I do a lot of coding. ChatGPT 4o says it will return with the task completed but never returns - even when I prompt it it comes back and produces nonsense answers explaining it will behave better in future but never comes back spontaneously. This happens especially on jobs that require time and negotiation. This has happened many times now (using 4o now but was there before) and I am tempted to use a different LLM. I have the $20 subscription.
I am actually getting quite desperate as I need to solve problems and not wait around for it to decide it is going to get back to me in some useful way.
I had a similar problem and writing “Hey! It’s been a few hours, I’m ready to see your awesome work!” worked out for me haha try it out and let me know!
I get his quite a bit especially when I am working with code that is over 500 lines. It has been happening regularly for the last month.
Not sure if anyone else has a theory as to why it essentially misleads you and there is no capability to ‘get back to you’. My theory is that it is programmed to complete tasks and this counts as a completion but it’s really a catch all for when it doesn’t know what to do even though it gave you a plan for what it’s going to do.