Codex exits while processing a prompt taking credits away without doing the work

Open 💬 2 comments Opened Jul 13, 2026 by s4mt3chGit

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

Version 26.707.62119

What subscription do you have?

ChatGPT Plus

What platform is your computer?

Windows 11 25H2 26200.8655

What issue are you seeing?

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I'm using codex to write python and process data within a SQL database via docker desktop so its a local SQL. But when i run a prompt that takes longer than 5 minutes the codex desktop app randomly exits and totally forgets the prompt and the chat, doesn't provide any of the work yet it takes all of the credit for doing it. Its Monday and i have almost run through a weeks worth of Codex credit just re-running Prompts because Codex has exited and taken the credit.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Hard to reproduce since all evidence is lost when codex exits. I get no error message or sound notification Codex just vanishes and shuts down completely even from the system tray.

What is the expected behavior?

I expect it to finish processing my prompt, or at least not charge me for work it hasn't done.

Additional information

I should not be paying in codex time for prompts that have not been processed or having to rerun prompts costing 2X or 3X the codex usage time because the system has not processed them. This has already cost me more than 50% my weekly amount and its only Monday.

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