ChatGPT, Codex Cut Desktop Storage 60%
OpenAI has optimized on-disk state storage for its ChatGPT and Codex desktop apps, reducing the footprint by 60%. The change targets power users whose long-running agent sessions have consumed substantial disk space.
This is an unglamorous but essential fix for desktop agents that persist increasingly large workflows locally.
- –Addresses a recurring pain point as long-running threads, tool outputs, and subagents accumulate on disk
- –Could significantly extend usable storage for heavy Codex users
- –Community reports have documented local session and runtime directories growing to tens or hundreds of gigabytes
- –The reduction targets stored state, but may not eliminate separate high disk-write or cache-churn issues
- –Better storage management is becoming a core reliability feature for agent workspaces
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2026-10-13
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