Windows desktop: Plugins selector spins indefinitely after update to 26.831.2377

What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?

26.831.2377.0

What subscription do you have?

ChatGPT Plus

What platform is your computer?

Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 x64

What issue are you seeing?

Since updating the ChatGPT/Codex Windows desktop application to version 26.831.2377.0, the Plugins entry in the prompt menu displays a spinner indefinitely. The plugin selector never finishes loading or opens normally.

The issue occurs in new and existing Codex tasks and persists after:

• Repairing the application from Windows Settings.
• Resetting the application.
• Uninstalling and reinstalling it.
• Fully closing and reopening the application.
• Restarting Windows.
• Clearing and regenerating the local plugin cache.
• Restoring the bundled plugins from the current application installation.
• Correcting stale runtime paths left by the previous application version.

Expected behavior:

The Plugins entry should finish loading and display the installed or available plugins.

Actual behavior:

The spinner runs indefinitely and the plugin selector remains unavailable.

Relevant diagnostics:

• The plugins and recommended_plugins features are enabled.
• Internal plugin/list requests complete successfully with errorCode=null, usually in 0.5–1 second.
• The plugin/installed request also completes successfully.
• Despite these successful responses, the UI remains in the loading state.
• The following message appears repeatedly during startup:

bundled_plugins_reconcile_skipped_features_unavailable reason=focus

• The startup logs also contain:

ignoring invalid experimental feature enablement keys: apps_mcp_path_override, local_thread_store_compression

This is a personal Windows computer. It is not joined to a domain, Entra ID, Workplace, MDM, or Intune, and no corporate proxy is configured.

This appears to be a desktop UI state or bundled-plugin reconciliation regression introduced in version 26.831.2377.0. The backend returns the plugin data successfully, but the UI does not leave the loading state.

A screenshot showing the persistent spinner is available.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Feedback ID: 01a0618c-4ccc-77f3-a030-2237abaa5a37

What is the expected behavior?

The Plugins entry should finish loading within a few seconds and display the installed or available plugins. I should be able to open the plugin selector and select or manage plugins. The loading spinner should disappear once loading is complete.

Additional information

No response

Start by reproducing the Windows spinner and tracing the Plugins selector around the successful plugin/list and plugin/installed requests. Inspect the repeated bundled_plugins_reconcile_skipped_features_unavailable reason=focus startup message and related loading state; done means the selector opens and displays installed or available plugins after loading completes.