[macOS] Unable to download images generated in Chat mode
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Assessment
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100
- Issue type
- Bug
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Activity status
- Active
- Tech stack
- macos
- Domain
- desktop
Research direction
Reproduce the download failure in the ChatGPT Desktop app on macOS using the listed Deep Research and Image Generation steps, then compare it with downloading the same image in the mobile app. Done means the generated image can be downloaded and saved successfully to the Mac.
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Description
What version of the Codex App are you using?
ChatGPT/Codex App version 26.727.51351
What subscription do you have?
Pro plan
What platform is your computer?
MacBook Air M2, macOS 26.5.2
What issue are you seeing?
When using ChatGPT Desktop in Chat mode for Deep Research, I can use Image Generation successfully. The generated image is visible and can be opened for viewing, but I cannot download or save the image file to my Mac.
The same generated image can be downloaded successfully from the ChatGPT mobile app.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
- Open the ChatGPT Desktop app on macOS.
- Use Chat mode to perform Deep Research.
- Use Image Generation in the conversation.
- Open the generated image.
- Click the Download button.
- Observe that the image is not downloaded or saved to the Mac.
- Open the same conversation/image in the ChatGPT mobile app and download it successfully.
What is the expected behavior?
The generated image should download successfully and be saved as an image file on the Mac.
Additional information
This appears to affect the macOS desktop app only. Image viewing works correctly, and downloading the same image works from the ChatGPT mobile app.
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