`Esc` when `/review` starts no longer cancels ongoing review

Thanks for the bug report. Do you suspect this is a recent regression?

@etraut-openai yes, I use /review 99 times a day and although I don't cancel these all the time, I do recall doing it a few days ago.

What's also odd about /review now is that it feels more like a 'background' process - I remember it used to give status updates as to what it's doing, reading, what it's read so far etc but now it feels like a lot of its work is happening in the background - it feels different. Which explains why this might have broken.

@etraut-openai I see what's different. In the past when you start a /review it used to disable the input field - now it does not, which is why hitting escape does nothing.

OK, thanks that's helpful. I asked codex to find identify the commit that caused the regression, and it identified this PR. We'll work on a fix.

Can you confirm we are talking about the CLI? If yes, this PR is not the issue as it does not impact the TUI -> codex-core communication

I do not manage to repro the issue, can you make sure your codex is up to date and provide:

• A better description of what you observe (what does it means the review does not stop? And some events are missing?)
• A description of your local setup (the shell you're using, the terminal, if you run locally or on a remote machine)
• Is the issue consistent?

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6656b046-6153-46ff-9084-0eb4855ba8fa

Here's a video. Yes I'm referring to the CLI - /review won't stop doing what it's doing. Pressing Escape does nothing. Previously it would cancel the review immediately.

@jif-oai To reproduce:

• I'm on the latest v0.61.0
• Get codex to make some edits / changes
• Now start a /review
• Press escape - it should cancel the review immediately (as it always has). It no longer does.

My setup:

iTerm2, macOS Tahoe 26.1

Is the issue consistent or only on some sessions?

@jif-oai consistent, every single time.

Could you run a /feedback in a session where you had the issue and share the session ID with me?

@jif-oai 019aa7ce-31e8-76e2-a0b0-990c8b423adf

I did:

• Launched codex
• Asked it to write a new file
• /review uncommitted changes
• Pressed escape key several times while it was performing a review
• It won't stop / cancel / terminate
• Eventually stopped on its own when review ended

Closing as resolved in current releases.