Tasks stuck on Starting your task

“After installing the newer desktop version, the Codex UI stays on “Starting your task”.”

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Quiet. No reports and thumbs-up in the last two weeks, down from 63 a week at the late-September peak. A workaround is known.

Local tasks hang on "Starting your task" in Linux desktop app. After updating, existing conversations never load; logs show shell env timeout, thread_hydration timeout, and "Git is unavailable" while CLI works.

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Where: Linux desktop app
Error text: Worktree archive will be retried errorMessage="Git is unavailable"
Versions: 0.158.0-alpha.2 to 26.924.22138
Platforms: Linux
How bad: Most reports say it used to work. Some reports say it blocks them completely.

Part of: Linux desktop chats stuck loading8 bugs

Chats stuck loading7 people
Existing conversations fail to load4 people
Chats never load after update9 people
Tasks hang on Starting your task62 people
Previous chats stuck loading27 people
Codex hangs on every prompt7 people
Existing chats hang loading7 people

Original reports19, newest first

Sep 29, 2026[Linux/Omarchy 26.924.22138] Project chats stay blank/spinning; rollback to 26.915.31945 restores accessOn GitHub#49364
Sep 28, 2026[Linux Desktop] 26.924.22138: existing conversations never load — renderer never sends thread/resumeOn GitHub#49068
Sep 28, 2026Linux desktop 26.924: chats stay blank and new tasks hang after updateOn GitHub#48932
Sep 28, 2026Old conversations/projects no longer load "Fedora 44 Wayland"On GitHub#48891
Sep 28, 2026Cant Access Any Of my Local Projects Chat And Any Chat Inside the Project Gets Stuck In A LoopOn GitHub#48889
Sep 27, 2026Codex conversations remain stuck on the loading screen indefinitely and never open inside the desktop app.On GitHub#48785
Sep 27, 2026Linux Desktop 26.924.22138-1: Codex tasks and existing chats hang; high CPU usage while loadingOn GitHub#48738
Sep 27, 2026Codex application not working in linux it stuck forever in "starting your task"On GitHub#48732
Sep 27, 2026Linux desktop 26.924.22138 stays on “Starting your task” and leaves exited helper processes unreapedOn GitHub#48640
Sep 27, 2026Linux: Codex tasks stuck at “Starting your task” (temporary workaround found)On GitHub#48624

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Sep 27, 2026[Linux][26.924] SIGCHLD handler overwritten during startup; preserving libuv handler restores thread loadingOn GitHub#48618
Sep 26, 2026Linux Desktop 26.924.22138 stuck on “Starting your task”; integrated terminal closes and child processes remain zombiesOn GitHub#48609
Sep 26, 2026[Linux] Desktop 26.924.22138 stuck on Starting your task; rollback to 26.915.31945 restores local repliesOn GitHub#48602
Sep 26, 2026[Linux Desktop][26.924] Electron runtime replaces libuv's SIGCHLD handler with an empty function: children are never reaped, so shell env times out, "Git is unavailable", threads never loadOn GitHub#48554
Sep 26, 2026ChatGPT Work on Linux: local task completes but desktop UI remains stuck on "Your task is being started"On GitHub#48482
Sep 26, 2026linux desktop app 26.924 hangs on opening any local Codex thread — hydration never sends thread/resume, 120s timeoutOn GitHub#48419
Sep 26, 2026[Linux] Codex Desktop 26.924.x: every conversation hangs on open, thread/resume never reaches app-serverOn GitHub#48413
Sep 25, 2026[Linux Desktop] 26.924.20706 Codex tasks stuck on "Starting your task"; CLI worksOn GitHub#48212
Sep 25, 2026[Linux Desktop][Regression] Codex UI hangs after update; thread_hydration times out while app-server remains responsiveOn GitHub#48208