Devs Frustrated by Shifting AI Coding Tools
Developers are experiencing frustration and uncertainty with the evolving landscape of AI-powered coding tools like Codex and GPT. Common issues include unexpected token usage, limitations in mobile workflows, merge conflict resolution challenges, and confusion around subscription models and usage limits. The constant changes and perceived instability are impacting productivity and trust.
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“While Codex is working and a follow up message is queued, pressing Enter with an empty composer should immediately steer the queued message into the active run—equivalent to clicking its steer control. The existing Enter key symbol already suggests this shortcut works. Supporting it would make the behavior intuitive and save a mouse click each time.”
“People are now using Claude Code and Codex, two of the leading coding agents, to do almost everything, including tasks that have more to do with language than coding, such as negotiation. For example, OpenAI recently highlighted a use case where Codex negotiated with customer service to get a refund on behalf of a user . But can you really trust an agent to represent your best interests? And if so, which agent should you trust? That actually raises an interesting question. We already have countl”
“https://preview.redd.it/30awo44hecnh1.png?width=174&format=png&auto=webp&s=7400db06f960f4c2ebc57690a054eb863e2172ba Finally context window limit is increased in Codex Windows app. submitted by /u/ThungstenMetal [link] [comments]”
Thanks! I really hope it can save a few people from the same mess!
“I'm sure many of us are having these experiences. I also got sick of having 20 terminal windows open... colorizing terminals to find them, keeping an agent log etc. etc. Very cool!”
“Type: <b Bug</b Reproduction steps: 1. Enable these settings: chat.editor.codex.preferAgentHost chat.agentHost.codexAgent.enabled 2. Create and open a Jupyter notebook containing: A code cell whose current source is print("Hello, World!!!!!!!!!!!!") A previously saved cell output displaying Hello, World! 3. Do not rerun the cell after changing its source, so the source and displayed output intentionally differ. Make the notebook the active editor. Start one session with the target set to Local,”
Codex cli can no longer spawn subagents with specific models or reasoning
“Codex active tasks now stop immediately at usage limit, despite documentation saying they can continue”
“No ai was used in the creation of this post.... I use codex to build my #foss tool, but this is not a post promoting it but seeking input on a specific function that may , or may not, be important to those who self host.”
“I'm thinking about buying more credits for codex, and the checkout site seems to imply that buying more credits will lead to a lower price per credit (eg. save 20% under the $200 bulk purchase), but the math doesn't seem to check out. All of these seem to imply a price of $0.04 per credit. Am I missing something? Alternatively, is OpenAI trying to trick me by pretending there is a bulk discount? What's going on? submitted by /u/ohnoplus [link] [comments]”
This Codex Stats extension currently displays used %, whereas the Codex extension currently displays remaining %. Could you please add an option to Codex Stats that lets you choose whether you see…
“The Codex is awesome, and I like the sorting option, but it would be nice if we could assigned sub categories for each codex category, so that if there's lot of entries in a category it's not just a dump of entries you need to look through. I imagine this could be done with sub folders. Manual sorting like characters and locations would be a great addition as well. Also I really like how character entries are displayed and sorted, and it would be awesome if we could customize non character entri”
Should Codex reconsider five-hour usage limits?
“Hi, thanks for building and maintaining CCR! Would it be possible to add a browser based OAuth flow for Codex accounts? At the moment, CCR appears to import the account currently available in the local Codex auth.json . This works well for a single account, but adding multiple ChatGPT/Codex accounts is not very convenient. It would be great if CCR could provide an Add account button that: 1. Generates a ChatGPT/Codex OAuth authorization link. 2. Opens the link in the browser. 3. Saves the author”
“I have been using claude code since the last 2 months its good for my project that I am making it is really good at making plans with fable 5 and writing code has put grilling in an extensive manner and some skills so that the code output is of high quality now the things i that the usage limits are getting over really fast , for eg my weekly usage limit got over in just 4 days , anither thing is that the code is good but I dont think the output is what i want it is not able to understand some t”
Codex "always allow" choice on Codex CLI begs improvement
“If I create chats and projects on the mobile ChatGPT app I have no way to access and develop them on Codex using my desktop from what I can see. There are two entirely different project systems going on, that makes no sense to me. How are you guys dealing with this? submitted by /u/Akimotoh [link] [comments]”
“HOW DOES IT WORK FOR YOU PEOPLE?!Istg on windows, I can't get codex app, new chatgpt or chatgpt classic to work without hanging on even a moderately sized chat. I tried all of the different tricks people recommended but that shit just crawls. It was stable at some point, classic that is, but then it started being a laggy mess.I've uninstalled new chatgpt/codex app. I can't access phone chats on it, I can't use the desktop allocated chat messages on it. I have to use up codex limits. I am so surp”
“I felt the same about opus 5, but a few lines regarding conversational style in AGENTS.md and it's been much more like talking to opus 4.8, just with the improvement capability that came with 5.Tbh I would have thought that A\ might have updated the system prompt for it already based on complaints around this.Here's what I used:Communication & Response Style Be Brief, Keep it Simple: Brevity and simplicity of responses is key. Be informative and include all required information, but be mindful”
