# Codex CLI: known issues context pack (KnownFix)
Generated 2026-10-26T10:18:14Z from github.com/openai/codex. Auto-extracted; verify via links. Source: https://knownfix.ai/issues/codex/
Fields: severity (auto-estimate) | symptom | versions mentioned | workaround (quoted from issue/comments, if any) | fixed-in (if referenced).

## Active
- [HIGH] Codex Desktop for macOS repeatedly triggers `syspolicyd` / `trustd` CPU and memory runaway (https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/25719)
  - symptom: Codex Desktop: 26.527.60818 Codex build: 3437 Darwin 25.5.0 arm64 arm Codex Desktop for macOS triggers a persistent macOS Gatekeeper/SystemPolicy loop after launch
  - versions: 26.527.60818, 26.527.31326
  - error: `Codex Desktop: 26.527.60818`
  - workaround: none stated
- [HIGH] Regression: encrypted MultiAgentV2 messages remove readable task audit trail (https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/28058)
  - symptom: Upstream main after #26210 (Encrypt multi-agent v2 message payloads, merged 2026-06-05)
  - versions: 0.137.0
  - error: `message_delivery = "plaintext" # encrypted | encrypted_with_audit | plaintext`
  - workaround: none stated
- [MEDIUM] Codex does not auto-refresh routed MCP OAuth tokens even when a refresh token is stored (https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/17265)
  - symptom: Codex persists a refreshtoken for a routed MCP server in ~/.codex/.credentials.json, but it does not automatically refresh the access token when the token expires
  - error: `Codex persists a `refresh_token` for a routed MCP server in `~/.codex/.credentials.json`, but it does not automatically refresh the access token when the token `
  - workaround: none stated
- [HIGH] unexpected status 401 Unauthorized issue (https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/48237)
  - symptom: unexpected status 401 Unauthorized: Incorrect API key provided: sk-svcacfvMA
  - workaround: none stated
- [CRITICAL] [BUG] Codex CLI 0.157.0 fails to start on Windows with daemon privilege error (0.156.1 works) (https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/48043)
  - symptom: Codex CLI 0.157.0 fails to start on Windows with the following error: Downgrading to version 0.156.1 resolves the issue
  - versions: 0.157.0, 0.156.1
  - error: `Error: start the Windows daemon from a non-elevated terminal; shared clients must not inherit administrator privileges`
  - workaround: Downgrading to version 0.156.1 restores normal operation: [issue body]
- [HIGH] [Windows][WSL][26.825.31414] Project creation and removal fail after switching Agent Environment to WSL (https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/41290)
  - symptom: 26.825.31414 Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 x64 ChatGPT / Powered by Codex & OWL Release date shown in About: August 28, 2026 Windows 11 x64 with WSL2 / Ubuntu
  - versions: 26.825.31414
  - error: `Agent Environment = Windows Native`
  - workaround: none stated
- [MEDIUM] [Windows] dot-started local tasks lack Computer Use tools while ordinary local Codex sessions work (https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/49458)
  - symptom: ChatGPT desktop on Windows, with an About-dialog release date of September 29, 2026
  - versions: 0.159.0, 26.928.20755
  - error: `) followed by ready events with`
  - workaround: none stated
- [MEDIUM] [Android][Remote] "Authorize this phone" loops after the desktop switches ChatGPT accounts: stale cross-account environm (https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/48555)
  - symptom: After a desktop app was signed into account B and then back into account A on the same machine, pairing an Android phone with account A loops forever
  - versions: 26.924.22138, 0.158.0-alpha.2.1
  - error: `DELETE /backend-api/wham/remote/control/environments/{env_id}`
  - workaround: none stated
- [MEDIUM] App-server queued follow-up no longer exists (https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/45019)
  - symptom: 26.908.40834 Darwin 25.6.0 arm64 arm Trying to queue task after editing it once
  - versions: 26.908.40834
  - error: `Error submitting message`
  - workaround: none stated
- [MEDIUM] [Codex Desktop] Editing and resending a queued message triggers "App-server queued follow-up no longer exists" (https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/44781)
  - symptom: Installed Codex Desktop Windows package: 26.903.9818.0, verified locally with Get-AppxPackage
  - versions: 0.153.4
  - error: `App-server queued follow-up no longer exists`
  - workaround: none stated
- [MEDIUM] Codex Remote pairing fails on Android (https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/48774)
  - symptom: Codex Remote pairing fails on Android
  - versions: 1.2026.265
  - workaround: none stated
- [MEDIUM] Windows remote-control daemon spawns visible console windows for tool and MCP child processes (https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/46949)
  - symptom: On Windows, the managed remote-control app-server daemon launches tool-runtime and MCP child processes in visible console windows
  - versions: 0.155.1
  - error: `5. Start or open an agent session with tool/MCP support enabled.`
  - workaround: none stated

## Recently closed (with fix/workaround info)
- WebSocket upgrade succeeds then server closes with 1008 Policy (falls back to HTTPS) (https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/13041); workaround: reverted to the previous version
- [Linux] Codex Desktop 26.924.20706 hangs indefinitely on "Starting your task"; rollback to 26.917.71314 fixes  (https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/48189); workaround: Downgrade to 26.917.71314.
- Code extension intermittently drops submitted messages after update. (https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/49988); workaround: Downgrading to extension version 26.917.62051 stops the problem.