# Bug report: Codex VS Code extension stuck on loading, never shows login screen

**URL:** <https://community.openai.com/t/bug-report-codex-vs-code-extension-stuck-on-loading-never-shows-login-screen/1355379>\
**Category:** Codex CLI\
**Tags:** codex\
**Created:** [August 30, 2025, 10:22pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/bug-report-codex-vs-code-extension-stuck-on-loading-never-shows-login-screen/1355379 "2025-08-30T22:22:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![ai-user2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@ai-user2](https://community.openai.com/u/ai-user2)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 10:36am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/bug-report-codex-vs-code-extension-stuck-on-loading-never-shows-login-screen/1355379/26 "2025-09-24T10:36:15Z")

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I tried the obvious steps:

- removing the extension: `code --uninstall-extension openai.chatgpt`
- deleting `%USERPROFILE%\.vscode\extensions\openai.chatgpt-*`
- deleting `%USERPROFILE%\.codex`

Ultimately, downgrading to `0.4.12` solved it!

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/original/4X/f/a/e/faee0d33f59609b05d3c4975ddaf10a29a279b36.png)

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