# Client crashes, freezes and failed tool execution (`rel.client_failures`)

Feedback Bench, coding agents, built 2026-10-19, window 2026-08-31 to 2026-10-18. Web page: https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/#/criterion/rel.client_failures

Area: [Reliability and speed](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/reliability.md)

**Definition.** The local app, CLI or extension crashes, freezes, leaks memory or uses too much CPU, or fails to execute the model's tool calls and shell commands.

**Boundary.** Not this: see [Outages, server errors and capacity or rate errors](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/rel.service_errors.md) for backend outages and server errors. Not this: see [Updates break working setups](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/rel.update_breakage.md) when a specific update caused it.

Rated user-weeks, all agents: 3491. Complaint share: 93%.

## The brief

Written by large language models from this page's numbers and the posts it quotes, then checked: every number in the text is in the build. Interpretation, not measurement.

Claude Code does best at running without crashing. Its users describe sessions that run for hours without problems and a desktop app that has become more stable. Pi, Zed, OpenCode and Amp also rank high. Users of Pi, Zed and OpenCode say these agents use little memory and CPU. The criterion is 4.1% of what users of AI coding agents rate, the 10th most rated of 63 criteria, and 92.8% of rated user-weeks complain. OpenAI Codex ranks last, with 47% of the category's complaints here. Google Antigravity, Cursor, Devin and Cline also rank low.

### What separates the best from the rest

Users of the agents that rank high describe long sessions with no problems and clients that use little memory and CPU. Users of Pi and OpenCode report lower memory use. Users of the agents that rank low describe apps that freeze during a request and lose the result. They also describe a CLI that dies several times a day, memory leaks that use up the machine's RAM, and background processes that drive up CPU use.

- **Ranks high**: [Claude Code](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/claude-code.md), [OpenCode](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/opencode.md), [Pi](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/pi.md), [Amp](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/amp.md), [Zed](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/zed.md)
  - Claude Code, 2026-10-02, @ClaudeDevs (X): “@mikeejt @claudedevs good idea. regarding the dislike, it used to actually be a real thing as recently as 2 months ago. now the claude desktop app is much superior in stability compared to chatgpt.” [source](https://twitter.com/2914778029/status/2106097833766212078)
  - Zed, 2026-10-02, r/GithubCopilot (Reddit): “funnily enough zed does all that while being far more resource efficient than vs code.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/GithubCopilot/comments/1wvu1eg/biggest_ai_fumble_in_tech/pdgmsgr/)
- **Ranks low**: [Devin](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/devin.md), [Cursor](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/cursor.md), [OpenAI Codex](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/codex.md), [Cline](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/cline.md), [Google Antigravity](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/antigravity.md)
  - Devin, 2026-10-09, @cognition (X): “@cognition devin cli dies 3-4 times per 24 hours with a rust exception. do you need a core dump, or is this good?” [source](https://twitter.com/2006177515413594113/status/2108624704185512088)
  - OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-18, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “when using codex cli on macos, a symptom occurs that i have never seen on windows, where the tui collapses, and it's tough [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/1188829372918026241/status/2111888317709185136)

## How it breaks

Rule: A separate pass sorts complaints into failure modes. For each criterion with at least 30 complaining user-weeks, a large language model reads 150 complaint posts drawn at random and names 4 to 8 failure modes; a second large language model then puts every complaint post on that criterion in one mode, or in Other when it fits none. Modes are fixed once named, and new posts are sorted into them each week. A mode counts distinct user-weeks with a complaint in it, per agent; across agents, one user-week per agent. Modes do not change the labels or the Feedback Score. Examples: up to 3 posts per mode from different users, chosen and checked as receipts are.

The largest failure mode is apps that crash, hang or never finish loading, at 30% of complaining user-weeks. OpenAI Codex accounts for 46% of these. Codex has the largest share of every mode. Its shares are highest for breakage on one platform, such as Windows or WSL (66%), and for regressions after client updates (63%). OpenCode has 22% of failed shell and tool calls.

3256 complaining user-weeks.

