fix(tui/status): keep spinner visible during transient stream errors and map retry messages to ‘Reconnecting’\n\n- Treat Error events containing retry/disconnect phrases as transient\n- Keep task-running state and update status header instead of clearing\n- Insert background notice (not fatal error) to inform user\n- Add status mapping for retry/disconnect to show ‘Reconnecting’

codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/chat_composer.rs

@@ -347,6 +347,17 @@ impl ChatComposer {
         {
             "Responding".to_string()
         }
+        // Transient network/stream retry patterns → keep spinner visible with a
+        // clear reconnecting message so the user knows we are still working.
+        else if lower.contains("retrying")
+            || lower.contains("reconnecting")
+            || lower.contains("disconnected")
+            || lower.contains("stream error")
+            || lower.contains("stream closed")
+            || lower.contains("timeout")
+        {
+            "Reconnecting".to_string()
+        }
         // File/code editing patterns
         else if lower.contains("editing")
             || lower.contains("writing")

codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget.rs

@@ -1410,6 +1410,33 @@ impl ChatWidget<'_> {
     }
 
     fn on_error(&mut self, message: String) {
+        // Treat transient stream errors (which the core will retry) differently
+        // from fatal errors so the status spinner remains visible while we wait.
+        let lower = message.to_lowercase();
+        let is_transient = lower.contains("retrying")
+            || lower.contains("stream disconnected")
+            || lower.contains("stream error")
+            || lower.contains("stream closed")
+            || lower.contains("timeout")
+            || lower.contains("temporar");
+
+        if is_transient {
+            // Keep task running and surface a concise status in the input header.
+            self.bottom_pane.set_task_running(true);
+            self.bottom_pane.update_status_text(message.clone());
+            // Add a dim background event instead of a hard error cell to avoid
+            // alarming users during auto-retries.
+            let key = self.next_internal_key();
+            let _ = self.history_insert_with_key_global(
+                Box::new(history_cell::new_background_event(message)),
+                key,
+            );
+            // Do NOT clear running state or streams; the retry will resume them.
+            self.request_redraw();
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Fatal error path: show an error cell and clear running state.
         let key = self.next_internal_key();
         let _ = self
             .history_insert_with_key_global(Box::new(history_cell::new_error_event(message)), key);