apply_patch approval review takes 68–121 seconds on windows, 16–17 ms with full access
Open 💬 2 comments Opened Jul 13, 2026 by johnlukefrancis
What version of Codex CLI is running?
codex-cli 0.144.3
What subscription do you have?
chatgpt pro x20
Which model were you using?
gpt-5.6-sol medium
What platform is your computer?
Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26120.0 x64
What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?
windows terminal, powershell 7
Codex doctor report
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}What issue are you seeing?
on windows, codex 0.144.3 routes every apply_patch call through automatic approval review under normal permissions.
three trivial patches took 68.248s, 94.612s, and 121.345s. the identical patches under full access took 16ms, 17ms, and 17ms.
same cli version, model, repository, and operations. only the permission profile changed. this isolates the slowdown to the approval review path and makes normal permissions unusable.
uploaded thread:
019f5b78-05ec-73e0-b6c7-ed05b236bc47
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Uploaded thread: 019f5b78-05ec-73e0-b6c7-ed05b236bc47
What is the expected behavior?
routine apply_patch operations inside a trusted writable worktree should not spend minutes in automatic approval review. full access should not be required for normal patch performance.
Additional information
started happening with 0.144.1, continued to current version, was not happening before this, cant roll back because otherwise 5.6 is unavaiable in unaffected versions.
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