frequent malformed commands

What version of Codex CLI is running?

154

What subscription do you have?

Business Pro

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.6-sol medium

What platform is your computer?

Windows 11 25H2

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

PowerShell

Codex doctor report

• codex doctor --json completed with overall status: fail.

  The actionable findings are:

  - Rollout database parity warning
      - 26 active rollout files
      - 1,321 active database rows
      - 1,295 stale rows referencing missing/unusable rollout files
      - 0 missing database rows for files that still exist
      - No duplicate paths, duplicate thread IDs, malformed filenames, or scan errors

    This matches the missing session JSON problem you described. The stale database references—not missing data reconstruction—need cleanup.

  - Terminal environment failure
      - TERM=dumb
      - NO_COLOR=1
      - Standard input/output are non-terminal

    This is expected when Doctor runs through this non-interactive command channel. It is not evidence of the strange cerc or E:\ siècles command fragments.

  Everything else passed, including authentication, configuration, runtime provenance, MCP connectivity, provider HTTP/WebSocket connectivity, SQLite integrity, bundled rg, disk capacity, and sandbox configuration.

  Codex CLI is current at 0.154.0. A desktop application update is available: installed 26.903.9818.0, latest 26.908.4561.0.

What issue are you seeing?

thread ID 01a096e6-800d-7103-a4a9-c0c0aee4b68b

in the provided thread submitted via feedback are multiple instances of strange malformed words or attempted commands

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Uploaded thread: 01a096e6-800d-7103-a4a9-c0c0aee4b68b

What is the expected behavior?

this occurs randomly while codex is working

Additional information

No response

Start by inspecting the uploaded thread 01a096e6-800d-7103-a4a9-c0c0aee4b68b and the reported malformed words or attempted commands. Reproduce on Windows 11 in PowerShell with Codex CLI 0.154.0, using the provided doctor report for environment context. Done means the cause is identified and random malformed commands no longer occur, with evidence from a repeatable test or reproduction.