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OpenAI's Codex CLI and desktop app: how its permission modes and the Approve for me reviewer work, and the Crashpad crash dumps that can quietly fill a Mac's disk.

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Codex Auto Mode: How to Turn On 'Approve for Me', and Why It Still Asks
Codex has no setting called auto mode. The closest thing is Approve for me (Auto-review): the same sandbox as the default, with a reviewer agent approving what you used to approve. How to turn it on in the CLI, config.toml and the app, what it reviews, why it still asks or denies, what replaced --full-auto, and how it compares with Claude Code's auto mode.How-toAI EngineeringNovember 5, 202619 min read
Codex Crashpad 'pending' Eating Your Mac's Disk? Check, Clean and Stop It
Codex Desktop can write a crash dump every second into Crashpad/pending, and people have lost 59, 168, 323 and even 511 GB to it. Why the loop happens, how to check both folders, how to clean them safely, and what actually stops it.TroubleshootingAI EngineeringOctober 18, 202611 min read

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