Codex loses context in large codebases
2 posts from 2 people2d activeNew, +2 this weekunverified
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Cloud environment Publish remains pending for 6+ hours; Check status never confirms an outcome
...had successfully executed work. This is not a claim that all cloud environments are unusable. - A separate OIDC investigation exists, but this report concerns publication of an environment with **no OIDC attachment**. We have not established a common cause. - The work is now...
Feature request: Visible, draggable scrollbar for Codex CLI conversation history
## Problem In long Codex CLI sessions, reviewing earlier messages, instructions, and tool outputs is cumbersome without a visible, interactive scrollbar. Scrolling repeatedly with the mouse wheel or keyboard is inefficient, especially when working on large repositories over...
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Evidence
2 posts from 2 people in 1 place, about 2 a week over 4 days. Mostly on openai/codex.
Frustration Frustration 3 of 3· Seen on GitHub issues
How it was grouped
Posts that state a pain and match the "ai-codebase-context" rule about Codex. First post Oct 25, 2026, latest Oct 28, 2026. Unverified: fewer than 3 posts, or one person or place only. Method
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