Codex can’t run long processes
Open 💬 1 comment Opened Aug 3, 2026 by jafinn3
What version of Codex CLI is running?
codex-cli 0.146.0
What subscription do you have?
Plus
Which model were you using?
gpt-5.6-terra medium
What platform is your computer?
Linux 5.15.0-181-generic x86_64 x86_64
What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?
_No response_
Codex doctor report
What issue are you seeing?
The model consistently complains that it can’t run CLI processes that last more than 28 seconds. Persists across context wipes/session restart. Simple bash sleeps appear to work fine; it seems to be workload dependent.
It keeps making up random solutions that don’t work
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Uploaded thread: 019fc58e-1088-70a0-847d-0853a4c07636
What is the expected behavior?
I can have codex run processes that last longer than 28 seconds
Additional information
_No response_
1 Comment
~~It actually appears maybe the issue is that one agent decided to leave a note that processes should be run detached, and so all following agents and commands decided to repeat this.~~ 019fc78f-6fc5-7753-b018-20615814b6d8
Never mind the issue persists 019fc7c7-4ba4-7020-896b-b0e73b753290
Edit: I’m having better luck with gpt5.5 — I have not yet hit this issue with the older model