Auto open edited files in sidebar preview
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Description
What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
26.818.31338
What subscription do you have?
Plus
What platform is your computer?
Darwin 25.1.0 arm64 arm
What issue are you seeing?
Every time a run is finished, the edited file / main deliverable will be automatically opened in the preview sidebar. No settings are found to disable this functionality.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Session ID: 01a02814-dab3-7cd0-828b-84d7bbc3025d
Let Codex work on a LaTeX project and compile the code itself to generate a PDF file. After the run is finished, the PDF file will show up as a card in the chat, and the preview sidebar will then automatically be opened by Codex.
What is the expected behavior?
There should be a setting to toggle this functionality, since automatically opening a preview tab is not always the desired behavior for every user.
Additional information
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- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Reproduce the behavior using the provided session ID with a LaTeX project that compiles to a PDF, and observe when the preview sidebar opens after a run. Trace the preview-sidebar entry point and identify how a user setting could control automatic opening; done means the behavior is toggleable without preventing PDF cards from appearing in chat.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- latex
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100