the panel become grey after run a long time

[cheezmil]

What version of the VS Code extension are you using?

0.5.52

What subscription do you have?

business

Which IDE are you using?

VS Code

What platform is your computer?

Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.22631.0 x64

What issue are you seeing?

What steps can reproduce the bug?

After running the task, the codex executed some commands and suddenly became very, very slow. The controls were unresponsive when clicked, but they responded after a while. However, after a period of time, it turned gray directly.

What is the expected behavior?

fix

Additional information

My memory is sufficient, my task manager shows that half of the memory is still available. I opened 7 vscode windows, but it may have nothing to do with how many vscode windows I opened.

Version: 1.107.0 (system setup)
Commit: 618725e67565b290ba4da6fe2d29f8fa1d4e3622
Date: 2025-12-10T07:43:47.883Z
Electron: 39.2.3
ElectronBuildId: 12895514
Chromium: 142.0.7444.175
Node.js: 22.21.1
V8: 14.2.231.21-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22631

[cheezmil]

The previous version shouldn't have had this problem, right? All the codex in the VSCode window turned gray. I can only force quit VSCode and reopen it, which is really frustrating.

[Tomodovodoo]

Same issue here, specifically goes white (on 2 seperate windows at the same time), this time when opening specific thoughts inside Codex. Unsure what the exact cause is.

VSCode OSS Version: 1.104.0 (user setup)
Commit: c595276fa83d83a7c3233d582e4120f92017171c
Date: 2025-12-08T23:18:46.541Z (1 wk ago)
Electron: 37.3.1
Chromium: 138.0.7204.235
Node.js: 22.18.0
V8: 13.8.258.31-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045
Language Server CL: 841922742

codex --version
codex-cli 0.73.0

Codex Extension:
Version 0.5.52

Execution did not cost excessive RAM/CPU usage, previous reports of this bug have been labelled as completed while this bug is still active. Please note what information/reports are needed from users to solve this issue. I've been encountering it close to daily; It interupts Codex and stops thought (no background continuation), and I need to fully restart my IDE to fix it (no error/cannot just reload the extension.)

[btraut]

I hit this a couple times today as well. Here's my (slightly redacted) logs that may explain some of it:

