Misleading “still working” messages after “Finished working” (no background tasks actually run)
Resolved 💬 6 comments Opened Nov 16, 2025 by iamhectorlopez Closed Feb 23, 2026
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor)
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What version of Codex is running?
0.4.43 IDE extension cursor
What subscription do you have?
plus
Which model were you using?
gpt 5.1 high
What platform is your computer?
windows
What issue are you seeing?
Codex repeatedly claims it is still working on an expanded test suite, running dry runs locally, and that it will share updates shortly, even though the run has already finished and no further work is being done.
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What steps can reproduce the bug?
- Open the codex cursor ide extension and use GPT-5.1-Codex with Agent (full access) on a local repo.
- Give the agent a long-running style instruction
The UI shows multiple entries like:
“Finished working • Considering response timing”
“Finished working • Considering next steps”
but no new commands are executed after that point or no files or code changes appear in the repo.
What is the expected behavior?
_No response_
Additional information
_No response_
6 Comments
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I notice the same problme as well ,especially when i use gpt 5.1 high, gpt 5.1 codex high maybe better,but still have this problem
Same issue for me, and quite often.
same here, any prompt to fix it?
Same issue for me
Reviewing old (possibly stale and no-longer-relevant) bug reports.
We've fixed a number of bugs in this area, so I think this is probably fixed. If you're still seeing this with the latest version of Codex, please open a new issue with repro steps.