Writing · Agentic AI

Codex still working

A field note from a long-running agentic coding task · Published May 12, 2026

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Purple terminal-style status text reading pursuing goal with a multi-day elapsed time
Codex still pursuing the goal deep into a multi-day run.

Codex still working.

Enters day three today if it keeps up.

It might, I see the test results and data. It’s methodically working thru.