codex - 💡(How to fix) Fix "Edited N files": The diff only shows lines added, but not lines removed

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What version of the IDE extension are you using?

26.519

What subscription do you have?

OpenAI Codex

Which IDE are you using?

VS Code

What platform is your computer?

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What issue are you seeing?

After the agentic changes to the code, the "Edited N files" UI status only shows lines added, but not lines removed for the file diff.

<img width="620" height="68" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/af0a3efe-758b-471a-80da-44cbfcc210f2" /> <img width="257" height="155" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/ca82ea69-bd57-4d84-894e-c01dabeb3e25" />

What steps can reproduce the bug?

  1. Make Codex alter the code in a way that removes some lines
  2. Observe the UI status only shows lines added

What is the expected behavior?

The red number for lines removed should not be zero.

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