Codex memory consumption issues

Lately every time I start the app (without even doing anything yet) it’s consuming a lot and it keeps increasing when we leave it open after sometime working on it few giga

  • So I was wondering if this cause over old chat accumulating (instead of archiving have to delete)
  • Or is because of Skills/Plugins
  • Or because of MCP
  • Or because of Chrome (disabling extension doesn’t solve it either)
  • Or because of Python/node process (that keep reappearing even if we close them)
  • Or is it because of launching terminals inside a workflow project (keep in mind closting that terminal doesn’t solve it)
  • Or the app itself need improvement just not that optimized

Note that I’m using latest update and I have old Mac M1 8gb RAM

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Hi @zakblack,

Appreciate you sharing these! It’s frustrating when memory usage keeps growing, even while the app is idle.

Codex can use some memory while idle. I’d like to check whether that usage keeps growing over time.

Could you please try fully quitting Codex with Cmd + Q and reopening it, then let me know what happens with memory usage?

If it keeps growing, please share your current Codex app and macOS versions.

Please don’t share any private information here.

-Yash