[Windows][Chrome extension] Native host is outdated and browser control remains read-only

What issue are you seeing?

The official ChatGPT Chrome extension can read the active tab, including its title, URL, and visible text, but it cannot perform interactive actions such as clicking, typing, navigating, or searching.

Every interactive request fails with a message stating that the native Chrome/Codex host is outdated or unavailable. The extension therefore remains read-only.

Example error translated from the Polish interface:

“I cannot continue or perform the search because the native Chrome control module is outdated. I only have access to the text of the current page, without the ability to click or type.”

No sensitive website data or credentials are included in this report.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

1. Install the current ChatGPT desktop app on Windows.
2. Install the Chrome plugin from the ChatGPT desktop app.
3. Install the official ChatGPT extension from the Chrome Web Store.
4. Complete the extension onboarding and confirm that the side panel loads.
5. Open any website in Chrome.
6. Ask ChatGPT in the Chrome side panel to navigate, click a link, type into a field, or perform a search.
7. ChatGPT reads the page but refuses the interactive action, reporting that the native Chrome/Codex host is outdated.

Troubleshooting already completed:

• Confirmed that the ChatGPT desktop app is up to date
• Forced an extension update through chrome://extensions
• Completely removed and reinstalled the Chrome extension
• Removed and reinstalled the Chrome plugin
• Repeated the complete extension onboarding flow
• Restarted Chrome and the ChatGPT desktop app multiple times
• Used Windows “Repair” for the ChatGPT desktop app
• Confirmed that only one ChatGPT installation is present
• Confirmed that no separate Codex desktop app is installed
• Started new ChatGPT Work chats

The issue persists after all these steps.

What is the expected behavior?

After the Chrome plugin and official extension are installed and enabled, ChatGPT should be able to use the active Chrome session to navigate, click, type, and perform other approved browser actions.

It should not report an outdated native host when the desktop app and extension are both current.

Additional information

Environment:

• Windows 11
• ChatGPT desktop app version: 26.814.5517.0
• Google Chrome version: 150
• Official ChatGPT Chrome extension from the Chrome Web Store
• No separate Codex desktop application installed
• Only one ChatGPT desktop installation present

Feedback reference submitted through /feedback:

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Please verify the packaged native-host version and its Windows registration for the ChatGPT Chrome extension.

Start by locating the Windows native-host packaging and registration entry points for the Chrome extension, then reproduce the failure using the listed Windows 11 and Chrome versions. Check the packaged host version and its Windows registration, and verify that clicking, typing, navigation, and search work without the outdated-host error.