Random stopping mid-task

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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
Active
Tech stack
rust
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start by reviewing the uploaded thread 019fa2b9-0a54-7f52-88d1-173bf85226f6 alongside the reported Codex CLI 0.145.0, GPT-5.6-terra, and WSL2 environment. No source files or tests are named; progress requires reproducing the premature stop, identifying its cause, and verifying that the task continues until the stated stopping point.

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Description

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

codex-cli 0.145.0

What subscription do you have?

business

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.6-terra

What platform is your computer?

Linux 6.6.87.2-microsoft-standard-WSL2 x86_64 x86_64

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

WSL2, windows cmd

Codex doctor report

What issue are you seeing?

The thread is uploaded. The work keeps stopping even when there are clear instructions to only stop upon reaching a certain point that hasn't been reached. The model doesn't really know why it has stopped early and isn't able to correct this behaviour. it wasn't happening earlier today, not sure what is causing this. i have to keep manually telling it to continue.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Uploaded thread: 019fa2b9-0a54-7f52-88d1-173bf85226f6

What is the expected behavior?

No response

Additional information

It would be interesting to know what I could do to prevent this

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