Its theme's rank, 14 days: 29 on the Codex sheet
6 people reported
All time, since Sep 23.
False completion reports
“I am reporting a repeated instruction-following and completion-reporting failure in Codex Desktop on September 23, 2026.”
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/9463/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
Codex reports tasks complete, then retracts when challenged. Work is declared complete or with no unresolved items despite explicit instructions, then the completion claim is withdrawn after the user or an independent audit identifies omissions.
Is this your bug?
File my report- Where
- Codex agent behavior
- Versions
- 0.155.0-alpha.16
- Platforms
- macOS, Windows
- How bad
- Breaks a normal workflow.
Part of: Agent loses goal on long tasks5 bugs
Not quite your bug?
- Turns end before work finishes19 people
Original reports6, newest first
- Long-running multi-project task omitted actual integration, yet claimed full completion and proceeded with release (model reliability feedback)On GitHub#58686
- Premature completion and excessive token usage in persistent /goal tasksOn GitHub#56927
- Codex voice mode: premature completion claims, contradictory responses, and excessive usage allowance consumptionOn GitHub#56384
- Codex repeatedly switches between saying work is complete, incomplete, and requires no further actionOn GitHub#54939
- [Model behavior] Codex certifies original-scope completion, then retracts it after an independent auditOn GitHub#52426
- Codex Desktop: explicit instructions missed, reference controls reversed, and incomplete work reported completeOn GitHub#47450