Completely frozen, reinstallation doesn't help

Resolved 💬 16 comments Opened Mar 9, 2026 by DmitryKandratsenka Closed Mar 9, 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?

codex-cli 0.112.0

What subscription do you have?

Pro

Which model were you using?

any: gpt-5.4, gpt-5.3

What platform is your computer?

Darwin 25.2.0 arm64 arm

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

terminal.app

What issue are you seeing?

Nothing happens. I type "hi" and I see no reaction from agent. Completely frozen, resintalltion doesn't help. Codex doesn't work with codex cli or codex macos app. It refuses to answer on any prompts on any models. I tried to clear codex cache and reinstall the cli, but it didn't help.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Uploaded thread: 019cd308-7f09-7d92-acad-5ac57a3920d6

What is the expected behavior?

_No response_

Additional information

_No response_

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16 Comments

github-actions[bot] contributor · 4 months ago

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

#13715
#14083
#14048
#14071

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VasilisTako · 4 months ago

+1 here, same behaviour reported both on my personal account and company enterprise account.

arhgap11b · 4 months ago

same for me

CircuitSerein · 4 months ago

Same

Turstate · 4 months ago

same here, plan plus

inenhesa · 4 months ago

Same here, had to downgrade to 0.111: npm install -g @openai/codex@0.111.0 --force

josemgmz · 4 months ago

noxomix · 4 months ago

npm or bun install -g @openai/codex@0.111 works for me. Just 0.112 doesnt want to work...

anlagbr · 4 months ago

me too,crazy bug

shlgd · 4 months ago

SSSSAAAAMEEE PLIZ FIX
SAM WATAFFFFFF

akvadrako · 4 months ago

Some more information: Neither 0.112.0 nor 0.111.0 works even after deleting ~/.codex and logging in again. It just hangs. However, 0.110.0 does work.

nos1609 · 4 months ago

here we go again, hangs once more

RSkrypnik · 4 months ago

the same

NewMarty117 · 4 months ago

Hey everyone,
I had the exact same issue — CLI accepting prompts but never responding, no error, no timeout. Tried everything: reinstalling the CLI, logging out/in, clearing memories, deleting ~/.codex/, switching models... nothing worked.
Turns out the problem was caused by uninstalling the Codex Desktop App (Microsoft Store). The App and the CLI seem to share some state/config, and removing the App breaks the CLI silently.
Fix: Simply reinstall the Codex Desktop App from the Microsoft Store. The CLI started responding again immediately — no other action needed.
I opened a dedicated issue here: https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/14087
If you're on Windows and you had the Desktop App installed at some point then removed it, this might be your fix too.

VasilisTako · 4 months ago

Hey everyone, I had the exact same issue — CLI accepting prompts but never responding, no error, no timeout. Tried everything: reinstalling the CLI, logging out/in, clearing memories, deleting ~/.codex/, switching models... nothing worked. Turns out the problem was caused by uninstalling the Codex Desktop App (Microsoft Store). The App and the CLI seem to share some state/config, and removing the App breaks the CLI silently. Fix: Simply reinstall the Codex Desktop App from the Microsoft Store. The CLI started responding again immediately — no other action needed. I opened a dedicated issue here: #14087 If you're on Windows and you had the Desktop App installed at some point then removed it, this might be your fix too.

i never had the desktop app, nor uninstalled it, so maybe this are 2 separate bugs (?)

etraut-openai contributor · 4 months ago

We're investigating the issue. This is a duplicate of #14048. I'm going to close this one to consolidate. I'll provide updates on #14048.