`/review` seems to be extremely verbose
Open 💬 0 comments Opened Jan 14, 2026 by guidedways
What version of Codex is running?
v0.81.0-alpha.8
What subscription do you have?
Pro
Which model were you using?
gpt-5.2
What platform is your computer?
macOS
What issue are you seeing?
Lately when I do a /review → Current changes it ends up with a wall of text with no clear P0 etc, just lots of 'I found this, I found that, this is nice, that's not nice'
I've lately had to do a Custom instructions then quite literally copy paste the contents of the review prompt that comes bundled with codex into the terminal and _then_ it gives me a solid terse, to the point review.
It's as if /review is not receiving or reading the review prompt and is literally being told to review: current changes
Here's my configuration toml
model = "gpt-5.2"
model_reasoning_effort = "high"
model_verbosity = "medium"What steps can reproduce the bug?
/review → current changes
What is the expected behavior?
Terse, to the point review of current changes with a list of P0 / P1 / P2 issues, not a novel.
Additional information
_No response_