Images prompt catalog fails to load in desktop app: /images/init and /images/styles return 404

What version of the Codex App are you using?

26.908.40834 (build 8881)

What platform is your computer?

macOS

What issue are you seeing?

The Images page fails to load its prompt catalog. Below the Trending tab, it displays:

Some image prompts couldn't be loaded

Retry and reloading do not resolve the problem. The web version works.

Desktop application logs show both catalog requests failing with HTTP 404 and the response {"detail":"Not Found"}:

GET /images/init -> 404
GET /images/styles?include_image_suggestions=true -> 404

These failures were recorded repeatedly on September 14, 2026, including at 21:31:20 and 21:31:30 UTC.

Inspection of the installed application bundle confirms that these two requests load the Images catalog and styles, and that their failure triggers the displayed error. The underlying cause of the 404 responses is not established.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

1. Open the Images page in the desktop app.
2. Observe the Trending tab and the catalog-loading error.
3. Click Retry or reload the app; the error persists.
4. Compare with the web version, where Images works.

What is the expected behavior?

The Images prompt catalog and styles should load successfully in the desktop app.

Additional information

This report concerns loading the Images page catalog. Image generation itself was not tested as part of this diagnosis.

Only the relevant request paths, response status, timestamps, and app version are included here; full logs and account information are omitted.

Start by tracing the desktop app bundle's requests to /images/init and /images/styles?include_image_suggestions=true, then compare their behavior with the working web version. Reproduce the 404s on the Images page and identify the request or endpoint mismatch; done means the prompt catalog and styles load successfully without the displayed error.