Number of background terminals never goes down

Open 💬 1 comment Opened Apr 15, 2026 by Redstar1337

What version of Codex CLI is running?

120

What subscription do you have?

Pro $200

Which model were you using?

5.4 xHigh

What platform is your computer?

Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 x64

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

PSH 7.6.0

What issue are you seeing?

This is just one example. Doing /stop doesn't change the number. The number of terminals in my task manager is close to 13-15, and it keeps building up. Maybe there are some leaked/zombie threads that I dont see that never close.

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What steps can reproduce the bug?

I don't know honestly, I just work normally, things that sometimes require external powershell terminals to be launched by Codex for python.

This has been going on for a while, I think since at least version 110.

What is the expected behavior?

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Additional information

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