codex - 💡(How to fix) Fix Timeout waiting for child process to exit [1 comments, 2 participants]

TL;DR

Investigate and potentially adjust the timeout settings for the child process in the Codex CLI to prevent "Timeout waiting for child process to exit" errors.

Guidance

• Review the Codex CLI documentation for any configurable timeout settings that could be adjusted to give the child process more time to complete.
• Check the system resources and load at the time of the requests to ensure that the environment is not overloaded, which could contribute to the timeouts.
• Consider testing the same requests with a different model or version of the Codex CLI to isolate if the issue is specific to the gpt-5.4 default model.
• Examine the thread uploaded (019d8bbe-a60f-71b2-81a6-aaa8cdf6b87c) for more detailed information on the requests and the exact point of failure.

Notes

The provided information does not specify the exact cause of the timeouts, so further investigation into system resources, network conditions, and the specifics of the requests being made is necessary.

Recommendation

Apply workaround: Adjusting the timeout settings or optimizing the system environment to better handle the requests could provide a temporary solution until a more permanent fix is found.