Option–Space window stuck on “Waiting for worktree setup…” #40253

What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?

26.818.41705 (6971)

What subscription do you have?

ChatGPT Plus

What platform is your computer?

Darwin 25.6.0 arm64 arm

What issue are you seeing?

On macOS, pressing Option–Space opens the Codex hotkey window. After submitting a prompt, the task is created and completes successfully in the main ChatGPT/Codex window, but the hotkey window never transitions to the task. It remains on “New chat” with a disabled composer showing “Waiting for worktree setup…”.

This is not an actual worktree failure: it also reproduces in a projectless New chat, and the backend response is visible in the main app. Reinstalling the app, resetting the Codex Application Support/cache profile, restarting the app, and restarting macOS did not resolve it.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

1. Launch ChatGPT/Codex desktop 26.818.41705 (6971) on macOS.
2. Press Option–Space to open the Codex hotkey window.
3. Choose New chat and submit a simple prompt such as do you work now.
4. Observe that the popup stays on “Waiting for worktree setup…” and never displays the response.
5. Open the main ChatGPT/Codex window and observe that the task and completed response are present.
   Example test thread ID: 01a02f4a-7793-7783-9f6d-197ae14880e9

What is the expected behavior?

The Option–Space window should transition from New chat to the created task, remain usable, and display the assistant response when the task completes.

Additional information

Fresh-run desktop logs at 2026-08-23T15:51:05.717Z contain Conversation state not found for the same conversation ID in both hotkeyWindowThread (visible=true) and hotkeyWindowHome. Immediately afterward, the main renderer reports maybe_resume_success with latestTurnStatus=completed and turnCount=1.

The local state_5.sqlite database passes PRAGMA quick_check and contains the affected thread