The session kept spinning and thinking non‑stop for three hours with no valid output. Massive compute quota was wasted on idle looping. Could this be a backend bug? My‑weekly usage allowance was exhausted as a result.

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Hello, here is the requested log evidence. I redacted the full user prompt, internal developer instructions, encrypted reasoning blobs, account details, and unrelated workspace configuration. Timestamps, IDs, event types, models, token counts, abort reason, and durations are unchanged.

1. Sanitized 25-line chronological excerpt around the aborted turn

Source session file:
rollout-2026-09-13T09-08-45-01a0984f-3da1-7b92-9b8b-2928a5be4e79.jsonl

Local source line numbers are included. Timestamps below are UTC (add eight hours for UTC+8).

1111 {"timestamp":"2026-09-13T04:32:39.693Z","type":"event_msg","payload":{"type":"item_completed"}}
1112 {"timestamp":"2026-09-13T04:32:55.339Z","type":"event_msg","payload":{"type":"item_completed"}}
1113 {"timestamp":"2026-09-13T04:32:55.349Z","type":"response_item","payload":{"type":"reasoning","encrypted_content":"[REDACTED]"}}
1114 {"timestamp":"2026-09-13T04:33:01.315Z","type":"event_msg","payload":{"type":"item_completed"}}
1115 {"timestamp":"2026-09-13T04:33:01.326Z","type":"response_item","payload":{"type":"reasoning","encrypted_content":"[REDACTED]"}}
1116 {"timestamp":"2026-09-13T04:33:34.237Z","type":"event_msg","payload":{"type":"item_completed"}}
1117 {"timestamp":"2026-09-13T04:33:34.246Z","type":"response_item","payload":{"type":"message","role":"assistant","content":"[PREVIOUS TURN RESPONSE REDACTED]"}}
1118 {"timestamp":"2026-09-13T04:33:34.477Z","type":"token_usage_record","payload":{"thread_id":"01a0984f-3da1-7b92-9b8b-2928a5be4e79"}}
1119 {"timestamp":"2026-09-13T04:33:34.484Z","type":"event_msg","payload":{"type":"token_count"}}
1120 {"timestamp":"2026-09-13T04:33:34.506Z","type":"event_msg","payload":{"type":"task_complete"}}
1121 {"timestamp":"2026-09-13T05:46:28.810Z","type":"event_msg","payload":{"type":"thread_settings_applied","thread_id":"01a0984f-3da1-7b92-9b8b-2928a5be4e79","thread_settings":{"model":"gpt-5.6-sol","service_tier":"priority","reasoning_effort":"high"}}}
1122 {"timestamp":"2026-09-13T05:46:28.881Z","type":"event_msg","payload":{"type":"task_started","turn_id":"01a0994d-8236-7ad2-bf6f-07577a714a18","started_at":1789278388,"model_context_window":258400}}
1123 {"timestamp":"2026-09-13T05:46:33.904Z","type":"turn_context","payload":{"turn_id":"01a0994d-8236-7ad2-bf6f-07577a714a18","model":"gpt-5.6-sol","effort":"high","timezone":"Asia/Shanghai"}}
1124 {"timestamp":"2026-09-13T05:46:33.932Z","type":"response_item","payload":{"type":"message","role":"user","content":"[USER MESSAGE REDACTED]"}}
1125 {"timestamp":"2026-09-13T05:46:33.940Z","type":"event_msg","payload":{"type":"item_completed","thread_id":"01a0984f-3da1-7b92-9b8b-2928a5be4e79","turn_id":"01a0994d-8236-7ad2-bf6f-07577a714a18","item":{"type":"UserMessage","content":"[USER MESSAGE REDACTED]"}}}
1126 {"timestamp":"2026-09-13T09:19:53.210Z","type":"response_item","payload":{"type":"message","role":"developer","content":"<turn_aborted> The previous turn was interrupted on purpose. Any running unified exec processes may still be running in the background. If any tools/commands were aborted, they may have partially executed. </turn_aborted>","internal_chat_message_metadata_passthrough":{"turn_id":"01a0994d-8236-7ad2-bf6f-07577a714a18","create_time":1789291193.2109382,"content_item_kinds":["generic.turn_aborted"]}}}
1127 {"timestamp":"2026-09-13T09:19:53.221Z","type":"event_msg","payload":{"type":"turn_aborted","turn_id":"01a0994d-8236-7ad2-bf6f-07577a714a18","reason":"interrupted","started_at":1789278388,"completed_at":1789291193,"duration_ms":12804365}}
1128 {"timestamp":"2026-09-13T09:20:07.739Z","type":"event_msg","payload":{"type":"thread_settings_applied","thread_id":"01a0984f-3da1-7b92-9b8b-2928a5be4e79"}}
1129 {"timestamp":"2026-09-13T09:20:07.772Z","type":"event_msg","payload":{"type":"task_started"}}
1130 {"timestamp":"2026-09-13T09:20:12.794Z","type":"turn_context","payload":{"model":"gpt-5.6-sol","effort":"high"}}
1131 {"timestamp":"2026-09-13T09:20:12.818Z","type":"response_item","payload":{"type":"message","role":"user","content":"[FOLLOW-UP MESSAGE REDACTED]"}}
1132 {"timestamp":"2026-09-13T09:20:12.829Z","type":"event_msg","payload":{"type":"item_completed"}}
1133 {"timestamp":"2026-09-13T09:25:43.281Z","type":"event_msg","payload":{"type":"thread_settings_applied","thread_id":"01a0984f-3da1-7b92-9b8b-2928a5be4e79"}}
1134 {"timestamp":"2026-09-13T09:25:43.288Z","type":"event_msg","payload":{"type":"task_started"}}
1135 {"timestamp":"2026-09-13T09:25:58.293Z","type":"turn_context","payload":{"model":"gpt-5.6-sol","effort":"high"}}

