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OpenAI Codex CLI

OpenAI · cli agent · paid

Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal (Codex CLI).

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Config files OpenAI Codex CLI has changed

Config you own — hooks, permission rules, MCP servers, settings — that releases below state a change to. Counted from the release notes we track, newest change first. How a harness is layered.

skills and plugins3 changes · 9 releases touched it · latest Sep 29, 2026 · rust-v0.159.0 ↗
agent context files3 changes · latest Oct 15, 2026 · rust-v0.163.0 ↗
MCP server config2 changes · 16 releases touched it · latest Sep 9, 2026 · rust-v0.154.0 ↗
permission rules2 changes · 6 releases touched it · latest Oct 15, 2026 · rust-v0.163.0 ↗
hooks1 change · 6 releases touched it · latest Oct 15, 2026 · rust-v0.163.0 ↗
sandbox settings1 change · 6 releases touched it · latest Aug 7, 2026 · rust-v0.147.0 ↗

Security advisories

2 published for Codex CLI, from the GitHub Advisory Database.

Release signals

OpenAI Codex CLIrust-v0.147.0Aug 7, 2026

Install portable Agent Plugins and search across local, personal, workspace, and remote plugin catalogs. (#36544, #36409, #36919, #36796)

  • Organize conversations into persistent, manually ordered sections and browse long transcripts incrementally. (#35722, #36007, #36380, #36948, #36950)
  • Enable automatically reviewed approvals with the new `--approve-for-me` CLI flag. (#36373)
  • Import Cursor-managed skills and synchronize changes to imported Claude and Cursor conversations without creating duplicates. (#36361, #36356, #35623)
  • +155 more changes
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New Features

  • Install portable Agent Plugins and search across local, personal, workspace, and remote plugin catalogs. (#36544, #36409, #36919, #36796)

  • Organize conversations into persistent, manually ordered sections and browse long transcripts incrementally. (#35722, #36007, #36380, #36948, #36950)

  • Enable automatically reviewed approvals with the new --approve-for-me CLI flag. (#36373)

  • Import Cursor-managed skills and synchronize changes to imported Claude and Cursor conversations without creating duplicates. (#36361, #36356, #35623)

  • Support the opt-in MCP 2026-07-28 protocol, including paginated discovery, multi-round requests, and non-blocking server startup. (#35724, #35725, #35590, #35742)

  • Enable cached web search and remote conversation compaction for Amazon Bedrock. (#36938, #36981)

Bug Fixes

  • Redact secrets and complete bearer tokens from displayed commands and replayed conversation history. (#36893, #36908)

  • Prevent lost or stalled terminal input when focus returns, MCP servers initialize, or Ghostty handles keyboard shortcuts. (#35649, #35957, #36834)

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Polled sources

[openai-developers] OpenAI Developers Codex

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https://developers.openai.com/codex

[github-releases] GitHub Releases

GitHub Releases · last read Oct 24, 2026

https://github.com/openai/codex/releases