codex - 💡(How to fix) Fix Terminal closes my opened chat [1 participants]

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

26.429.30905

What subscription do you have?

Plus

What platform is your computer?

Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 x64

What issue are you seeing?

Every time I open the terminal and then close all the terminal tabs, it kicks me out of the chat I'm currently in.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

  1. Open the Codex app
  2. Open a new or existing chat
  3. Open a terminal tab
  4. Close all terminal tabs

What is the expected behavior?

To keep my chat open and not close it.

Additional information

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TL;DR

Closing all terminal tabs may be triggering an unintended logout from the chat due to a potential issue with the Codex App's session management.

Guidance

  • Verify if this issue occurs consistently by repeating the steps to reproduce the bug multiple times.
  • Check if other actions that close or minimize the terminal tab also trigger the logout, to isolate the cause.
  • Test if closing the terminal tabs individually, rather than all at once, prevents the logout.
  • Consider reporting this behavior as a bug to the Codex App support team, including the provided "Additional information" for reference.

Notes

The provided information does not specify the exact mechanism behind the logout, so these steps are exploratory to understand the issue better.

Recommendation

Apply workaround: Avoid closing all terminal tabs at once until a fix is confirmed, and instead close them individually to see if it mitigates the issue.

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