7 people reported
All time, since Sep 9, including 2 thumbs-up on GitHub.
Stream disconnects mid-response
“On 2026-10-10, the Windows Codex desktop app began repeatedly disconnecting and reconnecting.”
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/9728/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
Response streams disconnect before completion in long-running chats. Desktop app shows repeated "Reconnecting…" retries, websocket closed by server, and remote compaction failures; restarting or new chats helps briefly.
Is this your bug?
File my report- Where
- Codex desktop app
- Error text
stream disconnected before completion: websocket closed by server before response.completed- Versions
- 0.162.0-alpha.2 to 26.1007.2314.0
- Platforms
- macOS, Windows
- How bad
- Breaks a normal workflow. Some reports say it used to work.
Part of: Response stream disconnects mid-task16 bugs
- Stuck on Reconnecting3 people
- Stream disconnects mid-task5 people
- Stream disconnected errors3 people
- Image-heavy threads disconnect2 people
- WebSocket disconnect stalls chats2 people
- Work stuck at Reconnecting 5/52 people
- Remote compaction fails2 people
- Stuck on Reconnecting 5/52 people
- Stream disconnects mid-task2 people
- Stream disconnects mid-response2 people
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- Stuck reconnecting to network2 people
- Context compaction fails4 people
- Endless reconnect loop4 people
- Remote compaction idle timeout5 people
- Workspace routing timeouts4 people
Original reports5, newest first
- Responses and compaction fail in Windows version 26.1007.2314.0, blocking work in long-running conversationsOn GitHub#53203
- [Windows / Codex Desktop + VS Code] Intermittent stream disconnects and reconnect failures since Oct 10On GitHub#52919
- Codex desktop stream disconnects repeatedly on macOSOn GitHub#52294
- macOS: chats develop repeated WebSocket Broken pipe failures during media work, despite reinstallOn GitHub#51889
- OpenAI network infrastructure and or bad network connection?On the forum#1396089