Can't paste text from clipboard into codex CLI 153.4

What version of Codex CLI is running?

153.4

What subscription do you have?

PLUS

Which model were you using?

gpt-6-astra

What platform is your computer?

Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.19045.0 x64

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

Windows Terminal (Command Prompt and PowerShell)

Codex doctor report

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}

What issue are you seeing?

Unable to paste any text into codex, either for Command Prompt or Powershell

It returns the message:

■ Failed to paste image: no image on clipboard: The clipboard contents were not available in the requested format or the
clipboard is empty. 

Control+V

Right mouse button

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Go to any text source, copy contents to clipboard,
open command prompt or powershell
type "codex" to open codex
press Control+V or press right mouse button

What is the expected behavior?

clipboard text contents pasted on codex prompt

Additional information

No response

No source file, test, or entry point is identified. Reproduce the clipboard-paste failure in Codex CLI 0.153.4 on Windows Terminal using both Command Prompt and PowerShell, then trace the relevant input handling; done means pasted text is accepted in the affected environments.