Prompt briefly shows macOS MallocStackL process text before typing
Open 💬 1 comment Opened May 22, 2026 by dhruv-anand-aintech
What happened?
In the Codex CLI prompt/status area, a macOS-looking process/debug string briefly appears before input begins:
codex(14488) MallocStackL
It disappears as soon as I start typing in the prompt.
Expected behavior
The prompt should not show transient process/debug text before the user starts typing.
Actual behavior
The prompt initially displays codex(<pid>) MallocStackL, then redraws/clears it once typing starts.
Environment
- Codex CLI:
codex-cli 0.132.0 - OS: macOS
- Terminal: observed in an interactive Codex CLI session
Notes
This looks like leaked process/status output or a prompt redraw artifact. I do not yet have a minimal reproduction beyond seeing it in the live prompt before input.
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