Codex uses 130gb of app memory
Open 💬 2 comments Opened Jul 13, 2026 by githycody
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What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
Powered by Codex & OWL Version 26.707.62119
What subscription do you have?
PRO
What platform is your computer?
Darwin 25.5.0 arm64 arm
What issue are you seeing?
My mac fans started spinning out loudly, and I then got a out of memory error showing Codex using 130gb of memory with 3 conversation thread running. It froze my entire computer before quitting the app.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
gpt 5.6 sol Ultra?
What is the expected behavior?
_No response_
Additional information
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could it be depend on some weird nature of project?
they are many type of worlkloads , where something could go wild , assume thats a model behavior issue ---
I assume if you used , sol ultra, you used it for web developement right? what kind of prompts you gave it, around the time you got it?