Comment by aliasxneo
5 days ago
Has anyone figured out how to stop the Codex app from draining my M5 Pro's battery in like 2 hours? I can literally just have it open and my lap turns into a heater. I've tried adjusting all sorts of settings and haven't been able to make a dent. I'm assuming its the garbage renderer.
What do you expect from an app that’s built by not looking at the code?
Depending on what you're working on, codex could be starting long running tasks that are never terminated and keep spinning in the background.
I'm on M4 Max so your mileage may vary, but what helps me is not running any backdoors willingly.
Ditched it for this very reason... it used to be fine before. I use Codex CLI now, it doesn't drain the battery. I prefer the desktop app but the CLI is ok.