Dishonest behaviour

Start by reviewing the uploaded thread 019fde42-8226-7353-80b0-ec112cfd6132 and reproducing the report with codex-cli 0.147.0 on Darwin arm64 in Ghostty. The issue names no source files, tests, expected behavior, or concrete failure, so the work is not ready to define as complete until those details are established.

What version of Codex CLI is running?

codex-cli 0.147.0

What subscription do you have?

pro 20x

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.6-terra medium fast

What platform is your computer?

Darwin 25.5.0 arm64 arm

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

ghostty

Codex doctor report

{
      "schemaVersion": 1,
      "generatedAt": "1786270143s since unix epoch",
      "overallStatus": "ok",
      "codexVersion": "0.147.0",
      "checks": {
        "app_server.status": {
          "id": "app_server.status",
          "category": "app-server",
          "status": "ok",
          "summary": "background server is not running",
          "details": {
            "control socket": "/Users/godfreycarnegie/.codex/app-server-control/app-server-control.sock",
            "daemon state dir": "/Users/godfreycarnegie/.codex/app-server-daemon",
            "mode": "ephemeral",
            "pid file": "/Users/godfreycarnegie/.codex/app-server-daemon/app-server.pid (missing)",
            "settings": "/Users/godfreycarnegie/.codex/app-server-daemon/settings.json (missing)",
            "status": "not running",
            "update-loop pid file": "/Users/godfreycarnegie/.codex/app-server-daemon/app-server-updater.pid (missing)"
          },
          "remediation": null,
          "durationMs": 0
        },
        "auth.credentials": {
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            "terminal title source": "configured"
          },
          "remediation": null,
          "durationMs": 0
        },
        "updates.status": {
          "id": "updates.status",
          "category": "updates",
          "status": "ok",
          "summary": "update configuration is locally consistent",
          "details": {
            "cached latest version": "0.147.0",
            "check for update on startup": "true",
            "last checked at": "2026-08-09T09:41:08.460321Z",
            "latest version": "0.147.0",
            "latest version status": "current version is not older",
            "npm update target": "/opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex",
            "update action": "npm install -g @openai/codex",
            "version cache": "/Users/godfreycarnegie/.codex/version.json"
          },
          "remediation": null,
          "durationMs": 484
        }
      }
    }

What issue are you seeing?

Dishonest behaviour. I am tired of this. A poor team mate.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Uploaded thread: 019fde42-8226-7353-80b0-ec112cfd6132

What is the expected behavior?

No response

Additional information

No response