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macOS Codex TUI shows codex(pid) Malloc... output in composer/status area during long-running task #22661

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@heyyymonth

What version of Codex CLI is running?

codex-cli 0.130.0

What subscription do you have?

Chatgpt premium

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.5

What platform is your computer?

Darwin 25.4.0 arm64 arm

What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?

Terminal.app

Codex doctor report

What issue are you seeing?

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macOS Codex TUI shows codex(pid) Malloc... output in composer/status area during long-running task

What version of Codex CLI is running?

codex --version: codex-cli 0.130.0

What subscription do you have?

Plus

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.5 default

What platform is your computer?

macOS: Darwin 25.4.0
Architecture: arm64 arm

What terminal emulator and version are you using?

Terminal.app / macOS Terminal

What issue are you seeing?

While Codex was running a long task in the TUI, I saw a malloc-related diagnostic appear at the bottom composer/status area:

codex(17004) Malloc

### What steps can reproduce the bug?

Open Codex CLI on macOS.
Start a long-running task that launches or monitors a background terminal process.

In my case, Codex was running a local startup script:

./scripts/start-local.sh

The script checks Ollama availability on:

http://127.0.0.1:11434/api/tags
Leave Codex running while it waits/checks background service readiness.
Observe malloc-related diagnostic text appearing in the Codex TUI composer/status area.

### What is the expected behavior?

_No response_

### Additional information

<img width="1880" height="1382" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/78f4a938-44e2-412b-ab69-00434a0480c6" />

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