| Failure mode | User-weeks | Posts | Agents (user-weeks) | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App crashes, hangs or stuck loading | 962 | 1034 | OpenAI Codex 440, Google Antigravity 123, OpenCode 109, Claude Code 100, Cursor 77, Cline 24, Devin 24, GitHub Copilot 15, Pi 13, Zed 12, Amp 9, Conductor 6, Warp 6, Factory 4 | The desktop app, IDE or CLI crashes, freezes, shows a blank screen, or sits forever on a loading spinner or 'working' state and has to be force-quit or reinstalled; cases where the app runs but cannot reach the backend are excluded. |
| Shell and tool calls fail to execute | 502 | 532 | OpenAI Codex 200, OpenCode 108, Claude Code 59, Google Antigravity 49, Cursor 23, GitHub Copilot 17, Pi 16, Cline 10, Zed 6, Amp 5, Kiro 4, Warp 2, Conductor 1, Devin 1, Factory 1 | The model's tool calls, shell commands, file patches or sandbox setup fail at the client level (permission or sandbox errors, missing tools mid-session, schema validation failures, malformed tool-call parsing ending the loop); bad commands written by the model itself are excluded. |
| Runaway memory use and leaks | 335 | 371 | OpenAI Codex 143, Claude Code 64, Cursor 39, OpenCode 23, Google Antigravity 17, Devin 13, Zed 12, Pi 8, Cline 5, Amp 3, Kiro 3, Factory 2, Conductor 1, GitHub Copilot 1, Warp 1 | The client or its spawned processes keep using more RAM until the machine slows down, runs out of memory or crashes; high CPU, battery drain and disk bloat without memory growth are excluded. |
| Prompts not sending or connection dropping | 329 | 359 | OpenAI Codex 185, OpenCode 34, Claude Code 32, Cursor 27, Google Antigravity 22, Cline 11, Amp 6, Devin 4, GitHub Copilot 3, Conductor 1, Factory 1, Kiro 1, Pi 1, Warp 1 | The client cannot send prompts, keeps disconnecting or 'reconnecting', or fails to reach its own app server, websocket or proxy, so sessions stall even though the app itself stays open; full crashes and model-side output errors are excluded. |
| Platform-specific breakage on Windows, Linux, WSL | 277 | 285 | OpenAI Codex 183, Claude Code 19, Google Antigravity 18, Zed 13, OpenCode 11, Cline 9, Cursor 7, Pi 5, GitHub Copilot 4, Amp 2, Devin 2, Warp 2, Factory 1, Kiro 1 | Features that work on one OS or surface are broken on another, such as Windows terminal windows flashing, WSL sandbox failures, unsupported hardware, or the desktop app failing where the CLI or web works; bugs that happen on every platform are excluded. |
| Excessive CPU, battery and fan drain | 230 | 239 | OpenAI Codex 100, Claude Code 26, Cursor 23, Google Antigravity 21, OpenCode 20, Zed 12, Pi 7, GitHub Copilot 5, Devin 5, Warp 3, Amp 2, Factory 2, Kiro 2, Cline 1, Conductor 1 | The app burns CPU, GPU, battery or power even when idle or doing light work (e.g. constant re-renders or animations, heavy Electron shell), so laptops heat up or slow down; memory leaks and disk usage are excluded. |
| Regressions after client updates | 156 | 164 | OpenAI Codex 99, Claude Code 19, Google Antigravity 10, OpenCode 10, Cursor 7, GitHub Copilot 3, Pi 3, Devin 2, Cline 1, Factory 1, Kiro 1 | A new app or CLI version breaks something that used to work, such as migrations, daemon version mismatches or components that disappear, and users have to roll back or wait for a fix; long-standing bugs that no update introduced are excluded. |
| Uncontrolled disk and cache growth | 90 | 96 | OpenAI Codex 39, OpenCode 16, Cursor 13, Claude Code 10, Google Antigravity 7, Zed 2, Cline 1, Devin 1, Pi 1 | The client fills local storage with caches, temp extracts, leftover worktrees or bloated history (tens of GB) and never cleans them up; RAM and CPU usage are excluded. |
| Other | 480 | 496 | OpenAI Codex 183, Claude Code 91, OpenCode 86, Google Antigravity 42, Cursor 29, Zed 12, Pi 10, Devin 8, Amp 5, Kiro 4, Cline 3, Factory 3, GitHub Copilot 2, Conductor 1, Warp 1 | Complaints that fit none of the modes above. |

#### App crashes, hangs or stuck loading

- Google Antigravity, 2026-10-18, @antigravity (X): “@antigravity i had a long session that didn't overuse anything, and when i came back my agy was a blank screen.” [source](https://twitter.com/3468547097/status/2111927593918468209)
- Amp, 2026-10-18, @AmpCode (X): “@ampcode please, threads are failing to load and now the desktop app is dead too [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/1138798227111776257/status/2111753490041061801)
- Warp, 2026-10-18, @warpdotdev (X): “@branmcconnell @warpdotdev @claudeai it doesnt stop nor warn me, it closes and stops all my claude sessions every time” [source](https://twitter.com/1915090306099245056/status/2111729777258176702)

#### Shell and tool calls fail to execute

- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-15, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “@dimillian when i try to start a new chat from a different section in the left sidebar of the codex app for mac, i get a red error message: “could not use this project for a local chat.” [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/2080338471416217600/status/2110680092028305530)
- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-13, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “@thsottiaux there is a stupid bug with codex app control causing duplicate keybord hits. [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/1508761868/status/2110083956330938490)
- OpenCode, 2026-10-12, @opencode (X): “@opencode also, `opencode upgrade --major` doesn't work as a command for me” [source](https://twitter.com/4863788129/status/2109667279227003106)

#### Runaway memory use and leaks

- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-18, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “the app from @bot compared to the codex app and claude app is a rocket, i used it all day and it didn't freeze once. with the others, it averages a memory consumption of 60gb.” [source](https://twitter.com/93832482/status/2111676566757318961)
- Claude Code, 2026-10-17, @ClaudeDevs (X): “@claudedevs @claudedevs any plan to reduce memory footprint? its crazy that it takes > 500mb for just running an agent loop, it should be possible to optimise it to below 50mb.” [source](https://twitter.com/1338036555756130304/status/2111490795438268518)
- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-16, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “fuck codex!!! my computer can't even load qwen 3.8 flash next! because codex has taken up 90g of my memory! there are over 400 subprocesses under codex cli; chrome devtools and xcodebuildmcp each have 27 instances. [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/216190862/status/2111194034459005225)

#### Prompts not sending or connection dropping

- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-18, r/codex (Reddit): “exactly. used it extensively since day 1, after 5 days things started to hiccup, in the 8th day it became unusable. no connection between voice and chat and can’t communicate with codex” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1x97rkc/openai_cooked_with_dots_ux/phjd0br/)
- OpenCode, 2026-10-18, r/opencodeCLI (Reddit): “[link] looks like a common issue. i am also getting the same. on restart, it worked for a few seconds but started giving this error after some time.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/opencodeCLI/comments/1x8zn99/i_got_banned_from_opencodes_free_tier/phhrip2/)
- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-15, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “why does the error "codex app-server is not available" keep appearing these days?” [source](https://twitter.com/8599592/status/2110633734076538934)

#### Platform-specific breakage on Windows, Linux, WSL

- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-18, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “when using codex cli on macos, a symptom occurs that i have never seen on windows, where the tui collapses, and it's tough [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/1188829372918026241/status/2111888317709185136)
- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-15, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “@thsottiaux please fix the popping terminals bug on windows with codex cli . it makes it unusable (it happens on windows terminal )” [source](https://twitter.com/1362839004576706563/status/2110721522515992919)
- Claude Code, 2026-10-15, @ClaudeDevs (X): “@claudedevs cli still locks solid on freebsd since few releases ago :( also we can't fix it coz it's a binary 🙃” [source](https://twitter.com/17085285/status/2110647536591708438)

