Hello. I have a problem with the Codex extension in VS Code. Everything worked normally before, but one day the Codex chat window froze completely. I could still highlight messages, but I could not type anything or interact with the chat. I restarted VS Code, and after that Codex never loaded again.…

Hi everyone! This fix helped me to solve the problem! Bug report: Codex VS Code extension stuck on loading, never shows login screen - #26 by ai-user2

I have been having the same issue for all updates. I was able to install a much older version 0.4.15 however, which is not Ideal but better than the infinite spinner. Did you manage to resolve this?

ya igot the same pattren and issue

I had the same issue on Ubuntu. Problem was with the permissions of the ~/.codex/ folder, specifically, the config file was owned by root for some reason after a reboot. Running sudo chown -R myuser:myuser ~/.codex solved the issue.

Codex VS Code extension stuck on infinite loading after frozen chat session

Codex

estefano.costa December 30, 2025, 4:00pm 6

If you are trying to run Codex on Windows, check de Codex dependencies like Python3 and Microsoft Visual C++

You can use install both dependencies using winget

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