Uncontrolled Agent and Chat Creation in Multi-Agent Mode

Question

### What version of Codex is running?

codex-cli 0.89.0

### What subscription do you have?

API

### Which model were you using?

gpt-5.2-codex

### What platform is your computer?

Linux 6.6.87.2-microsoft-standard-WSL2 x86_64 x86_64

### What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?

Windows  (WSL)

### What issue are you seeing?

When using multi-agent mode, the system creates an excessive number of agents that fully consume the virtual machine’s resources. This results