Codex macOS app intermittently exits (self-aborts): exited due to SIGABRT | sent by Codex, no crash report generated

Resolved 💬 5 comments Opened Feb 8, 2026 by qiuxinkai51-del Closed Feb 12, 2026

💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

System: macOS 26.2 (25C56), Apple Silicon (arm64)
App: Codex.app (com.openai.codex)
Version: 260206.1448 (565)
Install path: /Applications/Codex.app

What happened

Codex.app intermittently quits unexpectedly shortly after launch / during normal use. No Codex*.crash / .ips is generated under ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ (and crashpad folders appeared empty).

Evidence

Unified log shows Codex self-aborting:

launchd[1]: [gui/501/application.com.openai.codex.... [30613]:] exited due to SIGABRT | sent by Codex[30613], ran for 279866ms

Also observed TCC entitlement-related denials preceding exits, e.g.:

tccd: Prompting policy for hardened runtime; service: kTCCServiceAddressBook requires entitlement com.apple.security.personal-information.addressbook but it is missing for responsible=com.openai.codex ...

Crashpad warning observed:

[WARNING:third_party/crashpad/crashpad/util/process/process_memory_mac.cc:94] mach_vm_read(...): (os/kern) invalid address (1)

Steps to reproduce

Not 100% deterministic yet:

Launch Codex.app
Use normally for a few minutes (sign-in / open project / etc.)
App may exit abruptly

Expected

App should remain stable; if it crashes, a macOS crash report or crashpad dump should be produced with actionable info.

Notes

Previously also saw a separate startup high-CPU hang (~99% CPU); reinstall/cleaning caches improved that, but intermittent SIGABRT exits remain.

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5 Comments

github-actions[bot] contributor · 6 months ago

Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.

#11089

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chawlaaditya · 6 months ago

Having this issue with 260208.1016 (571)

troks27 · 6 months ago

I am also having this same issue and it is very frustrating. Will begin to work on task and will crash the app. Or, will open the app and it will randomly crash while spinning up.

Skies-syx · 6 months ago

Has this problem been fixed?

etraut-openai contributor · 6 months ago

We think we've addressed the main cause of this issue in the latest release. It's possible that there were multiple causes. I'm going to close this issue, but if you're still seeing this symptom, please open a new issue and provide details. This will help us isolate any remaining exits.