Cannot start Temporary Chat from App
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Description
What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
26.901.51231
What subscription do you have?
Plus
What platform is your computer?
Darwin 25.6.0 arm64 arm
What issue are you seeing?
The Temporary Chat icon shown in the upper-right corner of the ChatGPT web interface is missing from the desktop app. Furthermore, the File → New Temporary Chat menu item is present, but selecting it does nothing.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Feedback ID: no-active-thread-01a093f1-dcba-7570-98bf-4c5534155d4d
What is the expected behavior?
Launch the Temporary Chat
Additional information
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Research direction
No source file or test is named. Start by reproducing the issue on the reported macOS setup, then trace the File → New Temporary Chat action and the desktop app's Temporary Chat entry point. Done means the menu item launches a Temporary Chat and the expected control is available in the app.
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
- 50/100