What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
26.715.72359
What subscription do you have?
ChatGPT Plus
What platform is your computer?
Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 x64
What issue are you seeing?
On Windows, calling window.showDirectoryPicker({ mode: "read" }) from a page opened in the Codex in-app browser successfully opens the native directory picker. However, after selecting a directory, the entire Codex desktop app terminates.
No JavaScript error or promise rejection is displayed because the application exits before the promise settles.
The reproduction page records events in localStorage. After restarting Codex, the stored log ends at before-call; neither returned nor rejected is recorded.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
A minimal reproduction is available at:
https://github.com/jun76/iab-directory-picker-repro
Steps:
- Clone the repository.
- Run
npm run dev. No dependency installation is required.
- Open
http://127.0.0.1:5175/ in the Codex in-app browser.
- Click Run showDirectoryPicker.
- Select any directory. An empty directory is sufficient.
- The entire Codex desktop app exits immediately after the selection.
The reproduction page only calls:
await window.showDirectoryPicker({ mode: "read" });It does not enumerate or read the selected directory.
What is the expected behavior?
The promise should either:
- resolve with a
FileSystemDirectoryHandle, or
- reject with an appropriate JavaScript exception.
In either case, selecting a directory must not terminate the Codex desktop app.
Additional information
This was also reported through the in-app feedback menu.
Feedback ID: no-active-thread-019f8ca4-2f8f-7df0-ac9b-4beee838e468
Environment:
The reproduction records its state before and after the API call. After the crash and application restart, the stored log contains before-call but neither returned nor rejected, indicating that the host application exits before the JavaScript promise settles.
Related but not duplicate:
This report is specifically about the File System Access API's showDirectoryPicker() on Windows: the native picker opens successfully, but selecting a directory terminates the entire desktop application before the JavaScript promise settles.
A search for showDirectoryPicker in the openai/codex issue tracker returned no existing reports at the time of submission.
What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
26.715.72359
What subscription do you have?
ChatGPT Plus
What platform is your computer?
Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 x64
What issue are you seeing?
On Windows, calling
window.showDirectoryPicker({ mode: "read" })from a page opened in the Codex in-app browser successfully opens the native directory picker. However, after selecting a directory, the entire Codex desktop app terminates.No JavaScript error or promise rejection is displayed because the application exits before the promise settles.
The reproduction page records events in
localStorage. After restarting Codex, the stored log ends atbefore-call; neitherreturnednorrejectedis recorded.What steps can reproduce the bug?
A minimal reproduction is available at:
https://github.com/jun76/iab-directory-picker-repro
Steps:
npm run dev. No dependency installation is required.http://127.0.0.1:5175/in the Codex in-app browser.The reproduction page only calls:
It does not enumerate or read the selected directory.
What is the expected behavior?
The promise should either:
FileSystemDirectoryHandle, orIn either case, selecting a directory must not terminate the Codex desktop app.
Additional information
This was also reported through the in-app feedback menu.
Feedback ID:
no-active-thread-019f8ca4-2f8f-7df0-ac9b-4beee838e468Environment:
26.715.723592026/07/22Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 x64The reproduction records its state before and after the API call. After the crash and application restart, the stored log contains
before-callbut neitherreturnednorrejected, indicating that the host application exits before the JavaScript promise settles.Related but not duplicate:
<input type="file">support in the in-app browser.This report is specifically about the File System Access API's
showDirectoryPicker()on Windows: the native picker opens successfully, but selecting a directory terminates the entire desktop application before the JavaScript promise settles.A search for
showDirectoryPickerin the openai/codex issue tracker returned no existing reports at the time of submission.