Weird symbols and lines being printed in terminal on each answer

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Mar 23, 2026 by savinmikhail Closed Mar 23, 2026

What version of Codex CLI is running?

codex-cli 0.116.0

What subscription do you have?

plus

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.4 medium

What platform is your computer?

Linux 6.6.87.2-microsoft-standard-WSL2 x86_64 x86_64

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

I used PHPStorm's terminal with zsh shell

What issue are you seeing?

The model constantly ending its answers with weird symbols and lines:
<img width="1841" height="509" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5bd42edb-8c13-4b59-88f7-0edbbba4a0da" />

I cannot stop this behavior neither by restarting, nor turning off all mcp servers or sending messages. only ctrl+c worked

text representation of this behavior:

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What steps can reproduce the bug?

Uploaded thread: 019d109e-6562-77c3-b79d-41ea5c20f432

What is the expected behavior?

just absence of this repeating hallicutiations

Additional information

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