codex - 💡(How to fix) Fix White screen of death - Codex starts and then crashes immediately

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What version of the IDE extension are you using?

26.519.32039

What subscription do you have?

Pro

Which IDE are you using?

VS Code

What platform is your computer?

Linux 6.6.99-09128-g14e87a8a9b71 aarch64 unknown

What issue are you seeing?

Any version of the Codex extension from the past 4 weeks crashes on start up.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

The last version that works for me is 26.429.30905 (4 weeks ago).

Any newer version either doesn't start, or starts and immediately crashes.

What is the expected behavior?

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Additional information

I am using VSCode with devcontianers.

Version: 1.121.0 Commit: f6cfa2ea2403534de03f069bdf160d06451ed282 Date: 2026-05-19T11:51:53+02:00 Electron: 39.8.8 ElectronBuildId: 13870025 Chromium: 142.0.7444.265 Node.js: 22.22.1 V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0 OS: Linux arm64 6.6.99-09128-g14e87a8a9b71

Connecting to a remote host running on: Linux 6.17.0-22-generic x86_64 x86_64

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