Codex VS Code extension needs manual thread renaming

Hello, I want to submit a usability complaint and feature request for the Codex VS Code extension.

The current thread list is very hard to use because thread titles are auto-generated by first phrase and often too vague. After a few sessions, it becomes difficult to understand what each thread is actually about. This makes navigation and context switching unnecessarily slow.

In practice, I need a way to manually rename threads so I can give them clear project-specific names such as:

  • my-project-1
  • my-project-2
  • my-project-1-infra

Right now, in the VS Code extension, I cannot find any exposed way to rename a thread. This is a major usability gap.

Please add:

  • Rename Thread in the thread context menu
  • Rename Thread in the command palette
  • inline title editing in the sidebar
  • optional automatic naming based on workspace/repo name

This would make the extension much easier to use in real multi-project workflows.

Thank you.

Agreed. All I can say about that is: dew it.

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