Codex ask and code button consolidated into one. Is there a way to change this back. It hs completely screwed up my work flow.

[image] Codex Web UI unable to generate tasks Coding with ChatGPT We are temporarily going to revert this change as we unintentionally negatively affected suggested tasks. We will bring this unification back more thoughtfully in the future. Thank you all a…

They just went away a few minutes ago for me. This is a downgrade. Furthermore, I was able to hit enter without submitting. It’s a little easier on us HUMANS to view things that we write with linebreaks in them.

Exactly the same for me its really frustrating

This disappeared for me yesterday, a huge fail to remove these options. Luckily, I still have a tab open with the UI unchanged, and I can still use the Ask and Code buttons, but any new tab I open they’re gone. This was definitely not the right move.

I can’t event get it to create suggested tasks anymore. This is extremely frustrating, and to make matters worse the update/change came like a thief in the night. [IMG_4920]

Exactly big down grade it isn’t as accurate as it used to be either

I’ve posted this in another thread, but the following “Custom Instructions” in Codex settings has kind of fixed this for me # Task-stub format (required) Insert this multi-line markdown directive immediately after describing each issue: :::task-stub{title="Concise, user-visible summary of the fix"…

There is also another solution under “Codex Web Ul unable to generate tasks”

Thanks everyone flagging this, our team is actively working on mitigation now.

I concur, the distinct options are vital

Codex Ask and Code buttons consolidated

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vc-openai September 25, 2025, 6:02pm 12

Thank you all again for your feedback here! We’ll be reverting this change to surface both the Ask and Code buttons.

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Codex Ask and Code buttons consolidated

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