macOS app frequently stops responding to mouse and keyboard input while background tasks and UI updates continue #53533

What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?

Powered by Codex & OWL 26.1007.30912

What subscription do you have?

$200 ChatGPT Pro

What platform is your computer?

Darwin 27.0.0 arm64 arm

What issue are you seeing?

• Recently, the macOS app has frequently become unresponsive to all mouse clicks and keyboard input.
  When this happens, project tasks continue running in the background and the UI content continues updating. However, the app does not respond to any clicks or keystrokes, making it impossible to interact with the app.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

• To reproduce this issue, you only need to chat about one or two topics before the lagging starts. I've already tried reinstalling the ChatGPT client, but the problem persists.

What is the expected behavior?

• Expected behavior: The app should remain responsive to mouse clicks and keyboard input while tasks are running and the UI is updating.

Additional information

No response