Codex CLI halting when multi-step plan needs to be implemented
Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Nov 5, 2025 by anpunjabi Closed Nov 5, 2025
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (etraut-openai, contributor)
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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
_No response_
2 Comments
https://status.openai.com/incidents/01K9ARX310CM6V219R0GF7RNC9
We had a temporary service outage that affected codex. Should be working again now. Let us know if you're still seeing a problem.