Agent gets stuck in a loop of informing status without performing any work

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
rust
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start by reproducing the reported loop using Codex CLI 0.145.0 on Windows with cmd, using the uploaded thread 019f878c-736a-7823-aaa7-ecfee2ddeb10. Trace why the agent keeps informing status instead of working; done means the agent resumes work rather than repeating status updates.

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Description

bug CLI model-behavior windows-os
What version of Codex CLI is running?

codex-cli 0.145.0

What subscription do you have?

Pro

Which model were you using?

Terra medium

What platform is your computer?

Windows

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

cmd

Codex doctor report
What issue are you seeing?

Agent gets stuck in a loop of informing status without performing any work.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Uploaded thread: 019f878c-736a-7823-aaa7-ecfee2ddeb10

What is the expected behavior?

Agent resumes work.

Additional information

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