Windows Desktop update resets command display preference
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Description
Codex Desktop on Windows changed [desktop] conversationDetailMode from STEPS_COMMANDS to STEPS_PROSE after an app update. This has happened repeatedly, and I have had to restore STEPS_COMMANDS manually to see executed commands again.
I could not find this preference in the desktop Settings UI. Please preserve the selected value across updates and add a Settings control for conversation detail mode.
The timing points to the update or subsequent startup, but I have not isolated the exact moment the configuration was rewritten. A related report, #40236, describes the same setting being overwritten in the opposite direction.
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Research direction
Start by tracing how the [desktop] conversationDetailMode preference is read and rewritten during updates or subsequent startup. Compare the behavior with related report #40236 and inspect the desktop Settings flow for where a conversation detail mode control belongs. Done means the selected STEPS_COMMANDS or STEPS_PROSE value survives updates and can be changed in Settings.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
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- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100