Stale rules in agents.md may cause Codex's Astra to pause constantly — ask it to show you
TheMoonMidas · x · 2026-09-13
TheMoonMidas offers a debugging tip for Codex's Astra pausing too often for permission: ask it to "show me the exact rule and file that made you pause." The culprit is often old instructions lingering in skills or agents.md, which OpenAI's documentation explicitly recommends checking. The post links to OpenAI's model guidance docs.
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