Rendering is completely broken when git is detected

[runfence]

What version of Codex CLI is running?

0.131.0

What subscription do you have?

Pro

Which model were you using?

No response

What platform is your computer?

Windows

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

Windows Terminal (PowerShell)

Codex doctor report

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}

What issue are you seeing?

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Have a git repository.
Open codex.

What is the expected behavior?

Normal rending.

Additional information

It started in 0.131.0 so I specified that version even though my logs show 132. Rolling back to 130 fixes the issue.

[github-actions]

Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.

• Codex v0.131.0 terminal corruption after codex_apps MCP startup on Windows #23512
• Regression: Codex CLI 0.131.0-alpha.22 prints raw ANSI escape sequences in Windows TUI startup/resume #23031

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[fcoury-oai]

What Windows version are you running? Can you click this little chevron here and select About and send me your Windows Terminal version?

[fcoury-oai]

Also, can you start codex on a folder that's not a git repository, like O:\\Dropbox for instance and send me a screenshot?

[runfence]

@fcoury-oai
Windows Terminal 1.24.11321.0
Windows 25H2 26200.8117

I can only send you v.0.130.0 screenshot now cause I downgraded it and now it's busy. But removing .git/HEAD fixes the issue (it shows commit hash instead of branch name).

This issue is not related to Dropbox - I reproduced it in home folder too.

[runfence]

@fcoury-oai my statusline setup is:
gpt-5.5 high · O:\Dropbox... · develop · Context 47% used · 5h 64% · weekly 65% · 22.8M in · 148K out · Main [default]

Maybe it's the cause.

[runfence]

@fcoury-oai I reinstalled cleanly codex 0.132.0 under a separate account and made screenshots for you. No statusline this time. This is on default settings.

Without GIT

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With GIT

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Update: same without yolo.