Codex "• Waited for background terminal" hang

Open 💬 2 comments Opened May 16, 2026 by David-D111

What version of Codex CLI is running?

codex-cli 0.125.0

What subscription do you have?

None

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.4-mini medium

What platform is your computer?

macOS Tahoe 26.5

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

_No response_

Codex doctor report

not available

What issue are you seeing?

Codex was doing "• Waited for background terminal" for more than 15m. No error messages

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Thread: 019e2f0d-4f63-7d52-928a-358c51793fea

What is the expected behavior?

It should finish doing "• Waited for background terminal" after a few min

Additional information

_No response_

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