Usage ticking down after killing sessions
Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Jul 28, 2026 by kendonB Closed Aug 4, 2026
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What version of Codex CLI is running?
codex-cli 0.145.0
What subscription do you have?
Pro 20x
Which model were you using?
5.6 Sol Max
What platform is your computer?
Linux 7.0.0-28-generic x86_64 x86_64
What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?
Windows Terminal sshing into remote linux machine
Codex doctor report
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}What issue are you seeing?
@tibo-openai announced a looming reset, I spun up a 20-worker parallel codex job I've been doing slowly, I killed the job when the limit reset, but my usage continued to fall precipitously.
I suspect that the GPUs continued to burn tokens sending them into the void, finishing the job, instead of shutting down when the job died on the linux box.
Happy to support any investigation!
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Spin up large number of codex exec workers on a linux box on long running tasks. Kill them.
What is the expected behavior?
Usage stops dropping.
Additional information
_No response_
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this occured because the sessions didn't reliably get killed (user error really)