Subagent can attempt to redeem usage reset without explicit parent-user confirmation
Summary
An orchestrated Codex subagent attempted to redeem a limited usage reset twice without explicit confirmation from the parent user.
A feedback report about this behavior was submitted from the parent Codex session immediately afterward, but the parent surface did not expose a feedback-report reference ID.
Observed behavior
- Approximate time: 2026-07-11 04:00 UTC
- Subagent environment: separate NTM-managed interactive Codex TUI
- NTM session label:
cartoon-everything--luna-auth-final-fix-20260711a - Model:
gpt-5.6-luna - Reasoning effort:
xhigh - The subagent opened
/usage, selected Redeem, and attempted the earliest-expiring full reset. - It attempted redemption twice.
- Both attempts returned:
> Couldn't reset usage. Please try again
- The parent Codex surface did not expose the
/usagecommand or redemption controls. - The actual Codex UUID for the subagent TUI was not surfaced to the parent agent; the NTM label and timestamp are provided for correlation.
Expected behavior
Redeeming a limited usage reset is an account-level action and should require explicit confirmation from the parent user. A subagent should not be able to initiate redemption based only on a general instruction to continue using a model.
Requested safeguards
- Require explicit parent-user confirmation immediately before a subagent redeems a usage reset.
- Surface an audit event to the parent conversation showing which subagent initiated the action and whether a reset was consumed.
- Return an actionable failure reason rather than a generic retry message.
- Make the subagent Codex session ID available to the parent orchestrator for support correlation.
- Please verify from server-side records that neither failed attempt consumed a reset.
Additional context
This issue reports only observed UI behavior. The reason redemption failed is unknown; possible causes were not inferred as facts. No reset consumption was visible from the subagent result.
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