Bug: Desktop app does not show installed Skills or Plugins

Open 💬 2 comments Opened Aug 25, 2026 by pavel-kyllonen
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

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

26.818.61809

What subscription do you have?

Business Plan

What platform is your computer?

Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 x64

What issue are you seeing?

The ChatGPT desktop app does not show the Skills and Plugins that are installed on my account.

The web version correctly shows my installed and organization-shared Skills, including custom Skills such as:

PR Actor

Thermo-Nuclear Code Quality Review

grill-me

skill-creator

old-photo-enhancer

However, opening the Skills page in the desktop app only shows a set of generic/default Skills such as:

Image Gen

OpenAI Docs

Plugin Creator

Review Agent

Skill Creator

Skill Installer

My actual installed Skills are missing. The same problem appears to affect Plugins.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Feedback ID: no-active-thread-01a03831-53cd-7f40-9af6-0c2138366e51

What is the expected behavior?

The desktop app should show the same account-level installed Skills and Plugins as the web version.

Installed Skills, organization-shared Skills, and their installation state should be synchronized consistently across clients.

Additional information

<img width="3103" height="840" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/d565a21a-c024-477b-b15e-6489e4c98056" />

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2 Comments

github-actions[bot] contributor · 3 days ago

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

  • #39555

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pavel-kyllonen · 3 days ago
Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate. * ChatGPT desktop Chat/Work loses installed skills during authentication verification 503s #39555 _Powered by Codex Action_

not a duplicate. Different issue, different environment