Codex CLI halting when multi-step plan needs to be implemented

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Nov 5, 2025 by anpunjabi Closed Nov 5, 2025

What version of Codex is running?

0.55.0

What subscription do you have?

GPT Plus

Which model were you using?

gpt-5-codex medium

What platform is your computer?

Linux 5.15.167.4-microsoft-standard-WSL2 x86_64 x86_64

What issue are you seeing?

Codex can generate responses for simple questions, but whenever a multi-step plan is required, it seems to just halt when it is about to take its first step

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Uploaded thread: 019a5586-5c12-76f3-b8a9-e2ca50a3b4b6

What is the expected behavior?

Just minutes ago everything was fine and codex could run cli commands, implement muti-step code changes etc. I tried changing models and updating versions, but no luck

Additional information

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