Steering/clarification prompts stop the active task
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Description
What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
26.818.21641
What subscription do you have?
Business Plus
What platform is your computer?
Darwin 27.0.0 arm64 arm
What issue are you seeing?
When Codex is actively working on a task, sending a steering prompt (for example, asking a question, requesting clarification, or giving an additional instruction) causes Codex to respond to that prompt but then stop the task it was working on.|
Previously, Codex would answer the steering prompt or clarification and then continue with the original task automatically.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Feedback ID: 01a013bf-04e0-7d10-9456-39d0649338b4
What is the expected behavior?
Codex should respond to the steering prompt and then resume the ongoing task.
Additional information
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue in Codex 26.818.21641 on the reported platform by starting a task and sending a steering or clarification prompt. Use feedback ID 01a013bf-04e0-7d10-9456-39d0649338b4 when investigating; done means Codex answers the prompt and then resumes the original task.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100