Skip to content

Queueing does not work when project is not in focus in the Codex app #23100

Open

Description

@guidedways

What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?

Version 26.513.31313 (2867)

What subscription do you have?

Pro

What platform is your computer?

macOS

What issue are you seeing?

Image

My default setting is to steer, so I use CMD+Enter to queue messages. However, when I return to my Mac hours later, the queued messages are not processed until I select the project from the left source panel.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

I have four active sessions for a single project, pinned to the left panel. Before leaving, I queue up simple instructions for two of these sessions with their own:

  • Now do this.
  • Now do that.
  • Now check this.

When I return a few hours later (the computer never shuts down), I see blue ‘done’ icons in the left panel for all four sessions. However, only the Selected project that’s still visible has all my queued-up messages processed. When I select the other session with the blue dot, my last queued-up message is suddenly sent to Codex in front of my eyes. I can see that the last completion time was 3 hours ago, and the time of submission for this queued-up message was only 1 second ago.

What is the expected behavior?

Messages queued up for processing should be handled by every session, regardless of whether they’re actively being reviewed or not. I’ve been experiencing this issue for weeks, and I initially thought I was hallucinating until I noticed it again today. This time, the remaining work would have taken two hours, so I now have to wait for another few hours since I arrived after approximately four hours of leaving it to complete.

Additional information

No response

Activity

  1. added
    appIssues related to the Codex desktop app
    on May 17, 2026
  2. added
    bugSomething isn't working
    sessionIssues involving session (thread) management, resuming, forking, naming, archiving
    on May 17, 2026
  3. github-actions commented on May 17, 2026

    @github-actions
    Contributor

    Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.

    Powered by Codex Action

Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment

Metadata

Metadata

Assignees

No one assigned

    Labels

    appIssues related to the Codex desktop appbugSomething isn't workingsessionIssues involving session (thread) management, resuming, forking, naming, archiving

    Type

    No type

    Projects

    No projects

      Milestone

      No milestone

      Relationships

      None yet

      Development

      No branches or pull requests

      Issue actions