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Linux desktop chats stuck loading

“After installing the newer desktop version, the Codex UI stays on “Starting your task”.”

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Quiet. No reports and thumbs-up in the last two weeks, down from 132 a week at the late-September peak.

8 bugs in this theme

  1. Tasks stuck on Starting your taskHas a workaround113 people
  2. Tasks hang on Starting your taskHas a workaround62 people
  3. Previous chats stuck loadingNo workaround yet27 people
  4. Chats never load after updateHas a workaround9 people
  5. Chats stuck loadingHas a workaround7 people
  6. Codex hangs on every promptHas a workaround7 people
  7. Existing chats hang loadingHas a workaround7 people
  8. Existing conversations fail to loadHas a workaround4 people

What's included

  • Existing Codex conversations stay on an endless spinner or a blank pane after updating to 26.924.x
  • New local tasks stay at "Starting your task" indefinitely, even with a trivial message
  • Logs show thread_hydration timeouts, "Git is unavailable" or no turn/start sent while the app-server responds
  • Integrated terminal fails to open and helper processes remain as zombies
  • Same conversations open in VS Code extension, mobile Remote or CLI; downgrading to 26.917/26.901 restores them

Not included

  • SSH connection setup timing out on codex path probe
  • Codex CLI failures outside the desktop app
  • Desktop chat problems on macOS or Windows

Original reports34, newest first

  1. [Linux/Omarchy 26.924.22138] Project chats stay blank/spinning; rollback to 26.915.31945 restores accessOn GitHub#49364
  2. Threads neither load nor start after latest app updateOn GitHub#49254
  3. [Linux][Desktop] Existing conversations fail to open while VS Code Codex and iPhone Remote workOn GitHub#49177
  4. [Linux Desktop] 26.924.22138: existing conversations never load — renderer never sends thread/resumeOn GitHub#49068
  5. Linux desktop 26.924: chats stay blank and new tasks hang after updateOn GitHub#48932
  6. Linux desktop cannot open some existing local conversations, but opening them in the VS Code extension makes them available againOn GitHub#48893
  7. Old conversations/projects no longer load "Fedora 44 Wayland"On GitHub#48891
  8. Cant Access Any Of my Local Projects Chat And Any Chat Inside the Project Gets Stuck In A LoopOn GitHub#48889
  9. I cannot open the session and chat in 26.924.22138On GitHub#48844
  10. Codex conversations remain stuck on the loading screen indefinitely and never open inside the desktop app.On GitHub#48785
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  1. Linux Desktop 26.924.22138-1: Codex tasks and existing chats hang; high CPU usage while loadingOn GitHub#48738
  2. Codex application not working in linux it stuck forever in "starting your task"On GitHub#48732
  3. Codex chats stuck loading in Linux desktop app 26.924.22138On the forum#1401249
  4. Linux desktop 26.924.22138 stays on “Starting your task” and leaves exited helper processes unreapedOn GitHub#48640
  5. Linux: Codex tasks stuck at “Starting your task” (temporary workaround found)On GitHub#48624
  6. [Linux][26.924] SIGCHLD handler overwritten during startup; preserving libuv handler restores thread loadingOn GitHub#48618
  7. Linux Desktop 26.924.22138 stuck on “Starting your task”; integrated terminal closes and child processes remain zombiesOn GitHub#48609
  8. [Linux] Desktop 26.924.22138 stuck on Starting your task; rollback to 26.915.31945 restores local repliesOn GitHub#48602
  9. [Linux Desktop][26.924] Electron runtime replaces libuv's SIGCHLD handler with an empty function: children are never reaped, so shell env times out, "Git is unavailable", threads never loadOn GitHub#48554
  10. [Linux] 26.924.22138 UI hangs loading chats and new chats; rollback to 26.917.71314 fixesOn GitHub#48535
  11. Linux desktop 26.924.22138: every thread spins forever, new tasks stuck on "Starting your task…" (regression from 26.901)On GitHub#48486
  12. ChatGPT Work on Linux: local task completes but desktop UI remains stuck on "Your task is being started"On GitHub#48482
  13. [Linux][26.924.22138] Existing and new chats unusable after update; recover immediately after downgradeOn GitHub#48458
  14. linux desktop app 26.924 hangs on opening any local Codex thread — hydration never sends thread/resume, 120s timeoutOn GitHub#48419
  15. Linux Desktop regression: Codex hangs on every prompt in 26.924.22138, works after downgrade to 26.901.41600On GitHub#48417
  16. [Linux] Codex Desktop 26.924.x: every conversation hangs on open, thread/resume never reaches app-serverOn GitHub#48413
  17. [Linux][Desktop] Local tasks hang on “Starting your task”; Desktop never sends turn/start while CLI worksOn GitHub#48354
  18. [Linux Desktop] 26.924.20706 hangs loading existing chats; rollback to 26.917.71314 fixes itOn GitHub#48345
  19. Unable to open previous chats or start new onesOn GitHub#48284
  20. [Linux][Fedora Silverblue 44] 26.924.20706 regression: chats stuck loading, terminal unavailable, Git changes panel missingOn GitHub#48225
  21. [Linux Desktop] 26.924.20706 Codex tasks stuck on "Starting your task"; CLI worksOn GitHub#48212
  22. [Linux Desktop][Regression] Codex UI hangs after update; thread_hydration times out while app-server remains responsiveOn GitHub#48208
  23. [Linux] Codex Desktop 26.924.20706 hangs indefinitely on "Starting your task"; rollback to 26.917.71314 fixes itOn GitHub#48189
  24. [Linux] Cannot open any previous chats after update, stuck on LoadingOn GitHub#48171

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