Codex desktop chat history rendering bug.
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Description
What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
codex-cli 0.154.0
What subscription do you have?
In an existing task, multiple messages in the middle of the conversation became blank, while earlier and later messages still render normally. The underlying session JSONL still exists under ~/.codex/sessions. The issue appeared after an interrupted turn.
What platform is your computer?
No response
What issue are you seeing?
In an existing task, multiple messages in the middle of the conversation
became blank, while earlier and later messages still render normally.
The underlying session JSONL still exists under ~/.codex/sessions.
The issue appeared after an interrupted turn.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
In an existing task, multiple messages in the middle of the conversation
became blank, while earlier and later messages still render normally.
The underlying session JSONL still exists under ~/.codex/sessions.
The issue appeared after an interrupted turn.
What is the expected behavior?
No response
Additional information
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Contributor guide
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 examining the affected session JSONL under ~/.codex/sessions and reproducing the blank messages after an interrupted turn. Trace how that session data is loaded and rendered in the Codex desktop app; done means messages in the middle of an existing conversation render alongside earlier and later messages.
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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
- 45/100