Rank, 14 days: 293 on the Codex sheet
2 people reported

All time, since Oct 13.

Renderer processes pile up

“The user has a single visible main app window and only a few visible in-app browser tabs, raising a concern about inactive view/renderer retention.”

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I hit this bug: rapsheet.dev/sheets/codex/issues/13307/file
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Dozens of Codex Renderer processes accumulate with one window open. Processes named Codex (Renderer) stay present with a single visible main window and few tabs, reaching several GiB of memory and swap.

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Where
macOS desktop app
Versions
26.1007.21159
Platforms
macOS
How bad
Breaks a normal workflow.

Related: Desktop backend memory and process buildup

Not quite your bug?

  1. Helper processes accumulate4 people
  2. Renderer OOM reloads desktop UI4 people
  3. Hidden window resume loop4 people

Original reports2, newest first

  1. Codex desktop: 67 background Renderer processes and ~10 GiB aggregate memory (possible retention)On GitHub#56868
  2. macOS desktop retains dozens of renderers with one windowOn GitHub#53562

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