Follow-up messages won't send

“However, after Codex finishes responding to the first turn, the Send button becomes a dim/disabled upward arrow.”

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4 bugs in this theme

Follow-up messages cannot be sentHas a workaround40 people
Second message hangs indefinitelyHas a workaround7 people
Send button stays disabled in reopened existing chatsHas a workaround6 people
Follow-up Send hangsHas a workaround3 people

What's included

After the first response completes, Send stays greyed out while text sits in the composer
Clicking Send on a follow-up leaves the button spinning and the message never appears
Reopened or existing chats cannot send after an app or PC restart, on Windows and macOS
Logs show no turn/start for the follow-up, plus 'Conversation state not found' or 'turn/completed for unknown conversation'
Switching to another chat or Settings and back, voice input, or tool-sent follow-ups still work

Not included

The first prompt of a new Work conversation cannot be sent while existing chats work
Messages fail to send in the web version

Original reports38, newest first

Oct 29, 2026Codex Windows App – Follow-up messages get stuck on sending and are never submittedOn GitHub#58039
Sep 27, 2026Codex Desktop hangs indefinitely from the second message onwardOn GitHub#48689
Sep 25, 2026[Windows] Cannot submit a second message in Codex after the first turn completesOn GitHub#48180
Sep 25, 2026[Windows Desktop 26.917.9434.0] Follow-up messages cannot be submitted; Send stays busy or disabled and no turn/start is dispatched1On GitHub#48140
Sep 25, 2026[Windows Desktop 26.917.9434.0] Follow-up messages cannot be submitted; Send stays busy or disabled and no turn/start is dispatchedOn GitHub#48136
Sep 25, 2026Windows: app freezes on the second message; CLI and app-server workOn GitHub#48133
Sep 25, 2026no-active-thread-01a0d896-a90b-77c3-908c-f10c14f7d040On GitHub#48080
Sep 25, 2026[Windows Desktop][26.917.71314] First prompt succeeds, second message cannot be sent; persists after cache cleanup and network isolationOn GitHub#48007
Sep 24, 2026Windows 26.915.4065.0: follow-up Send disabled or spins; voice and tool follow-ups workOn GitHub#47872
Sep 24, 2026Windows Codex Desktop: second message hangs indefinitely while first message worksOn GitHub#47855

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Sep 24, 2026Send button becomes disabledOn GitHub#47845
Sep 24, 2026Can't continue prompts in one thread.On GitHub#47786
Sep 23, 2026[Windows desktop] Follow-up Send disabled after first turn, persists on 26.917.8451.0 (CLI works)On GitHub#47716
Sep 23, 2026codex send button greyed outOn GitHub#47682
Sep 22, 2026Windows 26.915.4065.0: Send stays disabled after the first response in every new conversationOn GitHub#47316
Sep 22, 2026The chat doesn't allow me to continue; after sending the first message, I'm blocked from proceeding with the conversation—the chat freezes and gets stuck loading indefinitely.On GitHub#47279
Sep 22, 2026Codex Desktop: fail to continue talking after the first turn in a conversationOn GitHub#47277
Sep 21, 2026Error continuing conversationsOn GitHub#47066
Sep 21, 2026Windows Codex Desktop hangs indefinitely when sending a second message in an existing taskOn GitHub#47054
Sep 21, 2026[Windows Desktop 26.915.4065.0] Send button stays disabled in existing conversations; still reproduces on 26.915 (workaround: switch to Settings page and back)On GitHub#46986
Sep 20, 2026Follow up prompts fail silentlyOn GitHub#46876
Sep 20, 2026Windows: follow-up message submission spins indefinitely after first turn; switching chats resets spinnerOn GitHub#46824
Sep 20, 2026Windows: reopened chats cannot send follow-up prompts after app/system restart (26.915.4065.0)On GitHub#46814
Sep 20, 2026[Windows][WSL] Send button stays disabled after the first message (no turn/start is sent)On GitHub#46775
Sep 20, 2026Chatgpt App issue in WindowsOn GitHub#46772
Sep 19, 2026Send button cannot be clickedOn GitHub#46649
Sep 19, 2026Codex Windows: Send Button Stays Disabled After a Completed TurnOn GitHub#46619
Sep 19, 2026Windows Desktop: Send button disabled after first completed Local Codex/Work turn (native + WSL)On GitHub#46618
Sep 18, 2026macOS: Send button disabled in existing chats while voice input still worksOn GitHub#46440
Sep 17, 2026Windows Desktop: follow-up messages hang indefinitely after first turn; clean reinstall only fixes it temporarilyOn GitHub#46299
Sep 16, 2026Windows: Second message hangs indefinitely and never appears in conversation history (26.908.9136.0)On GitHub#45902
Sep 16, 2026[Windows Desktop][26.908.40834] Second prompt cannot be sent after first successful turn, send button becomes disabled while CLI works normallyOn GitHub#45886
Sep 16, 2026Unable to send chat messages in the latest version of the clientOn GitHub#45885
Sep 15, 2026Windows Desktop: first prompt succeeds, second message cannot be sent; reinstall only fixes it temporarilyOn GitHub#45797
Sep 15, 2026Windows app sends only the first message in every Codex chatOn GitHub#45775
Sep 15, 2026[Windows][26.908.70816] Restored / existing threads keep Send disabled; only a brand-new chat can send (CLI resume works)On GitHub#45719
Sep 15, 2026[Windows Desktop 26.908.70816] Follow-up messages disabled after first completed turn; existing threads cannot send (CLI unaffected)On GitHub#45626
Sep 14, 2026[Windows] Follow-up Send hangs during active work and after completion; prompt remains a draftOn GitHub#45404