Codex says it is waiting for background terminals, but the ps command shows that no background terminals are running

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Mar 6, 2026 by patricksuo Closed Mar 7, 2026
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

What version of Codex CLI is running?

v0.111.0

What subscription do you have?

pro

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.3-codex

What platform is your computer?

Mac

What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?

iTerm2

What issue are you seeing?


• Ran pnpm -C apps/form-line-mini-app run build:types
  └
    > @social-pro/form-line-mini-app@ build:types /Users/patrick/projectJ/social-pro/apps/form-line-mini-app
    > tsc


• Explored
  └ Read form-settings-sheet.tsx, form-editor-shell.tsx, form-editor-shell.i18n.ts, bottom-sheet.tsx

• Ran git status --short
  └  M apps/form-line-mini-app/src/components/layout/bottom-sheet.tsx
     M apps/form-line-mini-app/src/pages/form-editor/components/form-settings-sheet.tsx
     M apps/form-line-mini-app/src/pages/form-editor/form-editor-shell.i18n.ts
     M apps/form-line-mini-app/src/pages/form-editor/form-editor-shell.tsx

/ps

Background terminals

  • No background terminals running.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Uploaded thread: 019cc170-37d7-7ce0-ad0d-9ab2598338c3

What is the expected behavior?

_No response_

Additional information

_No response_

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3 Comments

github-actions[bot] contributor · 5 months ago

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

  • #12033
  • #12321
  • #12796

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EriiiirE · 5 months ago

I may be hitting a related issue, but my symptoms are slightly broader.😭

On macOS with Codex CLI v0.111.0, local Codex clients (CLI / VS Code / app) hang after sending a prompt, while Codex Web still works.
I also see:
failed to refresh available models: timeout waiting for child process to exit

So this may be related to terminal/background process state management, but not exactly the same surface symptom.

patricksuo · 5 months ago

close for dup