diff --git a/switchyard/cli/launchers/codex_cli_launcher.py b/switchyard/cli/launchers/codex_cli_launcher.py
index d3b1aced7..d9ad06cf7 100644
--- a/switchyard/cli/launchers/codex_cli_launcher.py
+++ b/switchyard/cli/launchers/codex_cli_launcher.py
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 from switchyard.cli.launchers.native_server import NativeServer
 from switchyard.cli.launchers.proxy_health_monitor import ProxyHealthMonitor
 from switchyard.cli.launchers.session_summary import print_session_summary
-from switchyard.cli.launchers.shell_tui import ShellTUI
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -40,17 +39,26 @@
 _PROVIDER_ID = "switchyard"
 
 
+def _launchable_codex_path(path: str | Path) -> str:
+    """Prefer npm's launchable Windows shim when it is adjacent to ``path``."""
+    if os.name == "nt":
+        cmd_shim = Path(f"{path}.cmd")
+        if cmd_shim.is_file():
+            return str(cmd_shim)
+    return str(path)
+
+
 def _find_codex_binary() -> str | None:
     """Locate the ``codex`` executable."""
     path_hit = shutil.which("codex")
     if path_hit:
-        return path_hit
+        return _launchable_codex_path(path_hit)
     for candidate in (
         Path.home() / ".npm-global" / "bin" / "codex",
         Path.home() / ".local" / "bin" / "codex",
     ):
         if candidate.is_file() and os.access(candidate, os.X_OK):
-            return str(candidate)
+            return _launchable_codex_path(candidate)
     return None
 
 
@@ -97,6 +105,16 @@ def _provider_overrides(
 def _codex_env(use_openai_auth: bool = False) -> dict[str, str]:
     """Return the environment required by the transient provider."""
     env = os.environ.copy()
+    no_proxy: list[str] = []
+    for value in (env.get("NO_PROXY", ""), env.get("no_proxy", "")):
+        for item in (part.strip() for part in value.split(",")):
+            if item and item not in no_proxy:
+                no_proxy.append(item)
+    for loopback_host in ("127.0.0.1", "localhost"):
+        if loopback_host not in no_proxy:
+            no_proxy.append(loopback_host)
+    env["NO_PROXY"] = ",".join(no_proxy)
+    env["no_proxy"] = env["NO_PROXY"]
     if not use_openai_auth:
         env["OPENAI_API_KEY"] = "switchyard"
     return env
@@ -203,10 +221,14 @@ def _run_codex_with_switchyard(
             routes=[display_model],
             default_route=display_model,
         )
-        if stdin_is_tty():
+        if stdin_is_tty() and os.name != "nt":
             banner_pause()
 
