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Recap suddenly in german

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Description

What version of Codex CLI is running?

codex-cli 0.153.0

What subscription do you have?

Business

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.6-sol medium

What platform is your computer?

Darwin 25.6.0 arm64 arm

What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?

ghostty

Codex doctor report

What issue are you seeing?

Automatic conversation recap unexpectedly switches to German

Details:
My conversation was entirely in English, but Codex automatically inserted a German
recap:

Draft-PR #4484 wurde gegen dev erstellt …

There is no apparent setting to disable automatic recaps or choose their language.
Recaps should preserve the conversation language, and users should be able to disable
them.

Environment: macOS 26.6.2; Codex CLI 0.153.0. Include a screenshot and the conversation
URL/session identifier if available.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Uploaded thread: 01a063be-2bc7-7381-bc77-72419f26173f

What is the expected behavior?

Recap in the language I'm talking to the agent obviously. Don't make language choices for me.

Additional information

No response

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the uploaded thread identified as 01a063be-2bc7-7381-bc77-72419f26173f and reproduce the recap behavior with Codex CLI 0.153.0 on the provided environment. Done means English conversations no longer receive German recaps and users have a way to disable automatic recaps, as described in the issue.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
cli, localization
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

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