#### Excessive CPU, battery and fan drain

- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-17, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “@openai codex is the only app cooking my macbook when opened and not even working.” [source](https://twitter.com/1057587678/status/2111494809034903747)
- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-16, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “@b_nnett great job. the codex app and chatgpt web ui are slow and use high cpu and ram,evrytime i open it i feel terrible. @chatgp @openai team should feel shame to make such low performance app,they even not ask astra optimize their app” [source](https://twitter.com/2017200638505918465/status/2110961684135428339)
- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-15, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “love too hear my fans spin up to 100% because i opened the codex app--that's okay, i'll still keep using that garbage” [source](https://twitter.com/1348022550475886592/status/2110777661777944896)

#### Regressions after client updates

- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-17, r/codex (Reddit): “i'm having the same issue on my desktop and laptop. it started around 3 days ago, where the extension starts throwing up errors.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1x76aoh/chatgpt_edge_extension_chatgptcom_refused_to/phddzh7/)
- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-09, r/ChatGPTPro (Reddit): “started for me yesterday and noticed web is good but desktop app with codex is janked, swapping to sole or even luna and terra makes no difference - something in the app was busted in the update” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPTPro/comments/1wx95qw/chatgpt_work_wont_read_files_or_screenshot_on/peupl5c/)
- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-09, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “@thsottiaux @deepusleepy i’ve been facing the issue of my codex app shutting down every 15 minutes for the past day now. i’m on windows 11 and i’ve tried repairing the app, resetting it, uninstalling then reinstalling it. none of it has worked. @thsottiaux we need a fix” [source](https://twitter.com/1691094373016977408/status/2108393872841650484)

#### Uncontrolled disk and cache growth

- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-10, r/codex (Reddit): “i never had graphical glitches before, only the indexing issue when it was keep using 100% of the ssd all the freaking time” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1x2jobd/anyone_experiencing_crashes_and_weird_system/pf3hypg/)
- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-10, r/codex (Reddit): “disk usage always at 100% like i cleared 100gb and then the next day i’m already full up. it’s crashing my computer daily.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1x1ytxw/codex_disk_usage/pf0898j/)

#### Other

- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-18, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “codex cli has to be one of the most unoptimised pieces of software” [source](https://twitter.com/1574024114221654016/status/2111747395231060279)

## Top requests

What users ask to add or change, most asked first. 781 user-weeks ask for something. Requests do not change the Feedback Score. Rule: A separate pass by a large language model reads every counted post and extracts what the user asks the agent or its vendor to add or change, with the criteria it maps to and a short normalised wording; it does not touch the labels or the Feedback Score. A large language model groups the wordings within each criterion (the first criterion the request maps to) into themes, and a second pass merges themes that ask for the same change under different criteria; a merged theme sits under the criterion most of its requests map to, and code counts it once. A theme counts distinct user-weeks that ask for it, per agent; across agents, one user-week per agent. Themes asked in fewer than 2 user-weeks, and requests that share no theme, are not shown. Examples: up to 3 posts per theme from different users, without slurs: whole posts of 60 to 450 characters with at least 8 words beyond handles and links, posts of at most 280 characters first, then the newest.

| Rank | Request | User-weeks | Posts | Agents (user-weeks) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lower client memory usage | 60 | 64 | OpenAI Codex 23, Claude Code 12, Cursor 6, Google Antigravity 5, Zed 5, Devin 3, OpenCode 2, Amp 1, Cline 1, Conductor 1, Factory 1 |
| 2 | Snappier app performance | 59 | 60 | OpenAI Codex 36, Cursor 8, Amp 4, Claude Code 4, Zed 3, Google Antigravity 2, Cline 1, OpenCode 1 |
| 3 | General desktop app stability fixes | 41 | 42 | OpenAI Codex 24, Cline 4, OpenCode 4, Claude Code 3, Google Antigravity 2, Devin 2, Cursor 1, Factory 1 |
| 4 | Fix app failing to launch | 33 | 34 | OpenAI Codex 22, Google Antigravity 2, Claude Code 2, Cline 2, Conductor 2, OpenCode 2, Zed 1 |
| 5 | Fix app freezing and hanging | 32 | 39 | OpenAI Codex 17, Cursor 4, Google Antigravity 2, Claude Code 2, Devin 2, Pi 2, Factory 1, OpenCode 1, Warp 1 |
| 6 | Lower CPU and GPU usage | 32 | 34 | OpenAI Codex 14, Google Antigravity 5, Claude Code 4, Cursor 3, OpenCode 2, Pi 2, Factory 1, Zed 1 |
| 7 | Fix app and CLI crashes | 29 | 29 | OpenAI Codex 12, Google Antigravity 8, Cline 3, Cursor 3, OpenCode 2, Devin 1 |
| 8 | Fix connection drops | 27 | 30 | OpenAI Codex 12, OpenCode 4, Google Antigravity 3, Claude Code 2, Cline 2, Cursor 1, Devin 1, Factory 1, Zed 1 |
| 9 | Fix failed tool call execution | 24 | 24 | OpenAI Codex 7, OpenCode 7, Claude Code 3, Cursor 2, Amp 1, Google Antigravity 1, GitHub Copilot 1, Devin 1, Warp 1 |
| 10 | Fix lost or unsent chat messages | 24 | 24 | OpenAI Codex 16, Cursor 3, Claude Code 2, Google Antigravity 1, Cline 1, OpenCode 1 |
| 11 | Clean up leaked background processes | 20 | 24 | OpenAI Codex 11, Claude Code 3, OpenCode 3, Cursor 2, Google Antigravity 1 |
| 12 | Fix agent getting stuck mid-task | 20 | 20 | Google Antigravity 5, OpenAI Codex 5, Cursor 3, Claude Code 2, Amp 1, Cline 1, Conductor 1, GitHub Copilot 1, Devin 1 |

