VSCode Codex 0.4.10 is not following orders well, it provides less explanations and doesn't show the files changed
Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Sep 17, 2025 by fschvart Closed Nov 11, 2025
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (etraut-openai, contributor)
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What version of Codex is running?
0.4.10
Which model were you using?
gpt-5-codex
What platform is your computer?
Darwin 25.0.0 arm64 arm
What steps can reproduce the bug?
I asked Codex to add a small feature to a 400 lines file, what I got in exchange is very little explanation, I didn't get the diff that I used to get, and somehow the file went from 400 lines to 800 lines
What is the expected behavior?
To get the diff in the files that were changed, to get better explanations of what it actually did and to follow orders better without adding a ton of garbage code, basically go back one version
What do you see instead?
_No response_
Additional information
_No response_
2 Comments
yes! agrees. codex showing too less information when he is think chain. the user did not really know what is happening inside.
please fix this
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