4 people reported
All time, since Sep 26, including 1 thumbs-up on GitHub.
Git console error windows
“After updating Codex CLI to 0.158.0 on September 29, 2026, starting Codex or submitting a prompt causes dozens of terminal windows to appear almost immediately.”
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/14826/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
Git commands open visible console error windows on Windows. Opens "dozens of terminal windows" on startup, each prompt, or conversation resume; the managed app-server daemon spawns them.
Is this your bug?
File my report- Where
- app-server daemon
- Error text
[error 2147942632 (0x800700e8) when launching `"git" -c safe.bareRepository=explicit -c core.hooksPath=NUL -c core.fsmonitor=false rev-parse HEAD']- Versions
- 0.158.0 to 0.159.1
- Platforms
- Windows
- How bad
- Breaks a normal workflow. Some reports say it used to work.
Part of: Windows console window popups11 bugs
- Console windows pop up308 people
- Blank console windows open44 people
- Agent tasks spawn terminal windows2 people
- Console windows flash on shell calls10 people
- Console windows flash on Windows16 people
- Blank terminal windows pop up12 people
- Console windows flash6 people
- Terminal window flashes on commands15 people
- PowerShell windows and paste failure8 people
- Terminal windows keep spawning4 people
Original reports3, newest first
- Windows: managed app-server daemon spawns git status in visible console windows, and it keeps running after the host app closesOn GitHub#49481
- Windows: Codex CLI 0.158.0 opens dozens of Git terminal error windows on startup and every promptOn GitHub#49181
- Windows: Git probe error windows (0x800700E8) still recur when starting/resuming conversations on 0.159.0-alpha.7 after partial console fixesOn GitHub#48601