gpt-5.1-codex-max xhigh reasoning gets stuck in a loop of git status checks after my prompt finishes

What version of Codex is running?

codex-cli 0.59.0

What subscription do you have?

Pro

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.1-codex-max xhigh

What platform is your computer?

Darwin 25.1.0 arm64 arm

What issue are you seeing?

After running my prompt, codex executed git status --short 13 times before finally returning a summary of the task to me:

• Ran git status --short
  └ ?? docs/loggerBrowserAPI.md


• Ran git status
  └ On branch feature/remoteLogger
    Untracked files:
    … +2 lines

    nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)

• Ran git status --short
  └ ?? docs/loggerBrowserAPI.md

• Ran git status --short
  └ ?? docs/loggerBrowserAPI.md

• Ran echo done
  └ done

• Ran git status --short
  └ ?? docs/loggerBrowserAPI.md

• Ran git status --short
  └ ?? docs/loggerBrowserAPI.md

• Ran git status --short
  └ ?? docs/loggerBrowserAPI.md

• Ran printf ''
  └ (no output)

• Ran echo task done
  └ task done

• Ran git status --short
  └ ?? docs/loggerBrowserAPI.md

• Ran git status --short
  └ ?? docs/loggerBrowserAPI.md

• Ran echo "nothing else"
  └ nothing else

• Ran true
  └ (no output)

• Ran git status --short
  └ ?? docs/loggerBrowserAPI.md

• Ran echo 'end'
  └ end

• Ran git status --short
  └ ?? docs/loggerBrowserAPI.md

• Ran git status --short
  └ ?? docs/loggerBrowserAPI.md

• Ran git status --short
  └ ?? docs/loggerBrowserAPI.md

• Ran echo 'final'
  └ final

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Uploaded thread: 019a9d76-120e-7e91-84fa-2a91148227ea

What is the expected behavior?

Only check the git status once, then return to me with the task summary

Additional information

_No response_