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Unable to use forward slash or @ in windows terminal

Resolved 💬 6 comments Opened Oct 29, 2025 by JKamsker Closed Nov 19, 2025
💡 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 0.50.0

What subscription do you have?

Pro

Which model were you using?

codex

What platform is your computer?

Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26100.0 x64

What issue are you seeing?

Trying to enter windows paths or @ does nothing. If pasting such characters - they get stripped. In vscode it seems to work.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

  • Windows 11
  • Windows Terminal
  • Codex
  • Try to insert a path or an email address

What is the expected behavior?

Being able to use those characters

Additional information

_No response_

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6 Comments

github-actions[bot] contributor · 10 months ago

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

  • #4253
  • #5279
  • #5843
  • #5684
  • #5194

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dylan-hurd-oai contributor · 10 months ago

@JKamsker can you say more about your Windows Terminal setup? I'm unable to reproduce this error using codex v0.50.0 in Powershell or Command Prompt

JKamsker · 10 months ago

Hi @dylan-hurd-oai, thanks for following up!

I’m still seeing the problem and here’s the full setup:

  • Windows Terminal 1.23.12811.0 (Microsoft Store build)
  • Profile that repros: Windows.Terminal.PowershellCore / PowerShell 7.5.3. I can reproduce it in the Windows PowerShell and cmd.exe profiles inside Windows Terminal as well.
  • Keyboard layout: German (de-DE / de-AT); AltGr+ß should emit /.
  • codex-cli 0.50.0 (fresh install today). No custom Windows Terminal keybindings beyond the defaults (ctrl+c, ctrl+v, etc.).

Repro steps:

  1. Open Windows Terminal → PowerShell.
  2. Run codex.
  3. Try to type AltGr+ß. Nothing is inserted. If I paste text containing that character, it’s stripped as soon as the line is processed.
  4. Pasting also strips those characters

If I launch VS Code and open the codex plugin (GUI), the character works as expected there and when resuming the same session in Windows Terminal, it displays correctly.

Happy to capture any additional diagnostics (logs, key dumps, etc.) if that’d help.

epoyraz · 9 months ago

duplicate: https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/2215

JKamsker · 9 months ago
duplicate: #2215

Not really

etraut-openai contributor · 9 months ago

This should now be fixed in 0.59.0.