Codex does not actively update todos when running tasks.
Nobody has claimed this yet.
- Dominant language
- Rust
- Stars
- 125k
- Forks
- 19.4k
- PR merge metrics
- PR metrics pending
Description
What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
26.820.60940
What subscription do you have?
Codex does not actively update todos when running tasks.
What platform is your computer?
Darwin 25.5.0 arm64 arm
What issue are you seeing?
When executing any task, it often fails to update the todos for a long time, even after completing one item, and only updates them all at the very end.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
When executing any task, it often fails to update the todos for a long time, even after completing one item, and only updates them all at the very end.
What is the expected behavior?
I would like the todos to be updated in real time after each task is completed.
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
Reproduce the delayed todo updates while running a task on the reported Darwin arm64 environment, then trace the task execution and todo-update flow. Done means the todo state visibly updates after each completed item rather than only at the end; no source file or test is named in the issue.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 52/100