### 1. Lower client memory usage

- Claude Code, 2026-10-17, @ClaudeDevs (X): “@claudedevs speed looks great!...any plans to also make it ram efficient?” [source](https://twitter.com/254409634/status/2111508542775803934)
- Claude Code, 2026-10-17, @ClaudeDevs (X): “@claudedevs @claudedevs any plan to reduce memory footprint? its crazy that it takes > 500mb for just running an agent loop, it should be possible to optimise it to below 50mb.” [source](https://twitter.com/1338036555756130304/status/2111490795438268518)
- Cursor, 2026-10-17, @cursor_ai (X): “@jamonholmgren @cursor_ai i want to know why they need 20 gigs of mem on my machine as well” [source](https://twitter.com/159446317/status/2111272476668035382)

### 2. Snappier app performance

- OpenCode, 2026-10-16, r/opencode (Reddit): “could you please fix the paid version? it’s running slowly and keeps freezing.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/opencode/comments/1x7dbzz/opencode_is_at_its_peak/ph3cuj6/)
- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-14, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “can someone at openai make the codex app fast again? i don't enjoy using it anymore like i did earlier this year it's so slow now. what happened? [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/1039126328883245058/status/2110477384998601154)
- Zed, 2026-10-14, @zeddotdev (X): “i tried @zeddotdev for a few months, and i'm really sad to say that it isn't working for me at all. i wish: - search results were in the sidebar by default - search was 10x faster - pnpm install didn't make the files disappear for multiple mins [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/19824931/status/2110368530801586388)

### 3. General desktop app stability fixes

- Claude Code, 2026-10-18, @ClaudeDevs (X): “@bcherny @claudedevs i love the progress on the claude desktop app, but this is driving me crazy multiple times a day. any plans to fix it? [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/22559860/status/2111773895514865943)
- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-14, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “@argofowl the whole 28 day challenge is a bit disappointing at least for me. hope they will improve the codex app as well since there a lot of bugs to fix.” [source](https://twitter.com/30184733/status/2110340073396773162)
- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-13, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “more usage sounds great, but i'd really like openai to prioritize fixing the issues with the chatgpt windows app and codex cli. please put your full effort into making these tools stable and reliable. increased usage limits mean little if the tools themselves don't work properly.” [source](https://twitter.com/1608370730114387969/status/2109928882426249229)

### 4. Fix app failing to launch

- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-15, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “@thsottiaux fix "codex app is not available" in win chatgpt app, bro. and make app faster🥲” [source](https://twitter.com/1599045464581894144/status/2110633365485584454)
- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-13, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “@thsottiaux when's this fixed? > codex . error: account/read failed during tui bootstrap: account/read failed: failed to load workspace requirements (code -[zip code]) codex-cli 0.162.1” [source](https://twitter.com/1392478229479440385/status/2109880298016313567)
- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-09, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “codex stopped launching on my mac today: "missing optional dependency openai/codex-darwin-arm64". checked npm. 0.162.1 is published, but its darwin-arm64 build returns a 404. that binary is an optional dependency, so npm skipped it without failing the install. @thsottiaux” [source](https://twitter.com/1972292474426228736/status/2108648975163392457)

### 5. Fix app freezing and hanging

- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-14, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “@thsottiaux hey tibo, the codex app keeps freezing terribly whenever i type a prompt—i literally want to throw my laptop. when is this getting fixed, or is there a workaround? claude runs with zero lag right next to it, why is it only codex?!” [source](https://twitter.com/2098770974103764992/status/2110365553584136649)
- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-07, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “@openai should focus less on models and more on fixing codex cli freezing in vs code if you're trying to get me out of my terminal and into the codex app i'm telling you i'd rather churn and switch to claude code” [source](https://twitter.com/1775088861015851008/status/2107909363503616484)
- OpenCode, 2026-10-06, @opencode (X): “opencode desktop 2.0.24 kept freezing on windows. a local patch fixed it for me: replace queuemicrotask with requestanimationframe in the chat virtualizer’s resize and cold-start settling batches. back up app.asar first—updates overwrite the patch. @opencode” [source](https://twitter.com/2044224708804034560/status/2107406971305619830)

### 6. Lower CPU and GPU usage

- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-14, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “@thsottiaux @thsottiaux i would love to get an update for the codex app. it’s eating my pc and mac alive. why is it the worst performing app by a margin? even my vibe coded gamer focused ide performs 10x better” [source](https://twitter.com/164298801/status/2110304977021247679)
- Claude Code, 2026-10-10, @ClaudeDevs (X): “@claudedevs i really just dont want you messing around with the local experience... at all... this has made the desktop experience crawl.” [source](https://twitter.com/1834188316574359552/status/2108961937732378705)
- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-04, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “@thsottiaux two important things: 1. reduce the resources codex app uses 2. make remote connections work more reliably for phone vibe coding” [source](https://twitter.com/15236779/status/2106848276490092961)

### 7. Fix app and CLI crashes

- Google Antigravity, 2026-10-16, @antigravity (X): “@antigravity cool, now can you get it to fix the bugs in anti gravity? can’t even submit a bug report as it crashes before it sends it” [source](https://twitter.com/2625078508/status/2111186305925460346)
- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-11, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “@thsottiaux maybe fix the vibecoded codex app? 3 mac/linux crashes in 1 day” [source](https://twitter.com/1622328672081297408/status/2109217382782689667)
- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-08, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “@thsottiaux tibo, the codex app ui has been crashing very often now in the last 2 releases of the app. please fix.” [source](https://twitter.com/841384052/status/2108101156337758691)

