rg.exe evaporating my hardware
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Description
What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
Current version: 26.904.11930
What subscription do you have?
$100 pro tier
What platform is your computer?
Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 x64
What issue are you seeing?
rg using a ridiculous amount of system resources
What steps can reproduce the bug?
just use codex.
What is the expected behavior?
not hog my system resoureces with rg.
Additional information
tell gpt 7 to fix
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
No source file or test is identified. First reproduce the report on Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 x64 while using Codex and observe rg.exe resource usage; done means isolating the trigger and confirming that rg no longer consumes excessive system resources.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems, performance
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100