codex - 💡(How to fix) Fix overheating when the app is in the foreground (M-series Mac)

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What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?

26.519.81530 (3178)

What subscription do you have?

chatgpt plus

What platform is your computer?

Darwin 25.5.0 arm64 arm

What issue are you seeing?

I noticed a severe performance issue where my Mac gets extremely hot whenever the Codex App is running in the foreground, even though the actual heavy lifting/computing is done on the remote server.

Interestingly, as soon as I minimize the app to the background, the temperature drops back to normal instantly. This indicates that the app is consuming excessive local resources (CPU/GPU) just for rendering the UI or streaming text/logs when active.

Environment:

  • Device: MacBook Air (M5 chip, Fanless)
  • OS: macOS

What steps can reproduce the bug?

  1. Open Codex App on Mac (running on remote server mode).
  2. Type a command and keep the app window active in the foreground for a few minutes -> Machine gets very hot / High CPU/GPU usage in Activity Monitor.
  3. Minimize the app -> Temperature drops immediately (From 80 degrees Celsius to 40 degrees Celsius).

What is the expected behavior?

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