[macOS Desktop] A single Codex task permanently enters systemError and in-app feedback also fails with “Bad Request”
Open 💬 1 comment Opened Aug 24, 2026 by 2583538
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Codex version
- ChatGPT desktop app: 26.818.41509
- Bundled Codex: codex-cli 0.149.0-alpha.4.1
- Platform: macOS
Issue
A single Codex task entered a permanent systemError state. Every subsequent message returns:
{"detail":"Bad Request"}
The task cannot recover after restarting or sending short messages. The in-app feedback action also fails, so I cannot generate or submit a feedback session ID from the affected task.
Affected task ID:
01a024fe-b891-70b2-8e05-656d2c22d36f
Steps to reproduce
- Run a long Swift/iOS development task involving file edits, simulator screenshots, and tool output.
- The task eventually returns
{"detail":"Bad Request"}. - Send a short follow-up message such as “网络问题?” or “刷新”.
- The same error is returned immediately.
- Try to submit feedback from the affected task.
- Feedback submission also fails.
Expected behavior
The task should either continue normally or provide a recoverable error with a working feedback/reporting mechanism.
Actual behavior
The affected task remains permanently unusable. Other Codex tasks in the same desktop app continue working normally.
Additional information
- Local source-code changes from the task were preserved.
- No build or shell process remained running after the failure.
- The local session transcript had grown to approximately 53 MB and contained substantial embedded screenshot/tool output.
- The task was still below the model context-window limit, so this appears more consistent with a task-state serialization or backend request-validation failure than a normal context overflow. This is an inference, not a confirmed root cause.
- Screenshot attached.
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