Codex Desktop silently closes and restarts without producing any crash logs or artifacts, disrupting user workflow.
Codex Desktop silently closes and restarts without producing any crash logs or artifacts, disrupting user workflow.
Problem statement normalized from the linked evidence
CANDIDATE VIEW · NOT A PUBLISHED OPPORTUNITY
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Qualification checklist
Gate decision: Aug 15, 2026
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At least 3 independent users2 / 3
NOT MET
✓
At least 2 independent discussions2 / 2
MET
✓
At least 1 supporting signal2 Workarounds · 2 Blocked workflows · Persistence
MET
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Observed signals
Users2
Discussions2
Mentions2
Active days2
Source coverageGitHub
TrendUNKNOWN
First seenJun 12, 2026
Last seenJul 13, 2026
Why the gate is holding
Fewer than 3 independent users
Competition research, commercial scoring, and Build Gap analysis do not run until this gate passes.
03
Source evidence
3 evidence records
github · HIGH · Jul 13, 2026
Codex Desktop repeatedly crashes on macOS: CrBrowserMain EXC_BREAKPOINT/SIGTRAP in V8 code cache path
### What happened? Codex Desktop / ChatGPT macOS app repeatedly crashes while using Codex. The macOS crash reporter shows the same native crash signature each time: - `EXC_BREAKPOINT / SIGTRAP` - `Trace/BPT trap: 5` - faulting thread: `CrBrowserMain` - top frames repeatedly include: - `ares_llist_replace_destructor` - `v8::ScriptCompiler::ConsumeCodeCacheTask::ConsumeCodeCacheTask(...)` - `v8::ScriptCompiler::CreateCodeCache(...)` in later reports - `v8impl::Reference::InvokeFinalizerFromGC()` This looks related to…
Windows Desktop 26.623 silently destroys/relaunches AppX container after resuming long-running threads
### Summary Codex Desktop on Windows Store build `26.623.19656.0` silently closes/restarts. Windows AppModel logs show the Codex Desktop AppX container being destroyed and later relaunched, but there is no matching Codex fatal log, Windows Application Error, Windows Error Reporting app crash, local CrashDump, or Crashpad report. This became visible after the July 8 update and appears correlated with resuming/switching between several long-running Codex threads that had interrupted turns and browser-use/IAB state. I…
### What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)? Codex Desktop 26.609.30741Bundle version: 3808Bundled CLI: codex-cli 0.140.0-alpha.2Codex Framework / Chromium version in crash reports: 149.0.7827.54 ### What subscription do you have? ChatGPT Pro ### What platform is your computer? macOS 26.5 beta on Apple Silicon MacBook Pro ### What issue are you seeing? Codex Desktop repeatedly crashes on macOS after recent 26.608 / 26.609 builds. This continued after reboot and has a consistent crash…