The affected turn ran from 2026-09-13 13:46:28 to 17:19:53 UTC+8 (12,804,365 ms, approximately 3 hours 33 minutes). The recorded reason is "interrupted". There is no timeout, disconnect, server_error, request_error, or response_error record in this range. There is also no token_usage_record for the aborted turn between its task_started and turn_aborted records.

2. Turn 01a09c5b-0cb4-76a2-9430-27f751e06406

Source session file:
rollout-2026-09-13T10-47-27-01a098a9-9a1d-7570-bf44-5fec18936b8a.jsonl

1609 {"timestamp":"2026-09-13T20:00:07.875Z","type":"event_msg","payload":{"type":"task_started","turn_id":"01a09c5b-0cb4-76a2-9430-27f751e06406","started_at":1789329607,"model_context_window":121600}}
1610 {"timestamp":"2026-09-13T20:00:07.889Z","type":"turn_context","payload":{"turn_id":"01a09c5b-0cb4-76a2-9430-27f751e06406","model":"gpt-5.3-codex-spark","effort":"high"}}
1613 {"timestamp":"2026-09-13T20:00:10.455Z","type":"event_msg","payload":{"type":"item_completed","turn_id":"01a09c5b-0cb4-76a2-9430-27f751e06406","item":{"type":"Reasoning","summary_text":[],"raw_content":[]}}}
1615 {"timestamp":"2026-09-13T20:00:10.626Z","type":"event_msg","payload":{"type":"item_completed","turn_id":"01a09c5b-0cb4-76a2-9430-27f751e06406","item":{"type":"AgentMessage","content":"[SHORT UNRELATED RESPONSE]"}}}
1616 {"timestamp":"2026-09-13T20:00:10.638Z","type":"response_item","payload":{"type":"message","role":"assistant","content":"[SHORT UNRELATED RESPONSE]","internal_chat_message_metadata_passthrough":{"turn_id":"01a09c5b-0cb4-76a2-9430-27f751e06406"}}}
1617 {"timestamp":"2026-09-13T20:00:10.646Z","type":"token_usage_record","payload":{"thread_id":"01a098a9-9a1d-7570-bf44-5fec18936b8a","turn_id":"01a09c5b-0cb4-76a2-9430-27f751e06406","usage":{"input_tokens":27820,"cached_input_tokens":11776,"output_tokens":473,"reasoning_output_tokens":416,"total_tokens":28293}}}
1619 {"timestamp":"2026-09-13T20:00:10.669Z","type":"event_msg","payload":{"type":"task_complete","turn_id":"01a09c5b-0cb4-76a2-9430-27f751e06406","started_at":1789329607,"completed_at":1789329610,"duration_ms":2793}}

