ChatGPT macOS app leaks zombie (defunct) child processes — exhausts per-user process limit
Open 💬 1 comment Opened Aug 7, 2026 by xiashuqin89
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What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
ChatGPT 26.730.61639 (embedded Codex Framework 151.0.7922.71
What subscription do you have?
plus
What platform is your computer?
Mac os 13.4 (22F66)
What issue are you seeing?
The ChatGPT desktop app continuously accumulates ` (zombie) child processes without reaping them. The parent is the main ChatGPT process, and the leak traces to the embedded Codex app-server / code-mode-host chain (codex app-server → node_repl / codex-code-mode-host`).
<img width="575" height="508" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b2c6d57f-a667-433e-937e-547152ba93b0" />
What steps can reproduce the bug?
just kill the codex proccess or quit the codex app
What is the expected behavior?
_No response_
Additional information
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