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rollout file
The session log Codex writes under ~/.codex/sessions, carrying cumulative token totals and rate-limit readings for that account rather than per-message deltas.
also written as rollout jsonl · rollout log
Related terms
JSONLA text file format storing one JSON object per line rather than a single nested document, making it easy to append events without rewriting the whole file.view termaccount-level quota reportingA usage field that reflects the state of an entire account at the moment it was written, rather than the specific session that triggered the write, which can make readings appear to go backward when sessions overlap.view termcumulative token usageA usage total that accumulates across an entire session rather than resetting per message, making it hard to compare directly against tools that log per-message deltas.view termstale readA logged value that reflects an earlier state than one already recorded, typically because two concurrent processes each wrote what they last observed and the older write landed on disk after the newer one.view termused_percentThe field Codex writes into its rollout log reporting how much of the current rate-limit window an account has consumed, expressed as a percentage rather than a token count.view term
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