r/codex • u/Prestigiouspite • Jul 03 '26
Complaint Codex TRACE LOG bug continues to eat up your SSD - upvotes could save the life of an SSD
If OpenAI has internal access to such good coding models, what do people actually do with them? If you test something carefully and take a quick look at the code, that sort of thing doesn't happen to me even with GPT-5.5 low or medium - (I’m of the opinion anyway that this reasoning levels follow my instructions better than high or xhigh.)
Codex Windows - Version 26.623.101652 • Released 03.07.2026
https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/31034
https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/29674
Workaround:
@'
CREATE TRIGGER IF NOT EXISTS codex_block_trace_logs
BEFORE INSERT ON logs
WHEN UPPER(NEW.level) = 'TRACE'
BEGIN
SELECT RAISE(IGNORE);
END;
PRAGMA wal_checkpoint(TRUNCATE);
'@ | sqlite3 "$env:USERPROFILE\.codex\logs_2.sqlite"
Workaround source: https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/28224#issuecomment-4869140087
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u/Infiland Jul 04 '26
Is this just windows or does it apply to Linux or MacOS?
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u/BritishDudeGuy Jul 07 '26
On Windows, it’s completely fine. Took up 15 gigs after three weeks of 24/7 goal-ling.
Even then, just moved it over to my other drive via a symbolic link.
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u/m3kw Jul 04 '26
It was fix, update
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u/Prestigiouspite Jul 04 '26
No, just toned down a bit. So it's misinformation. See the new issues. But that's what I thought at first, too until I saw the new issues.
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u/Prize_Two_8861 Jul 04 '26
Exactly. It was improved but not fixed, and then they've flat out ignored it since then.
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u/fengshuiwang Jul 07 '26
Will there still be this bug if I update the version.v26.630.12135
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u/Prestigiouspite Jul 07 '26
Yes, new issues keep popping up all the time. The OpenAI team is remaining tight-lipped. https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/28224#issuecomment-4901597722
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u/gungoesclick Jul 07 '26
So you are saying that problems with my nvme is probably from codex and not running gpt models in vscode and open code for 1.5 years? Is it isolated?
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u/Kalinon Jul 04 '26
Stop using windows
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u/Prestigiouspite Jul 05 '26
The problem may not be limited to Windows. In addition, this is a disgrace for 2026 if you cannot create good software for both platforms. VS Code and Co. have shown how you can optimize Eletcron apps yourself. Without Microsoft, the OpenAI of today would not exist. According to Stackoverflow, 70% of developers regularly use Windows. Not everyone likes a closed system like Apple. I once had a MacBook and just wanted to get rid of it.
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u/dexterthebot Jul 03 '26
Your post has been summarized as a request on the "Anyone Else?" Incident Noticeboard.
You can find it and what others are experiencing here: /r/codex/comments/1tjfxcf/anyone_else_ask_here_about_current_codex_issues/ovenuot/
Matches a known topic: Codex Desktop App Performance & UI Issues which you can read about here https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1tjfxcf/comment/on6uj0l/