Task cannot be stopped

“I have a GPT-Astra Medium (Work) task that has been running for approximately 24 hours, and I can't stop it.”

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/9919/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

Quiet. No reports in the last two weeks, down from 2 a week at the early-October peak.

Running task cannot be stopped after nearly 24 hours. The task "does not appear to be making progress" and persists after closing down, logging off, or branching into a new chat.

Is this your bug?

File my report

Where: Codex App
Platforms: Windows
How bad: Stops work: a core feature can't be used. Some reports say it blocks them completely.

Original reports3, newest first

Oct 17, 2026Stuck in infinite loopOn GitHub#54855
Oct 8, 2026A task in a conversation cannot be stoppedOn GitHub#52114
Oct 7, 2026GPT-Astra Medium (Work) task running for 24 hours; cannot stop itOn GitHub#51839

Task cannot be stopped

Is this your bug? What gets counted gets fixed. Pile on.

Is this your bug?

Original reports3, newest first

Do you work on Codex?