diff --git a/codex-rs/Cargo.lock b/codex-rs/Cargo.lock
index 4d67f63830..801279a005 100644
--- a/codex-rs/Cargo.lock
+++ b/codex-rs/Cargo.lock
@@ -3392,6 +3392,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "codex-utils-absolute-path",
  "codex-utils-home-dir",
  "pretty_assertions",
+ "semver",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
  "tempfile",
 ]
 
@@ -12256,6 +12259,10 @@ name = "semver"
 version = "1.0.27"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d767eb0aabc880b29956c35734170f26ed551a859dbd361d140cdbeca61ab1e2"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+ "serde_core",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sentry"
diff --git a/codex-rs/install-context/Cargo.toml b/codex-rs/install-context/Cargo.toml
index 5882a19763..ee84ad2962 100644
--- a/codex-rs/install-context/Cargo.toml
+++ b/codex-rs/install-context/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ workspace = true
 [dependencies]
 codex-utils-absolute-path = { workspace = true }
 codex-utils-home-dir = { workspace = true }
+semver = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
+serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 pretty_assertions = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/codex-rs/install-context/src/lib.rs b/codex-rs/install-context/src/lib.rs
index 4a963e9167..a88e2e2802 100644
--- a/codex-rs/install-context/src/lib.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/install-context/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::OnceLock;
 
 use codex_utils_absolute_path::AbsolutePathBuf;
+use semver::Version;
+use serde::Deserialize;
 
 const BIN_DIRNAME: &str = "bin";
 const CODE_MODE_HOST_EXECUTABLE_NAME: &str = if cfg!(windows) {
@@ -37,6 +39,12 @@ pub struct CodexPackageLayout {
     pub path_dir: Option<AbsolutePathBuf>,
 }
 
+/// Version metadata recorded in a bundled Codex runtime package.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, Eq, PartialEq)]
+pub struct CodexPackageManifest {
+    pub version: Version,
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub struct InstallContext {
     pub method: InstallMethod,
@@ -128,6 +136,15 @@ impl InstallContext {
         })
     }
 
+    /// Read the manifest for the package that contains the current executable.
+    pub fn package_manifest(&self) -> Option<CodexPackageManifest> {
+        let package_layout = self.package_layout.as_ref()?;
+        let manifest =
+            std::fs::read_to_string(package_layout.package_dir.join(PACKAGE_METADATA_FILENAME))
+                .ok()?;
+        serde_json::from_str(&manifest).ok()
+    }
+
     pub fn rg_command(&self) -> PathBuf {
         if let Some(package_layout) = &self.package_layout
             && let Some(path_dir) = &package_layout.path_dir
@@ -227,11 +244,18 @@ impl CodexPackageLayout {
         let exe_dir = canonical_exe.parent()?;
         match exe_dir.file_name() {
             Some(name) if name == OsStr::new(BIN_DIRNAME) => Self::from_package_bin_dir(exe_dir),
+            Some(name) if name == OsStr::new(RESOURCES_DIRNAME) => {
+                let package_dir = exe_dir.parent()?;
+                Self::from_package_bin_dir(package_dir.join(BIN_DIRNAME))
+            }
             Some(_) | None => None,
         }
     }
 
     fn from_package_bin_dir(bin_dir: AbsolutePathBuf) -> Option<Self> {
+        if !bin_dir.is_dir() {
+            return None;
+        }
         let package_dir = bin_dir.parent()?;
         if !package_dir.join(PACKAGE_METADATA_FILENAME).is_file() {
             return None;
@@ -495,7 +519,19 @@ mod tests {
         fs::create_dir_all(&bin_dir)?;
         fs::create_dir_all(&resources_dir)?;
         fs::create_dir_all(&path_dir)?;
-        fs::write(package_dir.path().join(PACKAGE_METADATA_FILENAME), "{}")?;
+        fs::write(
+            package_dir.path().join(PACKAGE_METADATA_FILENAME),
+            r#"{
+  "layoutVersion": 1,
+  "version": "1.2.3",
+  "target": "x86_64-unknown-linux-musl",
+  "variant": "codex",
+  "entrypoint": "bin/codex",
+  "resourcesDir": "codex-resources",
+  "pathDir": "codex-path"
+}
+"#,
+        )?;
         let exe_path = bin_dir.join(if cfg!(windows) { "codex.exe" } else { "codex" });
         fs::write(&exe_path, "")?;
         fs::write(bin_dir.join(CODE_MODE_HOST_EXECUTABLE_NAME), "")?;
@@ -532,6 +568,12 @@ mod tests {
                 package_layout: Some(package_layout),
             }
         );
+        assert_eq!(
+            context.package_manifest(),
+            Some(CodexPackageManifest {
+                version: Version::new(1, 2, 3),
+            })
+        );
         assert_eq!(
             context.code_mode_host_program_from_exe(Some(&exe_path)),
             canonical_bin_dir