[BUG] Cannot click secondary windows created by the built-in browser
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Description
What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
26.903.11726
What subscription do you have?
Pro
What platform is your computer?
Linux 6.18.48-1-lts x86_64 unknown
What issue are you seeing?
When an external window is created and you try to click anywhere inside of it, it switches back to the codex desktop app instead. It makes it impossible to actually interact with it or even just exit out of the window by clicking the X button.
All clicks and interactions are forwarded to the main codex desktop app.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
- Go to https://crates.io inside the codex desktop app's browser on a Linux computer
- Click "Log in with Github" in the top right
- A window will pop up
- You will be unable to interact with this window and attempting to do so will just pop up with the desktop app.
What is the expected behavior?
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Additional information
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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 from the built-in browser using crates.io and the “Log in with Github” flow on Linux. Trace how the Codex desktop app creates and focuses the secondary window, then verify that clicks, controls, and the close button remain usable in that window without switching back to the main app.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100