No soft "Stop" - must use Ctrl+C

What version of Codex is running?

codex-cli 0.19.0

Which model were you using?

gpt-5

What platform is your computer?

Darwin 24.5.0 arm64 arm

What steps can reproduce the bug?

1. Open codex CLI
2. Start a task
3. Can only use Ctrl+C to stop it
4. If you hit Ctrl+C too many times you quit codex entirely

What is the expected behavior?

There should be a seperate way to end a running task other than Ctrl+C

'Esc' is commonly used by most CLI coding tools.

What do you see instead?

No way to end a task other than Ctrl+C

Additional information

It's a significant QoL issue when you're working alongside the LLM on a task. Interrupting a running task easily is vital to efficient development.