Possible macOS resource-pressure issue when running Codex CLI inside zellij/Ghostty during long-lived sessions
Open 💬 2 comments Opened Apr 16, 2026 by jroth1111
Possible macOS resource-pressure issue when Codex CLI is used inside zellij/Ghostty during long-lived sessions.
Context:
- macOS 26.3.2 on Apple Silicon (M3 Max, 36 GB RAM)
- zellij 0.44.1
- Ghostty 1.3.1
- long-running session with heavy streamed output and background panes
Observed from diagnostics:
- multiple
codex-aarch64-apple-darwinprocesses with nontrivial memory footprint - APFS ENOSPC log lines named
codex-aarch64-apple-darwinseconds before: - low swap: failed to create swapfile
- memorystatus: System is unhealthy
- watchdog panic
I am not claiming Codex was the sole root cause, because the machine had broader resource pressure. But given #9345 and existing zellij compatibility reports, I'm wondering whether heavy TUI streaming / large file operations inside zellij can retain memory or amplify scrollback / disk churn on macOS.
Happy to attach redacted logs if useful.
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