What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
26.241.11020
What subscription do you have?
ChatGPT Pro
What platform is your computer?
Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.19045.0 x64
What issue are you seeing?
Codex Windows desktop app becomes unusable after pasting a very large log into the chat input.
After pasting the log, the app immediately froze / turned into a black screen. I could not interact with the app anymore, could not clear the pasted text, and could not send the message. After closing Codex and launching it again, the app still failed to start normally and returned to the broken black-screen/frozen state.
The app only recovered after I manually cleared/renamed the local persisted state/cache directories.
Because clearing local persisted state/cache allowed the app to start again, the repeated startup failure may be related to saved UI/session state, but I do not know the exact root cause.
Actual:
After the large log is pasted, the app becomes completely unresponsive / black-screens. The pasted text cannot be cleared or submitted. Closing and reopening Codex does not recover the app; it only started normally again after I cleared or renamed local persisted state/cache.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Uploaded thread: 9e6b5829-d87e-4276-a8f8-40f680a9de05
- Open Codex desktop app on Windows.
- Paste a very large log into the chat input.
- Observe that the app freezes / black-screens immediately.
- Try to clear the input or interact with the UI.
- The UI is unresponsive, so the pasted text cannot be removed.
- Close Codex.
- Reopen Codex.
- The app fails to recover and opens into the same broken/frozen state.
What is the expected behavior?
Codex should reject, truncate, or safely handle oversized pasted input. Even if the pasted text is too large, the app should remain responsive enough to clear the input, and restarting the app should recover normally.
Additional information
No response
What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
26.241.11020
What subscription do you have?
ChatGPT Pro
What platform is your computer?
Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.19045.0 x64
What issue are you seeing?
Codex Windows desktop app becomes unusable after pasting a very large log into the chat input.
After pasting the log, the app immediately froze / turned into a black screen. I could not interact with the app anymore, could not clear the pasted text, and could not send the message. After closing Codex and launching it again, the app still failed to start normally and returned to the broken black-screen/frozen state.
The app only recovered after I manually cleared/renamed the local persisted state/cache directories.
Because clearing local persisted state/cache allowed the app to start again, the repeated startup failure may be related to saved UI/session state, but I do not know the exact root cause.
Actual:
After the large log is pasted, the app becomes completely unresponsive / black-screens. The pasted text cannot be cleared or submitted. Closing and reopening Codex does not recover the app; it only started normally again after I cleared or renamed local persisted state/cache.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Uploaded thread: 9e6b5829-d87e-4276-a8f8-40f680a9de05
What is the expected behavior?
Codex should reject, truncate, or safely handle oversized pasted input. Even if the pasted text is too large, the app should remain responsive enough to clear the input, and restarting the app should recover normally.
Additional information
No response