2025-12-17 11:13:24.118 [warning] [warn] is production release true warning false
2025-12-17 11:13:29.697 [error] Error fetching vscode://codex/git-current-branch: TypeError: Cannot destructure property 'gitRoot' of 'undefined' as it is undefined.
2025-12-17 11:13:31.663 [error] Error fetching vscode://codex/git-current-branch: TypeError: Cannot destructure property 'gitRoot' of 'undefined' as it is undefined.
2025-12-17 11:13:31.700 [warning] Deprecation notice: `tools.web_search` is deprecated. Use `[features].web_search_request` instead. Enable it with `--enable web_search_request` or `[features].web_search_request` in config.toml. See https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/docs/config.md#feature-flags for details.
2025-12-17 11:16:33.751 [error] [desktop-notifications][unhandled-rejection] TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'replace')
    at i (https://file+.vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net/Users/<user>/.vscode/extensions/openai.chatgpt-0.4.51-darwin-arm64/webview/assets/highlight-code-Dh0EkYFU.js:1:586)
    at at (https://file+.vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net/Users/<user>/.vscode/extensions/openai.chatgpt-0.4.51-darwin-arm64/webview/assets/highlight-code-Dh0EkYFU.js:3:1023)
    at Object.ot [as highlightAuto] (https://file+.vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net/Users/<user>/.vscode/extensions/openai.chatgpt-0.4.51-darwin-arm64/webview/assets/highlight-code-Dh0EkYFU.js:3:1177)
    at Module.sa (https://file+.vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net/Users/<user>/.vscode/extensions/openai.chatgpt-0.4.51-darwin-arm64/webview/assets/highlight-code-Dh0EkYFU.js:5:64796)
    at https://file+.vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net/Users/<user>/.vscode/extensions/openai.chatgpt-0.4.51-darwin-arm64/webview/assets/index-XhV4eZDB.js:1405:314545
2025-12-17 11:20:17.650 [error] [desktop-notifications][unhandled-rejection] TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'replace')
    at i (https://file+.vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net/Users/<user>/.vscode/extensions/openai.chatgpt-0.4.51-darwin-arm64/webview/assets/highlight-code-Dh0EkYFU.js:1:586)
    at at (https://file+.vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net/Users/<user>/.vscode/extensions/openai.chatgpt-0.4.51-darwin-arm64/webview/assets/highlight-code-Dh0EkYFU.js:3:1023)
    at Object.ot [as highlightAuto] (https://file+.vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net/Users/<user>/.vscode/extensions/openai.chatgpt-0.4.51-darwin-arm64/webview/assets/highlight-code-Dh0EkYFU.js:3:1177)
    at Module.sa (https://file+.vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net/Users/<user>/.vscode/extensions/openai.chatgpt-0.4.51-darwin-arm64/webview/assets/highlight-code-Dh0EkYFU.js:5:64796)
    at https://file+.vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net/Users/<user>/.vscode/extensions/openai.chatgpt-0.4.51-darwin-arm64/webview/assets/index-XhV4eZDB.js:1405:314545
2025-12-17 11:21:32.460 [error] [desktop-notifications][unhandled-rejection] TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'replace')
    at i (https://file+.vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net/Users/<user>/.vscode/extensions/openai.chatgpt-0.4.51-darwin-arm64/webview/assets/highlight-code-Dh0EkYFU.js:1:586)
    at at (https://file+.vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net/Users/<user>/.vscode/extensions/openai.chatgpt-0.4.51-darwin-arm64/webview/assets/highlight-code-Dh0EkYFU.js:3:1023)
    at Object.ot [as highlightAuto] (https://file+.vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net/Users/<user>/.vscode/extensions/openai.chatgpt-0.4.51-darwin-arm64/webview/assets/highlight-code-Dh0EkYFU.js:3:1177)
    at Module.sa (https://file+.vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net/Users/<user>/.vscode/extensions/openai.chatgpt-0.4.51-darwin-arm64/webview/assets/highlight-code-Dh0EkYFU.js:5:64796)
    at https://file+.vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net/Users/<user>/.vscode/extensions/openai.chatgpt-0.4.51-darwin-arm64/webview/assets/index-XhV4eZDB.js:1405:314545
2025-12-17 11:26:03.290 [error] [desktop-notifications][unhandled-rejection] TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'replace')
    at i (https://file+.vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net/Users/<user>/.vscode/extensions/openai.chatgpt-0.4.51-darwin-arm64/webview/assets/highlight-code-Dh0EkYFU.js:1:586)
    at at (https://file+.vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net/Users/<user>/.vscode/extensions/openai.chatgpt-0.4.51-darwin-arm64/webview/assets/highlight-code-Dh0EkYFU.js:3:1023)
    at Object.ot [as highlightAuto] (https://file+.vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net/Users/<user>/.vscode/extensions/openai.chatgpt-0.4.51-darwin-arm64/webview/assets/highlight-code-Dh0EkYFU.js:3:1177)
    at Module.sa (https://file+.vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net/Users/<user>/.vscode/extensions/openai.chatgpt-0.4.51-darwin-arm64/webview/assets/highlight-code-Dh0EkYFU.js:5:64796)
    at https://file+.vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net/Users/<user>/.vscode/extensions/openai.chatgpt-0.4.51-darwin-arm64/webview/assets/index-XhV4eZDB.js:1405:314545
2025-12-17 11:26:06.826 [error] Error fetching vscode://codex/open-in-targets: Error: open-in-target not supported in extension
2025-12-17 11:31:22.759 [error] Error fetching vscode://codex/open-in-targets: Error: open-in-target not supported in extension
2025-12-17 11:48:57.312 [warning] [warn] is production release true warning false
2025-12-17 11:52:13.433 [error] Error fetching vscode://codex/git-current-branch: TypeError: Cannot destructure property 'gitRoot' of 'undefined' as it is undefined.
2025-12-17 11:53:45.474 [warning] Deprecation notice: `tools.web_search` is deprecated. Use `[features].web_search_request` instead. Enable it with `--enable web_search_request` or `[features].web_search_request` in config.toml. See https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/docs/config.md#feature-flags for details.
2025-12-17 11:53:45.503 [error] Error fetching vscode://codex/git-current-branch: TypeError: Cannot destructure property 'gitRoot' of 'undefined' as it is undefined.
2025-12-17 11:55:07.310 [error] [desktop-notifications][unhandled-rejection] TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'replace')
    at i (https://file+.vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net/Users/<user>/.vscode/extensions/openai.chatgpt-0.4.52-darwin-arm64/webview/assets/highlight-code-vwZ_9vnu.js:1:586)
    at at (https://file+.vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net/Users/<user>/.vscode/extensions/openai.chatgpt-0.4.52-darwin-arm64/webview/assets/highlight-code-vwZ_9vnu.js:3:1023)
    at Object.ot [as highlightAuto] (https://file+.vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net/Users/<user>/.vscode/extensions/openai.chatgpt-0.4.52-darwin-arm64/webview/assets/highlight-code-vwZ_9vnu.js:3:1177)
    at Module.sa (https://file+.vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net/Users/<user>/.vscode/extensions/openai.chatgpt-0.4.52-darwin-arm64/webview/assets/highlight-code-vwZ_9vnu.js:5:64796)
    at https://file+.vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net/Users/<user>/.vscode/extensions/openai.chatgpt-0.4.52-darwin-arm64/webview/assets/index-BqNGyrNH.js:1403:239308
2025-12-17 11:55:07.315 [error] [desktop-notifications][unhandled-rejection] TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'replace')
    at i (https://file+.vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net/Users/<user>/.vscode/extensions/openai.chatgpt-0.4.52-darwin-arm64/webview/assets/highlight-code-vwZ_9vnu.js:1:586)
    at Me (https://file+.vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net/Users/<user>/.vscode/extensions/openai.chatgpt-0.4.52-darwin-arm64/webview/assets/highlight-code-vwZ_9vnu.js:3:921)
    at Object.Z [as highlight] (https://file+.vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net/Users/<user>/.vscode/extensions/openai.chatgpt-0.4.52-darwin-arm64/webview/assets/highlight-code-vwZ_9vnu.js:2:171)
    at Module.sa (https://file+.vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net/Users/<user>/.vscode/extensions/openai.chatgpt-0.4.52-darwin-arm64/webview/assets/highlight-code-vwZ_9vnu.js:5:64710)
    at https://file+.vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net/Users/<user>/.vscode/extensions/openai.chatgpt-0.4.52-darwin-arm64/webview/assets/index-BqNGyrNH.js:1403:239308

