codex - 💡(How to fix) Fix Stale Codex subagents

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What version of Codex CLI is running?

codex-cli 0.131.0

What subscription do you have?

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Which model were you using?

gpt 5.5

What platform is your computer?

Darwin 24.6.0 arm64 arm

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

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What issue are you seeing?

2 issues - not sure which /feedback opted me to open a github issue.

  1. Codex subagents have been going stale and refusing to close for the past week or so, this isn't consistent behavior but when it happens, the whole session is bugged. One stale agents leads to the halt of complete /goal mode.
  2. "⚠ MCP startup interrupted. The following servers were not initialized: codex_apps" on the session that has been running for 5+ hours.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Uploaded thread: 019e1b66-7a32-7c00-b1ad-c7dabd4cc68d

What is the expected behavior?

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