Error running remote compact task: timeout waiting for child process to exit

[adogwangwang]

What version of Codex is running?

0.87

What subscription do you have?

plus

Which model were you using?

gpt5.2-codex

What platform is your computer?

linux ubuntu x86

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

cursor

What issue are you seeing?

I am doing my project with codex till 18% context left , it comes error with 'Error running remote compact task: timeout waiting for child process to exit' and can't go on work , so sad !

What steps can reproduce the bug?

just use

What is the expected behavior?

No response

Additional information

No response

[etraut-openai]

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[adogwangwang]

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#9666 (comment)

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thread ID 019bda5c-f734-7fd2-82fe-e4056c2bbefb

[etraut-openai]

Thanks for the logs. It looks like the compaction operation took too long, so the client's timeout was triggered.

Have you seen this more than once, or was this a one-time occurrence?

[adogwangwang]

Thanks for the logs. It looks like the compaction operation took too long, so the client's timeout was triggered.

Have you seen this more than once, or was this a one-time occurrence?

This issue keeps occurring: when there is very little context remaining, the context cannot be compressed, preventing the main task from continuing. It's very frustrating.

[swordfish444]

@etraut-openai This looks like the same compaction-timeout failure as #9211 (same error + same “timeout waiting for child process to exit”). Might be worth consolidating these so the reports/log threads are in one place.

This issue thread: 019bda5c-f734-7fd2-82fe-e4056c2bbefb
#9211 threads: 019bbd13-a821-7a93-abe2-d1afa5733ae7, 019bc34c-e247-7341-b2db-06f62d55bf57

If you’re trying to reduce noise, I think this can be closed as a duplicate of #9211.

[mumong]

same error with timeout waiting for child process to exit

Or mention your thread ID 019c037a-73ff-7202-994c-701e51523059 in an existing issue.

[sayan-oai]

@adogwangwang and @mumong, thanks for reporting. Are you on a corporate network/VPN/proxy that you know of? We don't set an explicit timeout ourselves, so trying to see what's terminating the connection.

[swordfish444]

@sayan-oai @etraut-openai This looks like a duplicate of #9211 — same exact error string (Error running remote compact task: timeout waiting for child process to exit) and same Linux repro (auto-compact or using the compact command). Suggest consolidating discussion there and closing one to reduce fragmentation (can carry over any extra details from this thread).

[etraut-openai]

Closing in favor of #9211.