codex - 💡(How to fix) Fix "Default app" is missing from the top-right open-target dropdown [1 participants]

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This makes the current target difficult to understand because the global setting is configured to Default app, but the visible per-session/per-workspace selector cannot represent or select that same target.

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

26.506.31421

What subscription do you have?

chatgpt business

What platform is your computer?

Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 x64

What issue are you seeing?

In Codex Desktop on Windows, I set: Settings > General > Default open location = Default app

<img width="715" height="124" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/7c87e82c-465b-414a-a760-d8164d06788e" />

However, the top-right open-target dropdown does not include Default app as an option. It only lists specific apps such as editors, terminals, WSL, etc.

<img width="277" height="378" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/8d82005d-3b06-48ae-a815-7e19e203b81b" />

This makes the current target difficult to understand because the global setting is configured to Default app, but the visible per-session/per-workspace selector cannot represent or select that same target.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Open the top-right open-target dropdown.

The dropdown does not show Default app, even though Settings > General > Default open location is set to Default app.

What is the expected behavior?

The top-right open-target dropdown should include Default app as an explicit option when Settings > General > Default open location supports it.

This would make it clear which target is active and allow users to choose the same behavior from the dropdown.

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