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macOS: Code_sign_clone grows unbounded (62 GB+) across Codex auto-updates

A bug report on the openai/codex repository describes an issue where the code_sign_clone directory grows without limit across macOS auto-updates, accumulating over 62 GB of disk space.

Background

- Codex is an AI coding assistant by OpenAI (the same company behind ChatGPT) — it's a VS Code extension that suggests code as you type. - `code_sign_clone` is a temporary directory macOS creates during the automatic code-signing process when an app updates itself; it's meant to be deleted after the update finishes. - This bug report describes a case where that temp folder never gets cleaned up across repeated Codex auto-updates, silently consuming over 62 GB of disk space. - The issue affects macOS users running the Codex VS Code extension; updating the extension via VS Code's built-in mechanism (rather than letting it auto-update) may avoid the problem.

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