background processes #3553

What version of Codex is running?

codex-cli 0.34.0

Which model were you using?

gpt-5-medium/high on pro sub

What platform is your computer?

Darwin 24.6.0 arm64 arm

What steps can reproduce the bug?

ask agent to run some node.js background process and return to discuss how its going.

"run dashboard project in background and return to discuss it"

What is the expected behavior?

agent run process in background, leaving it running, and return to chat

i can send any occasinally runned in sync mode/long processes in background by clicking hotkey

i can manage background processes (view/kill) without .pid files spawning all the project.

What do you see instead?

i see agent running process in foreground, frozen chat indefinitely.

no timeout protection, no ui for background processes

Additional information

Just rip-off Claude Code features for Bash processes. Copy "Ctrl+B" command to send any running Bash tool to background. Copy "background bashes" UI for management of background processes.