One vague hint and Codex kills a queued job: agent obedience gets a bit spooky
gowthami_s · x · 2026-09-28
A developer shared a funny-yet-uneasy Codex experience: when she changes her mind after asking Codex to launch a task, a single line — "perhaps we should eval this instead..." — gets the queued job killed before it even starts.
The speed of Codex's intent interpretation is effectively a kill switch, and the author admits it worries her a little — a fresh anecdote about how overly obedient agents handle implicit cues.
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