OpenAI-curated PostHog plugin: OAuth callback consistently returns HTTP 400 in Codex Desktop

[wilsonpage]

Summary

Installing the PostHog plugin from the OpenAI-curated marketplace succeeds, but completing the PostHog OAuth flow consistently fails when Codex Desktop submits the callback to OpenAI's connector backend.

The visible UI reports only:

We couldn't connect your account. Please try again.

Codex then automatically rolls back and uninstalls the plugin.

Environment

• Codex Desktop release: 26.730.61639
• macOS: 26.5.1
• Architecture: Apple Silicon (arm64)
• Plugin source: posthog@openai-curated-remote
• Plugin version observed locally: 0.1.2
• Connector ID: asdk_app_699caef2d680819188727b0ddbb349dd

Steps to reproduce

1. Open the Codex Desktop plugin marketplace.
2. Install the OpenAI-curated PostHog plugin.
3. Complete the PostHog authorization flow in the browser.
4. Return to Codex.

Expected behavior

The OAuth callback completes and the PostHog app remains installed and connected.

Actual behavior

Plugin installation initially succeeds:

plugin_install_succeeded
pluginName=plugin_asdk_app_699caef2d680819188727b0ddbb349dd
remoteMarketplaceName=openai-curated-remote

The subsequent callback request fails:

POST /aip/connectors/links/oauth/callback
status=400

{"detail":{"message":"We couldn't connect your account. Please try again.","status_code":400,"connector_id":"asdk_app_699caef2d680819188727b0ddbb349dd"}}

Failed to finish app OAuth callback

Codex then rolls back the installation:

plugin_uninstall_succeeded
pluginId=plugin_asdk_app_699caef2d680819188727b0ddbb349dd

The local reconciliation state records both oauthFailed: true and rolledBack: true.

Reproducibility

This occurred on five separate fresh installation/authorization attempts on 2026-08-07:

• 09:06:42 UTC
• 09:09:02 UTC
• 09:45:01 UTC
• 10:04:40 UTC
• 10:07:00 UTC

The plugin installation itself succeeded every time; the failure was consistently at the OAuth callback. No PostHog provider error, token-exchange response, or more specific diagnostic was exposed in the local client logs.

Additional context

This appears to be the OpenAI-curated app/connector flow, rather than the direct GitHub-marketplace MCP installation path documented in this repository. If this report belongs in a different tracker, please point me to the appropriate owner.

Could the connector/backend logs for the connector ID and timestamps above reveal the underlying PostHog OAuth error?