Codex Desktop continuously generates Crashpad pending dumps, growing without any limit: +5GB per day at least · Issue #25921 · openai/codex

Codex is EATING my Mac's disk space

Summary Codex Desktop is continuously adding paired .dmp and _sidecar.json files under: ~/Library/Application Support/com.openai.codex/web/Crashpad/pending On my machine this directory grew to 4.9G...

168 points by AIorNot 4 days ago github.com 82 comments

Summary

Codex Desktop is consuming significant disk space by generating large numbers of crash report files in a specific directory, with one user’s installation ballooning to nearly 5GB. If you’re experiencing similar issues, this may provide insight into the problem and potential solutions.

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