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https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/11318 introduced logic to publish platform artifacts as separate npm packages (for example, `@openai/codex-darwin-arm64`, `@openai/codex-linux-x64`, etc.). That requires provisioning and maintaining multiple package entries in npm, which would be nice to avoid. We still need to keep the package-size mitigation (platform-specific payloads), but we want that layout to live under a single npm package namespace (`@openai/codex`) using dist-tags. We also need to preserve pre-release workflows where users install `@openai/codex@alpha` and get platform-appropriate binaries. ## Release Strategy (New Scheme) We publish **one npm package name for Codex binaries** (`@openai/codex`) and use **dist-tags** to select platform-specific payloads. This avoids creating separate platform package names while keeping the package size split by platform. ### What gets published #### Mainline release (`x.y.z`) - `@openai/codex@latest` (meta package) - `@openai/codex@darwin-arm64` - `@openai/codex@darwin-x64` - `@openai/codex@linux-arm64` - `@openai/codex@linux-x64` - `@openai/codex@win32-arm64` - `@openai/codex@win32-x64` - `@openai/codex-responses-api-proxy@latest` - `@openai/codex-sdk@latest` #### Alpha release (`x.y.z-alpha.N`) - `@openai/codex@alpha` (meta package) - `@openai/codex@alpha-darwin-arm64` - `@openai/codex@alpha-darwin-x64` - `@openai/codex@alpha-linux-arm64` - `@openai/codex@alpha-linux-x64` - `@openai/codex@alpha-win32-arm64` - `@openai/codex@alpha-win32-x64` - `@openai/codex-responses-api-proxy@alpha` - `@openai/codex-sdk@alpha` ### Important note **Note:** Because we never created the new packages on npm for, e.g., `@openai/codex-darwin-arm64`, since #11318 was merged, there are no npm packages to "clean up" as a result of this change. ## What changed ### 1. Stage platform tarballs as `@openai/codex` with platform-specific versions File: `codex-cli/scripts/build_npm_package.py` - Added `CODEX_NPM_NAME = "@openai/codex"` and platform metadata `npm_tag` values: - `darwin-arm64`, `darwin-x64`, `linux-arm64`, `linux-x64`, `win32-arm64`, `win32-x64` - For platform package staging (`codex-<platform>` inputs), switched generated `package.json` from: - `name = @openai/codex-<platform>` to: - `name = @openai/codex` - Added `compute_platform_package_version(version, platform_tag)` to make platform tarball versions unique (`<release-version>-<platform-tag>`), because npm does not allow publishing the same `name@version` repeatedly for multiple platform artifacts. ### 2. Point meta package optional dependencies at dist-tags on `@openai/codex` File: `codex-cli/scripts/build_npm_package.py` - Updated `optionalDependencies` generation for the main `codex` package to use npm alias syntax: - key remains alias package name (e.g. `@openai/codex-darwin-arm64`), preserving runtime lookup behavior - value now resolves to `@openai/codex` by dist-tag - Stable releases now emit: - `npm:@openai/codex@darwin-arm64`, etc. - Alpha releases (`x.y.z-alpha.N`) now emit: - `npm:@openai/codex@alpha-darwin-arm64`, etc. ### 3. Publish with per-tarball dist-tags in release CI File: `.github/workflows/rust-release.yml` - Reworked npm publish step to derive publish tag per tarball filename: - platform tarballs publish with `<platform>` tags for stable releases - platform tarballs publish with `alpha-<platform>` tags for alpha releases - top-level tarballs (`codex`, `codex-responses-api-proxy`, `codex-sdk`) continue using the release tag policy (`latest` implicit for stable, `alpha` for alpha) - Added fail-fast behavior for unexpected tarball names to avoid silent mispublishes. ### 4. Documentation update File: `codex-cli/scripts/README.md` - Updated release staging description to reflect that platform-native variants are published as dist-tagged `@openai/codex` artifacts rather than separate npm package names. ## Resulting behavior - Mainline release: - `@openai/codex@latest` resolves meta package - meta package optional deps reference `@openai/codex@<platform-tag>` - Alpha release: - users can continue installing `@openai/codex@alpha` - alpha meta package optional deps reference `@openai/codex@alpha-<platform-tag>` This preserves platform-specific payload distribution while eliminating the need to manage a separate npm package per platform. ## Validation notes - Verified staged `package.json` output for stable and alpha meta packages includes expected alias targets. - Verified staged platform package manifests are `name=@openai/codex` with unique platform-suffixed versions. - Verified release publish tag derivation logic maps tarball names to expected stable and alpha platform tags.