Bug in OpenAI Codex can destroy your SSD in less than a year; see how to fix it

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A bug in the OpenAI Codex CLI is causing excessive disk writes that can wear out consumer SSDs much faster than expected. The issue comes from TRACE-level logging that keeps writing large amounts of diagnostic data to a local SQLite database. Users on Linux and macOS can reduce the impact with workarounds such as redirecting the log file to /tmp or disabling telemetry traces. OpenAI has posted stability updates, but the write-amplification problem is still under investigation.

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