Card #406 · OpenAI Platform & APIs
Codex extension and desktop app instability and crashes
Users are experiencing frequent unexpected crashes and freezes when using Codex, particularly on Windows and Ubuntu. Issues include the application closing without warning, VS Code locking up when pasting content, and process errors that render the tool unavailable.
Pain score
0.24/ 1.00 · weighted product of four components
Reach1.00distinct authors (log-normalized)
Recency1.00freshness decay, half-life months
Engagement0.97upvotes + comments, normalized
Monetization0.50willingness-to-pay cues in evidence
§ Evidence — 4 verified quotes
The application will sometimes close by itself while it’s working, without any warning, error message, or obvious trigger.
When I try to paste code or log snippets into the Codex thread now, it locks VS and causes it to crash.
Codex crashed with the following error: Codex process errored: Codex process is not available
It seems to happen irregularly, but very often when there are some latex code with symbols too.
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