Codex Desktop causes excessive disk usage via Crashpad dumps
October 17, 2026
Codex Desktop is generating continuous Crashpad pending dumps, consuming over 5GB of disk space per day through a growing collection of .dmp and _sidecar.json files. The application remains functional despite the rapid accumulation of these crash logs in the Application Support directory.
HOW THIS AFFECTS YOU
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builderCheck your local environment if using Codex to prevent unexpected storage exhaustion.