Worked for Xmins Ysecs incorrect
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Apr 12, 2026 by daxliniere Closed May 16, 2026
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (etraut-openai, contributor)
responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.
Not exactly a bug, but an unaddressed edge-case: Sometimes Codex needs to pause for user input; the "worked for" timer should be paused as well.
Which IDE are you using?
VS Code
3 Comments
I understand your point, but it's not so straightforward because the model and harness are capable of doing parallel work (tool calls, background shells, subagents). Just because a user approval is needed for one tool call doesn't mean that the agent isn't continuing to work.
Hey Eric! Thanks for your prompt response. I can understand what you're saying, and it's definitely a much lower priority than being able to rename a chat or for a search to be able to go through chat bodies, not just chat titles, but in cases where all agent processes are paused, perhaps the timer should stop, too?
I went for a break, came back, answered a simple question and then got this. 😄
<img width="275" height="81" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/7b44a4bd-9327-4a21-817d-f741c07b755c" />
This is my UI/UX hat opinion, rather than a workflow showtopper. 😊
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