Background Processes in AI

From the OpenAI Codex cheat sheet · Agents & Background Work · verified Jul 2026

Background Processes

Inspect and stop terminals launched by the active session.

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/ps
/stop
/clean
🔍 /ps shows recent output from background terminals
⏹️ /stop ends all background terminals for the session
📌 /clean is an alias for /stop
💡 Check /ps before stopping long-running work
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