openai / openai/codex

[Codex App] Enabling “Bottom panel” header control hides the message composer

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Description

Summary

Enabling Bottom panel → Show the bottom panel control in the app header causes the message composer at the bottom of the Codex app to disappear. The issue persists after restarting the app. Disabling the setting restores the composer.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Enable Bottom panel → Show the bottom panel control in the app header.
  2. Observe that the message composer at the bottom of the app disappears.
  3. Restart the app with the setting enabled; the composer remains missing.
  4. Disable the setting; the composer reappears.

Expected behavior

The message composer remains visible and usable when the bottom panel header control is enabled, including after an app restart.

Actual behavior

The composer disappears while the setting is enabled, preventing message entry through that field.

Workaround

Disable Bottom panel → Show the bottom panel control in the app header.

Environment

App version and affected operating-system version were not provided. This report records user-observed behavior; it has not been independently reproduced.

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First steps

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  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue with Bottom panel → Show the bottom panel control in the app header enabled, then inspect how that setting affects the app layout and message composer across a restart. Done means the composer remains visible and usable both immediately after enabling the control and after restarting the app.

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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
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
68/100

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