Remote mobile Codex cannot preview image and video artifacts generated on the connected computer
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Description
What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
26.820.7780.0
What subscription do you have?
Plus
What platform is your computer?
Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26200 x64
What issue are you seeing?
When I use the ChatGPT mobile app's Remote view with a connected Codex App host, a Codex task can create image and video artifacts in the host workspace, but I cannot preview or open those artifacts from the mobile Remote view.
Text updates, task progress, and code diffs remain visible. However, the generated image or video is not rendered or opened on the phone. The host-local file path reported by the task does not provide a usable way for the mobile user to inspect the result.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
- Connect the ChatGPT mobile app to a computer running Codex App through Remote.
- Start or continue a Codex task that creates an image or video artifact in the workspace, such as a PNG, JPG, GIF, MP4, or WebM file.
- Let Codex report the generated file path or reference the artifact in the conversation.
- Open the same task in the ChatGPT mobile app's Remote view.
- Observe that text, progress, and diffs are available, but the generated image or video cannot be previewed or opened.
What is the expected behavior?
The mobile Remote view should treat generated image and video files as first-class artifacts.
Supported formats should have an inline preview. If inline preview is unavailable, the UI should provide a secure Open, Download, or Share action. The workflow should not rely only on a filesystem path that exists on the connected computer.
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Research direction
Start by tracing how the ChatGPT mobile Remote view receives Codex task updates and host-local artifact references. Reproduce with PNG, JPG, GIF, MP4, or WebM output, then verify that supported artifacts can be previewed or exposed through a secure open, download, or share action instead of only a computer filesystem path.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- mobile-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 52/100