GoKawiilCodex Desktop app reportedly accumulates Crashpad crash dumps without limit
A bug report filed as issue #25921 states that OpenAI's Codex Desktop application continuously generates Crashpad pending dump files with no cleanup mechanism. The reporter estimates the dumps grow by at least 5GB per day, consuming disk space indefinitely if left unaddressed.
GoKawiil's interpretation of the reporting above, not reported fact.
Unbounded disk usage from crash-reporting logs could degrade performance or fill storage on affected machines over time, which may frustrate users running the desktop app for extended periods. The issue suggests a gap in the app's crash-handling or log-rotation logic that developers would need to patch to prevent storage exhaustion.
- Codex Desktop's Crashpad mechanism is reportedly generating pending dumps without any size limit.
- The growth rate is estimated at 5GB or more per day per the bug report.
- The issue has been logged publicly as #25921, awaiting a fix from maintainers.
Source: github.com, 2026-10-17
Published there as: “Codex Desktop continuously generates Crashpad pending dumps”
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