Codex Desktop shows workspace dependency repair on Windows 10, but install fails because Windows 10 is unsupported

[Xmage-x]

What version of Codex is running?

Codex CLI/app-server: 0.125.0-alpha.3

What platform is your computer?

Windows 10

What issue are you seeing?

Codex Desktop Settings shows a warning that Codex dependencies may need repair and provides a reinstall action for workspace dependencies. Clicking reinstall fails with a generic user-facing error: Failed to install workspace dependency runtime.

The UI makes this look like a repairable dependency problem, but the desktop logs indicate that this feature is explicitly unsupported on Windows 10.

Steps to reproduce

1. Open Codex Desktop on Windows 10.
2. Go to Settings / Configuration.
3. Enable or view Workspace dependencies.
4. Click reinstall / repair dependencies.
5. Observe the failure toast.

Expected behavior

If workspace dependencies are unsupported on Windows 10, the Settings UI should say so directly and hide or disable the reinstall action. If Windows 10 should be supported, the install flow should work or show a specific actionable error.

Actual behavior

The UI shows a repair/reinstall action, but reinstall fails generically.

Relevant local tool results:

load_workspace_dependencies:
No bundled workspace runtime dependencies are configured yet. Call install_workspace_dependencies() to install them.

install_workspace_dependencies:
Failed to install workspace dependency runtime.

Relevant desktop log excerpts:

Failed to install workspace dependencies errorMessage="Codex Workspace dependencies are not supported on Windows 10." errorName=Error tool=install_workspace_dependencies

unsupported feature enablement `workspace_dependencies`: currently supported features are apps, memories, plugins, tool_search, tool_suggest, tool_call_mcp_elicitation

Additional context

The runtime config selected a Windows primary runtime bundle, e.g. codex-primary-runtime-win32-x64-26.426.12240.tar.xz, but the install path still reports Windows 10 as unsupported.

[github-actions]

Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.

• After upgrading Codex Desktop today, two Codex local runtime features are broken. #19570
• [Bug] Windows Desktop App (26.422.3464.0) white screen on startup due to workspace_dependencies loop #19770
• Windows desktop app (MSIX 26.422.2437.0) stuck on blank splash - renderer infinite remount loop on workspace_dependencies feature flag #19415
• Google tag #18998
• Native Windows Codex app: workspace dependency repair fails; npx/tsx and esbuild hit EPERM in sandbox #18861

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[eshkerebang]

Additional affected user report from Windows 10.

I also submitted in-app feedback and received this feedback/session ID:

019ddd99-d8c1-7ad2-a270-6eaa97d8e8ee

Environment:

• OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Home, version 10.0.19045, x64
• Codex app: Microsoft Store build
• winget list --name Codex: Codex, ID 9PLM9XGG6VKS, version 26.422.9565.0, source msstore
• Runtime log reports: app_version=26.422.71525, release=codex@26.422.71525, build_type=windows-store, app_arch=x64
• Electron: 41.2.0
• Embedded Node in Codex app: 24.14.0
• Bundled Codex binary: codex-cli 0.126.0-alpha.8
• Global Codex CLI: codex-cli 0.125.0
• System Node.js: v24.15.0
• npm: 11.7.0
• Python: 3.14.4
• Git: 2.54.0.windows.1
• VC++ runtime DLLs are present: VCRUNTIME140.dll, MSVCP140.dll, VCRUNTIME140_1.dll

Observed behavior:

• The Codex Desktop Settings/Configuration UI exposes Workspace Dependencies diagnostics and reinstall controls.
• Diagnostics reports bundled workspace runtime dependencies are not installed/configured.
• Reinstall fails with a generic user-facing error.
• Logs show both a feature-gating mismatch and a Windows 10 support error.

Relevant sanitized log excerpts:

2026-04-30T08:52:33.289Z info [electron-message-handler] Features enabled enabledFeatures="..., workspace_dependencies, ..."

2026-04-30T08:52:37.083Z error [electron-message-handler] Request failed conversationId=none durationMs=3750 error={"code":-32600,"message":"unsupported feature enablement `workspace_dependencies`: currently supported features are apps, memories, plugins, tool_search, tool_suggest, tool_call_mcp_elicitation"} method=experimentalFeature/enablement/set

2026-04-30T08:53:13.527Z info [install-primary-runtime] primary_runtime_dependencies_diagnose_finished bundleVersion=null installed=false problemCount=1

2026-04-30T08:55:41.712Z error [electron-message-handler] Primary runtime install failed before first turn errorMessage="Codex Workspace dependencies are not supported on Windows 10." errorName=Error errorStack="Error: Codex Workspace dependencies are not supported on Windows 10.\n    at async beforeFirstTurn (app://-/assets/index-BZIMtjdh.js:316:173729)\n    at async sm (app://-/assets/app-server-manager-signals-w7HK0qNP.js:83:15353)\n    at async ie (app://-/assets/app-server-manager-signals-w7HK0qNP.js:85:1817)"

2026-04-30T08:56:21.317Z info [electron-message-handler] Sending server response id=0 response={"contentItems":[{"type":"inputText","text":"No bundled workspace runtime dependencies are configured yet. Call install_workspace_dependencies() to install them."}],"success":false}

2026-04-30T09:10:45.683Z error [electron-message-handler] Failed to install workspace dependencies errorMessage="Codex Workspace dependencies are not supported on Windows 10." errorName=Error errorStack="Error: Codex Workspace dependencies are not supported on Windows 10.\n    at async _be (app://-/assets/index-BZIMtjdh.js:451:166113)" tool=install_workspace_dependencies

2026-04-30T09:10:45.683Z info [electron-message-handler] Sending server response id=1 response={"contentItems":[{"type":"inputText","text":"Failed to install workspace dependency runtime."}],"success":false}

This appears to be a feature/UI gating bug: the app exposes the workspace dependency repair path on Windows 10 even though the runtime reports this feature as unsupported on Windows 10.

[wangerwanger]

我通过管理员权限运行解决了依赖安装不了的问题

[Xmage-x]

我通过管理员权限运行解决了依赖安装不了的问题

不知道咱是不是一个问题，我试了没用。这个帖子是我让GPT自己写的

[michaelvips]

Possible Windows fix: enable Developer Mode for runtime extraction failures

I ran into a similar Codex Desktop runtime installation failure on Windows.

The logs showed repeated primary runtime install failures like:

[primary-runtime-installer] Error installing primary runtime
Failed to extract primary runtime archive:
codex-primary-runtime/dependencies/node/node_modules/.pnpm/@napi-rs+canvas@0.1.100/node_modules/@napi-rs/canvas-win32-x64-msvc:
Can't create ... Invalid argument

[install-primary-runtime] primary_runtime_dependencies_diagnose_finished
bundleVersion=null installed=false problemCount=1

[Rvanshy]

win10系统怎么解决？