-        if stdin_is_tty():
+        if stdin_is_tty() and os.name != "nt":
+            # ShellTUI depends on Unix-only pty/fcntl modules. Import it lazily so
+            # native Windows can still launch Codex with the inherited console.
+            from switchyard.cli.launchers.shell_tui import ShellTUI
+
             footer = LiveStatsFooter(
                 stats,
                 display_model,
diff --git a/switchyard/cli/launchers/codex_model_catalog.py b/switchyard/cli/launchers/codex_model_catalog.py
index 12e5acd71..08a2640bd 100644
--- a/switchyard/cli/launchers/codex_model_catalog.py
+++ b/switchyard/cli/launchers/codex_model_catalog.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def _load_codex_model_template(codex_bin: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
         raw = subprocess.check_output(
             [codex_bin, "debug", "models", "--bundled"],
             stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL,
-            text=True,
+            encoding="utf-8",
             timeout=_CODEX_CATALOG_LOAD_TIMEOUT_S,
         )
         catalog = json.loads(raw)
diff --git a/tests/test_codex_windows_launcher.py b/tests/test_codex_windows_launcher.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..88d630a21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_codex_windows_launcher.py
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+"""Windows compatibility tests for the Codex launcher."""
+
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+from types import SimpleNamespace
+
+import pytest
+
+from switchyard.cli.launchers import codex_cli_launcher, codex_model_catalog
+
+
+def test_windows_finder_prefers_a_launchable_codex_shim(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+    tmp_path: Path,
+) -> None:
+    calls: list[str] = []
+    codex_shim = tmp_path / "codex"
+    cmd_shim = tmp_path / "codex.cmd"
+    codex_shim.write_text("#!/bin/sh\n")
+    cmd_shim.write_text("@node codex.js\n")
+
+    def fake_which(executable: str) -> str | None:
+        calls.append(executable)
+        return str(codex_shim)
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(codex_cli_launcher, "os", SimpleNamespace(name="nt"))
+    monkeypatch.setattr(codex_cli_launcher.shutil, "which", fake_which)
+
+    assert codex_cli_launcher._find_codex_binary() == str(cmd_shim)
+    assert calls == ["codex"]
+
+
+def test_posix_finder_keeps_the_existing_lookup(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+) -> None:
+    calls: list[str] = []
+
+    def fake_which(executable: str) -> str | None:
+        calls.append(executable)
+        return "/usr/local/bin/codex"
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(codex_cli_launcher, "os", SimpleNamespace(name="posix"))
+    monkeypatch.setattr(codex_cli_launcher.shutil, "which", fake_which)
+
+    assert codex_cli_launcher._find_codex_binary() == "/usr/local/bin/codex"
+    assert calls == ["codex"]
+
+
+def test_windows_finder_prefers_cmd_for_fallback_candidate(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+    tmp_path: Path,
+) -> None:
+    codex_shim = tmp_path / ".npm-global" / "bin" / "codex"
+    cmd_shim = Path(f"{codex_shim}.cmd")
+    codex_shim.parent.mkdir(parents=True)
+    codex_shim.write_text("#!/bin/sh\n")
+    cmd_shim.write_text("@node codex.js\n")
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(codex_cli_launcher.Path, "home", lambda: tmp_path)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        codex_cli_launcher,
+        "os",
+        SimpleNamespace(name="nt", access=lambda path, mode: True, X_OK=1),
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr(codex_cli_launcher.shutil, "which", lambda executable: None)
+
+    assert codex_cli_launcher._find_codex_binary() == str(cmd_shim)
+
+
+def test_windows_tty_uses_the_plain_supervisor(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+    tmp_path: Path,
+) -> None:
+    captured: dict[str, object] = {}
+
+    class FakeServer:
+        port = 4321
+        stats = object()
+
+        def caller_auth_kind(self, model: str) -> None:
+            captured["model"] = model
+
+        def close(self) -> None:
+            captured["closed"] = True
+
+    server = FakeServer()
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        codex_cli_launcher,
+        "os",
+        SimpleNamespace(name="nt", environ={}),
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr(codex_cli_launcher, "_find_codex_binary", lambda: "codex.cmd")
+    monkeypatch.setattr(codex_cli_launcher, "_start_native_server", lambda config: server)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(codex_cli_launcher, "_wait_ready", lambda port: True)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(codex_cli_launcher, "stdin_is_tty", lambda: True)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(codex_cli_launcher, "silence_launch_loggers", lambda **kwargs: None)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        codex_cli_launcher,
+        "configure_debug_file_logging",
+        lambda **kwargs: tmp_path / "switchyard.log",
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr(codex_cli_launcher, "print_ready_banner", lambda **kwargs: None)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(codex_cli_launcher, "print_session_summary", lambda stats: None)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        codex_cli_launcher,
+        "_write_codex_model_catalog",
+        lambda codex_bin, catalog: None,
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        codex_cli_launcher,
+        "_remove_codex_model_catalog",
+        lambda path: captured.setdefault("removed", path),
+    )
+
+    def fake_supervise(command: list[str], env: dict[str, str]) -> int:
+        captured["command"] = command
+        captured["env"] = env
+        return 0
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(codex_cli_launcher, "_supervise_codex", fake_supervise)
+
+    result = codex_cli_launcher._run_codex_with_switchyard(
+        tmp_path / "routes.toml",
+        "windows-route",
+        [],
+        [],
+    )
+
+    assert result == 0
+    assert captured["command"][0] == "codex.cmd"  # type: ignore[index]
+    assert captured["model"] == "windows-route"
+    assert captured["closed"] is True
+    assert captured["removed"] is None
+
+
+def test_codex_env_bypasses_proxies_for_loopback(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        codex_cli_launcher,
+        "os",
+        SimpleNamespace(
+            environ={
+                "NO_PROXY": "uppercase.example,shared.example",
+                "no_proxy": "lowercase.example,shared.example",
+            }
+        ),
+    )
+
+    env = codex_cli_launcher._codex_env()
+
+    assert env["NO_PROXY"] == (
+        "uppercase.example,shared.example,lowercase.example,127.0.0.1,localhost"
+    )
+    assert env["no_proxy"] == env["NO_PROXY"]
+
+
+def test_codex_catalog_is_decoded_as_utf8(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+    captured: dict[str, object] = {}
+
+    def fake_check_output(command: list[str], **kwargs: object) -> str:
+        captured["command"] = command
+        captured.update(kwargs)
+        return json.dumps({"models": [{"slug": "gpt-5.4"}]})
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        codex_model_catalog.subprocess,
+        "check_output",
+        fake_check_output,
+    )
+
+    template = codex_model_catalog._load_codex_model_template("codex")
+
+    assert template["slug"] == "gpt-5.4"
+    assert captured["encoding"] == "utf-8"
+    assert "text" not in captured