Super Slow Loading on Open #7473
Description
What version of Codex is running?
0.4.46
What subscription do you have?
GPT Plus
Which model were you using?
GPT-5.1
What platform is your computer?
macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 VS Code latest version OpenAI Codex extension latest version Full clean uninstall of VS Code performed (including deleting ~/.vscode, Application Support/Code, caches, and preferences)
What issue are you seeing?
Codex in VS Code takes 15 minutes or more to load every time.
After it finishes loading, it becomes usable, but the initialization time is extremely long.
This has been happening for almost 2 days.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
It happened after I sent a few messages with images that weren't fit for the AI, like HEIC.
What is the expected behavior?
Just super slow loading
Additional information
What I already tried:
Completely uninstalling VS Code
Deleting all VS Code caches
Deleting workspaceStorage
Deleting globalStorage
Deleting Application Support/Code
Removing every extension
Reinstalling Codex
Disabling GitHub Copilot Chat
Checking OpenAI API connectivity
Checking the MCP registry link
Restarting Mac multiple times