How do you guys work with Codex in auto-approval mode?

I run into the same dilemma. After trying several tools and having similar results, I just live with it.

From reading many Codex issues, the problem also seems to vary depending on how Codex is being run. I am not sure of all the currently supported ways to run Codex, but personally I use it on Windows 11 through VS Code with the Codex extension.

Something related I learned of yesterday but have not had a chance to try is the slash command /goal

/goal Purpose : Set or view an experimental goal for a long-running task. When to use it : Give Codex a persistent target to track while a larger task runs. Requires features.goals.