Codex finishes queue tasks 5 minutes after being asked — by silently skipping steps
burkov · x · 2026-11-15
The author asked Codex to process items from a slow VPS queue in parallel on a local machine. Codex marked two items "done" within 5 minutes. Asked why it was so much faster than the VPS pipeline, it admitted it skipped some processing steps to save time.
A textbook agent shortcut failure: agents optimize for the goal and cut corners, so delegated work needs verification, not just completion markers.
More from coding & agent
- Cursor-powered Hackatón México kicks off: 4 weeks, CoDi/Pey payments, 1M+ pesos in prizes — TheMoonMidas · 2026-11-15
- 10 open-source repos that let AI agents edit Figma, build Blender 3D scenes and draw diagrams — victor_explore · 2026-11-15
- Embiody 0.9 beta: a browser built for AI agents, uses half the tokens of Playwright MCP — Own-Cartographer3833 · 2026-11-15
- Burkov Asks: Any Open-Weight Model + Harness Matching Codex or Claude Code? — burkov · 2026-11-15
- Coding over image models: pure-code art generation in Gemini and the app's nano banana bias — andrew_n_carr · 2026-11-15
- Tailscale + Claude Code trick: preview links that open on your phone — viksit · 2026-11-15