Crashing Codex and unable to open again until repair

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
rust
Domain
desktop, operating-systems

Research direction

Start by reviewing the attached codex-crash-data-20260724-211336.zip and reproducing the reported steps on Microsoft Windows: open ChatGPT Codex, open a browser, and navigate to http://glstrucking.com/get-quote. Done means the webpage loads without Codex crashing and the app can be reopened without requiring Windows repair.

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Description

app browser bug windows-os
What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?

26.721.41059

What subscription do you have?

Plus

What platform is your computer?

Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 x64

What issue are you seeing?

Codex crashes and i cant re open it until i repair it with windows

codex-crash-data-20260724-211336.zip

What steps can reproduce the bug?

open chatgpt codex
open browser
navigate to http://glstrucking.com/get-quote
see it crash

What is the expected behavior?

load webpage.

Additional information

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