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Error Message

  • Recent Codex desktop logs did not show an obvious click/mouse/pointer error tied directly to the behavior.

Root Cause

  • Local app bundle version and macOS version are included above.
  • Recent Codex desktop logs did not show an obvious click/mouse/pointer error tied directly to the behavior.
  • I avoided pasting raw logs because they include local workspace paths and task/thread identifiers, but can provide specific log excerpts if helpful.
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What version of the Codex App are you using?

Codex App 26.429.30905 (CFBundleVersion 2345), from /Applications/Codex.app/Contents/Info.plist.

What platform is your computer?

macOS 26.3.1 (a) / build 25D771280a, Apple Silicon (arm64).

What issue are you seeing?

The Codex desktop app intermittently stops responding to mouse clicks, or appears to drop click events.

Observed behavior:

  • Clicking into the chat composer sometimes does not show a caret/cursor.
  • Even when no caret appears, keyboard input can still be typed into the composer.
  • Clicking a thread in the thread list sometimes does nothing; the selected/open thread does not change.
  • Repeated clicks sometimes eventually work.
  • The failure feels like mouse/click registration is intermittent rather than the whole app being completely frozen.

Expected behavior

A single click should focus the chat composer and show the caret, or open/select the clicked thread.

Steps to reproduce

This is intermittent so far, not a clean deterministic repro yet.

  1. Open Codex desktop app on macOS.
  2. Use the app normally across chats/threads.
  3. Click in the chat composer, or click a thread in the thread list.
  4. Sometimes the click is ignored; repeated clicks may eventually succeed.

Possible trigger / correlation

The issue started suddenly after I began using Codex pets the previous day. I do not know whether pets are causally related, but the timing is notable enough to include.

Diagnostics already checked

  • Local app bundle version and macOS version are included above.
  • Recent Codex desktop logs did not show an obvious click/mouse/pointer error tied directly to the behavior.
  • I avoided pasting raw logs because they include local workspace paths and task/thread identifiers, but can provide specific log excerpts if helpful.

Additional context

The app remains usable enough that typing can work after the attempted focus, which makes this different from a simple full UI freeze. The most visible symptom is that mouse interactions with the composer and thread list are intermittently ignored until clicking multiple times.

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TL;DR

Investigate and potentially disable Codex pets to see if it resolves the intermittent mouse click issue in the Codex desktop app.

Guidance

  • Review recent changes or updates related to Codex pets to understand if there's a known issue or a potential conflict with the app's mouse event handling.
  • Attempt to reproduce the issue with Codex pets disabled to determine if there's a causal relationship between the two.
  • Inspect the app's event handling code for any potential issues with mouse click events, particularly in the chat composer and thread list components.
  • Consider providing specific log excerpts related to mouse events or Codex pets to help identify the root cause.

Example

No specific code snippet can be provided without more information about the app's codebase.

Notes

The issue's intermittent nature and the lack of clear error logs make it challenging to pinpoint the exact cause. The potential connection to Codex pets is a good starting point for investigation.

Recommendation

Apply workaround: Disable Codex pets and monitor the app's behavior to see if the issue persists. This approach can help determine if Codex pets are indeed the cause of the problem.

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Expected behavior

A single click should focus the chat composer and show the caret, or open/select the clicked thread.

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