{"slug": "developer-patches-codex-to-work-with-arc-browser-via-chatgpt-extension", "title": "Developer patches Codex to work with Arc browser via ChatGPT extension modification", "summary": "A developer published a patched copy of OpenAI's ChatGPT extension, in the GitHub repository arc-browser-use, that lets Codex control the Arc browser. The original extension's browser control stalled on the first tab open in Arc because it did not wait for Chrome's tab-group API; the patch waits for that API before loading each tab, allowing Codex to list Arc as a usable browser.", "body_md": "# Developer patches Codex to work with Arc browser via ChatGPT extension modification\n\nAccording to GitHub repository arc-browser-use, Codex's browser control through the Chrome plugin in ChatGPT desktop app stalls on first tab open in Arc. A developer created a patched copy of OpenAI's ChatGPT extension that waits for Chrome's tab-group API before loading each tab, allowing Codex to list Arc as a usable browser.\n\n## Topics\n\n## Sources\n\n- Official[Read article](https://github.com/brianlzhou/arc-browser-use)\n\n## Go deeper\n\nThis intelligence is sourced automatically from public sources across the web and synthesised by the Prefactor AI pipeline. Stories are reviewed before publication.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/developer-patches-codex-to-work-with-arc-browser-via-chatgpt-extension", "canonical_source": "https://www.getreadyforagents.com/news/codex-arc-browser-integration-patch/", "published_at": "2026-10-11 19:06:56+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-11 19:30:55.146490+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-tools", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "Codex", "ChatGPT", "Arc", "Chrome", "GitHub", "arc-browser-use"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/developer-patches-codex-to-work-with-arc-browser-via-chatgpt-extension", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/developer-patches-codex-to-work-with-arc-browser-via-chatgpt-extension.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/developer-patches-codex-to-work-with-arc-browser-via-chatgpt-extension.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/developer-patches-codex-to-work-with-arc-browser-via-chatgpt-extension.jsonld"}}