Rank, 14 days: 42 on the Codex sheet
51 people reported
All time, since Sep 9, including 17 thumbs-up on GitHub.
Response stream disconnects mid-task
“On 2026-10-10, the Windows Codex desktop app began repeatedly disconnecting and reconnecting.”
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16 bugs in this theme
- Stream disconnects mid-responseNo workaround yet7 people
- Stream disconnects mid-taskNo workaround yet5 people
- Remote compaction idle timeout5 people
- Context compaction fails4 people
- Endless reconnect loop4 people
- Workspace routing timeouts4 people
- Stuck on ReconnectingNo workaround yet3 people
- Stream disconnected errorsNo workaround yet3 people
- Image-heavy threads disconnectNo workaround yet2 people
- WebSocket disconnect stalls chatsNo workaround yet2 people
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- Work stuck at Reconnecting 5/5No workaround yet2 people
- Remote compaction failsNo workaround yet2 people
- Stuck on Reconnecting 5/5No workaround yet2 people
- Stream disconnects mid-taskNo workaround yet2 people
- Stream disconnects mid-responseNo workaround yet2 people
- Stuck reconnecting to networkNo workaround yet2 people
What's included
- Long-running tasks fail after "Reconnecting 1/5" through "Reconnecting 5/5" with "stream disconnected before completion: error sending request"
- "An error occurred while processing your request" with a request ID; the thread lands in systemError and continue prompts fail again
- "websocket closed by server before response.completed" or "Broken pipe", followed by fallback to HTTP; remote compaction also fails
- "Transport error: network error: error decoding response body" in new short conversations, including the CLI with WebSockets disabled
- Seen on macOS and Windows desktop apps, also in the VS Code extension; restarting or opening a new chat helps only briefly
- Desktop app loops through "Reconnecting... 1/5" to "5/5" and never returns a response
Not included
- A run that shows its finished answer but stays in the running state and ignores Stop
- Chat-side conversation stuck on Thinking with "Stream cache expired" or "stream recovery polling timed out"
Original reports34, newest first
- Codex chats stall after a WebSocket disconnectOn GitHub#59788
- Title: Windows app stuck on Reconnecting 5/5On GitHub#58525
- [Windows Codex Desktop 26.1021.3705.0] Repeated workspace routing discovery timeouts + stream disconnects / reconnect 5/5On GitHub#57063
- Reconnecting 5/5On GitHub#56594
- Codex Desktop repeatedly fails with "error decoding response body" even in new conversationsOn GitHub#55268
- macOS: Codex responses stuck on “Reconnecting… waiting for network” in ChatGPT 26.1007.30912On GitHub#53825
- Windows desktop: response stream disconnect followed by failed remote context compactionOn GitHub#53817
- Windows desktop: one conversation repeatedly fails remote compaction, even after restart and a one-word promptOn GitHub#53779
- [macOS desktop / gpt-6.1-sol high] Repeated stream failures interrupt an established goal and its diagnosisOn GitHub#53712
- Windows Codex app: repeated Reconnecting 5/5 and stream-disconnected errors across follow-up turnsOn GitHub#53446
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- [macOS desktop] Stream processing errors recur after moving work to a fresh conversationOn GitHub#53439
- Windows desktop: repeated stream disconnections with server processing errors across a fresh taskOn GitHub#53428
- Windows desktop app repeatedly shows “Reconnecting 5/5”; local conversations are also affectedOn GitHub#53325
- [macOS][Codex Desktop] Repeated “stream disconnected before completion” failures after successful local commandsOn GitHub#53315
- 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
- [macOS] Repeated mid-task stream disconnections in a long gpt-6.1-sol conversationOn GitHub#52814
- Conversation fails with "stream disconnected / websocket closed by server" after image generationOn GitHub#52464
- Desktop document-preview images reaccumulate after recovery; per-thread reconnects and remote compaction failuresOn GitHub#52456
- Codex Desktop repeatedly disconnects with 503 and WebSocket errorsOn GitHub#52447
- Codex desktop stream disconnects repeatedly on macOSOn GitHub#52294
- Windows Codex Desktop: Context compaction always fails with "stream closed before response.completed"On GitHub#52016
- macOS: chats develop repeated WebSocket Broken pipe failures during media work, despite reinstallOn GitHub#51889
- New Work chat stuck at Reconnecting 5/5 while web Work worksOn GitHub#51846
- Codex desktop repeatedly disconnects mid-task with “Reconnecting” and “error sending request”On GitHub#51580
- Windows desktop and CLI repeatedly disconnect HTTP/SSE streams with "error decoding response body" even with WebSockets disabledOn GitHub#49540
- codex is not working for two days. always trying to reconnect.On GitHub#48708
- request timed outOn GitHub#48104
- Windows Codex tasks fail with os error 10061 and reconnect indefinitelyOn GitHub#47264
- ChatGPT Desktop Work repeatedly disconnects during long-running local tasksOn GitHub#46928
- Codex stuck on reconnecting despite working internetOn the forum#1398443
- Codex & Work "Reconnection" IssueOn GitHub#46148
- [Windows][Codex App][Work] Remote context compaction fails at ~84% with "idle timeout waiting for SSE" even when Responses WebSocket is healthyOn GitHub#45472
- OpenAI network infrastructure and or bad network connection?On the forum#1396089