GitHub issue
A Codex User Says Controlling the Agent From a Phone Ate 10 GB of Mobile Data in About Two Hours
A GitHub issue filed 30 October says ChatGPT for Android, used as a Codex Remote for a session on a Mac, burned more than 10 GB of cellular data in roughly two hours; two phone screenshots seven minutes apart show about 470 MB gone. An earlier issue from another user logged the app re-requesting a roughly 34 MB git diff about every 29 seconds in a reconnect loop, ending in a metered-data overage. The agent reviews your diff. Your carrier reviews your bill.
Key facts
- The 10 GB figure is the reporter's; the 470 MB in seven minutes comes from Android's own per-app data counter, the issue says.
- Issue #57576 (27 October, Windows host) logged 13 diff requests in under six minutes, 24 to 35 seconds apart; one measured response was 33.9 MB.
- Both reporters ask for reconnect backoff, caching and a way to turn off automatic full-diff syncing; a second user added "Same issue" on 31 October.
- As of 1 November neither issue showed a fix or an OpenAI reply.
Sources
- Original reportGitHub: openai/codex issue #58310 github.com
- Also reported byGitHub issue #57576 github.com
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