CLI copy and paste broken

“After updating to the latest Codex CLI version on macOS, copying selected text no longer works with the standard macOS Cmd+C shortcut as it did before.”

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Fading. 2 reports and thumbs-up in the last 7 days and 9 the week before, down from 101 a week at the late-September peak.

7 bugs in this theme

Cmd+C copy broken on macOSHas a workaround84 people
Cannot copy terminal textHas a workaround39 people
Inconsistent TUI copy/paste shortcuts10 people
Middle-click paste inserts nothingNo workaround yet9 people
Right-click paste fails in TUIHas a workaround7 people
Middle-click paste of selection brokenNo workaround yet7 people
Text paste failsHas a workaround4 people

What's included

Mouse text selection and copy do nothing in the fullscreen/alternate-screen UI, over SSH, MobaXterm or tmux copy mode
Right-click or middle-click paste does nothing or pastes old clipboard content in Windows Terminal, Konsole, GNOME and mate-terminal
Pasting plain text shows "Failed to paste image: no image on clipboard" or "clipboard text is unavailable"
Cmd+C no longer copies selected text on macOS; Ctrl+C is needed
Starting with --no-alt-screen or switching to Scrollback mode restores paste or selection for some users

Not included

Copy and paste in the Codex desktop or IDE extension
Image paste from the clipboard when an image is present

Original reports22, newest first

Nov 6, 2026Right-click paste fails in Xshell over SSH after upgrading to Codex CLI 0.167.0On GitHub#59841
Nov 2, 2026Codex CLI captures terminal mouse events and clipboard paste failsOn GitHub#58852
Oct 30, 2026can't copy the agent's message and everything it outputsOn GitHub#58394
Oct 19, 2026Cannot select and copy text from Codex CLIOn the forum#1407863
Oct 11, 2026MobaXterm SSH: text paste triggers image clipboard error; --no-alt-screen fixes it (CLI 0.162.1)On GitHub#53220
Oct 9, 2026[TUI] Mouse capture blocks terminal-native right-click paste — please add a config opt-outOn GitHub#52463
Oct 5, 2026Windows classic console: Ctrl+V and Shift+Insert fail to paste text with “no image on clipboard” errorOn GitHub#51040
Oct 2, 2026Tmux scrollback copy mode selection broken with recent releasesOn GitHub#50466
Sep 29, 2026Codex CLI alternate-screen mode prevents normal terminal text selection/copyOn GitHub#49324
Sep 29, 2026Unable to copy and paste content into Codex CLI v0.158.0On GitHub#49185

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Sep 29, 2026Linux regression in 0.158.0: mouse selection no longer supports middle-click pasteOn GitHub#49162
Sep 28, 2026codex versions > 156.1 do not allow copy-paste in mate-terminal on LinuxOn GitHub#49092
Sep 27, 2026macOS CLI: unintuitive keyboard/clipboard changes and broken first-login browser handoffOn GitHub#48723
Sep 26, 2026Please stop breaking basic macOS shortcuts — bring back Cmd+COn GitHub#48415
Sep 25, 2026Copy hotkey broken in macos terminal codex recent releaseOn GitHub#48203
Sep 25, 2026Codex CLI TUI copy and paste shortcuts changed on Debian LinuxOn GitHub#48139
Sep 25, 2026Codex CLI 0.157.0 regression: middle-click and right-click Paste no longer paste text in Konsole/WaylandOn GitHub#48127
Sep 25, 2026I CANT FUCKING COPY TEXT, IT WAS WORKING JUST FINE MANI CANT FUCKING COPY TEXT, IT WAS WORKING JUST FINE MANOn GitHub#48125
Sep 25, 2026cmd + c not working for copying but ctrl + c work in macOn GitHub#48122
Sep 25, 2026[CLI] 0.157.0 fullscreen default breaks middle-click primary-selection pasteOn GitHub#48044
Sep 25, 2026[macOS][CLI 0.157.0] Cmd+C no longer copies selected transcript text in iTerm2On GitHub#47996
Sep 23, 2026Windows Terminal: fullscreen TUI intercepts right-click paste without a paste fallbackOn GitHub#47469