### 8. Fix connection drops

- Factory, 2026-10-14, @droid (X): “@droid hi，today, opus 5.5 keeps showing a timeout error. please check that” [source](https://twitter.com/1571456058815844352/status/2110399965021499826)
- Google Antigravity, 2026-10-13, @antigravity (X): “too many operation timed out errors in @antigravity i can't report all of them, pls fix. also, why is the trouble shooting guide just a link to support page?” [source](https://twitter.com/759055509009805312/status/2109874967282372941)
- Google Antigravity, 2026-10-07, @antigravity (X): “@adhidesign @googledeepmind @antigravity voice mode in remote control. and also the connectivity issues in rc, i have to refresh to access my other conversations frequently.” [source](https://twitter.com/1994381434228998144/status/2107678149874225547)

### 9. Fix failed tool call execution

- OpenCode, 2026-10-09, @opencode (X): “@opencode opencode go: no tool output found for tool call call_01_ajtixya3reihg5nu2v8c6916. (request_id: [id])，在codex中调用deepseek-v4.1-flash模型时会触发这个报错，劳烦修复一下，感谢” [source](https://twitter.com/1096783319562219522/status/2108588060657221652)
- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-08, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “since the big codex cli update, it’s become almost unusable for me. it keeps losing access to tools mid-session, and i have to close the session and restart just to get it working again. this happens repeatedly and completely breaks my workflow. is this a known issue? @thsottiaux” [source](https://twitter.com/1871474020908236800/status/2108192495914070423)
- OpenCode, 2026-10-04, r/opencode (Reddit): “three retries and then silence is the part i'd fix first. have the runner surface a terminal state like `rate_limited`, `tool_stalled`, or `unknown` with the attempt count, so a cloudflare 429 and muse saying “now i’ll execute…” then dying don’t collapse into the same failure.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/opencode/comments/1wxat8u/my_experience_with_opencode_go_10_plan_after_go/pds7zl5/)

### 10. Fix lost or unsent chat messages

- Claude Code, 2026-10-16, @ClaudeDevs (X): “@mikeysee @novarynart i experienced it too...cli i get it. app cutting the agent's response, when the question is alluding to it is irritating @trq212 @lydiahallie @claudedevs” [source](https://twitter.com/307241976/status/2111129868075508175)
- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-13, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “@thsottiaux please fix codex, side chats not working, chats are randomly disappearing, phone link and the actual codex app is out of sync” [source](https://twitter.com/2089740686543241216/status/2110153194768622054)
- Cursor, 2026-10-09, @cursor_ai (X): “fuck you @cursor_ai unstable prompt textbox keeps unsetting my typed prompt. fuck you.” [source](https://twitter.com/3235584836/status/2108503673206710695)

### 11. Clean up leaked background processes

- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-15, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “codex cli 0.157 starts a daemon on first run, copies ~374 mb of itself into ~/.codex, and checks for updates hourly. it also keeps the https_proxy of whichever session started it. a cli should die with its terminal” [source](https://twitter.com/108448842/status/2110572517857628315)
- Claude Code, 2026-10-07, @ClaudeDevs (X): “@claudecodelog bug @claudeai @claudedevs i can't stop running, even if i log out and close claude and others, etc. it comes back again. i've tried looking for it in powershell to eliminate the execution, but there's none there, and i'm losing a lot of tokens. [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/3376669157/status/2107858835415368089)
- OpenCode, 2026-09-20, @opencode (X): “@geoffreyhuntley @opencode @herdrdev opencode is great when it doesn't grind my machine to a halt from spawning all those headless processes.” [source](https://twitter.com/1118175955/status/2101534508290130216)

### 12. Fix agent getting stuck mid-task

- Google Antigravity, 2026-10-16, r/GoogleAntigravityIDE (Reddit): “"working...", "working...", "working..." ...seriously!?!?!? it has been weeks! i haven't touched antigravity for two weeks. the problem with the bot stuck on "working ..." is still there. it is time to get resolved!” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/GoogleAntigravityIDE/comments/1x7dvcb/the_bot_stuck_on_working/)
- Google Antigravity, 2026-10-07, r/google_antigravity (Reddit): “yea i know but when isent a message to desktop apo it got stuck on working for 3 mins when i switched to cli it instantly started working” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1wyiloj/agy_cli_faster_than_desktop_app/peemtf0/)
- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-05, r/codex (Reddit): “basically the title. it’s super buggy, doesnt open most threads once you come back to them. opening takes forever otherwise. also, you prompt a new thread, it says thinking, but then just stops?? wtf. why am i paying $400 for this trash?” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1wy3egt/codex_in_windows_is_absolute_trash/)

## Every agent

| Agent | Overall rank | Reading | Customer love | 95% interval | n | Praise | Complaint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Claude Code](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/claude-code.md) | 1 | 1st of 11 | 0.613 | 0.548–0.670 | 468 | 57 | 411 |
| [Pi](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/pi.md) | 4 | 2nd of 11 | 0.587 | 0.532–0.641 | 75 | 16 | 59 |
| [Zed](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/zed.md) | 8 | 3rd of 11 | 0.585 | 0.530–0.638 | 84 | 17 | 67 |
| [OpenCode](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/opencode.md) | 3 | 4th of 11 | 0.581 | 0.523–0.632 | 451 | 48 | 403 |
| [Amp](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/amp.md) | 5 | 5th of 11 | 0.511 | 0.477–0.549 | 35 | 3 | 32 |
| [GitHub Copilot](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/copilot.md) | 9 | 6th of 11 | 0.509 | 0.472–0.550 | 54 | 5 | 49 |
| [Cline](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/cline.md) | 11 | 7th of 11 | 0.484 | 0.456–0.517 | 66 | 3 | 63 |
| [Devin](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/devin.md) | 2 | 8th of 11 | 0.482 | 0.458–0.512 | 59 | 3 | 56 |
| [Cursor](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/cursor.md) | 7 | 9th of 11 | 0.456 | 0.410–0.502 | 248 | 12 | 236 |
| [Google Antigravity](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/antigravity.md) | 14 | 10th of 11 | 0.433 | 0.384–0.483 | 315 | 13 | 302 |
| [OpenAI Codex](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/codex.md) | 10 | 11th of 11 | 0.353 | 0.308–0.404 | 1582 | 75 | 1507 |
| [Kiro](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/kiro.md) | 13 | Too few posts | – | – | 16 | 1 | 15 |
| [Warp](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/warp.md) | 15 | Too few posts | – | – | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| [Factory](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/factory.md) | 6 | Too few posts | – | – | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| [Conductor](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/conductor.md) | 12 | Too few posts | – | – | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| [Grok Build](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/grok-build.md) | 16 | Too few posts | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Augment Code](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/augment.md) | 17 | Too few posts | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Posts

