Codex App loads after 5mins use 11,27Gb memory usage and 23% of CPU

Open 💬 1 comment Opened Apr 25, 2026 by danielmekis

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

26.422.30944

What subscription do you have?

Plus

What platform is your computer?

Tahoe

What issue are you seeing?

Its impossible to use the app after the latest update. The app takes so much time to just open. After its opened even if Im not doing anything its just opened it use so much memory and CPU.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

I tried to delete the app and wipe out things from Library Cache and remove Codex folder did not help. Is there anything else I can try?

What is the expected behavior?

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Additional information

It slows down my mac as well extremely level the whole computer is laggy because of running the app. Also I can not select any model to run.

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