26.5.1
- Apple Silicon
What feature would you like to see?
When Codex is controlling Chrome, the sidebar displays a live preview of the browser activity. Clicking that preview should bring Chrome to the foreground and select the exact tab Codex is currently operating.
Current behavior
Codex may open or begin controlling a Chrome tab, but clicking the sidebar preview does not take me to that tab. If I already have many Chrome tabs open, it can be difficult to locate the controlled tab manually.
Expected behavior
Clicking the preview should:
- Bring the relevant Chrome window to the foreground.
- Select the exact tab associated with that preview.
- If the tab has been closed or disconnected, show a clear message rather than opening an unrelated tab.
An explicit action such as Show in Chrome would also work, but making the preview itself clickable would be the most natural interaction.
Why this matters
The preview already communicates that Codex is working in a particular browser tab. Making it a direct link to that tab would reduce confusion and make it much easier to supervise browser activity, take over manually, or complete an approval or authentication step.
Related issue
This resembles #33086, which requests that a Picture-in-Picture preview reveal the corresponding in-app browser session. This request applies specifically to externally controlled Chrome tabs.