codex - 💡(How to fix) Fix The task status misses when the task is running [1 comments, 2 participants]

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

Version 26.415.32059 (1789)

What subscription do you have?

pro

What platform is your computer?

Darwin 25.3.0 arm64 arm

What issue are you seeing?

I use superpower skill to write a plan and then execute the plan by using the subagent, it is splited into serveral task, when it finish the first two task, it enter the review process and then the task status is not persisted so tracking inspector misses in chat inputbox unless I ask it whether all my tasks is finished, and then the inspector shows. <img width="860" height="780" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0fdc4c7d-e662-47c1-b0b9-d41bbb28e220" />

<img width="721" height="306" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/d33b4f72-66f8-4779-9544-d7dbf3af6d95" />

What steps can reproduce the bug?

You can ask the agent to execute a very long task plan and invoke subagent to execute them, they firstly finished the previous several task and then the sub task inspector misses unless you talk to the agent to check whther the tasks is finished, if they are not finished, the background agent status will show and the information is incompleted, I still don't know wthat's step it executes

<img width="837" height="225" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/08ce6ba2-52ec-4f53-8381-28f0246a5a9f" />

What is the expected behavior?

I hope the background agents and task status inspector will show untile all tasks are finished

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TL;DR

The issue can be mitigated by checking the task status with the agent after executing a long task plan, which forces the background agent status and task inspector to update.

Guidance

  • The problem seems to occur when a long task plan is executed using a subagent, and the task status is not persisted after the first few tasks are completed.
  • To reproduce the issue, ask the agent to execute a long task plan and invoke a subagent to execute the tasks.
  • The task status inspector misses the tasks unless the user checks with the agent whether all tasks are finished.
  • The background agent status shows incomplete information when the tasks are not finished.

Example

No code snippet is provided as the issue does not contain any code.

Notes

The issue seems to be related to the persistence of task status and the updating of the background agent status and task inspector. The provided images are not accessible, so it's difficult to provide a more detailed analysis.

Recommendation

Apply workaround: Check the task status with the agent after executing a long task plan to force the background agent status and task inspector to update. This is because the issue seems to be related to the persistence of task status, and checking with the agent forces an update.

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