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felixxia-oai de02016798 Persist explicit user goal edits in model history (#49598)
## Why

User goal edits and clears need to reach the model as user instructions, including when a thread is unloaded or history is being compacted. Automatic goal lifecycle updates must not supply user authorization.

## What changed

- Add optional `origin` values of `user` and `automatic` to `thread/goal/set` and `thread/goal/clear`, and mark TUI goal requests as user actions. Omitted origins do not supply user authorization.
- Persist explicit user objective, status, and clear instructions before changing goal state. Recording failures leave goal state unchanged.
- Coordinate goal edits with thread resume, reload stored history under writer ownership, and preserve edits accepted after the compaction input snapshot.
- Update generated protocol schemas and TypeScript and Python bindings.

## Testing

Add coverage for user edits and clears on loaded and unloaded threads, concurrent path-based resume, exclusion of automatic goals from user instructions, preservation of edits during compaction, and recording failures that leave goal state unchanged.

GitOrigin-RevId: d779d7c678a0c32a6ef76975dbe5b1400d1df245
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OpenAI Codex Python SDK

Build Python applications that start Codex threads, run turns, stream progress, and control workspace access.

Install

Install the SDK:

pip install openai-codex

Quickstart

The SDK reuses your existing Codex authentication when one is already available:

from openai_codex import Codex

with Codex() as codex:
    thread = codex.thread_start()
    result = thread.run("Explain this repository in three bullets.")
    print(result.final_response)

thread.run(...) returns a TurnResult containing the final response, collected items, and token usage.

Authentication

Existing Codex authentication is reused automatically. To start ChatGPT browser login explicitly:

from openai_codex import Codex

with Codex() as codex:
    login = codex.login_chatgpt()
    print(login.auth_url)
    print(login.wait().success)

For device-code login:

with Codex() as codex:
    login = codex.login_chatgpt_device_code()
    print(login.verification_url, login.user_code)
    login.wait()

For API-key login:

with Codex() as codex:
    codex.login_api_key("sk-...")

Built-In Help

Use Python's standard help(openai_codex), help(Codex), or python -m pydoc openai_codex documentation tools.

Documentation

The package is licensed under the repository Apache License 2.0.