Auto open edited files in sidebar preview

Open 💬 0 comments Opened Aug 22, 2026 by melonTree68

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

26.818.31338

What subscription do you have?

Plus

What platform is your computer?

Darwin 25.1.0 arm64 arm

What issue are you seeing?

Every time a run is finished, the edited file / main deliverable will be automatically opened in the preview sidebar. No settings are found to disable this functionality.

<img width="1493" height="932" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/d61ab188-3442-4c55-a84f-89bb751b0148" />

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Session ID: 01a02814-dab3-7cd0-828b-84d7bbc3025d

Let Codex work on a LaTeX project and compile the code itself to generate a PDF file. After the run is finished, the PDF file will show up as a card in the chat, and the preview sidebar will then automatically be opened by Codex.

What is the expected behavior?

There should be a setting to toggle this functionality, since automatically opening a preview tab is not always the desired behavior for every user.

Additional information

_No response_

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