Codex 28 · Theme · #89

Desktop app freezes while loading

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4 on X

4 problems · first reported 8 Oct 2026

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I do wander, is the app as unusable as it was when I left? You don’t seem to care about performance. I remember how long it takes to launch and the freezes it subjected my computer to. Claude never freezes

@nicitsmelol on X ↗ · 14 Oct 2026
Problem
👍👍👍👍👍 This looks great. But it doesn’t mean much if the ChatGPT app itself won’t even launch on Windows. 😅

@SigmaRayTive on X ↗ · 10 Oct 2026
Problem
Bro ChatGPT desktop app has so many bugs and so laggy. You should optimize the desktop app. Dots not responding in space, space chat glitched out randomly not loading conversation. If page too long then it’s freezing up. Popout new window half black screen flashes. I have latest…

@barryzheng2774 on X ↗ · 10 Oct 2026
Problem
我也遇到过，我电脑win11客户端，chat卡死多次，红色字错误提示，不得不重启客户端，有时候一会chat就没有了自动切到work里边，而且很多时候chat内容无法加载。

@BobLiuyilu on X ↗ · 8 Oct 2026

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16 Oct 2026, 11:10 UTC

“Windows app launch failure” was merged into this theme: JEV judged them the same problem.

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