Codex CLI plugin cache issue locks extension-host on Windows
koob4365-dev · ghdev · 2026-08-22
A user reports a severe issue on Windows with Codex CLI v0.149.0-alpha.4 and ChatGPT Desktop: plugin cache is scanned despite enabled=false flags, causing extension-host.exe to lock Chrome processes and preventing file deletion. The user spent three weeks trying to clean up official artifacts, burning GPT Pro and Copilot Pro quotas, with issues including access denied errors and failed PATH alias creation.
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