VSCode - Codex Sidebar not working

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Jan 8, 2026 by truongthuanr Closed Jan 13, 2026

What version of Codex is running?

vscode version 1.107.1 - openai.chatgpt version 0.4.58

What subscription do you have?

ChatGPT Plus

Which model were you using?

_No response_

What platform is your computer?

_No response_

What issue are you seeing?

VSCode on window

Sidebar is not show correctly, can not start chatting.

<img width="515" height="652" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c34a7075-72f0-4216-bd3c-23d75c44595c" />

VSCode on WSL

icon codex sidebar is not visible.

<img width="264" height="165" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/849c2b51-e255-4c9e-afee-383d47c366a9" />

An error popup show 'command chatgpt.openSidebar not found

<img width="504" height="108" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5407fff0-3025-4df8-8cec-7084243d5320" />

What steps can reproduce the bug?

I'm using VScode version 1.107.1
Installing extension openai.chatgpt (Codex)
-> click to open codex sidebar

  • For vscode on wsl, I use extension 'Remote WSL" to connect.

What is the expected behavior?

should able to open codex sidebar.
I switch back to previous version, then it work normal

<img width="617" height="697" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/8f08b02d-1929-4af0-af66-73f2d26b4a4a" />

Additional information

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