Codex computer-use bug: dot tasks missing node_repl runtime, users suspect version gap
ChrisGPT · x · 2026-10-01
- User ChrisGPT reports a persistent computer-use issue with OpenAI Codex dots: dot-created local tasks can't operate on screen as the launch demo showed.
- Troubleshooting: fresh codex threads, desktop app updates, enabling computer use/browser access, repairing a duplicate config entry, freeing disk space — none worked.
- A comparison test: a normal desktop chat successfully loaded @oai/sky and captured screenshots, while the dot-created task enumerated all 341 tools including deferred ones, but the required native runtime was entirely absent (including mcpnoderepljs).
- Multiple GPT investigations (including gpt-6 ultra) hit the same wall. Docs specify version 26.929+, but the updater offers nothing beyond 26.928.3736.0 — the suspected root cause. Quoted user JoshExile82 reproduced the same problem.
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