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@nick1udwig

What version of Codex CLI is running?

codex-cli 0.147.0

What subscription do you have?

pro $100

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.6-sol max

What platform is your computer?

Linux 7.0.11-76070011-generic x86_64 x86_64

What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?

https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-term (alacritty based)

Codex doctor report

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}

What issue are you seeing?

Codex cli renders session properly. Android ChatGPT remote app renders only first prompt + a thinking & tool call cell:

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What steps can reproduce the bug?

Uploaded thread: 019fdd41-5661-7292-a605-a712215681d5

What is the expected behavior?

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Additional information

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  1. added
    sessionIssues involving session (thread) management, resuming, forking, naming, archiving
    on Aug 8, 2026
  2. tianenchen commented on Aug 10, 2026

    @tianenchen

    Same issue on iOS

  3. ropepop commented on Aug 10, 2026

    @ropepop

    Same class of issue with a third-party model: the desktop app renders the full middle section — expandable reasoning summary + tool call activity — but the same thread viewed through ChatGPT mobile remote (iOS) shows only a flattened thinking cell, with no expandable reasoning or tool-call middle steps, even though desktop has them. Reproduced with an existing desktop-created thread continued from mobile (not a mobile-created thread).

    Related cluster: #31370 (mobile-created threads fall back to model_provider=openai instead of the host custom provider), #32185 (iOS remote thinking rendering), #23250 (mobile reasoning expansion behavior), #36640 (active model/reasoning effort not exposed to mobile), lidge-jun/opencodex#45 (desktop-side 'Worked for Xs shows time but no trace' for routed models). The remote surface appears to be dropping or mis-rendering the same summary/tool items that desktop renders fine.

  4. ropepop commented on Aug 12, 2026

    @ropepop

    Pinning the remote-settled-view mechanism with a live data point (2026-08-12): the missing middle is not a data-loss issue — it's a client view-selection issue, and it equally affects native OpenAI-model threads (this is not specific to custom providers).

    What fixes it is not better data delivery but forcing the client onto its full read path:

    • The settled view is thread/resume with turns at itemsView:"summary" — per turn, only the user message + final answer render. All reasoning/tool items exist in the rollout and in the "full" view, but the client never requests them on the summary path.
    • The remote client does have a full path: thread/turns/list. Verified today against a settled 141-item thread — full items resumed with 0 parse errors. It fires when the client fully re-opens the thread.
    • A fresh native gpt-5.6 thread from a desktop-created conversation flattens identically on ChatGPT remote (iOS): traces and tool use visible during the run, then no expand button after the final answer. Leaving the thread and reopening makes the middle reappear — the phone re-fetches the settled thread and re-materializes with the full view.

    So the bug is not "remote lacks the data" — it's "remote defaults to the summary view and inconsistently falls back to the full view". A fix on the client side (always use the full view for settled threads, or default-expandable "Worked for Xs" that issues thread/turns/list on demand) would resolve this across both native and custom-provider threads.

    Related: #27197 (app-server side summary generation — a separate delivery question), #35371 (item-bearing content dropped from completed render), #37620 (mobile↔desktop local-context reconciliation), #36423 (oversized thread/read disconnects).

  5. nick1udwig commented on Sep 2, 2026

    @nick1udwig
    Author

    The problem is that certain app-server versions create corrupted paginated threads. These threads can be recovered, but require a fix like in this branch:

    https://github.com/nick1udwig/codex/tree/fix/repair-corrupted-paginated-threads

    Newer versions of the app-server do not create corrupted threads any more -- but they do not fix threads that were already corrupted.

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