[macos] Superfluous Empty Logs created on each app startup

Open 💬 0 comments Opened Aug 17, 2026 by chrisgeo

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

26.810.52044

What subscription do you have?

Pro 20x

What platform is your computer?

macOS

What issue are you seeing?

Codex/ChatGPT Unified creates random empty log files. See attached images.

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What steps can reproduce the bug?

  1. Open Console.app
  2. See no logs from codex.
  3. Open ChatGPT
  4. See empty logs, first 2 usually have some content.

What is the expected behavior?

No spam.

Additional information

_No response_

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