The automatic Conversation recap that showed in Codex CLI, was suddenly in chinese!
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- Dominant language
- Rust
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Description
What version of Codex CLI is running?
codex-cli 0.154.0
What subscription do you have?
Max 5x
Which model were you using?
gpt-5.6 sol Medium
What platform is your computer?
Linux Fedora
What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?
Kitty and Herdr
Codex doctor report
The Codex CLI is fine
What issue are you seeing?
The conversational recap presented was suddenly in chinese in an English Thread!
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Uploaded thread: 01a09b5e-f38f-71f1-85e6-74f068deb9d3
What is the expected behavior?
No response
Additional information
No response
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 reviewing the uploaded thread 01a09b5e-f38f-71f1-85e6-74f068deb9d3 and the Codex CLI conversation recap behavior. Trace why an English thread produced a Chinese recap on Linux Fedora, then verify that the recap consistently uses the thread's expected language.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100