OpenAI patches a Codex bug that was hammering users' disks

A fix shipped in Codex CLI v0.142.0 resolves a problem where OpenAI's coding tool was writing excessively to disk — but the desktop app still requires a manual CLI upgrade.

OpenAI has fixed a bug that caused its Codex coding tool to write excessively to disk, a problem that had been frustrating developers running the tool through extended sessions. The fix landed in the latest release, and @reach_vb confirmed it directly: "This is now fixed along with the latest release of Codex! Make sure to upgrade your codex installation to the latest version via npm or bash installer." The post drew over 800 likes, a measure of how many developers had been hitting the issue.

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