openai / openai/codex

Extremely annoying "Conversation recap" has not obvious way disable

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bug CLI context enhancement
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Rust
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Description

What version of Codex CLI is running?

latest

What subscription do you have?

medium

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.6

What platform is your computer?

Mac

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

vs code

Codex doctor report
N/A
What issue are you seeing?

Somebody come up with this "helpful" idea to generate recaps for users so agent literally prints work recap of what it did and then goes and creates it again annoying user to no limit

─ Conversation recap ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

  The user angrily requested a code-level review of how the I

And there is no obvious way to disable this trash.

Codex team, this command "codex doctor --json" inserts tons of private information into the output.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

ask it to do work

What is the expected behavior?

not to have conversation modifiers that impossible to disable

Additional information

No response

Contributor guide

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by locating the Codex CLI code that emits the “Conversation recap” and check how its display is controlled. Reproduce the behavior by asking the agent to do work, then define done as providing an obvious way to disable the recap without changing unrelated output; investigate the separate privacy concern about codex doctor --json independently.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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