### What version of Codex CLI is running? 0.137.0 ### What subscription do you have? Plus ### Which model were you using? gpt-5.5 ### What platform is your computer? Darwin 25.5.0 arm64 arm ### What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)? alacritty > tmux > fish > codex ### Codex doctor report ```json { "schemaVersion": 1, "generatedAt": "1780815500s since unix epoch", "overallStatus": "ok", "codexVersion": "0.137.0", "checks": { "app_server.status": { "id": "app_server.status", "category": "app-server", "status": "ok", "summary": "background server is not running", "details": { "control socket": "/Users/christian/.codex/app-server-control/app-server-control.sock", "daemon state dir": "/Users/christian/.codex/app-server-daemon", "mode": "ephemeral", "pid file": "/Users/christian/.codex/app-server-daemon/app-server.pid (missing)", "settings": "/Users/christian/.codex/app-server-daemon/settings.json (missing)", "status": "not running", "update-loop pid file": "/Users/christian/.codex/app-server-daemon/app-server-updater.pid (missing)" }, "remediation": null, "durationMs": 0 }, "auth.credentials": { "id": "auth.credentials", "category": "auth", "status": "ok", "summary": "auth is configured", "details": { "auth file": "/Users/christian/.codex/auth.json", "auth storage mode": "File", "stored API key": "false", "stored ChatGPT tokens": "true", "stored agent identity": "false", "stored auth mode": "chatgpt" }, "remediation": null, "durationMs": 0 }, "config.load": { "id": "config.load", "category": "config", "status": "ok", "summary": "config loaded", "details": { "CODEX_HOME": "/Users/christian/.codex", "config.toml": "/Users/christian/.codex/config.toml", "config.toml parse": "ok", "cwd": "/Users/christian/codebase/tower", "enabled feature flags": "shell_tool, unified_exec, shell_snapshot, terminal_resize_reflow, sqlite, hooks, enable_request_compression, multi_agent, apps, tool_suggest, plugins, in_app_browser, browser_use, browser_use_external, computer_use, plugin_sharing, image_generation, skill_mcp_dependency_install, steer, guardian_approval, goals, collaboration_modes, tool_call_mcp_elicitation, personality, fast_mode, tui_app_server, workspace_dependencies", "feature flag overrides": "none", "feature flags enabled": "27", "log dir": "/Users/christian/.codex/log", "mcp servers": "0", "model": "gpt-5.5", "model provider": "openai", "sqlite home": "/Users/christian/.codex" }, "remediation": null, "durationMs": 0 }, "git.environment": { "id": "git.environment", "category": "git", "status": "ok", "summary": "git version 2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)", "details": { ".git entry": "directory", "PATH git #1": "/usr/bin/git", "PATH git entries": "1", "git branch": "master", "git build options": "git version 2.50.1 (Apple Git-155); cpu: arm64; no commit associated with this build; sizeof-long: 8; sizeof-size_t: 8; shell-path: /bin/sh; feature: fsmonitor--daemon; libcurl: 8.7.1; zlib: 1.2.12; SHA-1: SHA1_DC; SHA-256: SHA256_BLK", "git exec path": "/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/libexec/git-core", "git version": "git version 2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)", "repo detected": "true", "repo root": "/Users/christian/codebase/tower", "selected git": "/usr/bin/git" }, "remediation": null, "durationMs": 131 }, "installation": { "id": "installation", "category": "install", "status": "ok", "summary": "installation looks consistent", "details": { "PATH codex #1": "/opt/homebrew/bin/codex", "current executable": "/opt/homebrew/bin/codex", "install context": "brew", "managed by bun": "false", "managed by npm": "false", "managed package root": "not set" }, "remediation": null, "durationMs": 1 }, "mcp.config": { "id": "mcp.config", "category": "mcp", "status": "ok", "summary": "no MCP servers configured", "details": {}, "remediation": null, "durationMs": 0 }, "network.env": { "id": "network.env", "category": "network", "status": "ok", "summary": "network-related environment looks readable", "details": { "proxy env vars": "none" }, "remediation": null, "durationMs": 0 }, "network.provider_reachability": { "id": "network.provider_reachability", "category": "reachability", "status": "ok", "summary": "active provider endpoints are reachable over HTTP", "details": { "ChatGPT base URL": "https://chatgpt.com/backend-api/ reachable (HTTP 403)", "reachability mode": "ChatGPT auth" }, "remediation": null, "durationMs": 150 }, "network.websocket_reachability": { "id": "network.websocket_reachability", "category": "websocket", "status": "ok", "summary": "Responses WebSocket handshake succeeded", "details": { "DNS": "2 IPv4, 0 IPv6, first IPv4", "auth mode": "chatgpt", "connect timeout": "15000 ms", "endpoint": "wss://chatgpt.com/backend-api/<redacted>", "handshake result": "HTTP 101 Switching Protocols", "model provider": "openai", "models etag present": "true", "provider name": "OpenAI", "proxy env vars": "none", "reasoning header": "false", "server model present": "false", "supports websockets": "true", "wire API": "responses" }, "remediation": null, "durationMs": 683 }, "runtime.provenance": { "id": "runtime.provenance", "category": "runtime", "status": "ok", "summary": "running brew on macos-aarch64", "details": { "commit": "unknown", "current executable": "/opt/homebrew/bin/codex", "install method": "brew", "platform": "macos-aarch64", "version": "0.137.0" }, "remediation": null, "durationMs": 0 }, "runtime.search": { "id": "runtime.search", "category": "search", "status": "ok", "summary": "search is OK (system)", "details": { "search command": "rg", "search command readiness": "ripgrep 15.1.0", "search provider": "system" }, "remediation": null, "durationMs": 2 }, "sandbox.helpers": { "id": "sandbox.helpers", "category": "sandbox", "status": "ok", "summary": "sandbox configuration is readable", "details": { "approval policy": "OnRequest", "codex-linux-sandbox helper": "none", "execve wrapper helper": "/Users/christian/.codex/tmp/arg0/codex-arg0SYmrRl/codex-execve-wrapper", "filesystem sandbox": "restricted", "network sandbox": "restricted" }, "remediation": null, "durationMs": 0 }, "state.paths": { "id": "state.paths", "category": "state", "status": "ok", "summary": "state paths and databases are inspectable", "details": { "CODEX_HOME": "/Users/christian/.codex (dir)", "active rollout files": "47 files, 12935888 total bytes, 275231 average bytes", "archived rollout files": "0 files, 0 total bytes, 0 average bytes", "goals DB": "/Users/christian/.codex/goals_1.sqlite (file)", "goals DB integrity": "ok", "log DB": "/Users/christian/.codex/logs_2.sqlite (file)", "log DB integrity": "ok", "log dir": "/Users/christian/.codex/log (dir)", "memories DB": "/Users/christian/.codex/memories_1.sqlite (file)", "memories DB integrity": "ok", "sqlite home": "/Users/christian/.codex (dir)", "state DB": "/Users/christian/.codex/state_5.sqlite (file)", "state DB integrity": "ok" }, "remediation": null, "durationMs": 134 }, "state.rollout_db_parity": { "id": "state.rollout_db_parity", "category": "threads", "status": "ok", "summary": "rollout files and state DB thread inventory agree", "details": { "default model provider": "openai", "rollout DB active files": "47", "rollout DB active rows": "47", "rollout DB archive mismatches": "0", "rollout DB archived files": "0", "rollout DB archived rows": "0", "rollout DB duplicate DB paths": "0", "rollout DB duplicate rollout thread ids": "0", "rollout DB malformed file names": "0", "rollout DB missing active rows": "0", "rollout DB missing archived rows": "0", "rollout DB model providers": "openai=47", "rollout DB rows": "47", "rollout DB scan cap reached": "false", "rollout DB scan errors": "0", "rollout DB sources": "cli=43, mcp=4", "rollout DB stale rows": "0" }, "remediation": null, "durationMs": 189 }, "system.environment": { "id": "system.environment", "category": "system", "status": "ok", "summary": "OS language en-DE", "details": { "LANG": "en_US.UTF-8", "LC_CTYPE": "UTF-8", "os": "Mac OS 26.5.1 [64-bit]", "os language": "en-DE", "os type": "Mac OS", "os version": "26.5.1" }, "remediation": null, "durationMs": 4 }, "terminal.env": { "id": "terminal.env", "category": "terminal", "status": "ok", "summary": "terminal