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Windows Computer Use unavailable: native pipe missing in Codex Desktop 26.602.30954 #26587
Description
What version of the Codex App are you using?
Codex Desktop for Windows:
Version 26.602.30954
Released: 5 Jun 2026
The installed WindowsApps package path observed from PowerShell is:
OpenAI.Codex_26.602.3474.0_x64__2p2nqsd0c76g0
Platform
Windows x64
What issue are you seeing?
Computer Use is listed as available in the local skill/plugin context, but runtime bootstrap fails with:
Computer Use native pipe path is unavailable
This prevents Computer Use from controlling Windows apps.
Diagnostics
The cached Computer Use plugin exists locally:
C:\Users\satri\.codex\plugins\cache\openai-bundled\computer-use\26.527.31326
The plugin cache includes:
node_modules\@oai\sky\bin\windows\codex-computer-use.exe
However, the active session does not expose native pipe metadata. nodeRepl.requestMeta only includes:
[
"progressToken",
"threadId",
"x-codex-turn-metadata"
]No native pipe, SKY_CUA, computer-use, or CUA metadata keys are present.
Live named pipes include browser-use pipes, but no codex-computer-use-* pipe:
LOCAL\mojo.plugin_browser_pipe_Default_
codex-browser-use\d685f0d3-8d08-4189-b9c8-13203bd1465a
codex-ipc
codex-browser-use-1fbe57d7-dab2-4ba3-a0f9-bf651dbc3217
Running codex plugin list from this environment fails with:
Program 'codex.exe' failed to run: Access is denied
Expected behavior
Computer Use should either:
- Inject the native Computer Use pipe metadata into sessions where the plugin is available, or
- Clearly report why Computer Use is unavailable, rather than exposing the skill while bootstrap fails.
Related issue
This appears related to:
Activity
github-actions commentedon Jun 5, 2026
Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.
nodeRepl.nativePipeundefined, native pipe path unavailable #26329Powered by Codex Action
joshuaflower commentedon Jun 9, 2026
I can confirm this still reproduces on a newer Windows Codex Desktop build.
Environment:
Observed behavior matches this issue closely:
Local session check:
This looks like the skill is visible/enabled, but the native pipe/runtime metadata required by the Computer Use skill is not exposed in the session. I can provide private logs or a /feedback session ID through the private feedback channel if needed.
SatriaSuriaAriffin commentedon Jun 23, 2026
Computer Use is working now. However, Codex UI still says that there is no Computer Use plugin available. So, I guess it's just a minor UI bug. I tried Computer Use and it works.