codex - 💡(How to fix) Fix Codex Desktop side panel terminal tabs do not redraw when switching between terminal tabs

Summary

When using Codex Desktop side panel terminal tabs, switching back to a previously opened terminal tab can leave most of the terminal UI missing or blank. Pressing Enter in that terminal causes the UI to redraw and become visible again. Switching back to another terminal tab can reproduce the same missing UI state there too.

Environment

• Codex Desktop: 26.519.41501, build 3044
• macOS: 26.4, build 25E246
• Architecture: arm64

Steps to reproduce

1. Open Codex Desktop.
2. Use the side panel terminal UI.
3. Open more than one terminal tab in the side panel.
4. Switch from the first terminal tab to the second terminal tab.
5. Switch back to the first terminal tab.
6. Observe that most of the terminal UI/content is missing.
7. Press Enter in the affected terminal.
8. Observe that the terminal UI redraws and becomes visible again.
9. Switch back to the second terminal tab and observe the same behavior can occur there as well.

Expected behavior

Switching between side panel terminal tabs should immediately show the full current terminal UI/content without requiring input.

Actual behavior

The terminal tab often returns with most of the UI missing. Pressing Enter forces a redraw and restores the visible UI.

Impact

This makes multiple terminal tabs in the Codex Desktop side panel hard to use because each tab can appear blank or partially missing until manually nudged with Enter. It also makes it look like terminal state was lost even though the content can redraw after input.

Notes

I searched for existing issues using terms like terminal tabs, side panel terminal, and redraw terminal tabs and did not find an obvious duplicate for this exact multi-terminal side panel redraw bug.