Receipts rule: Up to 5 praise and 5 complaint posts per area and 3 per criterion. Each is a whole post of 60 to 450 characters (700 for areas) with at least 8 words beyond handles and links, that judges the criterion, whose labels are all praise or all complaint, and that contains no slur. Posts that touch the fewest criteria come first, then posts of at most 280 characters, then the newest. A second large language model reads the first 3 candidates per slot and keeps a post only if it clearly praises, or clearly complains about, the agent on that criterion. Links and personal details removed by the source show as marks such as [link].

### Claude Code

- Praise, 2026-10-16, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “[link] works for me, both your exact command and the model in general. i'm using 2.1.299-2.1.301 on multiple sessions, for hours, no problems.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1x7aoob/anyone_not_able_to_access_opus_55_defaults_to/ph2knmj/)
- Praise, 2026-10-12, r/cursor (Reddit): “being using claude code with vscode and it's solid like a rock 🪨” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1x2fksg/this_is_getting_sad/pfix6a4/)
- Praise, 2026-10-11, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “i use a macbook air m1 with only 16gb of ram, and i don't see any problems with the desktop app. it can run browsers, terminals, and simulators, and i can even edit files in my project folders with it.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1x34qj4/claude_code_now_shows_images_and_videos_in_the/pf8blrc/)

### Pi

- Praise, 2026-09-14, r/PiCodingAgent (Reddit): “in six months i've never had this with pi. the only time i had flicker problems it was an extension i was running.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/PiCodingAgent/comments/1wfvx2f/any_idea_how_to_resolve_for_this/p9q22uh/)
- Praise, 2026-10-15, r/PiCodingAgent (Reddit): “i tried it recently on my personal machine and i liked how efficient it is on resources. i'm thinking of using it on work machine also, but wondering if there is any telemetry or not ? also, minor ask but can you update the bun benchmarks in future releases to bun 1.4.3. it received some more performance improvements.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/PiCodingAgent/comments/1x38p5g/now_on_windows_pibolt_083_the_pi_coding_agent/pgugvd3/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-11, r/PiCodingAgent (Reddit): “found a bug where you if you still have the pi-codex extension install pi-bolt fails to start and spawns pi processes indefinitely. i removed pi-codex since codex is native in pi now, but wanted to let you know in case you want to cover that scenario.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/PiCodingAgent/comments/1x29wp1/pibolt_073_the_same_pi_compiled_to_native_code_38/pf920l2/)

### Zed

- Praise, 2026-10-10, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev is so much less bloated + very low mem and cpu usage , lol even less than powershell terminal ggs zed. [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/1594447038338723840/status/2108916458063540418)
- Praise, 2026-10-02, r/GithubCopilot (Reddit): “funnily enough zed does all that while being far more resource efficient than vs code.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/GithubCopilot/comments/1wvu1eg/biggest_ai_fumble_in_tech/pdgmsgr/)
- Praise, 2026-09-18, @zeddotdev (X): “lo que más vengo viendo últimamente es: 1. @orca_build 2. @zeddotdev 3. @get_bb_app el modelo o proveedor es indistinto. a mi orca se me explotaba en mi máquina, zed anda mucho mejor, y ando con ganas de probar bb. [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/1788006796331782144/status/2100925555076165916)
- Complaint, 2026-10-08, r/ZedEditor (Reddit): “tested it in fedora wayland and crashed multiple times so not really a great experience. non related but logo looks like pedo blogo which is weird” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ZedEditor/comments/1wq03mv/has_anyone_tried_delta/pepvzqg/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-06, @zeddotdev (X): “cosh hit a panic while running commands in zed terminal. the terminal got stuck and the output was fragmented into columns. it was impossible to copy and difficult to read. cosh used vision to inspect the broken terminal and figure out what happened. @zeddotdev [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/2088725953581060096/status/2107488357731185093)

### OpenCode

- Praise, 2026-10-11, r/opencode (Reddit): “read their docs man, what are we, your agents? but i notice significant ram usage improvement, from 1.6 gb to 400mb, and no problem for my current usage of 2 weeks 80 hours” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/opencode/comments/1x2xzfg/opencode_2_vs_v1190/pf6j3cx/)
- Praise, 2026-10-07, r/opencodeCLI (Reddit): “in case it matters, memory usage seems be a lot better in v2” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/opencodeCLI/comments/1wva8z2/the_only_features_from_claude_code_that_i_miss_in/peefxw9/)
- Praise, 2026-10-01, r/ZedEditor (Reddit): “like 1.5-3gb, zed itself just grows and grows with the agent usage. so it will start at 2-3g and balloon to 15g. using opencode through acp has made a huge improvement to my memory use though.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ZedEditor/comments/1wu7fdg/will_more_ram_help_oom_or_will_it_just_use_more/pdag8nc/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-18, r/opencodeCLI (Reddit): “[link] looks like a common issue. i am also getting the same. on restart, it worked for a few seconds but started giving this error after some time.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/opencodeCLI/comments/1x8zn99/i_got_banned_from_opencodes_free_tier/phhrip2/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-15, r/opencode (Reddit): “any ideas? i can’t do anything right now. the application is frozen and no session is open.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/opencode/comments/1x711ke/what_happened_with_opencode_after_the_last_upgrade/)

