[App][macOS] Reveal in Finder opens Home instead of task working directory

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
68/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
macos, rust
Domain
desktop

Research direction

Reproduce the issue by selecting Reveal in Finder for a local task and compare the Finder location with the path returned by Copy working directory. Trace the macOS action's working-directory resolution; done means Finder opens the task's assigned directory rather than the user's Home directory, without affecting the existing copy action.

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Description

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

26.727.51351

What subscription do you have?

ChatGPT Plus

What platform is your computer?

Darwin 25.5.0 arm64 arm

What issue are you seeing?

The Reveal in Finder action for a local Codex task opens the macOS Home directory instead of the task's assigned working directory.

  • Actual Finder location: /Users/<username>
  • Task working directory: /Users/<username>/Documents/Codex/2026-08-02/h
  • Copy working directory returns the correct task path.
  • No error message is shown.

The problem still occurs after downloading the current official installer, verifying its checksum and code signature, replacing the app, and restarting it.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Feedback ID: 019fbf7f-e72a-71f3-bca0-61015d8384e5

What is the expected behavior?

Finder should open the task's assigned working directory (/Users/<username>/Documents/Codex/2026-08-02/h) when Reveal in Finder is selected.

Additional information

This is reproducible after a clean app-binary reinstall using the official OpenAI DMG. The downloaded disk image passed hdiutil verify, and the installed app passed codesign --verify --deep --strict.

The task and chat remain functional; only Reveal in Finder resolves to the wrong location.

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