[etraut-openai]

Thanks @btraut, that's a very helpful clue. This will be fixed in the next release.

[orellanaed]

Happens on MacOS as well

macOS Tahoe Version 26.1

[cheezmil]

It seems that the screen is no longer gray, but all codex seems to have restarted and returned to the Home page, interrupting the work that was being done. This is not an effective fix.

[etraut-openai]

@cheestard, can you say more? Have you upgraded to 0.5.53? If you're seeing a problem in that version, please open a new bug and provide details and repro steps if possible. If you have evidence (or even a suspicion) that the new behavior is related to this bug fix, let us know in the new bug report.

[kreatiffchik]

Same issue here!

Which version of the VS Code extension are you using?
0.4.53

What subscription do you have?
Plus

Which IDE are you using?
VS Code

What platform are you running on?
Windows 10 Pro 10.0.19045 (Build 19045)

What issue are you experiencing?
When running a heavy task, the UI turns into a grey screen and becomes unresponsive.
Sometimes this happens immediately in a new chat after the first prompt, sometimes after a few additional messages.

In the previous Codex version, it crashed every time.
In the current version, it happens intermittently (about every other run).

I managed to capture a screenshot about one second before the crash.

Last log entries before the crash:

2025-12-19 16:13:48.341 [warning] [warn] is production release true warning false
2025-12-19 16:13:50.860 [error] [execWindowsCommand] command exception for wsl.exe --status: Error: Command failed: wsl.exe --status
2025-12-19 16:13:50.860 [error] [wsl] error retrieving eligible distro: Error: Command failed: wsl.exe --status
2025-12-19 16:21:11.817 [error] Error fetching vscode://codex/open-in-targets: Error: open-in-target not supported in extension
2025-12-19 16:21:11.818 [error] Error fetching vscode://codex/open-in-targets: Error: open-in-target not supported in extension

Additional notes:

Plenty of free RAM

CPU is not under load