Error when trying to create a side thread

Resolved 💬 6 comments Opened Aug 12, 2026 by rafaself Closed Aug 13, 2026
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

What version of Codex CLI is running?

codex-cli 0.147.0

What subscription do you have?

Plus

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.6-luna

What platform is your computer?

Linux 7.1.5-101.fc43.x86_64 x86_64

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

_No response_

Codex doctor report

What issue are you seeing?

When I tried to run /side, I got the following error: Failed to start side conversation: thread/fork failed during TUI bootstrap: thread/fork failed: failed to prepare paginated fork: thread-store internal error: thread history projection for 019feda7-ecd3-7bc3-
8ad7-2abd990775cd expected ordinal 4211, got 4210 (code -32603)

<img width="1908" height="108" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/64e7f736-8fde-40b4-9228-592ec41cf480" />

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Uploaded thread: 019feda7-ecd3-7bc3-8ad7-2abd990775cd

What is the expected behavior?

When calling /side should just open a side thread.

Additional information

_No response_

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6 Comments

github-actions[bot] contributor · 15 days ago

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

  • #37966

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glook9001 · 15 days ago

did you tried it over a very very old thread? Better just make a fresh new threads, they change the thread systems very often and dont trust older threads.

rafaself · 15 days ago
did you tried it over a very very old thread? Better just make a fresh new threads, they change the thread systems very often and dont trust older threads.

No, it's a very recent thread.

glook9001 · 14 days ago

use the /feedback button

anywyas just make a new thread I assume the model, is still useable? or are you unable to use Codex?

nos1609 · 14 days ago

Confirmed that this symptom is the same underlying paginated-history failure as #35746, not limited to /side.

A separate Linux x86_64 / VS Code Web thread on Codex CLI/app-server 0.147.0 preserved duplicate resume-boundary ordinals in canonical JSONL, then repeatedly failed projection with:

thread history projection ... expected ordinal 30092, got 30091

The raw history continued growing while the paginated SQLite projection stayed frozen, so reopening the task made a large later history range disappear from the UI. Restarting the affected app-server did not recover it.

Detailed sanitized evidence and the permitted Thread/Feedback ID are in #35746:
https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/35746#issuecomment-5281368410

glook9001 · 14 days ago
Confirmed that this symptom is the same underlying paginated-history failure as #35746, not limited to /side. A separate Linux x86_64 / VS Code Web thread on Codex CLI/app-server 0.147.0 preserved duplicate resume-boundary ordinals in canonical JSONL, then repeatedly failed projection with: `` thread history projection ... expected ordinal 30092, got 30091 `` The raw history continued growing while the paginated SQLite projection stayed frozen, so reopening the task made a large later history range disappear from the UI. Restarting the affected app-server did not recover it. Detailed sanitized evidence and the permitted Thread/Feedback ID are in #35746: #35746 (comment)

good catch