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VS CODE FREEZES WITH OPENAI CODEX AT EXTRA-HIGH REASONING EFFORT
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FIRST_SEEN 2026-01-06
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LAST_SYNC 2026-01-06
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A community report says the OpenAI Codex VS Code extension consistently gray-screens and appears frozen when using extra-high reasoning effort. Work often completes in the background and shows up after restarting VS Code, but there’s no progress indicator to know when it’s safe to wait versus restart.
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VS Code freezes with OpenAI Codex at extra-high reasoning effort
A community report says the OpenAI Codex VS Code extension consistently gray-screens and appears frozen when using extra-high reasoning effort. Work often completes in the background and shows up after restarting VS Code, but there’s no progress indicator to know when it’s safe to wait versus restart.