Add a first-class Remote section to the Codex Desktop sidebar

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
rust
Domain
desktop

Research direction

Start by reviewing the existing Remote Control infrastructure and the settings/connections workflow in Codex Desktop, then locate the sidebar entry point. Done should expose a persistent Remote destination where users can pair securely, select a primary workstation, continue or start work, inspect diffs and terminal output, approve actions, and monitor running sessions.

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Description

app enhancement remote
What feature would you like to see?

Please add a clearly visible Remote section to the Codex Desktop sidebar, matching the Remote entry in the ChatGPT mobile app.

Codex Desktop already has remote-control capabilities through settings/connections, but the workflow is difficult to discover and does not feel like a first-class part of the desktop product. A dedicated sidebar destination would make it obvious that one desktop can connect to and control another Codex host.

Requested workflow
  1. Codex runs on a primary workstation or build machine.
  2. A second computer running Codex Desktop signs into the same account or pairs securely.
  3. The second computer opens Remote from the sidebar.
  4. It selects the primary workstation.
  5. The user can continue existing threads, start new tasks, inspect diffs and terminal output, approve actions, and monitor running work.

This request is specifically about Codex-to-Codex remote control, not generic SSH access or remote server administration.

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Why this would help
  • Makes desktop-to-desktop Remote Control easy to discover.
  • Provides feature parity with the ChatGPT mobile Remote experience.
  • Lets users keep repositories, credentials, build tools, and execution on the host machine.
  • Makes it practical to continue long-running Codex work from a laptop or another desktop.
  • Creates a natural place for host status, pairing, permissions, active sessions, and connection diagnostics.

Ideally, this would reuse the existing Remote Control infrastructure and expose it as a persistent, first-class desktop surface rather than hiding it under settings.

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