Codex VS Code extension: Moving Codex tool icon between panes cancels active chat and loses progress

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Jan 18, 2026 by matdumsa Closed Jan 18, 2026

What version of Codex is running?

codex-cli 0.77.0

What subscription do you have?

Plus

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.2-codex

What platform is your computer?

Darwin 25.2.0 arm64 arm

What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?

VSCode

What issue are you seeing?

Description:
When dragging the Codex tooling icon from the left pane to the right pane (or vice-versa), any active Codex chat session is cancelled. The in-progress conversation and its state are lost without warning.

Actual behavior:
The active chat is terminated and all progress is lost.

Impact:
This can be frustrating during longer or more complex Codex runs, as it causes accidental loss of work due to a purely UI-level action.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Start a Codex chat and wait for it to generate or reason.
  2. Drag the Codex tooling icon from the left pane to the right pane (or the opposite).
  3. Observe that the chat is cancelled and progress is discarded.

What is the expected behavior?

Repositioning the Codex tooling UI should not interrupt or reset an active chat session.

Additional information

_No response_

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