macOS x86_64: codex-cli 0.142.2 crashes with SIGTRAP/EXC_BREAKPOINT during gpt-5.5 runs

Open 💬 2 comments Opened Jun 26, 2026 by hrantm
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

Environment:

  • Codex CLI: 0.142.2
  • OS: macOS 26.5.1 (25F80)
  • Arch: x86_64
  • Shell/session: zsh in iTerm2
  • Binary: /usr/local/Caskroom/codex/0.142.2/codex-x86_64-apple-darwin

Observed behavior:

  • Codex crashes with trace trap
  • This happens when using gpt-5.5
  • Switching local config to gpt-5.4 appears to avoid the crash

Crash details from macOS diagnostic reports:

  • exception: EXC_BREAKPOINT
  • signal: SIGTRAP
  • termination: Trace/BPT trap: 5

Relevant reports:

  • codex-x86_64-apple-darwin-2026-06-26-144836.ips
  • codex-x86_64-apple-darwin-2026-06-26-144604.ips

The faulting thread in both reports appears to be inside Codex's embedded V8 runtime during isolate/code-range initialization, with frames like:

  • v8::base::OS::SetPermissions
  • v8::internal::CodeRange::InitReservation
  • v8::internal::Heap::SetUp
  • v8::internal::Isolate::Init
  • v8::Isolate::New

This does not look like a normal skill/script failure; it looks like the Codex process itself is crashing natively.

This appears related to other trace trap reports around gpt-5.5, but I'm reporting it separately because it is reproducible for me on 0.142.2.

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2 Comments

hrantm · 2 months ago

• Model changed to gpt-5.5 medium

› lets see if its just xhigh thats the problem. Try to access some files

• Context compacted

• I’ll perform a few read-only filesystem operations: list the home directory, enumerate sample files, and read small
portions of accessible text files.

• Working (23s • esc to interrupt)

› [1] 16182 trace trap codexges

github-actions[bot] contributor · 2 months ago

Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.

  • #29047
  • #29414
  • #28893
  • #29679
  • #29136

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