### Amp

- Praise, 2026-10-06, @AmpCode (X): “was exploring @ampcode, really impressed how small its memory footprint is! [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/1065901711254908928/status/2107294004698349944)
- Complaint, 2026-10-18, @AmpCode (X): “@ampcode please, threads are failing to load and now the desktop app is dead too [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/1138798227111776257/status/2111753490041061801)
- Complaint, 2026-10-01, @AmpCode (X): “renaming threads on the ios test flight @ampcode crashing the app amp_bug_26rcrcfoyhxgtnojagqizk” [source](https://twitter.com/1940807256377118724/status/2105525732810375294)
- Complaint, 2026-09-20, @AmpCode (X): “@sqs @ampcode the ask question tool works great on the web ui, but is buggy on the tui. i selected the answer, it didn't reach to the model, but then i opened the web, and then chose the same option there, it worked... have a look pls :)” [source](https://twitter.com/1957706668034387968/status/2101695639709167693)

### GitHub Copilot

- Praise, 2026-10-10, r/GithubCopilot (Reddit): “i’ve always wanted to have nice desktop ux, but have found that the cli is and always has been the most stable offering. could you use copilot to port your tools to support cli-native flows? you could also build a custom tool to monitor running token use across sessions precisely as you see fit.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/GithubCopilot/comments/1x2b0pr/the_harness_is_absolute_trash/pf0opg5/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-11, r/GithubCopilot (Reddit): “since past 2 weeks my ghcp **cli** sessions aren't scrolling on **windows.** i see an issue filed on github exactly about this but it's as old as march. did anyone else run into this? if yes, do you have any suggested workarounds?” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/GithubCopilot/comments/1x3e6l8/ghcp_cli_not_scrolling_on_windows_powershell/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-10, r/GithubCopilot (Reddit): “the main problem is that copilot harness doesn't support virtual files systems. it crashes. local works as extensions provide the tools to get them.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/GithubCopilot/comments/1x2b0pr/the_harness_is_absolute_trash/pf11cin/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-04, @GitHubCopilot (X): “for the past month or so, whenever i click on copilot to generate a title during a github pr, it throws an error. aren't you going to fix it...? @githubcopilot [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/2614554865/status/2106559567295603100)

### Cline

- Praise, 2026-09-23, r/opencodeCLI (Reddit): “anyone else is getting opencode mimo2.6 to just fail and stop the session after few responses? if i switch to cline api mimo2.6, it keeps going properly until the task is delivered.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/opencodeCLI/comments/1wmozts/mimov26pro_debuts_as_the_top_open_weights_model/pbjealn/)
- Praise, 2026-09-22, @cline (X): “you must try @cline desktop app. models like deepseek v4.1 flash, kimi k3, muse spark 1.3 and glm 5.3 flash can be used for free i am using it since few days and it is pretty fast and efficient also it doesn't eats a lot of ram [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/1758147983584161792/status/2102370281792905468)
- Complaint, 2026-10-07, r/CLine (Reddit): “cline turned out to be incredibly stupid, constantly executing non-existent commands, omitting quotation marks around paths, or replacing spaces in paths with underscores. it never actually reached the point of real-world use.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/CLine/comments/1l5kuth/i_tried_cline_and_was_extremely_underwhelmed_to/peeokix/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-07, r/ClaudeAI (Reddit): “anyone getting: cannot connect to api: read econnreset: read econnreset (econnreset) ? everything stops and cline doesn't even try to reconnect...” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1naiy0l/constant_econnreset_errors_when_trying_to_run_a/pedpoea/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-01, @cline (X): “@cline these desktop apps are nice but very high ram usage. currently trying devin free swe-2 month and will return cline. hope it performs well on linux.” [source](https://twitter.com/2476406387/status/2105772891870523443)

### Devin

- Complaint, 2026-10-11, @cognition (X): “yo @cognition i'm out of ram. can you fix devin's language server? it has a memory leak. [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/98926715/status/2109408328656805903)
- Complaint, 2026-10-09, r/windsurf (Reddit): “i really like it just in my rider is there a solution to this issue? it can't be that rider users constantly restart their ide on each freeze?” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/windsurf/comments/1x1otk1/constantly_freezing_cascade_plugin/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-09, @cognition (X): “@cognition devin cli dies 3-4 times per 24 hours with a rust exception. do you need a core dump, or is this good?” [source](https://twitter.com/2006177515413594113/status/2108624704185512088)

### Cursor

- Praise, 2026-09-27, r/cursor (Reddit): “i’m running an m1 air w 16gb and it runs like a breeze. maybe it’s the actual workload you have it running?” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1wmj0pw/does_cursor_make_anyone_elses_computer_extremely/pcdw03l/)
- Praise, 2026-09-22, r/cursor (Reddit): “haven’t had any problems like this at all on my m2 air w/ 16gb ram” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1wmj0pw/does_cursor_make_anyone_elses_computer_extremely/pberlbo/)
- Praise, 2026-09-21, r/cursor (Reddit): “works fine for me. are you running dev servers locally? it sounds like you're running out of ram.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1wmj0pw/does_cursor_make_anyone_elses_computer_extremely/pb7d77v/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-13, r/cursor (Reddit): “this is my experience with cursor and not cc cursor uses a disgusting amount of memory and feels bloated cc works pretty well” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1x4kv5s/yet_another_cursor_letdown_since_spacex/pgfa9ji/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-09, @cursor_ai (X): “fuck you @cursor_ai unstable prompt textbox keeps unsetting my typed prompt. fuck you.” [source](https://twitter.com/3235584836/status/2108503673206710695)
- Complaint, 2026-10-09, @cursor_ai (X): “i don't know why but i noticed that @cursor_ai is consuming a lot of cpu and spawning many node processes for two background tasks 🤔 [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/197539492/status/2108577040869855396)