“How are you evaluating the models?On the Fable 5.2 eval summary, Opus 5 only beats Fable on SWE-bench multilingual and multimodal.I primarily use the models via interactive sessions enhanced with custom tools and skill. For that Opus 5's benchmark superiority has not materialized into greater productivity and frankly has been quite a let down.The outputs are too often unreadable even after adding recommended prompts. There is an ongoing problem with the heron_brook system prompt affecting orches”
“Everytime I try and use codex it closes and says "Chatgpt hit a snag. Try again later." Anyone have ideas on how to fix this? Thanks! submitted by /u/Mobile_Addition_9211 [link] [comments]”
“I have found that the only way to keep not only my agent work in codex straight in my builds but other agents systems, is to tell it to “attach truthspine”. With it attached it automatically checks with truthspine (which runs locally on your system and knows and keeps the entire truth for work, decisions, rules, research, files, memory etc) when doing work and it stays on task and on the right work you intend. This has completely fixed all of these problems for me personally. Google “attach trut”
“Type of Bug Bug Description When an agent is asked to create a new session without a worktree, the create session tool is rejected when the current provider is Codex. The agent then calls get current session to find a compatible workspace target, but that tool cannot enumerate Codex sessions either, leaving no way to create the requested session. Steps to Reproduce 1. Start an agent conversation using the Codex provider. 2. Ask the agent to create a new session without using a worktree. 3. Obser”
“Have you tried Onith1.0 or Ornith1.5? I'm a Qwen3.6 35b a3b daily driver, but now I'm using Ornith, I've had great success with coding and file maintenance/structure and large document review.”
Codex running command for a long period
Developer context inspector for Codex sessions
“I still haven't seen any video of ppl doing a coding session by just using the last chatGPT voice update in Codex, apart from videos showing the usual boring use cases you do like once in a year lol. Has anyone used it for developing stuff? does it burn much tokens compared to just typing? Curious to know your reviews :) submitted by /u/fr1d4y_ [link] [comments]”
“I am on version 3.2.1 and want to export the codex to a markdown file format, but the file is not generated. I have no access to the log files (as far as I can tell). Thanks a great tool and for a fix.”
“AI tools like Claude and Codex have made it much faster to write and modify code. But I'm curious about what teams are seeing on the back-end side of that. More code potentially means more commits and ultimately more deployments. For teams where AI-assisted development is already heavily used: How has this changed your CI/CD workload? Are you: running significantly more pipelines? increasing runner capacity or parallelism? changing how tests are triggered? batching changes differently? deplo”
“It doesn't count down from your last session, it just starts with your first session of the day. Today I started it at 10.00 and by 10.30 was out of tokens and had to wait until 15.30 to use it again. If I had just opened the app when I got up to make coffee at 7.30 I would have had a fresh set of tokens by 12.30. submitted by /u/cimocw [link] [comments]”
“Hey! Really love Claude CoWork, but want to run it with my own keys - only issue is that OpenWork seems relatively unstable (when I click connect provider, it says failed to load providers) and always prompts me to pay their subscription price. Also have a 5090 I'm going to run with it as awell to see how recent Qwen models do against some tasks. Thanks guys! submitted by /u/ConflictNo4814 [link] [comments]”
“Tired of anthropic/openai subscriptions and while open source has becoming extremely good lately I am considering finally making the switch to another LLM provider. I still want to use codex as that is the harness I'm used to now, but what’s the provider to run codex with ? I basically want openrouter.ai but subscription based. These are on the list: Continue on the codex plan. Commandocode .ai is tempting but varying recommendations looks like. opencode.ai lots of fuss but also a lot of rec”
“im a student with 20$ plan + 100$ codex credits (student offer). i exhausted both and now im looking for some token optimization methods. codex was awesome for my usecase when it didnt had that 5hr usage limit, now its almost like claude. i want to get 100$ plan but i have 20$ free chatgpt offer until dec (4 months student offer). so i might go get claude 100$ plan while having gpt as my backup agent. but that being said i want to know how you guys use tokens in a very effective manner. i tried”
“I have Codex installed on my Mac and use the ChatGPT Chrome extension. Whenever I ask Codex to control Chrome, it directs me to Settings → Computer use . Everything appears to be installed and enabled there. When I clarify that I want it to use the ChatGPT Chrome extension, Codex says it only has read access and tells me to completely close and reopen Chrome. This issue has been happening for several days. Has anyone experienced the same problem or found a fix? Is there a specific version of the”
“Hi all, my company encourages us to use codex when we code and in our reviews. Ive been taking more of an effort to use it and recently they added the codex plugin to our code reviews. Now i feel like every time i put something in, codex recommends a bunch of P2 reviews. If i fix one P2, it adds a few more. I even noticed sometimes it messes up what i was trying to do when i retest the changes. So it's like adding work to my day to change the code and then re-test before submitting it back.”
