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Codex no longer shows reliable full prompt elapsed time #19814

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@kevin-valerio

What version of Codex CLI is running?

codex-cli 0.125.0

What subscription do you have?

API key

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.5

What platform is your computer?

Darwin 25.4.0 arm64 arm

What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?

iTerm2

What issue are you seeing?

Codex used to make it easy to see how long a full prompt/turn took, from submission until the agent stopped. Recently, the displayed Worked for ... duration is missing or no longer reliable. For long-running prompts, I need the total wall-clock time for the whole turn, not a reset/truncated status duration.

This seems related to existing reports about Worked for ... resetting or not being cumulative.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

  1. Start Codex CLI/TUI.
  2. Submit a prompt that takes several minutes or longer.
  3. Wait until the turn fully completes.
  4. Check the final displayed duration.

Observed: the UI does not reliably show the full time from prompt submission to completion.

What is the expected behavior?

Codex should show a stable cumulative elapsed time for each turn: from when I submit the prompt until Codex fully stops.

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