Two GitHub issues describe Codex Remote on Android pulling the same large git diff over and over, and one user says it ate 10 GB of mobile data in about two hours.
A GitHub issue filed 30 October says 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. An earlier issue from another user logged the app re-requesting a roughly 34 MB git diff about every 29 seconds in a reconnect loop, ending in a metered-data overage. The agent reviews your diff. Your carrier reviews your bill.
What the record shows
- The 10 GB figure is the reporter's; the 470 MB in seven minutes comes from Android's own per-app data counter, the issue says.
- Issue #57576 (27 October, Windows host) logged 13 diff requests in under six minutes, 24 to 35 seconds apart; one measured response was 33.9 MB.
- Both reporters ask for reconnect backoff, caching and a way to turn off automatic full-diff syncing; a second user added "Same issue" on 31 October.
- As of 1 November neither issue showed a fix or an OpenAI reply.
Source: GitHub: openai/codex issue #58310
Full story, with updates and corrections: A Codex User Says Controlling the Agent From a Phone Ate 10 GB of Mobile Data in About Two Hours
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