metadata was detected", "details": { "COLORTERM": "truecolor", "TERM": "xterm-256color", "color output": "disabled (stdout is not a terminal)", "effective locale": "UTF-8", "multiplexer": "tmux 3.6b", "stderr is terminal": "true", "stdin is terminal": "true", "stdout is terminal": "false", "terminal": "unknown", "terminal size": "140x68", "tmux allow-passthrough": "off", "tmux client termname": "xterm-256color", "tmux extended-keys": "off", "tmux focus-events": "off", "tmux set-clipboard": "external", "tmux xterm-keys": "on" }, "remediation": null, "durationMs": 26 }, "terminal.title": { "id": "terminal.title", "category": "title", "status": "ok", "summary": "terminal title default", "details": { "terminal title activity": "true", "terminal title items": "activity, project-name", "terminal title project source": "git repo root", "terminal title project value": "tower", "terminal title source": "default" }, "remediation": null, "durationMs": 0 }, "updates.status": { "id": "updates.status", "category": "updates", "status": "ok", "summary": "update configuration is locally consistent", "details": { "cached latest version": "0.137.0", "check for update on startup": "true", "last checked at": "2026-06-07T06:46:54.452113Z", "latest version": "0.137.0", "latest version status": "current version is not older", "update action": "brew upgrade --cask codex", "version cache": "/Users/christian/.codex/version.json" }, "remediation": null, "durationMs": 37 } } } ``` ### What issue are you seeing? When editing content in the $VISUAL/$EDITOR via `Ctrl+G`, newlines get lost when closing the editor and returning to the TUI view of codex CLI. ### What steps can reproduce the bug? * Run `codex` * Press `Ctrl+G` to open in $VISUAL * Type ``` Hello world ``` * Enter `:x` (to exit `nvim`, which is my $VISUAL) This returns the the `codex` TUI, rendering ``` Hello world ``` The newline was replaced with a space. * Press `Ctrl+G` again * The newline is gone in the editor as well ### What is the expected behavior? I would expect the newline char to be preserved. ### Additional information _No response_
What version of Codex CLI is running?
0.137.0
What subscription do you have?
Plus
Which model were you using?
gpt-5.5
What platform is your computer?
Darwin 25.5.0 arm64 arm
What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?
alacritty > tmux > fish > codex
Codex doctor report
{ "schemaVersion": 1, "generatedAt": "1780815500s since unix epoch", "overallStatus": "ok", "codexVersion": "0.137.0", "checks": { "app_server.status": { "id": "app_server.status", "category": "app-server", "status": "ok", "summary": "background server is not running", "details": { "control socket": "/Users/christian/.codex/app-server-control/app-server-control.sock", "daemon state dir": "/Users/christian/.codex/app-server-daemon", "mode": "ephemeral", "pid file": "/Users/christian/.codex/app-server-daemon/app-server.pid (missing)", "settings": "/Users/christian/.codex/app-server-daemon/settings.json (missing)", "status": "not running", "update-loop pid file": "/Users/christian/.codex/app-server-daemon/app-server-updater.pid (missing)" }, "remediation": null, "durationMs": 0 }, "auth.credentials": { "id": "auth.credentials", "category": "auth", "status": "ok", "summary": "auth is configured", "details": { "auth file": "/Users/christian/.codex/auth.json", "auth storage mode": "File", "stored API key": "false", "stored ChatGPT tokens": "true", "stored agent identity": "false", "stored auth mode": "chatgpt" }, "remediation": null, "durationMs": 0 }, "config.load": { "id": "config.load", "category": "config", "status": "ok", "summary": "config loaded", "details": { "CODEX_HOME": "/Users/christian/.codex", "config.toml": "/Users/christian/.codex/config.toml", "config.toml parse": "ok", "cwd": "/Users/christian/codebase/tower", "enabled feature