Codex App repeatedly fails with "timeout waiting for child process to exit" after update

Open 💬 1 comment Opened Mar 24, 2026 by springblow99-png

What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?

0.116.0-alpha.10

What subscription do you have?

ChatGPT Pro

What platform is your computer?

macOS (Apple Silicon)

What issue are you seeing?

After updating Codex App on macOS, I repeatedly get the error:

timeout waiting for child process to exit

The app works for a while, then starts failing with this error again.
Restarting the app does not reliably fix it.
Starting a new thread also does not help.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

  1. Open Codex App on macOS
  2. Use it normally for a while
  3. After some time, the app starts failing with:

timeout waiting for child process to exit

What is the expected behavior?

I expected Codex App to continue working normally without timing out.

Additional information

Issue started after updating the app
Restarting the app did not solve it
Starting a new thread did not solve it
This seems to happen repeatedly after the update

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