A Codex User Says Controlling the Agent From a Phone Ate 10 GB of Mobile Data in About Two Hours

说明与用途

Codex Remote Android 用户因重复请求大型 git diff 耗费超过10GB移动数据，耗时约两小时。

问题

Codex Remote on Android repeatedly pulls large git diffs, consuming excessive mobile data.

结果

The repeated full-diff requests caused a 10 GB mobile data overage in about two hours, with no fix or backoff implemented.

工作流

• 1. User initiates Codex Remote session from Android phone.
• 2. Phone connects to host (Mac/Windows) and requests full git diff.
• 3. Host sends large diff (~34 MB).
• 4. Phone reconnects every ~29–35 seconds, re-requesting the diff.
• 5. Data usage accumulates rapidly, reaching 10 GB in ~2 h.

证据

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.

来源

The app re-requesting a roughly 34 MB git diff about every 29 seconds in a reconnect loop, ending in a metered-data overage.

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