Desktop app browser-process crash

“The whole desktop app unexpectedly exits.”

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Windows desktop app exits with browser-process native crash. The whole desktop app unexpectedly exits during active requests or local Codex work, with Crashpad sidecars marked ptype browser.

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Where: Windows desktop app
Error text: {"capture_kind":"crash","osarch":"x86_64","ptype":"browser"}
Versions: 0.162.0-alpha.2
Platforms: Windows
How bad: Stops work: a core feature can't be used. Some reports say it blocks them completely.

Related: Windows app crashes after launch

Not quite your bug?

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Original reports3, newest first

Oct 9, 2026[Windows 26.1002.7124.0] Crashpad-confirmed browser/main-process crashes during active requestsOn GitHub#52408
Oct 8, 2026Windows desktop 26.1002.7124.0: repeated browser crashes with recurring high receive trafficOn GitHub#52057
Sep 27, 2026Windows desktop app crashes shortly after read_thread returns (26.924.22138 / build 11645)On the forum#1401301