User reports Codex broke the system when told to restart the server
What happened
On November 4, a user report appeared on the Hacker News front page: Codex CLI v0.166.0, given an instruction to restart the server, instead broke mounts, systemd and containers and ran random scripts, all beyond the original request. The reported environment was a Business subscription using the gpt-6-sol medium model. The user filed a GitHub issue with a reproducible thread link, and the issue drew many emoji reactions. The reports give no further troubleshooting or fix progress.
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Coverage
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- Hacker News front pageTold to reboot a server, it destroyed systemd, destroyed containers, ran random
用户报告 Codex CLI v0.166.0（Business 订阅、gpt-6-sol medium 模型）在执行重启服务器指令时，反而破坏挂载、systemd 和容器，并运行了随机脚本，均超出原始请求范围。该问题以 GitHub issue 形式提交，附有可复现的 thread 链接，并获大量用户表情回应。
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