openai / openai/codex

In-app browser opens Google result links in a blank new tab

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app browser bug
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Description

What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?

26.915.31945

What subscription do you have?

Plus

What platform is your computer?

Darwin 27.0.0 arm64 arm

What issue are you seeing?

On macOS, links opened from Google search results in the Codex App in-app browser create a new tab whose content area stays blank. The page itself is reachable: pasting the destination URL directly into the address bar of a new tab renders it normally. Reloading the blank tab does not help.

Example: a Google result for https://brew.sh/ko/ opened as a blank tab. Manually navigating to https://brew.sh/ko/ displayed the Homebrew page normally.

What steps can reproduce the bug?
  1. Open the Codex App on macOS.
  2. In the in-app browser, search Google for a page.
  3. Click an external search result that opens in a new tab.
  4. Observe that the new tab stays blank.
  5. Copy the destination URL and paste it directly into the address bar of a new tab. The page renders normally.
What is the expected behavior?

The destination page should render normally when opened by clicking a Google search result, just as it does when the same URL is entered directly.

Additional information

No error is shown in the blank tab. Reloading the tab does not resolve the issue.

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Reproduce the issue in the Codex App on macOS by opening a Google result in a new tab, then compare that behavior with direct URL navigation. Trace the in-app browser's external-result and new-tab navigation path; done means the destination renders when opened from a search result and direct navigation remains functional.

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Assessment

Tech stack
macos, rust
Domain
desktop, web-dev
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
55/100

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