Console windows pop up

“Windows Terminal is also installed: Windows Terminal 1.24.11911.0 The issue occurs when launching Codex from PowerShell.”

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/15558/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

Quiet. No reports and thumbs-up in the last two weeks, down from 18 a week at the late-September peak. A workaround is known.

Visible console windows pop up on Windows CLI. Helper console windows flash during local work and when starting Codex CLI 0.157.0; the managed daemon opens two.

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Where: Windows CLI
Versions: 26.915.4065.0 to 26.917.9434.0
Platforms: Windows
How bad: Cosmetic: looks wrong, still works. Some reports say it used to work.

Related: Model at capacity errors

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Original reports3, newest first

Sep 25, 2026Windows: Codex CLI 0.157.0 flashes visible helper console windows during local workOn GitHub#48152
Sep 25, 2026Windows managed daemon opens two visible console windows when starting Codex CLIOn GitHub#48090
Sep 25, 2026Windows console pop-ups return on Codex 0.157.0; rollback to 0.156.0 resolves themOn GitHub#48087