A "Paused" Goal command consumed tokens 10-20 times per minute.

What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?

a version before Version 26.911.61220, i am unable to recover what version was active

What subscription do you have?

ChatGPT Pro $200 / month

What platform is your computer?

Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 x64

What issue are you seeing?

While /Goal was paused it would send 10-20 messages per minute, stating that goal was paused.

The pause message was not a system message from codex but counted as tokens as it would compact the conversation

I requested a pause and agent went into a "paused" message loop, this loop continued from 08:00PM to 12:02AM then it ran out of tokens.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Feedback ID: 01a0a88e-6015-7770-b484-43f3627d55e7

What is the expected behavior?

Pause should not activly consume tokens. I had about 50% remaining on my weekly Plan limit, i did not expect all that to be consumed by a paused goal.

Additional information

https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/22833 a closed issue that seems related.

Start by tracing the /Goal pause behavior and reviewing feedback ID 01a0a88e-6015-7770-b484-43f3627d55e7. The payload names no source file or test, so first reproduce or locate the paused-message loop and determine which test should cover it. Done means a paused goal sends no repeated token-consuming messages.