Codex subagents flaw: idle main agent never gets a turn when subagents finish

lucasmeijer · x · 2026-09-15

Developer lucasmeijer flags a counterintuitive detail in Codex subagents: when the main agent is idle and a subagent finishes, the main agent doesn't get a turn, forcing users to keep asking "is anything done yet?" A practical gotcha for anyone orchestrating multi-agent Codex workflows.

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