diff --git a/codex-rs/Cargo.lock b/codex-rs/Cargo.lock
index 198c986d87..53451bb2b1 100644
--- a/codex-rs/Cargo.lock
+++ b/codex-rs/Cargo.lock
@@ -863,6 +863,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "codex-rmcp-client",
  "core_test_support",
  "dirs",
+ "dunce",
  "env-flags",
  "escargot",
  "eventsource-stream",
@@ -1200,6 +1201,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "crossterm",
  "diffy",
  "dirs",
+ "dunce",
  "image",
  "insta",
  "itertools 0.14.0",
@@ -1798,6 +1800,12 @@ version = "0.0.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f678cf4a922c215c63e0de95eb1ff08a958a81d47e485cf9da1e27bf6305cfa5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dunce"
+version = "1.0.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "92773504d58c093f6de2459af4af33faa518c13451eb8f2b5698ed3d36e7c813"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dupe"
 version = "0.9.1"
@@ -4064,7 +4072,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "socket2 0.5.10",
  "tracing",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/codex-rs/Cargo.toml b/codex-rs/Cargo.toml
index 01dc47a70d..06c83c819e 100644
--- a/codex-rs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/codex-rs/Cargo.toml
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ derive_more = "2"
 diffy = "0.4.2"
 dirs = "6"
 dotenvy = "0.15.7"
+dunce = "1.0.4"
 env-flags = "0.1.1"
 env_logger = "0.11.5"
 escargot = "0.5"
diff --git a/codex-rs/core/Cargo.toml b/codex-rs/core/Cargo.toml
index 22ba1ee626..8c56e7d132 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/codex-rs/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ codex-protocol = { workspace = true }
 codex-app-server-protocol = { workspace = true }
 codex-otel = { workspace = true, features = ["otel"] }
 dirs = { workspace = true }
+dunce = { workspace = true }
 env-flags = { workspace = true }
 eventsource-stream = { workspace = true }
 futures = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/codex-rs/core/src/project_doc.rs b/codex-rs/core/src/project_doc.rs
index 476f0e1f00..c33b1a5dac 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/project_doc.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/project_doc.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 //! 3.  We do **not** walk past the Git root.
 
 use crate::config::Config;
+use dunce::canonicalize as normalize_path;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use tokio::io::AsyncReadExt;
 use tracing::error;
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ pub async fn read_project_docs(config: &Config) -> std::io::Result<Option<String
 /// is zero, returns an empty list.
 pub fn discover_project_doc_paths(config: &Config) -> std::io::Result<Vec<PathBuf>> {
     let mut dir = config.cwd.clone();
-    if let Ok(canon) = dir.canonicalize() {
+    if let Ok(canon) = normalize_path(&dir) {
         dir = canon;
     }
 
diff --git a/codex-rs/tui/Cargo.toml b/codex-rs/tui/Cargo.toml
index 21472d8fe9..7356ae334b 100644
--- a/codex-rs/tui/Cargo.toml
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ color-eyre = { workspace = true }
 crossterm = { workspace = true, features = ["bracketed-paste", "event-stream"] }
 diffy = { workspace = true }
 dirs = { workspace = true }
+dunce = { workspace = true }
 image = { workspace = true, features = ["jpeg", "png"] }
 itertools = { workspace = true }
 lazy_static = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/codex-rs/tui/src/status/helpers.rs b/codex-rs/tui/src/status/helpers.rs
index 47faae27dc..1889d7f4f4 100644
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/status/helpers.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/status/helpers.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ use unicode_width::UnicodeWidthStr;
 
 use super::account::StatusAccountDisplay;
 
+fn normalize_agents_display_path(path: &Path) -> String {
+    dunce::simplified(path).display().to_string()
+}
+
 pub(crate) fn compose_model_display(
     config: &Config,
     entries: &[(&str, String)],
@@ -59,13 +63,13 @@ pub(crate) fn compose_agents_summary(config: &Config) -> String {
                             let up = format!("..{}", std::path::MAIN_SEPARATOR);
                             format!("{}{}", up.repeat(ups), file_name)
                         } else if let Ok(stripped) = p.strip_prefix(&config.cwd) {
-                            stripped.display().to_string()
+                            normalize_agents_display_path(stripped)
                         } else {
-                            p.display().to_string()
+                            normalize_agents_display_path(&p)
                         }
                     }
                 } else {
-                    p.display().to_string()
+                    normalize_agents_display_path(&p)
                 };
                 rels.push(display);
             }