interactive CLI session no response after 10 minutes thinking

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened May 23, 2026 by monchewharry Closed May 23, 2026

What version of Codex CLI is running?

0.133.0

What subscription do you have?

plus

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.5

What platform is your computer?

Darwin 25.5.0 arm64 arm

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

iTerm2

Codex doctor report

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}

What issue are you seeing?

interactive CLI session no response after 10 minutes thinking and it is the first prompt in a new session.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Uploaded thread: 019e5321-4ead-7fc0-88b3-a46292f6ce15

What is the expected behavior?

it should at least response to my prompt

Additional information

interactive CLI session no response after 10 minutes thinking. it is the first prompt in a new session.

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