Codex app on macOS shows 'Computer Use plugin unavailable'

[hhushhas]

Edit (Workaround, for people landing here)

Potential local workaround that may help some users while waiting for an official fix:

1. Ensure features.apps = true in ~/.codex/config.toml.
2. If logs show missing computer-use@openai-bundled, repair the cache path under ~/.codex/plugins/cache/openai-bundled/computer-use so it points to the bundled plugin at /Applications/Codex.app/Contents/Resources/plugins/openai-bundled/plugins/computer-use.
3. Install/launch the helper app once from the bundle into ~/Applications/Codex Computer Use.app.
4. Confirm helper registration with: defaults read com.openai.sky.CUAService.

This is a user-side workaround, not an official root-cause fix.

Region note: Computer Use is currently unavailable at launch in EEA/UK/Switzerland.

Summary

Codex app on macOS shows Computer Use plugin unavailable in Settings, and searching computer use in Plugins returns no results.

Environment

• Codex CLI: 0.121.0
• Codex app: 26.415.21839
• macOS: 26.4.1
• Region: outside UK/EEA/Switzerland
• Auth method: ChatGPT

What I expected

Computer Use should be available or installable.

What happened

• Settings > Computer use shows: Computer Use plugin unavailable
• Plugins search for computer use shows no results

Diagnostics

• Bundled plugin files exist inside the app at:

  /Applications/Codex.app/Contents/Resources/plugins/openai-bundled/plugins/computer-use

• Codex log showed:

  failed to load plugin: plugin is not installed plugin="computer-use@openai-bundled" path=/Users/macmini/.codex/plugins/cache/openai-bundled/computer-use

• The local config has:

  • features.plugins = true
  • plugins."computer-use@openai-bundled".enabled = true

• I enabled features.apps = true

• I repaired the missing cache path manually and confirmed:

  • plugin metadata exists
  • bundled helper binary runs
  • helper app was manually installed and registered as com.openai.sky.CUAService

• Even after restart, the Codex app still shows Computer Use plugin unavailable

Additional notes

• The synced plugin marketplace shown in the Plugins browser does not appear to include computer-use, so browser search returning nothing may be expected.
• The settings page still fails to recognize the bundled Computer Use plugin/helper.

Repro steps

1. Open Codex app on macOS
2. Go to Settings > Computer use
3. Observe Computer Use plugin unavailable
4. Go to Plugins
5. Search computer use
6. Observe No plugins found

Relevant paths

• /Users/macmini/.codex/config.toml
• /Users/macmini/.codex/log/codex-tui.log
• /Applications/Codex.app/Contents/Resources/plugins/openai-bundled/plugins/computer-use
• /Users/macmini/Applications/Codex Computer Use.app

[svenit]

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[Butterbox]

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[fpgnl]

Same here :

Codex app: 26.415.21839 (1763)
macOS: 26.5 Beta (25F5042g)
Region: UK/EEA/Luxembourg
Auth method: ChatGPT

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[HakkaOfDev]

Hi!
Right now, it isn’t available worldwide.
It will be rolled out soon in the EU and the UK.

More here: https://openai.com/index/codex-for-almost-everything/

Hope that helps.