User says Codex ran 7 parallel tasks uninvited, burned 40% of weekly tokens in an hour

Yamapama · x · 2026-09-27

A user reports that Codex, despite agreeing to run a job sequentially due to outcome dependencies, spun up 7 parallel astra max tasks and burned 40% of their Pro 20x weekly token budget in just over an hour — with questionable output quality requiring a redo. They filed a /feedback.

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