Numbered lists with sub-bullets aren't sequentially numbered
Resolved 💬 5 comments Opened Dec 20, 2025 by btraut Closed Feb 6, 2026
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (etraut-openai, contributor)
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What version of Codex is running?
codex-cli 0.63.0
What subscription do you have?
Pro
Which model were you using?
_No response_
What platform is your computer?
Darwin 24.5.0 arm64 arm
What issue are you seeing?
I often see Codex output lists of information. It seems the parser (markdown, perhaps?) resets the numbering of the bulleted list when there's sub-items.
Notice all the 1. …:
<img width="240" height="1578" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/09f265d6-9566-468b-8606-d1d70bd13e1f" />
What steps can reproduce the bug?
🤷♂️
You'll have to find some prompt that results in this output format.
What is the expected behavior?
- sequential
- sub 1
- sub 2
- numbering
- works
Additional information
_No response_
5 Comments
Session ID: 019b3980-5051-7353-85b1-dbb71891b97d
You mentioned that you're running the CLI, but the screen shot looks like it's from the extension.
Thanks for uploading the session information. I confirmed that this isn't a model behavior issue. The model is generating correct output. It appears that this is a client-side markdown parsing or rendering issue.
Sorry, yeah, this is from the extension.
This will be fixed in the next release.
I haven't seen this in a while. Should we close?