There is a problem inputting Chinese in a terminal created by screen

Resolved 💬 8 comments Opened Oct 22, 2025 by cyenxchen Closed Jan 28, 2026

💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

What version of Codex is running?

codex-cli 0.47.0

What subscription do you have?

chatgpt plus

Which model were you using?

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What platform is your computer?

There is a problem inputting Chinese in a terminal created by screen

What issue are you seeing?

When using the screen command to create a terminal, start codex in that terminal, and then input and delete Chinese characters, problems will occur. If codex is not executed in a terminal created by screen, everything is normal. Please see the video for details:

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/d61dc91a-0a51-4158-9cc8-0891c38824a8

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Create a terminal using screen command, open codex, then type Chinese and delete it

What is the expected behavior?

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Additional information

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8 Comments

github-actions[bot] contributor · 9 months ago

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

#5439
#5318
#5274
#4870
#3693

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synestiqx · 9 months ago

Possibly the same cause.
link On my side too, the system terminal and VS Code behaved differently.

Kangaxx-0 · 9 months ago

@cyenxchen I run the similar config zellij + codex cli, the Chinese characters work for me. Maybe you can check the session rollout file and see if your inputs are intact

The default path is ~/.codex/sessions/<yy>/<mm>/<dd>/

cyenxchen · 9 months ago

@cyenxchen I run the similar config zellij + codex cli, the Chinese characters work for me. Maybe you can check the session rollout file and see if your inputs are intact The default path is ~/.codex/sessions/// /

Did you first create a new terminal using the screen command, and then use codex inside the newly created screen terminal?

Kangaxx-0 · 8 months ago

> @cyenxchen I run the similar config zellij + codex cli, the Chinese characters work for me. Maybe you can check the session rollout file and see if your inputs are intact > The default path is ~/.codex/sessions/// > / Did you first create a new terminal using the screen command, and then use codex inside the newly created screen terminal?

I assume you refer to zellij screen command? Yes, that's correct

cyenxchen · 8 months ago

> > @cyenxchen I run the similar config zellij + codex cli, the Chinese characters work for me. Maybe you can check the session rollout file and see if your inputs are intact > > The default path is ~/.codex/sessions/ > > / > > > Did you first create a new terminal using the screen command, and then use codex inside the newly created screen terminal? I assume you refer to zellij screen command? Yes, that's correct

No, it's a tool called screen, please see the picture:

Please take a closer look at the video I sent; it demonstrates creating a new session inside zellij using the screen command screen -R <session-name>, then starting codex in that session, and when you type Chinese and delete it, characters get swallowed (or some characters aren't rendered? I'm not sure).

etraut-openai contributor · 8 months ago

Likely related to #5318

etraut-openai contributor · 5 months ago

This bug report is very old and likely no longer relevant. We've made many improvements in the interim. I'm going to close this issue. If you're still seeing this problem, let us know, and I'll reopen.