I’m a hardcore vibe coder, and hardcore vibe coders tend to spend time on social media while Codex is working or thinking. Because of that, it’s very easy to miss when Codex has already asked a question and is waiting for a response. This causes the entire workflow to pause, simply because you don’t notice that a question has been asked.
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Hi @finanzamt and welcome to the community!
It does play a jingle already when it’s done something or when it’s waiting for a response from the user. I verified this on codex-cli 0.114.0.
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I too like the little bell from codex-cli.
They might be referring to the app.
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EricGT
March 15, 2026, 8:31pm
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opened 03:56AM - 20 Sep 25 UTC
enhancement
extension
### Sound when Codex finishes
**Summary**
Please add an optional, clearly audib… le completion sound that plays when Codex finishes executing a prompt/task (useful when prompts run longer and the user switches focus).
**Why**
Helps when Codex works in background and I’m in another window/tab.
Terminal bell \a is too short/quiet and easy to miss.
**Use case / Motivation**
Most of my prompts take Codex quite a long time to execute — often more than a minute. It’s frustrating that I have to sit and stare at the screen just to know when it’s done. Since I work remotely, I could easily use that waiting time to do something else, as long as Codex informs me when it finishes.
Yes, I can (and already did) hack together my own workaround, but it would be much nicer if this were a built-in feature of the extension. For example, after finishing a prompt Codex could simply play a clear sound notification.
**Environment**
VSC
**Extras**
I would be cool if it plays: https://youtu.be/CduA0TULnow?list=RDCduA0TULnow&t=58
### Are you interested in implementing this feature?
_No response_
### Additional information
_No response_
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