Correction to my earlier description: this turn was not an empty string in the local log. It returned a short, unrelated response that did not address the delegated task. The UI appeared to make no task progress. There is no timeout, disconnect, server_error, request_error, or response_error record in this turn range.

3. Turn 01a09c87-2331-7bb1-a4e3-6266d3ce8034

Source session file:
rollout-2026-09-13T10-47-12-01a098a9-6077-7661-8340-22a67e5fe69f.jsonl

2188 {"timestamp":"2026-09-13T20:48:17.248Z","type":"event_msg","payload":{"type":"task_started","turn_id":"01a09c87-2331-7bb1-a4e3-6266d3ce8034"}}
2189 {"timestamp":"2026-09-13T20:48:17.267Z","type":"turn_context","payload":{"turn_id":"01a09c87-2331-7bb1-a4e3-6266d3ce8034","model":"gpt-5.6-sol","effort":"high"}}
2192 {"timestamp":"2026-09-13T20:48:21.391Z","type":"event_msg","payload":{"type":"item_completed","turn_id":"01a09c87-2331-7bb1-a4e3-6266d3ce8034","item":{"type":"Reasoning","summary_text":[],"raw_content":[]}}}
2194 {"timestamp":"2026-09-13T20:48:21.550Z","type":"event_msg","payload":{"type":"item_completed","turn_id":"01a09c87-2331-7bb1-a4e3-6266d3ce8034","item":{"type":"AgentMessage","content":[{"type":"Text","text":""}],"phase":"final_answer"}}}
2195 {"timestamp":"2026-09-13T20:48:21.556Z","type":"response_item","payload":{"type":"message","role":"assistant","content":[{"type":"output_text","text":""}],"phase":"final_answer","internal_chat_message_metadata_passthrough":{"turn_id":"01a09c87-2331-7bb1-a4e3-6266d3ce8034"}}}
2196 {"timestamp":"2026-09-13T20:48:21.645Z","type":"token_usage_record","payload":{"thread_id":"01a098a9-6077-7661-8340-22a67e5fe69f","turn_id":"01a09c87-2331-7bb1-a4e3-6266d3ce8034","usage":{"input_tokens":173471,"cached_input_tokens":172416,"output_tokens":121,"reasoning_output_tokens":115,"total_tokens":173592}}}
2198 {"timestamp":"2026-09-13T20:48:21.666Z","type":"event_msg","payload":{"type":"task_complete","turn_id":"01a09c87-2331-7bb1-a4e3-6266d3ce8034","last_agent_message":null,"started_at":1789332497,"completed_at":1789332501,"duration_ms":4438}}

This turn has an explicitly empty AgentMessage and response_item, while recording 173,592 total tokens, including 172,416 cached input tokens. There is no timeout, disconnect, server_error, request_error, or response_error record in this turn range.

4. Fast mode status

The current Codex CLI header/footer displays:

gpt-5.6-sol low fast - E:\太空大亨

The local config contains:

service_tier = "priority"

I attempted /fast status in Codex CLI v0.154.0-alpha.6.2. In the TERM=dumb terminal capture it was submitted as an ordinary model prompt instead of producing a standalone slash-command result, so I interrupted it. The visible CLI session indicator nevertheless explicitly says "fast". The earlier affected long-turn record also shows service_tier "priority".

Please correlate these records with server-side metering and investigate whether the 3-hour aborted turn and the final empty-message turn were counted incorrectly.

Diagnostic note: during collection, the ordinary weekly meter changed from 79% used to 81% used. This interval included the present support-analysis turn and the interrupted CLI attempt described above, so I cannot attribute the two-point change to one operation.

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