openai / openai/codex

[Desktop] Can't steer a message and send it as an interrupt

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Description

In the desktop app, if you steer a message, you can't then send it "as an interrupt" rather than "after the next tool call". There's no button to do so. If you click the stop button, it stops the thread entirely. Then, there's only a "copy" button on the steered message that never actually got submitted. The only path to send it again is sending another silly followup like "^" or "do the above task" or something like that, which seems stupid.

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Research direction

Start in the desktop app's handling of steered messages and the stop/interrupt controls; reproduce the issue by steering a message while a tool call is pending and compare the available actions. Done means the steered message can be submitted as an interrupt without stopping the thread, with a usable way to retry it.

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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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