Debugging and reviewing Codex tasks that run too long
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On October 6, 2026, a user posted on Reddit’s ClaudeCode / Codex / VibeCoding subreddit, reporting that a Codex task had been running for hours without finishing. Afterward, it was hard to tell whether the time went into waiting for responses, retrying failed steps, or repeatedly reading the same set of files. The user asked the community for troubleshooting experience, wanting to know whether people used logs, terminal history, or real-time observation to pin down where the time went—and whether they eventually found an answer. He was especially interested in cases where figuring out the cause changed how the next task was run. As of this report, the discussion is still at the experience-gathering stage, and the post offers no concrete troubleshooting conclusions or improvements.
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- Reddit · ClaudeCode / Codex / VibeCodingCodex 任务跑了几小时，怎么查清时间花在哪？
有用户反映 Codex 任务运行数小时仍未完成，事后难以判断时间究竟耗在等待响应、重试失败步骤还是反复读取同一批文件上。该用户向社区征集排查经验，询问大家用日志、终端历史还是实时观察，以及是否找到了答案。他尤其关注那些查清原因后改变了下次任务运行方式的案例。
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