Bug: Codex Desktop App Doesn’t Load, Stuck on Logo Screen
OpenAI Developer Community
April 26, 2026
I sometimes get this now:
In vscode .. reinstalling the codex extension does not work, restarting doesn’t and reinstalling leads to the same problem with the hanging page..
BUT: when i click on cursor app extension then and then click back on codex extension tab it works.
It seems like you have to tell it “if you don’t come up immediatly then I go to another thing…”
Sorry, I fully understand what this means to you .. we all have to finish stuff.
Take an hour or so and try again.. I am sure it will just go away. Do the other stuff you know you have to do. Call your mom and clean the dishes, do the laundry and take a shower and a walk!
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