Expose safe project and thread ordering APIs for Codex Desktop
Open 💬 1 comment Opened Aug 12, 2026 by root1739126979
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What variant of Codex are you using?
App / Codex Desktop
What feature would you like to see?
Codex Desktop supports drag-and-drop organization, but automating it through the UI is unsafe because dropping a thread onto a project changes its project membership instead of merely changing its visual order.
Please expose supported App Server APIs for:
- reading the persisted project and thread display order;
- assigning an explicit order or moving an item before/after another item;
- sorting projects and threads by recent activity;
- distinguishing reorder operations from moving a thread between projects;
- applying an atomic batch reorder;
- returning the resulting order for verification;
- preserving thread-to-project membership during reorder;
- restoring a previous order after failure.
Use case
Users with many long-running projects need external local organizers that can rank projects and threads by activity without editing internal files or using fragile mouse automation.
A supported ordering API would also make accessibility tooling and local workflow automation substantially safer. The key requirement is that a visual reorder must never be confused with changing a thread's project membership.
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