OpenAI Codex TUI's twinkling dot decoration gets copied into your text
doodlestein · x · 2026-09-13
A developer flags a form-over-function flaw in OpenAI's Codex TUI: the twinkling dots added to the text entry area are actual characters, so they get included whenever you copy text to paste elsewhere. A classic UI decoration turning into a copy-paste bug.
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