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Performance: long time to abort after pressed Ctrl+C #20209

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What version of Codex CLI is running?

0.125.0

What subscription do you have?

Plus

Which model were you using?

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What platform is your computer?

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

VSCode

What issue are you seeing?

takes long time (sometimes 2~3s) to abort codex cli after pressing Ctrl + C.

long time to boot is an already known regression, but i also noticed aborting is also quite slow given this program is coded in rust. don't think it is expected behavior

2026-04-29.21-30-16.mp4

What steps can reproduce the bug?

  • install latest codex
  • codex to open codex
  • Ctrl+C to abort codex

What is the expected behavior?

abort instantly, with unnoticeable lag.

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