This is PR 2 of the Python SDK PyPI publishing split. [PR
1](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/18862) refreshed the generated
SDK bindings; this PR makes the runtime package itself publishable, and
PR 3 will wire the SDK package/version pinning to this runtime package.
## Summary
- Rename the runtime distribution to `openai-codex-cli-bin` while
keeping the import package as `codex_cli_bin`.
- Make the runtime package wheel-only and build `py3-none-<platform>`
wheels instead of interpreter-specific wheels.
- Add `stage-runtime --codex-version` and `--platform-tag` so release
staging can produce the platform wheel matrix from Codex release tags.
- Add focused artifact workflow tests for version normalization,
platform tag injection, and runtime wheel metadata.
## Why Rename
There is already an unofficial PyPI package,
[`codex-bin`](https://pypi.org/project/codex-bin/), distributing OpenAI
Codex binaries. Publishing the official SDK runtime dependency as
`openai-codex-cli-bin` makes the ownership clear, avoids confusing the
SDK-pinned runtime wheel with that unowned wrapper, and keeps the import
package unchanged as `codex_cli_bin`.
## Tests
- `uv run --extra dev pytest
tests/test_artifact_workflow_and_binaries.py` -> 21 passed
- `uv run --extra dev python scripts/update_sdk_artifacts.py
stage-runtime /tmp/codex-python-pr2-rebased/runtime-stage
/tmp/codex-python-pr2-rebased/codex --codex-version
rust-v0.116.0-alpha.1 --platform-tag macosx_11_0_arm64`
- `uv run --with build --extra dev python -m build --wheel
/tmp/codex-python-pr2-rebased/runtime-stage`
- `uv run --with twine --extra dev twine check
/tmp/codex-python-pr2-rebased/runtime-stage/dist/openai_codex_cli_bin-0.116.0a1-py3-none-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl`
## Note
- Full `uv run --extra dev pytest` currently fails because regenerating
from schemas already on `main` adds new DeviceKey Python types. I left
that generated catch-up out of this runtime-only PR.
## Summary
This updates the embedded `imagegen` system skill in `codex-rs/skills`
with the ImageGen 2 skill changes from `openai/skills-internal#87`.
The bundled skill now keeps normal image generation/editing on the
built-in `image_gen` path, updates the CLI fallback defaults to
`gpt-image-2`, and routes explicit transparent-output requests through
`gpt-image-1.5` with clear guidance that `gpt-image-2` does not support
transparent backgrounds.
## Details
- Update `SKILL.md` routing guidance for built-in vs CLI fallback
behavior.
- Update CLI/API references for `gpt-image-2` size constraints, quality
options, near-4K sizes, and unsupported options.
- Update `scripts/image_gen.py` defaults and validation:
- default model `gpt-image-2`
- default size `auto`
- default quality `medium`
- reject transparent backgrounds on `gpt-image-2`
- reject `input_fidelity` on `gpt-image-2`
- validate flexible `gpt-image-2` sizes and suggest `3824x2160` /
`2160x3824` for near-4K requests
- Update prompt/reference docs with the new model and routing guidance.
## Validation
- `cargo test -p codex-skills`
- `git diff --check`
- Manual CLI dry-runs for:
- default `gpt-image-2` payload
- `3824x2160` near-4K size acceptance
- `3840x2160` rejection with near-4K guidance
- transparent background rejection on `gpt-image-2`
- transparent background acceptance on `gpt-image-1.5`
- `input_fidelity` rejection on `gpt-image-2`
Bazel target check was not run locally because `bazel` is not installed
in this environment.
## Summary
- Teach app-server `thread/list` to accept either a single `cwd` or an
array of cwd filters, returning threads whose recorded session cwd
matches any requested path
- Add `useStateDbOnly` as an explicit opt-in fast path for callers that
want to answer `thread/list` from SQLite without scanning JSONL rollout
files
- Preserve backwards compatibility: by default, `thread/list` still
scans JSONL rollouts and repairs SQLite state
- Wire the new cwd array and SQLite-only options through app-server,
local/remote thread-store, rollout listing, generated TypeScript/schema
fixtures, proto output, and docs
## Test Plan
- `cargo test -p codex-app-server-protocol`
- `cargo test -p codex-rollout`
- `cargo test -p codex-thread-store`
- `cargo test -p codex-app-server thread_list`
- `just fmt`
- `just fix -p codex-app-server-protocol -p codex-rollout -p
codex-thread-store -p codex-app-server`
- `cargo build -p codex-cli --bin codex`
## Why
Guardian analytics includes time-to-first-token, but the Guardian
reviewer runs as a normal Codex session and `TurnCompleteEvent` did not
expose TTFT. The timing needs to flow through the standard
turn-completion protocol so Guardian review analytics can consume the
same value as the rest of the session machinery.
## What changed
Adds optional `time_to_first_token_ms` to `TurnCompleteEvent` and
populates it from `TurnTiming`. The value is carried through app-server
thread history, rollout reconstruction, TUI/app-server adapters, and
Guardian review session handling.
Guardian review analytics now captures TTFT from the reviewer
turn-complete event when available. Existing tests and fixtures are
updated to set the new optional field to `None` where TTFT is not
relevant.
## Verification
- `cargo clippy -p codex-tui --tests -- -D warnings`
- `cargo clippy -p codex-core --lib --tests -- -D warnings`
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## Why
The Guardian review event needs to report whether the action shown to
Guardian was truncated. That field should come from the same truncation
path used to build the Guardian prompt, rather than being inferred after
the fact.
## What changed
Plumbs truncation metadata through Guardian action formatting, prompt
construction, review session execution, and analytics emission.
`guardian_truncate_text` now reports both the rendered text and whether
it inserted the truncation marker, and `reviewed_action_truncated` is
set from that prompt-building result.
This keeps the analytics field aligned with the model-visible reviewed
action while preserving the existing Guardian prompt behavior.
## Verification
- Guardian truncation tests cover both truncated and non-truncated
action payloads.
- Guardian review tests assert the review session metadata and
truncation field are propagated.
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## Why
Guardian approvals now run as review sessions, but Codex analytics did
not have a terminal event for those reviews. That made it hard to
measure approval outcomes, failure modes, Guardian session reuse, model
metadata, token usage, and timing separately from the parent turn.
## What changed
Adds `codex_guardian_review` analytics emission for Guardian approval
reviews. The event is emitted from the Guardian review path with review
identity, target item id, approval request source, a PII-minimized
reviewed-action shape, terminal decision/status, failure reason,
Guardian assessment fields, Guardian session metadata, token usage, and
timing metadata.
The reviewed-action payload intentionally omits high-risk fields such as
shell commands, working directories, argv, file paths, network
targets/hosts, rationale, retry reason, and permission justifications.
It also classifies prompt-build failures separately from Guardian
session/runtime failures so fail-closed cases are distinguishable in
analytics.
## Verification
- Guardian review analytics tests cover terminal success,
timeout/cancel/fail-closed paths, session metadata, and token usage
plumbing.
- `cargo clippy -p codex-core --lib --tests -- -D warnings`
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