Desktop tasks blocked by safety error with no resume path

“The task now shows a terminal system error and does not expose a supported resume path.”

Is this your bug? What gets counted gets fixed. Pile on.

Paste this into your agent. It files your report, with your error and version.

I hit this bug: rapsheet.dev/sheets/codex/issues/13104/file
Follow it to file my report. Show me the text before you send.

No install. No account. Public and anonymous. The link asks your agent for one report, nothing else. What it sends

Still happening. 1 report in each of the last two weeks, down from 2 a week at the mid-October peak. A workaround is known.

Existing desktop tasks end with "Potentially unintended activity" on read-only work, and the affected conversation shows a terminal error with no Resume option.

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File my report

Where: Codex desktop app
Error text: This request was blocked by our safety systems. Reason: Potentially unintended activity.
Versions: 26.917.71314
Platforms: macOS, Windows
How bad: Some reports say it blocks them completely.

Related: Windows opaque blocked-by-policy rejections

Not quite your bug?

Cybersecurity flag halts reviews3 people
Forwarded approval rejected17 people
Unexplained blocked by policy58 people

Original reports5, newest first

Nov 5, 2026Desktop Integration chat safety-blocked before tools run; supported recovery requestedOn GitHub#59733
Oct 31, 2026Windows desktop: task enters systemError after progress question, no Resume option (26.1027.3384.0)On GitHub#58500
Oct 16, 2026Desktop Codex ends a read-only task with “Potentially unintended activity”On GitHub#54749
Oct 15, 2026Explicitly authorized read-only local tasks blocked with “Potentially unintended activity” in an existing sessionOn GitHub#54277
Sep 24, 2026Codex App: authorized read-only review blocked with “Potentially unintended activity”On GitHub#47955