Codex
Codex Web Model Selection Defect and Mac Desktop Client Resource Exhaustion
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Personal experienceImported from BlueskyPublished Feb 4, 2026
Impact: destroys my mac's CPU/RAM
From the original report
“my experience is the exact opposite. Codex on web is unusable, I can't even choose the model? Codex on mac is secretly an apple ploy for planned obsolescence seeing how it destroys my mac's CPU/RAM”
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Details & sources
- How received
- Imported from Bluesky
- Source published
- Feb 4, 2026
- Observed
- Unknown
- Added to CleanApp
- Oct 9, 2026
- Product connection
- Affected product or place
- Original issue status
- Unknown
- Resolution
- Unknown
- Verification
- Not independently reproduced
Source count unknown · 1 source accounts
Why this source type: The author shares their direct personal experience with Codex, describing specific issues including inability to choose models on the web version and high CPU/RAM usage on macOS.
CleanApp AI summary
Codex Web Model Selection Defect and Mac Desktop Client Resource Exhaustion: Users report that Codex web is unusable due to being unable to choose a model, while the Mac desktop client causes severe CPU and RAM performance issues.
Report counts are not affected-user counts. A closed original issue does not confirm a fix.
Public ID: rpt_DKXv5TkpaCAVnDM4tehZcg