[macOS Desktop] Files entry missing for project tasks in custom sidebar Sections
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Description
Environment
- App: Codex in the ChatGPT desktop app for macOS
- App version: 26.901.51231 (build 8109)
- macOS: 27.0
Observed behavior
I observed that local-project tasks organized in custom sidebar Sections do not show the Files entry in the right-hand panel. The panel offers Side chat and Browser instead. Project tasks outside custom Sections do show Files.
The affected tasks still belong to a local Project. Here, Section refers to the sidebar grouping option in the task's context menu, where Project and Section appear as separate options.
Steps to inspect the issue
- Open an affected task that belongs to a local Project and is organized in a custom sidebar Section.
- Open the right-hand panel's tab launcher.
- Observe that Files is missing, while Side chat and Browser are available.
- Compare this with a project task outside a custom Section, where Files is available.
This describes the observed comparison. Moving the same task into and out of a Section has not yet been verified as a controlled reproduction.
Expected behavior
Organizing a task in a custom sidebar Section should preserve file browsing when the task remains associated with its local Project and folder.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No source files or tests are named. First reproduce the missing Files entry by comparing a local-project task inside and outside a custom sidebar Section, then trace the desktop tab-launcher logic. Done means Files remains available when a task stays associated with its local Project and folder.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos, rust
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100