### Google Antigravity

- Praise, 2026-10-07, r/google_antigravity (Reddit): “as a heavy user of antigravity, i have yet yo encounter this error” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1wzqtwr/another_day_of_gemini_3_pro_losing_its_mind/pee2pn3/)
- Praise, 2026-09-10, r/google_antigravity (Reddit): “works for me. i don’t have any bugs mentioned in this thread” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1wbmhwn/vscode_agy_extension_is_the_chefs_kiss/p8ure3b/)
- Praise, 2026-09-03, @antigravity (X): “@grok @alexfinn @sama hey grok, have you recovered from that attack on azure? hahahaha i needed you here in the cli, i had to look for @antigravity who didn't crash, hahahaha” [source](https://twitter.com/1915843566300971008/status/2095627807456157770)
- Complaint, 2026-10-18, @antigravity (X): “@antigravity just a heads up: the multi-agent validation run generated over 405 execution steps, 400kb of raw jsonl logs, and rendered multiple image outputs. the electron/chromium ui renderer encountered a gpu/memory freeze while rendering the high-density streaming logs.” [source](https://twitter.com/3468547097/status/2111927471558045842)
- Complaint, 2026-10-18, @antigravity (X): “@antigravity i had a long session that didn't overuse anything, and when i came back my agy was a blank screen.” [source](https://twitter.com/3468547097/status/2111927593918468209)
- Complaint, 2026-10-16, r/google_antigravity (Reddit): “horrible. could not complete two requests without freezing the app and losing the result. i asked again and it froze again. i asked him if this was how he was going to compete with claude and told him to f*** off.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1x6zlh0/argon_is_now_available_for_pro_users/ph0r9tw/)

### OpenAI Codex

- Praise, 2026-10-18, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “@sebaaltonen running the agents headless over ssh on a cheap box and keeping the laptop as a thin client fixes this fast. codex cli in tmux uses way less memory than the desktop app.” [source](https://twitter.com/2096398346512429057/status/2111882173640839359)
- Praise, 2026-10-16, r/codex (Reddit): “just use codex cli, i have two instances and both use like 500 mb” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1x7fro5/openai_builds_tools_that_can_rewrite_entire_apps/ph3yrna/)
- Praise, 2026-10-15, r/codex (Reddit): “also, i have chats that are stuck from weeks ago. just have a spinning icon and i cannot stop them (chatgpt only)...hasnt happened in codex” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1x6owlw/tibo_post_day_11weve_landed_a_series_of_changes/pgx6e9i/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-18, r/codex (Reddit): “exactly. used it extensively since day 1, after 5 days things started to hiccup, in the 8th day it became unusable. no connection between voice and chat and can’t communicate with codex” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1x97rkc/openai_cooked_with_dots_ux/phjd0br/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-18, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “the app from @bot compared to the codex app and claude app is a rocket, i used it all day and it didn't freeze once. with the others, it averages a memory consumption of 60gb.” [source](https://twitter.com/93832482/status/2111676566757318961)
- Complaint, 2026-10-18, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “codex cli has to be one of the most unoptimised pieces of software” [source](https://twitter.com/1574024114221654016/status/2111747395231060279)

### Kiro

- Complaint, 2026-10-07, r/kiroIDE (Reddit): “kiro cli with herdr/ghostty mostly. main problem we facing is it is pretty memory hungry for both cli and ide. mac with 16g memory is not enough.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/kiroIDE/comments/1wyeqok/how_are_you_using_kiro_ide_lately_ide_kiro_crew/pee89ts/)
- Complaint, 2026-09-07, r/google_antigravity (Reddit): “i'm given kiro subscription from my company, but it's fuckin slow for sol or opus model, often fail at tool calling. so i often comeback to antigravity or codex” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1w786df/is_kiro_better_for_development/p8a2ash/)

### Warp

- Complaint, 2026-10-18, @warpdotdev (X): “@branmcconnell @warpdotdev @claudeai it doesnt stop nor warn me, it closes and stops all my claude sessions every time” [source](https://twitter.com/1915090306099245056/status/2111729777258176702)
- Complaint, 2026-09-15, @warpdotdev (X): “@vikvang1 @warpdotdev try windows. every app and huge games work fine on this gaming laptop except warp.” [source](https://twitter.com/1624472822503583744/status/2099848972106138049)
- Complaint, 2026-09-13, @warpdotdev (X): “suggestions for a terminal for windows that would be similar to @warpdotdev but without the crashing problems? really like being able to jump between multiple claude sessions, like being able to quickly choose my directory without having to start a terminal in a directory, etc.” [source](https://twitter.com/9409172/status/2099260300520206752)

### Factory

- Complaint, 2026-10-07, @droid (X): “hey @droid currently facing issue with cli, automatically getting exited while running tasks.” [source](https://twitter.com/2995471962/status/2107742939955053052)
- Complaint, 2026-10-01, @FactoryAI (X): “@droid @factoryai ive had an issue for a while specifically in cli where the screen will start flashing and i have to wait multiple minutes for it to stop.” [source](https://twitter.com/891754553057566720/status/2105453150836809765)
- Complaint, 2026-09-30, @FactoryAI (X): “@droid @factoryai 😭 can we have a more efficient, ram friendly, cpu friendly desktop app plz? my m1 pro macbook pro seems hard to keep up with the desktop app” [source](https://twitter.com/1518742213936570368/status/2105127718501380503)

### Conductor

- Complaint, 2026-09-30, @conductor_build (X): “@conductor_build can’t get out of this error screen (even uninstalled and installed). happened right after signing in [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/1094564877224632320/status/2105313745303957977)
- Complaint, 2026-09-15, @conductor_build (X): “@conductor_build i'm experiencing some weird behavior, where my window gets black several times when i try to click on it. usually happens when i close conductor, or it crashes, and i open it again. keep getting black several times before stabilizing.” [source](https://twitter.com/2068260048199925760/status/2099818314922897499)
- Complaint, 2026-09-13, r/conductorbuild (Reddit): “failed to retry workspace: failed to fetch from origin: fatal: unable to read current working directory: operation not permitted. conductor version 0.85.0 (3d25e11ff9) not sure what is causing this. i had months of work. deeply disappointing.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/conductorbuild/comments/1wfkq2n/workspace_initialization_failed/)