codex - 💡(How to fix) Fix Codex Desktop plugin/skills page is covered by a white overlay on Intel macOS 26.2 [3 comments, 3 participants]

What version of the Codex App are you using?

Codex Desktop: 26.429.20946 (CFBundleVersion 2312) Bundled CLI: codex-cli 0.128.0-alpha.1 PATH CLI: codex-cli 0.125.0

What platform is your computer?

macOS 26.2 (BuildVersion: 25C56) Architecture: Intel / x86_64 Codex app binary: Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64

What issue are you seeing?

In Codex Desktop on an Intel Mac, both the Plugins and Skills pages render with a large white overlay/blank region covering the content area. The underlying page appears partially loaded, but most cards/text are obscured or clipped by a white rectangular layer. The issue persists after upgrading Codex Desktop.

Steps to reproduce

1. Open Codex Desktop on Intel macOS.
2. Navigate to the left sidebar item Plugins.
3. Observe that the main plugins page is covered by a large white overlay/blank region.
4. Navigate to Skills.
5. The same white overlay/blank rendering issue appears there too.

Expected behavior

The Plugins and Skills pages should render their cards/lists normally without a white overlay blocking the content.

Actual behavior

A large white layer/blank area covers the main content. The page is not usable visually, even though some underlying UI fragments are visible.

Troubleshooting already attempted

The issue still reproduces after all of the following:

• Restarted Codex Desktop.
• Cleared Codex render/code/GPU caches:
  • ~/Library/Caches/com.openai.codex/fsCachedData
  • ~/Library/Application Support/Codex/Cache
  • ~/Library/Application Support/Codex/Code Cache
  • ~/Library/Application Support/Codex/GPUCache
  • ~/Library/Application Support/Codex/DawnGraphiteCache
  • ~/Library/Application Support/Codex/DawnWebGPUCache
• Tried launching with GPU disabled:
  • open -n -a /Applications/Codex.app --args --disable-gpu --disable-gpu-compositing --disable-features=UseSkiaRenderer
• Rebuilt the entire Codex Desktop user data directory by moving ~/Library/Application Support/Codex aside and allowing Codex to create a fresh one.
• Confirmed the problem still occurs with a clean user data directory.
• Restored the original user data directory afterward.

Relevant logs

The desktop app log repeatedly reports this while loading Plugins/Skills:

unsupported feature enablement `workspace_dependencies`: currently supported features are apps, memories, plugins, remote_control, tool_search, tool_suggest, tool_call_mcp_elicitation

Nearby log entries show plugin/list and skills/list requests completing, but the UI remains visually blocked by the white overlay.

Example sequence from the logs:

Features enabled enabledFeatures="enable_request_compression, collaboration_modes, personality, request_rule, image_generation, image_detail_original, workspace_dependencies, guardian_approval, workspace_owner_usage_nudge, apps, plugins, tool_search, tool_suggest, tool_call_mcp_elicitation"
Request failed ... method=experimentalFeature/enablement/set ... error={"code":-32600,"message":"unsupported feature enablement `workspace_dependencies`: currently supported features are apps, memories, plugins, remote_control, tool_search, tool_suggest, tool_call_mcp_elicitation"}
Failed to sync experimental feature enablement ... unsupported feature enablement `workspace_dependencies`
... method=plugin/list ... errorCode=null
... method=skills/list ... errorCode=null

Additional notes

This appears specific to Codex Desktop UI rendering or frontend/app-server feature compatibility. It does not appear to be caused by local plugin configuration, cache corruption, or existing user data, because the problem reproduces with a clean ~/Library/Application Support/Codex directory.