It repeatedly stated that it would start the new work based on the WIP branch, confirmed this several times, and I also confirmed it back. However, it ended up working overnight based on the master branch from a week ago, wasting a huge amount of tokens and 24 hours of work.
Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Jun 3, 2026 by cocomoar Closed Jun 3, 2026
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor)
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What version of Codex CLI is running?
codex-cli 0.136.0
What subscription do you have?
pro 200$
Which model were you using?
gpt-5.5 xhigh
What platform is your computer?
mac stduio
What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?
iterm2
Codex doctor report
What issue are you seeing?
It repeatedly stated that it would start the new work based on the WIP branch, confirmed this several times, and I also confirmed it back. However, it ended up working overnight based on the master branch from a week ago, wasting a huge amount of tokens and 24 hours of work.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Uploaded thread: 019e87a1-b153-7bf2-89ad-aa414cc3c6fe
What is the expected behavior?
_No response_
Additional information
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Thanks for the bug report. This appears to be model behavior, not a Codex harness issue. We'll share the feedback with the team responsible for training our codex models. We're tracking this feedback and similar reports so we can improve future models. And thanks for using the
/feedbackcommand. That additional information is useful.