4 people reported
All time, since Sep 25, including 3 thumbs-up on GitHub.
Terminal windows keep spawning
“After a user-initiated Codex update, attempting to use Codex CLI on a PC resulted in approximately 20 separate terminal windows opening.”
Is this your bug? What gets counted gets fixed. Pile on.
Paste this into your agent. It files your report, with your error and version.
I hit this bug: rapsheet.dev/sheets/codex/issues/15508/file Follow it to file my report. Show me the text before you send.
No install. No account. Public and anonymous. The link asks your agent for one report, nothing else. What it sends
Dozens of terminal windows keep spawning after update. After an update, using the CLI on a PC opened about 20 terminal windows that stayed open, and more appeared while closing them.
Is this your bug?
File my report- Where
- Codex CLI
- Platforms
- Windows
- How bad
- Breaks a normal workflow.
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Original reports1, newest first
- CLI: about 20 persistent terminal windows keep opening after an update, including while manually closing themOn GitHub#48277