bug in the display of sub-agent statuses
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- Rust
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Description
What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
26.813.12317
What subscription do you have?
pro
What platform is your computer?
Darwin 25.2.0 arm64 arm
What issue are you seeing?
There is a bug in the display of sub-agent statuses: the tasks have been completed, yet over 40 agents are still shown as "running."
What steps can reproduce the bug?
anytime
What is the expected behavior?
No response
Additional information
No response
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue in the Codex App with more than 40 sub-agents, as described in the report, and observe their displayed statuses after the tasks complete. Trace the status updates from completion to the UI; done means completed agents are no longer shown as running.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100