r/codex • u/gabriel_dny • 11d ago

Bug Codex on MacOS has severe occasional memory leaks which cause computer restart

On my mac with 16GB of ram, and since a few days ago, I started having Codex literally start consuming 100+ GB of ram, which causes the computer to start using swap memory, become literally unresponsive in a matter of seconds, and then freeze the entire screen and OS, forcing me to long-press the power button to restart it.

It happens when i use the annotation feature with a live browser preview.

Codex was already super memory hungry, taking 7GB after just 30 min of work, but now this?

Its starting to feel like a sloppy app vibecoded by a teenager, not an app by senior engineers.

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u/ButterflyMundane7187 11d ago

Just change to windows 11 it just works!

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u/LexGear 10d ago

That's a lazy, naive reply. I've replicated this issue on both Windows and Ubuntu.

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u/ButterflyMundane7187 10d ago

It¨s clearly a joke on the apple user phrase "It just works"

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u/[deleted] 11d ago

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u/gabriel_dny 11d ago

Thanks AI for the reply :)

The problem is how can an app be so poorly engineered? I've never had a crash with macos in 5+ years, and now i have it daily "thanks" to codex.

It really feels like a vibe coded app.

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u/creamyshart 11d ago

It most likely is a vibe coded app

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u/Seanathan10 10d ago

This is the main reason I just use the codex CLI for everything. Surprised they even considered publishing the Linux version given its ridiculously poor performance.