ATTENTION! Following the new update (version 26.5422.30944), the Codex extension is experiencing a serious issue. It fails to load and remains stuck, even after a full reinstallation or troubleshooting. This needs to be fixed ASAP! Please correct this immediately.
We cannot resolve this issue on our end as the problem originated elsewhere. The issues began immediately after they released a new extension update. I have already emailed OpenAI to report the bug and I suggest you contact them as well, as a higher volume of complaints will likely expedite a fix.
Same problem for me. Can’t log in to OpenAI CODEX for 2 days in a row as a Business account. We’re paying for our workspace. We’re also paying personal subs.
Yesterday night Visual Studio Code loaded Codex after about 2 hours, randomly. Never happened again to this hour today. Codex App loaded once randomly and worked fine for some time, then it stopped. Today I can’t access Codex in any way, loading and spinning in VSC, history of chats is visible, but threads don’t load at all.
OpenAI Status page is showing green like everything is fine. What are we paying for?
Yesterday I had same problem. Sessions are loading ver slow or not loading at all and this problem today still exist.
I just had the same issue when updating.
I had to roll back to version 26.415.20818 of the Codex Extension from a week ago to make it work.
In VS Code:
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Open Extensions
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Search Codex
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Click the small gear icon
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Choose Install specific version…
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Pick the previous available version
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Reload VS Code
I hope this helps.
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Hey everyone, Apologies for this issue. We are not able to reproduce this on our end. Can someone please confirm if this is still an issue? Also is this happening on mac? Thanks!
Yeppp, still having the issue. I use windows
26.415.20818 does not fix this for Windows Remote SSH hosts without WSL. The extension still fails with spawnSync wsl.exe ENOENT because wsl.exe is not installed on the remote Windows Server. It should use native Windows/PowerShell instead of requiring WSL.
I am also experiencing this issue on v25.5422.30944. My screen looks just like jesper-lukas screen. I disabled, uninstalled, restarted, and even tried pre-release version and still had the issue. So far only Nerdbert’s suggestion of rolling back to 26.415.20818 worked for me.
I am using Visual Studio Code: 1.117.0
Node.Js: 22.22.21
Windows 11, listed in VS Code About window as Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200
I would suggest to install the codex app into your system and upload your project there to keep working on your project. Codex app somehow and sometimes works.
I am on -
Macbook Tahoe 26.4.1.
VS Code - 1.117.0
Codex Extension - 26.422.30944
This issue started to occur for me as well today. Likely caused by a corrupted local Codex state/config, not a VS Code issue. And this is what i did to fix it-
- Reset Codex:
mv ~/.codex ~/.codex_backup
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Restart VS Code: You will have to authorize again for codex.
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Restore chats:
cp -r ~/.codex_backup/sessions ~/.codex/
It fixed the flickering issue, and i was able to restore the chats as well.
I think it just takes time for it load (more then a few seconds). I noticed that before too. But its usually starting then.
Here is the same. Still doesn’t work for the last 4 days till now. I’m using Windows 11.
rolling back doesnt work either, please fix asap
i’m having the same issue. i think something changed when they added the new gpt-5.5 models and broke it
Created an account just to add that this is a major issue. It does seem to be related to when gpt-5.5 was released. I’ve noticed that since then, opening old conversations is almost impossible unless using the ‘CHAT’ tab workaround which only works about 60% of the time.
Sometimes even new conversations are impossible, with the extension spitting the “Unable to create new task timeout” error.
this worked!
was either this solution or the new v26.422.62136 release that i downloaded just now did it for me in Cursor on macOS. but no more Codex flickering/freezing on my end, thanks!