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Codex Mobile: Priority View Sorts Tasks by Urgency

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OpenAI's ChatGPT iOS app introduced a Priority view for Codex tasks, automatically surfacing running tasks, unread updates, and tasks awaiting a response at the top of the task list instead of a flat chronological feed. The same release extends attachment support to all connected hosts, including Windows and Linux environments, and adds video attachments from the Photo Library. Long-running tasks now display a live working-time counter, queued prompts stay editable and sync with the connected host even while the app is backgrounded, and task menus gained a quick copy thread ID option.

Key Takeaways

  • The Priority view is the headline change: it re-sorts the Codex mobile task list so running, unread, and awaiting-response tasks surface first instead of being buried in chronological order.
  • Cross-platform attachment support now covers Windows and Linux connected hosts, not just the environments previously supported, closing a parity gap for developers on non-macOS remote setups.
  • Video attachments from the Photo Library are now supported, expanding Codex mobile beyond photo-only attachments for sharing context with an agent.
  • Live working-time counters on long-running tasks give at-a-glance progress feedback without opening the full task transcript.
  • Queued prompts now survive backgrounding, staying editable and synced with the connected host even if the app isn't in the foreground when a task becomes ready.
  • The release also bundles reliability fixes for reconnects, streaming visual glitches, and task-list stalls, reflecting OpenAI's continued investment in making Codex's mobile task-management surface as dependable as its desktop counterpart.

Priority View Reorders the Task List by What Needs Attention

Codex's mobile experience inside the ChatGPT for iOS app (version 1.2026.237, released September 1, 2026) got a structural change to how tasks are organized. Previously, tasks appeared in a single chronological list regardless of state. The new Priority view instead pins running tasks, tasks with unread updates, and tasks awaiting a response to the top, so developers checking in from their phone can immediately see what actually needs their attention rather than scrolling past finished or idle work. OpenAI also tightened up the surrounding list mechanics in this release: loading is faster and more reliable, date sections are simpler, and the app no longer suffers from stalls or tasks that briefly disappear from view.

Attachments and Background Sync Get Broader

Alongside Priority view, Codex's mobile attachment handling now works across all connected hosts, including Windows and Linux environments, not just the previously supported hosts, and supports attaching videos directly from the Photo Library (a press-and-hold gesture also speeds up attaching recent photos). Queued prompts got more resilient too: they now stay synced with the connected host, remain editable after being queued, and will still send even if the app is moved to the background before a task is ready to receive them.

Smaller Quality-of-Life Additions

A handful of smaller changes round out the release. Long-running tasks now show a live working-time counter directly in the task view, giving a running sense of how long an agent has been working without needing to open the full transcript. Task menus gained an option to copy a task's thread ID, useful for referencing a specific Codex task elsewhere. OpenAI also shipped general reliability fixes: more resilient reconnects (resolving stuck Send states, missing approvals, and stale task updates), fewer visual interruptions when long responses stream in, and side-chat messages that stay visible until manually closed, even if the underlying chat can no longer reconnect.