macOS Codex TUI shows `codex(pid) Malloc...` output in composer/status area during long-running task

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened May 14, 2026 by heyyymonth Closed May 14, 2026

What version of Codex CLI is running?

codex-cli 0.130.0

What subscription do you have?

Chatgpt premium

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.5

What platform is your computer?

Darwin 25.4.0 arm64 arm

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

Terminal.app

Codex doctor report

What issue are you seeing?

Title

macOS Codex TUI shows codex(pid) Malloc... output in composer/status area during long-running task

What version of Codex CLI is running?

codex --version: codex-cli 0.130.0

What subscription do you have?

Plus

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.5 default

What platform is your computer?

macOS: Darwin 25.4.0
Architecture: arm64 arm

What terminal emulator and version are you using?

Terminal.app / macOS Terminal

What issue are you seeing?

While Codex was running a long task in the TUI, I saw a malloc-related diagnostic appear at the bottom composer/status area:

codex(17004) Malloc

### What steps can reproduce the bug?

Open Codex CLI on macOS.
Start a long-running task that launches or monitors a background terminal process.

In my case, Codex was running a local startup script:

./scripts/start-local.sh

The script checks Ollama availability on:

http://127.0.0.1:11434/api/tags
Leave Codex running while it waits/checks background service readiness.
Observe malloc-related diagnostic text appearing in the Codex TUI composer/status area.

### What is the expected behavior?

_No response_

### Additional information

<img width="1880" height="1382" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/78f4a938-44e2-412b-ab69-00434a0480c6" />

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