Tell HN: The Codex App is replaced by ChatGPT

1 points by vintagedave 20h ago ↗ HN

Hi HN. Today Codex (macOS) prompted to upgrade, and it failed - the app is gone, but was not replaced. The dock icon shows a question mark.

To fix this I tried to download the Codex app from OpenAI. https://developers.openai.com/codex/app redirects to ChatGPT. The Codex page itself (https://openai.com/codex/) talks about 'now in ChatGPT' and prompts to download.

Sure enough, downloading what appears to be Codex downlaods ChatGPT -- and so opening 'Codex' loads all my personal chats, non-work conversations, etc.

I cannot emphasise enough how much this is a disaster. I cannot mix my personal and work use - not least just for keeping them separate (I do not want to see personal chats while working.)

Some form of Codex is still available via GitHub releases, latest here: https://github.com/openai/codex/releases/tag/rust-v0.144.3 but I cannot find the app itself. There is the CLI, the app server... 163 different downloads, but no macOS Codex app.

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bayes-song 20h ago ↗

The new Codex app displays Chat or Code sessions is an absolute disaster. I can't tell which project is which at all.

vintagedave 20h ago ↗

I don't even have a Code option, yet it claims it is fully up to date. It's absolutely a disaster.

I naively trusted an Upgrade button to, well, upgrade the app. Not replace it with something that doesn't even expose the same functionality. That's what is now scaring me, the docs and what I see in the app simply do not match. There is no Code.

billziss 17h ago ↗

I had the original ChatGPT app and I was also "upgraded" to the new unified ChatGPT/Codex app.

The old ChatGPT app had been very wonky lately and not working correctly. For example, I was unable to switch the mode to "Thinking" as it was stuck on "Auto". I was forced to use the web version for the last few weeks.

So today I was offered the new unified app and decided to try it. Within 5 minutes I had regretted this decision. I ended up deleting the new app, but the old app is also gone.