Text dances around on Linux
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Description
What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
26.825.51511
What subscription do you have?
Pro
What platform is your computer?
Arch Linux 7.1.11-arch1-1 x86_64, Plasma 6.7.4 Wayland
What issue are you seeing?
Text dances around on the screen when it is generating more text outside of the window.
See the video, text dances starting around 0:25, it flickers up and down
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a7637dcc-0167-430c-909d-fc9ef31067db
In the end you also see how the "Approve for me" setting does not stick.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Start a new thread, prompt "Directly output 5 pages of lorem ipsum", then watch the text start dancing after it has filled the screen.
What is the expected behavior?
No response
Additional information
No response
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
Start by reproducing the issue on Arch Linux with Plasma Wayland using a new thread and the prompt "Directly output 5 pages of lorem ipsum"; observe the text after it fills the window and check whether "Approve for me" persists. No source file or test is named, so trace the desktop rendering and settings entry points from there; done means stable text rendering and a retained setting.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 52/100