How to stop cancel ongoing hanging task ?

Open 💬 0 comments Opened Jun 23, 2026 by zakblacki

What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?

26.616.71553

What subscription do you have?

Plus

What platform is your computer?

Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.19045.0 x64

What issue are you seeing?

Does codex have a way to stop cancel current task (from both windows and mac ?)
Because this happen often the command keep going loop I have to close codex to continue
Note : that even If I tell the agent to continue it doesn't solve it keep hanging

<img width="385" height="414" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/9a9ca34d-a9ef-4ede-bdef-885dae92d265" />

<img width="759" height="176" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/75ead768-0cda-4b56-bf77-636614c9ee2a" />

Edit : I can confirm issue is from codex itself and not other windows tools

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Run with commands :
flutter or dart format
flutter or dart analyze

What is the expected behavior?

Ability to stop any command if needed CTRL+C

Additional information

_No response_

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