Codex get stuck while executing command
OpenAI Developer Community
February 9, 2026
I’m seeing the same behavior. On gpt-5.3-codex, the approval prompt blocks the Codex input UI, but the agent keeps executing commands in the background anyway. This locks me out of typing/submitting, so the session becomes unusable until I restart the extension.
Details:
Model: gpt-5.3-codex (this does not happen for me when I select gpt-5.2-codex in the model selector!)
Extension: openai.chatgpt 0.4.71 (published 2025‑08‑27, last released 2026‑02‑05)
IDEs: both Cursor and VS Code (latest), same behavior in both!
Symptom: approval dialog appears; command seems to run anyway; input box becomes unresponsive
It started as soon as Codex 5.3 was released a couple days ago, so it’s clear that that release caused this to start acting up.
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