codex - 💡(How to fix) Fix infinite loop [2 comments, 3 participants]

What version of Codex CLI is running?

codex-cli 0.128.0

What subscription do you have?

Gpt Plus

Which model were you using?

gpt 5.2 and 5.4 codex both

What platform is your computer?

Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 x64

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

VSCode and AndroidStudio

What issue are you seeing?

it keeps repeating its actions and does not finish anything and it keeps running out my tokens without doing anything. look at this: • Ran codex --version └ codex-cli 0.128.0 WARNING: failed to clean up stale arg0 temp dirs: Acceso denegado. (os error 5) WARNING: proceeding, even though we could not update PATH: Acceso denegado. (os error 5) at path "C:\Users\antoi\.codex\tmp\arg0\codex-arg0AZeqPr"

⚠ Skill descriptions were shortened to fit the 2% skills context budget. Codex can still see every skill, but some descriptions are shorter. Disable unused skills or plugins to leave more room for the rest.

• Context compacted

• I need to implement a settings screen, ensuring I adhere to the AGENTS framework, which includes state, scope, planning, changes, validation, and evaluating risk in the final product. For this, I’ll need to utilize tools like functions.shell_command and apply_patch. I should start with a targeted search in the app’s main Java directory and use rg for Ollama and baseUrl. I’ll run the necessary shell commands to kick this off.

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• Scope (archivos a tocar, preliminar): voy a ubicar MainActivity/NavHost y el cliente de Ollama para ajustar solo esos puntos, y luego añadir una pantalla nueva Settings + un helper mínimo de persistencia (probablemente SharedPreferences o lo que ya exista). Ahora hago una búsqueda dirigida por Ollama, baseUrl y api/chat.

• Ran Get-ChildItem -Force └

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◦ Implementing settings screen (2m 43s • esc to interrupt) I ran codex --version and it has >2m, doing what? look ⚠ Skill descriptions were shortened to fit the 2% skills context budget. Codex can still see every skill, but some descriptions are shorter. Disable unused skills or plugins to leave more room for the rest.

• Context compacted

• Ran codex --version └ codex-cli 0.128.0 WARNING: failed to clean up stale arg0 temp dirs: Acceso denegado. (os error 5) WARNING: proceeding, even though we could not update PATH: Acceso denegado. (os error 5) at path "C:\Users\antoi\.codex\tmp\arg0\codex-arg0asG9ws"

■ Conversation interrupted - tell the model what to do differently. Something went wrong? Hit /feedback to report the issue. it didn't use to have this WRONG behavior previously.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Uploaded thread: 019de952-e37f-72d0-b022-34683bd45b52

What is the expected behavior?

I was trying to adjust the UX of an app that I am developing for myself.

Additional information

No response