[VS Code] 26.818.61809 regression: history and prompt composer disappear; rollback to 26.818.41705 fixes it
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Description
What version of the Codex IDE extension are you using?
Affected: 26.818.61809
Working after rollback: 26.818.41705
Which IDE are you using?
Visual Studio Code
Platform
Linux / Ubuntu 24.04
What issue are you seeing?
After opening a project that I normally use with Codex, the Codex panel no longer displayed any conversation history and did not provide an area/composer to start a new prompt. The extension UI was therefore effectively unusable.
Rolling the Codex extension back from 26.818.61809 to 26.818.41705 immediately restored the normal UI, including the existing history and the prompt composer.
This strongly suggests a regression introduced between those two extension builds rather than lost/corrupted project history.
Steps to reproduce
- Use Codex in VS Code with an existing project and existing Codex history.
- Run Codex IDE extension
26.818.61809. - Open the usual project/workspace.
- Open the Codex panel.
- Observe that conversation history is absent and there is no prompt composer/new-prompt area.
- Install previous extension version
26.818.41705. - Reload/reopen VS Code.
- Observe that the history and prompt composer are restored.
Expected behavior
The Codex panel should display the existing history and provide the prompt composer normally.
Actual behavior
On 26.818.61809, both the history and prompt composer are missing. Rolling back to 26.818.41705 restores them.
Additional information
I have not deleted or reset ~/.codex; the same local state works correctly with 26.818.41705.
Possibly related to #32388, which reports blank/partially blank Codex panels in earlier VS Code extension versions, but this report captures a specific regression in 26.818.61809 with a confirmed working rollback version.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Reproduce the missing history and prompt composer in Visual Studio Code on Ubuntu 24.04 with extension 26.818.61809, then compare it with 26.818.41705 using the reported project and local state. Trace the regression between those two builds; done means the Codex panel shows existing history and provides the prompt composer without requiring a rollback.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- vscode
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 52/100