“Problem There are two related workflow limitations in the current Codex with ChatGPT design. 1. The Computer Use control path is not parallel safe Multiple workspaces/connectors can exist, but Codex still has to operate a visible ChatGPT browser context to send control messages and read replies. In the Windows Codex App this behaves like a shared, foreground control channel: If the user switches to another ChatGPT conversation/window, a pending click or keystroke may target the wrong conversatio”
“Does the AI Gateway support connecting Codex subscription so I could connect gateway with my subscription and generate custom OPEN_AI_API_TOKEN to use in apps they supports only API keys? P.S.: You folks, keeping give away so many incredible features as part of the community edition so I'm scared that one of two things happens: - You start removing free features once you get enough attention - You aren't getting enough profit because you are too generous 😅 What is your long-term monetis”
“Not gonna lie I’m at a crossroads. I’ve been using Claude Code for years now and built some really incredible stuff. Game changing automations and Claude Design is unreal too. That said theres one thing driving me insane.. claude is a huugeee yapper lmao I decided to try out Codex for another project I’m working on and the UI and deliverability just seems way better imo. I low key don’t love OpenAI so I was hesitant and I still kinda am, but sometimes less is more you know?? The in-app browser a”
“yeah but none of the newbie like it. we are nightcrawlers edit: far as I can tell its all load related to the claude exodus over new models + watermark”
“Is work in a local repo the same as codex why do they have such confusing naming and ui. submitted by /u/dineview [link] [comments]”
“Found while bringing the codex arm to parity for B2 ( b288625 ). The isolation problem that commit fixed is closed; this one is not , and it is recorded here rather than assumed harmless. What was observed Four codex exec invocations on this machine, 2026 08 28, codex cli 0.147.0. Every one of them — including a fully isolated run with CODEX HOME pointing at a directory holding auth.json alone, in an empty working directory — printed: The flag was never passed. No CODEX environment variable is s”
Any thoughts? submitted by /u/Tiny_Ad4209 [link] [comments]
“Well, thanks for the empathy. I wasn’t aware of any changes to the actual memory usage. I just knew they combined ChatGPT and codex in one desktop app. I’ve installed the CLI, but last I checked I couldn’t remote into a Codex CLI session from the mobile ChatGPT app. It was like it didn’t exist. I never got to use the independent codex app.”
“Yes, genuinely: thank you for all the recent usage resets . They helped. And yes, I understand that Codex usage cannot be measured by simply comparing prompts. Every task is different: context, tools, reasoning, repo state, subagents, caching, etc. But I’ve been developing the same platforms, with the same kind of workflows, for roughly two months now . At this point I have a fairly good feel for what Sol normally does and how much supervision it needs. My impression over the last few days is no”
Feedback: Distinguish the Codex and ChatGPT Classic icons more clearly
“What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)? 26.820.71523 What subscription do you have? Pro $200 What platform is your computer? Darwin 25.5.0 arm64 arm & Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 x64 What issue are you seeing? In the past few days orchestration of tasks via the codex desktop app is no longer working. Up until last week, I could leave the desktop app open on Mac and connect via Windows via the app. Through Windows then, I could send messages via my main "orc”
“What variant of Codex are you using? Codex Desktop on Windows, using a local workspace task. What feature would you like to see? Please expose the existing Codex app server filesystem RPCs as first class, model callable built in tools for narrowly scoped filesystem operations: fs/readFile fs/writeFile fs/getMetadata fs/readDirectory The app server protocol and filesystem implementations already exist. The missing capability is a formal bridge from those RPCs to the model tool registry that does”
“Yeah, it does, and I should have said so in the post rather than leaving it implied. If Codex remote covers what you need, it's free and it's right there. The two things you hit are the two I kept hitting, and they're not really bugs, they're the shape of the thing. It's slow and drops messages because it's a session being relayed to you rather than the machine itself, so you're at the mercy of what that channel decides to send. And the related one nobody mentions unt”
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“What version of Codex CLI is running? codex cli 0.150.1 (regression vs 0.147.0 ; every release after 0.147 that I have tried is affected) What subscription do you have? Plus Which model were you using? gpt 5.6 sol (TUI rendering only; not model specific) What platform is your computer? Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 x64 What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)? Windows Terminal 1.24.11911.0, PowerShell 7.6.5, no multiplexer. WT SESSION is set. Codex doctor report not a”
“Feature Request: Safe Pause/Resume for long-running Codex tasks before the 5-hour limit”
How are people managing context in Codex?
“Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start a session using codex 2. Switch to Copilot Panel 3. The session is marked as "unread" Here I have 25 unread sessions, all of them are by codex <img width="253" height="62" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user attachments/assets/09d6e437 f995 48d6 9c53 2f45ba80dd69" / Expected behavior: The session should be marked as "read" without having to open it again Version: 1.111.0 insider (user setup) Commit: ce099c1ed25d9eb3076c11e4a280f3eb52b4fbeb Date: 2026 03 06T23:06”