ChatGPT desktop pet writes to disk 10 times per second, wearing down SSDs
Developer markk found that the ChatGPT desktop app's pet animation rewrites a 1MB state file about 10 times per second, writing 385MB in 20 seconds and needlessly wearing SSDs; a ticket has been filed with OpenAI.
2026-10-17 ~ 2026-10-17 · 4 related posts
- ChatGPT desktop Pet rewrites 385MB every 20 seconds, needlessly wearing out user SSDs — mark_k · 2026-10-17
- ChatGPT desktop Pet rewrites 1MB state file ~10x/sec, 385MB of writes in 20s — mark_k · 2026-10-17