Working but doing nothing
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Nov 22, 2025 by pauldeden Closed Nov 22, 2025
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What version of Codex is running?
codex-cli 0.63.0
What subscription do you have?
ChatGPT Pro
Which model were you using?
gpt-5.1-codex-max, gpt-5.1-codex, gpt-5.1
What platform is your computer?
Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 x64 and Linux 5.15.153.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2 aarch64 aarch64
What issue are you seeing?
All the models are just spinning, no output or tools being run. It started this morning. Replicated on two different machines.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Uploaded thread: 019aacd6-ce9f-73a0-b8e0-e9e255682ab7
What is the expected behavior?
It may think for awhile (even a few minutes) but there should be some indication that work is being done like tool calls, thoughts being printed to the console, etc. Right now there is none of that. It just says "Working (timer..."
Additional information
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Thanks for reporting the problem. The service is down in some geographies. The team is working on it. Closing in favor of https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/7156.