codex - 💡(How to fix) Fix Codex VS Code thread title renders but body is empty. [4 comments, 4 participants]

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id=019dc433-672c-74b0-8439-a04b145add41
title=Scaffold vukomat existdb upgrade
archived=0
source=vscode
cwd=/Users/ttasovac/Development/ttasovac/raskovnik-frontend
cli_version=0.125.0-alpha.3
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What version of the IDE extension are you using?

openai.chatgpt 26.422.30944-darwin-arm64

What subscription do you have?

Pro

Which IDE are you using?

VS Code

What platform is your computer?

Darwin 25.3.0 arm64 arm

What issue are you seeing?

A Codex VS Code thread opens with the correct title, but the conversation body is empty, so I cannot inspect or continue the thread from the IDE.

What I checked locally:

  • The transcript file exists: ~/.codex/sessions/2026/04/25/rollout-2026-04-25T12-33-16-019dc433-672c-74b0-8439-a04b145add41.jsonl
  • The JSONL validates successfully with jq -c . file >/dev/null.
  • Codex SQLite state points to that file.
  • The thread is not archived.
  • The VS Code UI renders the title but no messages.

SQLite row:

id=019dc433-672c-74b0-8439-a04b145add41
title=Scaffold vukomat existdb upgrade
archived=0
source=vscode
cwd=/Users/ttasovac/Development/ttasovac/raskovnik-frontend
cli_version=0.125.0-alpha.3

One suspicious detail: the threads.has_user_event value is 0 even though the transcript JSONL contains user messages.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

I can provide the affected local transcript privately if useful.

What is the expected behavior?

No response

Additional information

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TL;DR

The issue with the empty conversation body in the Codex VS Code thread may be related to the threads.has_user_event value being 0, despite the presence of user messages in the transcript JSONL.

Guidance

  • Verify that the threads.has_user_event value is correctly updated when user messages are present in the transcript JSONL.
  • Check the logic for rendering conversation bodies in the VS Code UI to ensure it correctly handles cases where threads.has_user_event is 0.
  • Investigate the relationship between the threads.has_user_event value and the rendering of conversation bodies, as this may indicate a bug in the UI rendering logic.
  • Consider providing the affected local transcript for further debugging, as offered.

Example

No code snippet is provided due to lack of specific code context.

Notes

The issue seems to be related to a specific edge case where the threads.has_user_event value does not match the expected state based on the presence of user messages. Further investigation into the UI rendering logic and the update mechanism for threads.has_user_event is necessary.

Recommendation

Apply workaround: Investigate and potentially fix the logic for updating threads.has_user_event and the UI rendering for conversation bodies, as this seems to be the most direct path to resolving the issue.

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