OpenAI Codex CLI rust-v0.162.0

New Features

• Add tools for creating and listing managed Git worktrees from trusted local projects when the worktrees feature is enabled. (#50148)

• Pin tasks in the agent Command Center with p and keep them in a shared Pinned group when supported by the server. (#51500)

• Navigate and copy transcript blocks with /copy, use Ctrl+Insert to copy selections, and tune mouse-wheel scrolling with tui.mouse_scroll_speed. (#50434, #50215, #50209)

• Make URLs clickable in approval headers, questions, MCP prompts, warnings, banners, and verification prompts, including when links wrap across lines. (#51439, #51449, #51450, #51451, #51452, #51458)

• Configure live web access and remote compaction capabilities for custom Responses-compatible model providers. (#50459)

• Add JavaScript helpers for streaming promise results as they settle, plus opt-in ranked tool search in Code Mode. (#51126, #51209)

Bug Fixes

• Respect server model and reasoning-summary defaults for new TUI threads while retaining explicit launch overrides. (#50013, #50811, #50913)

• Preserve existing CRLF line endings in apply_patch updates without requiring an opt-in. (#51203)

• Fix Linux sandbox startup with multiple denied files, reject writable sandbox-construction executables, and keep ripgrep configuration from weakening deny-glob masks. (#50059, #51211, #51407, #51527)

• Restore ordinary drive-letter file access on Windows 10 and match Windows sandbox temp permissions to the child process environment. (#51511, #51512)

• Honor server Retry-After advice for retryable Responses and WebSocket failures. (#50418, #51440)

• Fix archive checksum verification when installing through Windows PowerShell with PowerShell 7 module paths present. (#51257)

Chores

• Publish a signed PowerShell installer with Windows releases. (#51158)

• Keep older stable releases and prereleases from replacing newer stable download targets or installer aliases. (#51186, #51425)

Changelog

Full Changelog: https://github.com/openai/codex/compare/rust-v0.161.0...rust-v0.162.0

• #50013 Honor server model defaults when starting fresh TUI threads @etraut-openai

• #50018 Use descriptor-safe helpers for executable test fixtures @jif-oai

• #50019 Protect the guardian decisions API key from environment forwarding @swastik-oai

• #50026 Preserve user restrictions in Guardian handoff context @jif-oai

• #50035 Follow MCP tool pagination in legacy protocol mode @jif-oai

• #50039 Keep transcript Find results readable after closing the query @fcoury-oai

• #50045 Keep transcript Find expansion scoped to the current match @fcoury-oai

• #50046 Stabilize Windows voice build cache keys across tool reinstalls @anp-oai

• #50050 Keep plugin and skill snapshots scoped to each step @sayan-oai

• #50052 Preserve question context in recovered TUI answer drafts @imac-oai

• #50054 Check token estimate filtering directly on the tracing subscriber @tamird

• #50058 Upgrade Windows bindings to windows-sys 0.61.2 @tamird

• #50059 Fix Linux sandbox startup with multiple denied files @yuzhu-oai

• #50066 Add a bounded Decisions transport for Guardian comparison classification @swastik-oai

• #50082 Enable dynamic tool inheritance for fresh V2 subagents @ke-oai

• #50083 Add paginated reverse lookup for thread attachments @joeytrasatti-openai

• #50087 Preserve queued agent mail across session eviction @jif-oai

• #50093 Prevent shared instruction providers from delegating to themselves @bryanashley

• #50094 Add attachment owner lookup to the app-server @joeytrasatti-openai

• #50099 Add opt-in Decisions comparison for Guardian V2 @swastik-oai

• #50105 Consolidate chat composer footer logic in footer_state @imac-oai

• #50109 Keep fullscreen prompts bounded and scrollable @imac-oai

• #50112 Centralize TUI loading glyphs and frame scheduling @imac-oai

• #50113 Add a native gRPC client for cloud thread resume and attach @bc-openai

• #50128 Expose the model selected for a running turn's next step @sayan-oai

• #50129 Preserve Windows environment variables for remote MCP servers @aidanv-oai

• #50131 Add opt-in JSON diagnostics for TCP tunnels @richardopenai

• #50140 Use the server permission catalog for TUI permission shortcuts @etraut-openai

• #50148 Add managed worktree tools to the TUI @bc-openai

• #50162 Bound in-flight file opens in exec-server @anp-oai

• #50166 Upgrade age to 0.12.1 and remove the obsolete advisory exception @michaelm-openai

• #50177 Enable writable file streaming in exec-server @anp-oai

• #50183 Add dots to issue labeler guidance @etraut-openai

• #50189 Replace the Figma OAuth exception with Mercado Pago @mzeng-openai

• #50199 Restore the account email in /status after account updates @etraut-openai

• #50200 Report the configured TUI mode in codex doctor @etraut-openai

• #50207 Release stable Markdown tables into scrollback during streaming @etraut-openai

• #50209 Make transcript mouse scroll speed configurable @etraut-openai

• #50215 Support Ctrl+Insert for copying TUI selections @etraut-openai

• #50216 Use the shared text editor for command-center task renaming @bc-openai

• #50219 Bound tmux option probes to one second @etraut-openai

• #50273 Record Guardian V2 Decisions agreement and latency metrics @swastik-oai

• #50339 Add end-to-end coverage for MCP sandbox state enforcement @bolinfest

• #50345 Keep the subagent picker consistent with thread archive state @etraut-openai

• #50348 Back off automatic remote control reconnects with jitter @cooper-oai

• #50354 Skip unrelated subtrees during config alias normalization @btraut-openai

• #50359 Render ANSI styles in TUI hook system messages @etraut-openai

• #50360 Remove initial messages from session configuration events @owenlin0

• #50375 Use printable ASCII terminal titles under GNU Screen @imac-oai

• #50380 Fix thread unloading after disconnect during MCP startup @yuzhu-oai

• #50384 Allow opting into 16 KiB ARM64 code pages for macOS signing @chess-oai