OpenAI Codex CLI

New Features

• Added an interactive codex agents dashboard for searching, starting, opening, renaming, and stopping tasks, with configurable shortcuts. (#39094, #39112, #39114, #39142)

• Added /cd, /pwd, and /cwd commands for managing the working directory in TUI sessions. (#38894)

• Added codex queue for sending messages to existing local or remote sessions. (#39092)

• Expanded Vim editing with character replacement and more change motions such as cw, c$, and cc. (#39661)

• codex doctor now diagnoses endpoint protection, network/proxy failures, desktop app state, and update connectivity. (#38827, #38918, #39060, #39074)

• SDK users can now pass exact CLI config overrides and select max or ultra reasoning effort. (#38817, #39662)

Bug Fixes

• Queued messages now wake idle sessions reliably, resolve duplicate session names more usefully, and preserve pasted or deferred command semantics. (#39034, #39385, #39604)

• Resumed and forked threads now restore their active permission profile instead of silently falling back to current defaults. (#39153)

New Features

• Export complete TUI conversations to Markdown with /export, either to the clipboard or a new file. (#37358)

• Fork sessions with codex exec fork, and archive or restore sessions from the TUI resume picker. (#37367, #37369, #37371)

• Draft prompts while the TUI initializes, with resume and fork progress shown during startup. (#38642, #38788)

• View estimated thread credits or cost in /status, status lines, and terminal titles for eligible workspaces. (#38281, #38282)

• Use Amazon Bedrock Runtime as a built-in provider with AWS profile, region, and GPT-5.6 routing support. (#38470)

• Hooks can now run commands asynchronously and invoke MCP tools. (#37533, #38705)

Bug Fixes

• Model switches and settings updates no longer leave stale instructions behind or change an active turn midstream. (#37260, #38785)

• Resumed sessions now restore their persisted working directory and approval policy, with more accurate transcript previews. (#37198, #37368, #38605)

• Turns reconnect through temporary provider outages, and MCP servers recover after OAuth reauthentication without restarting Codex. (#37337, #37485, #38418)