Steering Message After Compaction Won't Work
Resolved 💬 5 comments Opened Mar 9, 2026 by Kare-Udon Closed Apr 3, 2026
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor)
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What version of Codex CLI is running?
codex-cli 0.112.0
What subscription do you have?
ChatGPT Plus
Which model were you using?
gpt-5.4 medium
What platform is your computer?
Darwin 25.3.0 arm64 arm
What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?
Ghostty 1.2.3 Build 12214
What issue are you seeing?
Steering messages added after the /compact command won't work.
<img width="220" height="138" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/d9d91acb-4333-4651-b813-947cf6e0f4fe" />
The cli app also did not respond to ctrl-c, while ctrl-d do quit the app.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
- run /compact command
- when compact is going, add a steering message
- the steering message won't work
What is the expected behavior?
When compaction ended, steering message will be sent and there will be a response
Additional information
_No response_
5 Comments
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Though #14048 is solved, I can still reproduce this issue with the latest codex cli.
<img width="313" height="143" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c726460e-8d1b-42c2-b048-75535541e9e6" />
The cli app still kind like freeze (not respond to ctrl-c signal).
I am having the same issue. After manual compact the model gets stuck on "working" and ctrl+c no longer works. Have to close the window and relaunch.
Are you still seeing this problem with the latest CLI (0.118.0 or newer)? We've made significant changes to the TUI since this bug was filed, and we've fixed several bugs that could explain the behavior described above.
After some simple tests, I can confirm this issue is solved. So I will close this issue.
Thank you for your contact.