8 people reported
All time, since Sep 18.
Windows app opens no window
“Since that update, the desktop app has repeatedly started background processes without displaying any usable window.”
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3 bugs in this theme
- App launches with no windowHas a workaround3 people
- No window on launchNo workaround yet3 people
- App never shows a windowNo workaround yet2 people
What's included
- Several ChatGPT.exe processes respond but all report MainWindowHandle = 0
- No renderer process is started; no crash dumps or event log errors
- Launch stays headless while the cua_node runtime is copied; window appears after minutes or never as staging directories pile up
- Windows Error Reporting records MoAppHang when opening Codex
Not included
- Window opens but stays on a splash logo or spinner
- App closes by itself after launch
Original reports8, newest first
- Windows: Codex 26.1021.3705.0 starts main process but never creates a window (no renderer process)On GitHub#56749
- Codex Windows desktop app runs in background but never displays a windowOn GitHub#56681
- [Windows] Desktop app launches background processes but never shows a window after update (26.903.8094.0)On GitHub#54322
- [Windows Desktop 26.1007.9446.0] Stable app starts headlessly with no renderer or window after Store update and clean reinstallOn GitHub#53985
- [Windows] No window/UI/logs while cua_node runtime is materialized; killing ChatGPT.exe restarts the copy, preventing recoveryOn GitHub#51916
- [Windows][26.917.8451.0] Codex UI does not open; MainWindowHandle=0 and WER MoAppHang while CLI worksOn GitHub#47783
- [Windows][26.917.8451.0] Codex launches headless because cua_node staging never finalizes; xcopy /G restores UIOn GitHub#47724
- [Windows App] ChatGPT launches headless for ~9 minutes while cua_node runtime finishes materializingOn GitHub#46459