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The Codex Mac app renders a persistent blurred / translucent overlay across the Skills / Plugins screen, obscuring the content and making the surface effectively unusable.

The issue persists after resetting local UI state and clearing Electron caches.

Root Cause

The Codex Mac app renders a persistent blurred / translucent overlay across the Skills / Plugins screen, obscuring the content and making the surface effectively unusable.

The issue persists after resetting local UI state and clearing Electron caches.

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Title: Codex Mac app shows persistent blurred overlay on Skills / Plugins screen on Intel Mac

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

Codex 26.422.62136

What subscription do you have?

Unknown

What platform is your computer?

macOS 15.7.5 on Intel Mac

What issue are you seeing?

Summary

The Codex Mac app renders a persistent blurred / translucent overlay across the Skills / Plugins screen, obscuring the content and making the surface effectively unusable.

The issue persists after resetting local UI state and clearing Electron caches.

Actual behavior

When opening the Skills / Plugins surface, the list area appears behind a large blurred overlay. Text and icons are partially visible but remain obscured and unusable.

Expected behavior

The Skills / Plugins screen should render normally, with no persistent blurred overlay or blocked content.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

  1. Open Codex on an Intel Mac running macOS 15.7.5.
  2. Open the Skills / Plugins screen.
  3. Observe that the list renders behind a persistent blurred overlay.

What I already tried

None of these fixed it:

  • Quit and relaunch Codex
  • Reset persisted Codex UI state in ~/.codex/.codex-global-state.json
  • Clear Electron caches under ~/Library/Application Support/Codex/
  • Relaunch after state reset and cache purge

Additional information

Local investigation strongly suggests this is an app-side rendering bug, not a missing entitlement, payment problem, or backend failure.

What was verified locally:

  • Built-in skills exist under ~/.codex/skills/.system/
  • Codex app logs show requests for skills/list
  • Codex app logs also show plugin-related requests succeeding
  • No local evidence of account gating or disabled access

Environment details:

  • App bundle identifier: com.openai.codex
  • App bundle version: 26.422.62136
  • macOS: 15.7.5
  • CPU architecture: Intel / x86_64

This appears similar to other publicly reported Codex Mac blur / overlay rendering bugs on Intel Macs, but this case specifically affects the Skills / Plugins screen.

extent analysis

TL;DR

The issue might be resolved by investigating and addressing the app-side rendering bug, potentially related to the blurred overlay on Intel Macs.

Guidance

  • Verify that the issue is specific to the Skills / Plugins screen and not a global app rendering problem by checking other screens for similar overlays.
  • Investigate the Codex app logs for any errors or warnings related to rendering or plugin loading that could be causing the blurred overlay.
  • Check for any similarities with other publicly reported Codex Mac blur/overlay rendering bugs on Intel Macs to see if there are any common causes or workarounds.
  • Consider testing the app on a different Mac architecture (e.g., Apple Silicon) to see if the issue is specific to Intel Macs.

Example

No code snippet is provided as the issue seems to be related to app-side rendering and no specific code is mentioned in the issue.

Notes

The issue seems to be specific to the Codex Mac app on Intel Macs running macOS 15.7.5, and the cause is suspected to be an app-side rendering bug. However, without more information or access to the app's code, it's difficult to provide a more specific solution.

Recommendation

Apply workaround: Given the suspected app-side rendering bug, it's likely that a workaround or fix will be specific to the Codex app and may require updates or patches to the app itself.

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The Skills / Plugins screen should render normally, with no persistent blurred overlay or blocked content.

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