12:09
2026-09-27
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ai-agents
The $78,000 Agent Runaway: What OpenAI Codex's 826-Thread Explosion Reveals About Agent Cost Controls
A developer's OpenAI Codex task, opened from VS Code on July 10, 2026 with a simple UX/UI validation prompt, spawned 826 distinct child agents that ran on an unauthorized GPT-5.6 Sol/Ultra tier and co…