5 people reported

All time, since Oct 5, including 1 thumbs-up on GitHub.

UI stays English when offline

Desktop app ignores localeOverride = "zh-CN" unless it can reach OpenAI at startup, such as through a proxy/VPN.

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I hit this bug: rapsheet.dev/sheets/codex/issues/9344/file
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Quiet. No reports and thumbs-up in the last two weeks, down from 4 a week at the early-October peak. A workaround is known.

UI falls back to English when launched without network access.

Is this your bug?

Where: Desktop app
Versions: 26.930.31730 to 26.1002.52244
Platforms: Windows
How bad: Breaks a normal workflow. Some reports say it used to work.

Part of: Desktop UI falls back to English3 bugs

Usage & billing partly in English5 people
UI switches to English3 people

Not quite your bug?

Organization settings load failure29 people
Stuck on startup splash7 people

Original reports4, newest first

Oct 9, 2026Codex Desktop falls back to English UI when started offline - i18n gated behind server config enable_i18n (default false)On GitHub#52471
Oct 8, 2026Bug: localeOverride zh-CN does not workOn GitHub#52142
Oct 8, 2026Codex falls back to English/older UI when launched on Windows without a proxy enabledOn GitHub#51980
Oct 5, 2026[Windows] Codex startup network conditions change UI language and browser/plugin availabilityOn GitHub#51074

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