flags": "shell_tool, unified_exec, shell_snapshot, terminal_resize_reflow, sqlite, hooks, enable_request_compression, multi_agent, apps, tool_suggest, plugins, in_app_browser, browser_use, browser_use_external, computer_use, plugin_sharing, image_generation, skill_mcp_dependency_install, steer, guardian_approval, goals, collaboration_modes, tool_call_mcp_elicitation, personality, fast_mode, tui_app_server, workspace_dependencies", "feature flag overrides": "none", "feature flags enabled": "27", "log dir": "/Users/christian/.codex/log", "mcp servers": "0", "model": "gpt-5.5", "model provider": "openai", "sqlite home": "/Users/christian/.codex" }, "remediation": null, "durationMs": 0 }, "git.environment": { "id": "git.environment", "category": "git", "status": "ok", "summary": "git version 2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)", "details": { ".git entry": "directory", "PATH git #1": "/usr/bin/git", "PATH git entries": "1", "git branch": "master", "git build options": "git version 2.50.1 (Apple Git-155); cpu: arm64; no commit associated with this build; sizeof-long: 8; sizeof-size_t: 8; shell-path: /bin/sh; feature: fsmonitor--daemon; libcurl: 8.7.1; zlib: 1.2.12; SHA-1: SHA1_DC; SHA-256: SHA256_BLK", "git exec path": "/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/libexec/git-core", "git version": "git version 2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)", "repo detected": "true", "repo root": "/Users/christian/codebase/tower", "selected git": "/usr/bin/git" }, "remediation": null, "durationMs": 131 }, "installation": { "id": "installation", "category": "install", "status": "ok", "summary": "installation looks consistent", "details": { "PATH codex #1": "/opt/homebrew/bin/codex", "current executable": "/opt/homebrew/bin/codex", "install context": "brew", "managed by bun": "false", "managed by npm": "false", "managed package root": "not set" }, "remediation": null, "durationMs": 1 }, "mcp.config": { "id": "mcp.config", "category": "mcp", "status": "ok", "summary": "no MCP servers configured", "details": {}, "remediation": null, "durationMs": 0 }, "network.env": { "id": "network.env", "category": "network", "status": "ok", "summary": "network-related environment looks readable", "details": { "proxy env vars": "none" }, "remediation": null, "durationMs": 0 }, "network.provider_reachability": { "id": "network.provider_reachability", "category": "reachability", "status": "ok", "summary": "active provider endpoints are reachable over HTTP", "details": { "ChatGPT base URL": "https://chatgpt.com/backend-api/ reachable (HTTP 403)", "reachability mode": "ChatGPT auth" }, "remediation": null, "durationMs": 150 }, "network.websocket_reachability": { "id": "network.websocket_reachability", "category": "websocket", "status": "ok", "summary": "Responses WebSocket handshake succeeded", "details": { "DNS": "2 IPv4, 0 IPv6, first IPv4", "auth mode": "chatgpt", "connect timeout": "15000 ms", "endpoint": "wss://chatgpt.com/backend-api/<redacted>", "handshake result": "HTTP 101 Switching Protocols", "model provider": "openai", "models etag present": "true", "provider name": "OpenAI", "proxy env vars": "none", "reasoning header": "false", "server model present": "false", "supports websockets": "true", "wire API": "responses" }, "remediation": null, "durationMs": 683 }, "runtime.provenance": { "id": "runtime.provenance", "category": "runtime", "status": "ok", "summary": "running brew on macos-aarch64", "details": { "commit": "unknown", "current executable": "/opt/homebrew/bin/codex", "install method": "brew", "platform": "macos-aarch64", "version": "0.137.0" }, "remediation": null, "durationMs": 0 }, "runtime.search": { "id": "runtime.search", "category": "search", "status": "ok", "summary": "search is OK (system)", "details": { "search command": "rg", "search command readiness": "ripgrep 15.1.0", "search provider": "system" }, "remediation": null, "durationMs": 2 }, "sandbox.helpers": { "id": "sandbox.helpers", "category": "sandbox", "status": "ok", "summary": "sandbox configuration is readable", "details": { "approval policy": "OnRequest", "codex-linux-sandbox helper": "none", "execve wrapper helper": "/Users/christian/.codex/tmp/arg0/codex-arg0SYmrRl/codex-execve-wrapper", "filesystem sandbox": "restricted", "network