openai / openai/codex

More Details stops reusing the same Quick Chat after minimizing it or switching Codex threads

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Description

Summary

More Details can keep sending follow-up context into the same Quick Chat, but that continuity is lost after the Quick Chat is minimized/closed or after switching Codex conversation threads.

Repro
  1. In Codex, click More Details to open a Quick Chat.
  2. Click More Details again while that Quick Chat is still active — it continues in the same Chat.
  3. Minimize/close the Quick Chat, or switch to another Codex thread.
  4. Click More Details again.
Actual

A new Quick Chat is created instead of continuing the previous one.

Expected

If this is not intentional, More Details should keep/recover the previous Quick Chat binding for that Codex thread.

Environment: Codex desktop on Windows.

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Research direction

Start from the More Details action and the Quick Chat binding used for Codex threads. Reproduce the flow by minimizing or closing Quick Chat and switching threads, then trace how the previous binding is stored or recovered; done means follow-up More Details actions reuse the prior Quick Chat for the same thread.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
55/100

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