Latest Windows Codex build crashes unexpectedly during normal use
OpenAI Developer Community
June 28, 2026
Since updating to the latest Windows version of Codex Desktop, I’ve started experiencing unexpected crashes that didn’t occur before.
The application will sometimes close by itself while it’s working, without any warning, error message, or obvious trigger. I haven’t been able to identify a consistent way to reproduce the issue—it simply crashes during normal use.
What’s interesting is that I was using an earlier version just two days ago, and I never encountered this behavior. Because of that, I suspect this may have been introduced in a recent update.
I’m posting this here in case other Windows users are seeing the same problem. If multiple people are experiencing similar crashes, I hope the OpenAI team can collect these reports, identify the underlying cause, and include a fix in a future update.
If anyone else has encountered this issue, it would be helpful to know whether you’ve found any pattern or workaround.
Thank you.
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