sandbox": "restricted" }, "remediation": null, "durationMs": 0 }, "state.paths": { "id": "state.paths", "category": "state", "status": "ok", "summary": "state paths and databases are inspectable", "details": { "CODEX_HOME": "/Users/christian/.codex (dir)", "active rollout files": "47 files, 12935888 total bytes, 275231 average bytes", "archived rollout files": "0 files, 0 total bytes, 0 average bytes", "goals DB": "/Users/christian/.codex/goals_1.sqlite (file)", "goals DB integrity": "ok", "log DB": "/Users/christian/.codex/logs_2.sqlite (file)", "log DB integrity": "ok", "log dir": "/Users/christian/.codex/log (dir)", "memories DB": "/Users/christian/.codex/memories_1.sqlite (file)", "memories DB integrity": "ok", "sqlite home": "/Users/christian/.codex (dir)", "state DB": "/Users/christian/.codex/state_5.sqlite (file)", "state DB integrity": "ok" }, "remediation": null, "durationMs": 134 }, "state.rollout_db_parity": { "id": "state.rollout_db_parity", "category": "threads", "status": "ok", "summary": "rollout files and state DB thread inventory agree", "details": { "default model provider": "openai", "rollout DB active files": "47", "rollout DB active rows": "47", "rollout DB archive mismatches": "0", "rollout DB archived files": "0", "rollout DB archived rows": "0", "rollout DB duplicate DB paths": "0", "rollout DB duplicate rollout thread ids": "0", "rollout DB malformed file names": "0", "rollout DB missing active rows": "0", "rollout DB missing archived rows": "0", "rollout DB model providers": "openai=47", "rollout DB rows": "47", "rollout DB scan cap reached": "false", "rollout DB scan errors": "0", "rollout DB sources": "cli=43, mcp=4", "rollout DB stale rows": "0" }, "remediation": null, "durationMs": 189 }, "system.environment": { "id": "system.environment", "category": "system", "status": "ok", "summary": "OS language en-DE", "details": { "LANG": "en_US.UTF-8", "LC_CTYPE": "UTF-8", "os": "Mac OS 26.5.1 [64-bit]", "os language": "en-DE", "os type": "Mac OS", "os version": "26.5.1" }, "remediation": null, "durationMs": 4 }, "terminal.env": { "id": "terminal.env", "category": "terminal", "status": "ok", "summary": "terminal metadata was detected", "details": { "COLORTERM": "truecolor", "TERM": "xterm-256color", "color output": "disabled (stdout is not a terminal)", "effective locale": "UTF-8", "multiplexer": "tmux 3.6b", "stderr is terminal": "true", "stdin is terminal": "true", "stdout is terminal": "false", "terminal": "unknown", "terminal size": "140x68", "tmux allow-passthrough": "off", "tmux client termname": "xterm-256color", "tmux extended-keys": "off", "tmux focus-events": "off", "tmux set-clipboard": "external", "tmux xterm-keys": "on" }, "remediation": null, "durationMs": 26 }, "terminal.title": { "id": "terminal.title", "category": "title", "status": "ok", "summary": "terminal title default", "details": { "terminal title activity": "true", "terminal title items": "activity, project-name", "terminal title project source": "git repo root", "terminal title project value": "tower", "terminal title source": "default" }, "remediation": null, "durationMs": 0 }, "updates.status": { "id": "updates.status", "category": "updates", "status": "ok", "summary": "update configuration is locally consistent", "details": { "cached latest version": "0.137.0", "check for update on startup": "true", "last checked at": "2026-06-07T06:46:54.452113Z", "latest version": "0.137.0", "latest version status": "current version is not older", "update action": "brew upgrade --cask codex", "version cache": "/Users/christian/.codex/version.json" }, "remediation": null, "durationMs": 37 } } }What issue are you seeing?
When editing content in the $VISUAL/$EDITOR via
Ctrl+G, newlines get lost when closing the editor and returning to the TUI view of codex CLI.What steps can reproduce the bug?
codexCtrl+Gto open in $VISUAL:x(to exitnvim, which is my $VISUAL)This returns the the
codexTUI, renderingThe newline was replaced with a space.
Ctrl+GagainWhat is the expected behavior?
I would expect the newline char to be preserved.
Additional information
No response