feat(bug-report): print bug report URL in terminal instead of opening browser (#510) (#528)

Solves #510 
This PR changes the `/bug` command to print the URL into the terminal
(so it works in headless sessions) instead of trying to open a browser.

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Co-authored-by: Thibault Sottiaux <tibo@openai.com>

codex-cli/src/components/chat/terminal-chat-input.tsx

@@ -470,15 +470,8 @@ export default function TerminalChatInput({
         setInput("");
 
         try {
-          // Dynamically import dependencies to avoid unnecessary bundle size
+          const os = await import("node:os");
-          const [{ default: open }, os] = await Promise.all([
-            import("open"),
-            import("node:os"),
-          ]);
-
-          // Lazy import CLI_VERSION to avoid circular deps
           const { CLI_VERSION } = await import("../../utils/session.js");
-
           const { buildBugReportUrl } = await import(
             "../../utils/bug-report.js"
           );
@@ -492,10 +485,6 @@ export default function TerminalChatInput({
               .join(" | "),
           });
 
-          // Open the URL in the user's default browser
-          await open(url, { wait: false });
-
-          // Inform the user in the chat history
           setItems((prev) => [
             ...prev,
             {
@@ -505,13 +494,13 @@ export default function TerminalChatInput({
               content: [
                 {
                   type: "input_text",
-                  text: "📋 Opened browser to file a bug report. Please include any context that might help us fix the issue!",
+                  text: `🔗 Bug report URL: ${url}`,
                 },
               ],
             },
           ]);
         } catch (error) {
-          // If anything went wrong, notify the user
+          // If anything went wrong, notify the user.
           setItems((prev) => [
             ...prev,
             {

codex-cli/src/components/help-overlay.tsx

@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ export default function HelpOverlay({
           <Text color="cyan">/clearhistory</Text> – clear command history
         </Text>
         <Text>
-          <Text color="cyan">/bug</Text> – file a bug report with session log
+          <Text color="cyan">/bug</Text> – generate a prefilled GitHub issue URL
+          with session log
         </Text>
         <Text>
           <Text color="cyan">/diff</Text> – view working tree git diff

codex-cli/src/utils/slash-commands.ts

@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ export const SLASH_COMMANDS: Array<SlashCommand> = [
   { command: "/help", description: "Show list of commands" },
   { command: "/model", description: "Open model selection panel" },
   { command: "/approval", description: "Open approval mode selection panel" },
-  { command: "/bug", description: "Generate a prefilled GitHub bug report" },
+  {
+    command: "/bug",
+    description: "Generate a prefilled GitHub issue URL with session log",
+  },
   {
     command: "/diff",
     description: