{"slug": "analysis-of-22-gb-codex-conversation-data-finds-71-of-storage-is-screenshots", "title": "Analysis of 22 GB Codex conversation data finds 71% of storage is screenshots", "summary": "A developer's analysis of 22.83 GB of OpenAI Codex conversation data across 1,231 files found that embedded images account for 71% of the storage footprint, raising questions about how OpenAI handles user-submitted image data in coding agent conversations. The byte-level analysis, conducted September 2-3, 2026, hashed every image with SHA-256 to compare duplicates within and across conversations.", "body_md": "# Analysis of 22 GB Codex conversation data finds 71% of storage is screenshots\n\nA developer analyzed their complete Codex conversation history totaling 22.83 GB across 1,231 files and found that embedded images account for 71% of the storage footprint. The byte-level analysis, conducted September 2-3, 2026, hashed every image with SHA-256 and compared duplicates within and across conversations. The findings raise questions about what OpenAI does with user-submitted image data in coding agent conversations.\n\n## Topics\n\n## Sources\n\n-   Press   [Read article](https://mint.dzgapp.com/build-journey/what-22-gb-of-agent-conversations-is-made-of/)  \n\n## Go deeper\n\nThis intelligence is sourced automatically from public sources across the web and synthesised by the Prefactor AI pipeline. Stories are reviewed before publication.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/analysis-of-22-gb-codex-conversation-data-finds-71-of-storage-is-screenshots", "canonical_source": "https://www.getreadyforagents.com/news/codex-storage-analysis-screenshot-dominance/", "published_at": "2026-09-08 20:05:38+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-08 20:24:33.463438+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-products", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "Codex"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/analysis-of-22-gb-codex-conversation-data-finds-71-of-storage-is-screenshots", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/analysis-of-22-gb-codex-conversation-data-finds-71-of-storage-is-screenshots.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/analysis-of-22-gb-codex-conversation-data-finds-71-of-storage-is-screenshots.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/analysis-of-22-gb-codex-conversation-data-finds-71-of-storage-is-screenshots.jsonld"}}