Codex Desktop Crash Reports
Crashpad stores Codex Desktop crash reports as minidump .dmp files plus metadata and upload state files in its reports folders after the app or one of its embedded web or native processes terminates unexpectedly. These reports exist to help diagnose renderer, GPU, Electron, or packaged web runtime crashes, but older report bundles can accumulate in both the standard AppData location and the Microsoft Store package cache paths. Kudu removes Codex Desktop Crashpad reports older than one week, freeing space without touching conversations, account data, settings, or saved work.
Why clean Codex Desktop Crash Reports?
- Repeated renderer or GPU-process crashes leave behind many Crashpad minidumps and metadata files, and users usually notice AppData growing even though Codex itself seems unchanged
- A crash loop during startup can generate a new report on every launch attempt, filling the reports folder while the visible symptom is Codex opening briefly and then disappearing
- Store-packaged Codex builds can keep duplicate Crashpad report sets under LocalCache paths, so disk usage rises in more than one location after the same recurring crash
- Old reports are only useful for recent debugging, and keeping months of stale .dmp files makes it harder to find the latest failure when you are troubleshooting a current crash
- When antivirus or backup tools scan large collections of crash dumps, users may notice longer AppData scans or slower incremental backups even though the reports are no longer needed
- Frequent embedded web runtime or Electron subprocess failures create report churn in the web and desktop Crashpad folders, and the practical symptom is wasted disk space rather than better app performance
Cache paths Kudu targets
Windows
%AppData%/Codex/Crashpad/reports |
%LocalAppData%/Packages/OpenAI.Codex_2p2nqsd0c76g0/LocalCache/Roaming/Codex/Crashpad/reports |
%LocalAppData%/Packages/OpenAI.Codex_2p2nqsd0c76g0/LocalCache/Roaming/Codex/web/Codex/Crashpad/reports |
Common questions about Codex Desktop Crash Reports
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