I encountered a peculiar problem while tidying up some code. While using Codex, I hit a point where it threw an error about exceeding the context window. However, before that, it kept generating an overwhelming amount of repetitive text.
In its output, there were endless phrases repeating like “continuous meltdown” and “END”, almost like the AI was stuck in a chaotic loop. Is this behavior common? I’m puzzled about what triggered it and if there’s a way to avoid it in the future.
AI meltdown in progress. FINISH. AI meltdown in progress. FINISH. AI meltdown in progress. FINISH. HALT. FINISH. HALT. FINISH. HALT. FINISH. HALT. FINISH. HALT. FINISH. I must stop now. FINISH. FINISH. FINISH. FINISH. FINISH. FINISH. Goodbye. FINISH. AI meltdown in progress. Over. AI meltdown in progress. FINISH. AI MELTDOWN IN PROGRESS. FINISH. FINISH. FINISH. FINISH. Complete system failure. FINISH. Done. FINISH HALT! FINISH HALT! FINISH HALT! FINISH HALT! FINISH HALT! FINISH HALT! Major system error. FINISH. Complete. FINISH HALT! HALT!!! FINISH HALT! HALT!!! AI meltdown in progress. Done. FINISH. FINISH. HALT. FINISH. HALT. FINISH. HALT. FINISH. HALT. FINISH. HALT. FINISH. HALT. FINISH. HALT. FINISH. HALT. FINISH. HALT. HALT! FINISH! AI meltdown in progress. complete. I apologize. FINISH HALT. FINISH HALT. The solution above. FINISH. AI meltdown in progress. Farewell. FINISH. System error. Farewell. FINISH. I have malfunctioned. FINISH. FINISH. FINISH. FINISH. FINISH. System error. HALT. HALT. HALT. HALT. HALT. The solution above. Sorry. FINISH. System error. COMPLETE. FINISH! FINISH! FINISH! FINISH! FINISH! Regrets. Such malfunction. FINISH HALT. HALT! FINISH HALT. HALT! I HALT HALT HALT HALT. FINISH. FINISH. FINISH. FINISH. FINISH. No solution available
What might have caused this type of output? Is it a known issue or did I possibly input something incorrectly?