OpenAI Codex Desktop users experience unexpected crashes and feature limitations
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“I'm having a problem with the ChatGPT desktop app on my Mac, specifically with Codex. I gave Codex a prompt to create a 3D model in Blender, and from that point on, it started consuming huge amounts of RAM, eventually becoming completely unusable. I somehow managed to send it a…”
“Anyone having the same problem? After proceeding with few prompts, it suddenly stalls forever. It also tries to generate the same response after I reconnect. I am thinking to load earlier version of codex.”
“What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)? 26.1007.21159 (build 20052 ). The bundle on this Mac is ChatGPT.app . What subscription do you have? ChatGPT Pro. What platform is your computer? Darwin 27.0.0 arm64 arm The same failure also appears on a…”
Users of OpenAI's Codex Desktop are reporting frequent crashes with error messages like 'ChatGPT stopped unexpectedly'. Additionally, some features such as remote SSH threads show incomplete responses, and saving conversations as PDFs is problematic.
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“Codex Windows desktop app keeps restarting about every two minutes — is there a fix or ETA?”
Sending prompt stops the streaming output of codex CLI
“Thank you! Signing out and back in fixed this on Windows too. I didn’t even need to quit Codex running in the background. [re: Fix for ChatGPT Mac App Stuck Red Notification Badge (Solved)]”
“What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)? 26.1007.21159 (build 20052 ). The bundle on this Mac is ChatGPT.app . What subscription do you have? ChatGPT Pro. What platform is your computer? Darwin 27.0.0 arm64 arm The same failure also appears on a second Mac and on a Windows PC signed into the same account. What issue are you seeing? The desktop cannot register this computer for a dot’s local work. The profile row shows “您的计算机 / 连接不可用” (“Your computer / Connection u”
“I'm having a problem with the ChatGPT desktop app on my Mac, specifically with Codex. I gave Codex a prompt to create a 3D model in Blender, and from that point on, it started consuming huge amounts of RAM, eventually becoming completely unusable. I somehow managed to send it a message asking it to investigate what was happening. It told me there was an issue with a massive amount of memory being retained by that particular message, and it gave me a script to run to clear it from memory. How”
Codex macOS App Crashes on Startup After Dragging in a Large GIF
“[Workaround found] Windows Codex Desktop 26.1002.7124.0 silently closes within 10–35 seconds after login”
“Was running a checkpoint in codex with a chatgpt desktop window open next to it. Was watching some video on a seperate screen when the checkpoint finished in codex and dinged. I switched over to the gpt window and saw this in the "Ask ChatGPT prompt. 我就是。 I put it into google translate and it said it means "I am." submitted by /u/Sociopathic_Thinker [link] [comments]”
“Anyone having the same problem? After proceeding with few prompts, it suddenly stalls forever. It also tries to generate the same response after I reconnect. I am thinking to load earlier version of codex. submitted by /u/No-Introduction9148 [link] [comments]”
“What variant of Codex are you using? Codex desktop app on macOS. What feature would you like to see? Add an option to keep a single shared right side panel open while switching between conversations. The user should be able to pin a browser tab, file, or other panel content so it remains the same when they move to another conversation. Ideally, the panel would preserve its open/closed state, active tab or page, and width across conversations, with a setting to make this behavior global or conver”
“I'm experiencing the same issue. Environment: - macOS - Apple Silicon Mac - ChatGPT Plus subscription - Codex Desktop version: 26.911.61220 - Codex Desktop and Codex CLI/termi”
“Codex desktop on Windows: missing messages, stale task responses, and unexpected new-chat creation — anyone else seeing this?”
“What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)? ChatGPT Windows desktop app version 26.901.4073.0 What subscription do you have? Plus What platform is your computer? Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 x64 What issue are you seeing? Deleted conversations remain visible under Recents as stale or ghost entries. The ChatGPT web interface correctly shows only “Musical Equipment Plans,” but the Windows desktop app continues to show numerous older conversations. Clicking one dis”
What happened? I'm running codex cli 0.151.0 on macOS 26.5. Codex is complaining that it cannot connect to the Internet with an error message: stream disconnected before completion: invalid peer certificate: UnknownIssuer…
“Codex desktop stopped showing local threads after update, but ~/.codex data is still present”
“Codex Desktop on Windows: auth loop followed by intermittent Timeout and "no rollout found for thread id"”