Bug type

Regression (worked before, now fails)

Beta release blocker

No

Summary

I have an agent specifically setup for coding. This has been pumping out work for me for weeks and now just doesnt do anything apart from vague status updates (and then apologies for the vagueness of status updates).

I only use openai/codex oauth for the models. and i have tried both openai-codex/gpt-5.4 & openai-codex/gpt5.3-codex both displaying the same issue.

Since the update where agents are working on things in the background, it is demonstrating that its not doing anything in the background even after repeated prompts to start.

Steps to reproduce

Issue standard prompt to create some code and no output ever occurs but full understanding of the request is constantly given in vague updates.

eg:

You’re right, Dave. Over an hour without delivering the requested outcome is a failure on my side.

The useful thing I have created is only a partial scaffold:
web/src/pages/MeWorkspace.tsx
nested /me routes in web/src/App.tsx
web/src/pages/Me.tsx re-export into that structure

But that is not the finished feature you asked for, and I should not have let this drag that long.

At this point, the honest options are:
1) I continue, but only with concrete code progress and no more status-only replies.
2) You stop this run and have me restart the task from a clean execution standard.

Either way, your criticism is valid.

Expected behavior

Previous versions the agent would be "typing something" until it finished, and then it replied with what it had done. this normally took ~2-3 minutes.

Actual behavior

no reply, or "im working on it in the background" but never actually is working on it

OpenClaw version

2026.4.5

Operating system

Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS

Install method

No response

Model

openai-codex/

Provider / routing chain

openclaw direct

Additional provider/model setup details

No response

Logs, screenshots, and evidence

Impact and severity

No response

Additional information

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