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- Added a session-scoped “Allow and remember” option for MCP/App tool approvals, so repeated calls to the same tool can be auto-approved during the session. (#10584) - Added live skill update detection, so skill file changes are picked up without restarting. (#10478) - Added support for mixed text and image content in dynamic tool outputs for app-server integrations. (#10567) - Added a new `/debug-config` slash command in the TUI to inspect effective configuration. (#10642) - Introduced initial memory plumbing (API client + local persistence) to support thread memory summaries. (#10629, #10634) - Added configurable `log_dir` so logs can be redirected (including via `-c` overrides) more easily. (#10678) ## Bug Fixes - Fixed jitter in the TUI apps/connectors picker by stabilizing description-column rendering. (#10593) - Restored and stabilized the TUI “working” status indicator/shimmer during preamble and early exec flows. (#10700, #10701) - Improved cloud requirements reliability with higher timeouts, retries, and corrected precedence over MDM settings. (#10631, #10633, #10659) - Persisted pending-input user events more consistently for mid-turn injected input handling. (#10656) ## Documentation - Documented how to opt in to the experimental app-server API. (#10667) - Updated docs/schema coverage for new `log_dir` configuration behavior. (#10678) ## Chores - Added a gated Bubblewrap (`bwrap`) Linux sandbox path to improve filesystem isolation options. (#9938) - Refactored model client lifecycle to be session-scoped and reduced implicit client state. (#10595, #10664) - Added caching for MCP actions from apps to reduce repeated load latency for users with many installed apps. (#10662) - Added a `none` personality option in protocol/config surfaces. (#10688) ## Changelog Full Changelog: https://github.com/openai/codex/compare/rust-v0.96.0...rust-v0.97.0 - #10595 Stop client from being state carrier @pakrym-oai - #10584 Add option to approve and remember MCP/Apps tool usage @canvrno-oai - #10644 fix: flaky test @jif-oai - #10629 feat: add phase 1 mem client @jif-oai - #10633 Cloud Requirements: take precedence over MDM @gt-oai - #10659 Increase cloud req timeout @gt-oai - #9938 feat(linux-sandbox): add bwrap support @viyatb-oai - #10656 Persist pending input user events @aibrahim-oai - #10634 feat: add phase 1 mem db @jif-oai - #10593 Fix jitter in TUI apps/connectors picker @canvrno-oai - #10662 [apps] Cache MCP actions from apps. @mzeng-openai - #10649 Fix test_shell_command_interruption flake @gt-oai - #10642 Add /debug-config slash command @gt-oai - #10478 Added support for live updates to skills @etraut-openai - #10688 add none personality option @aibrahim-oai - #10567 feat(app-server, core): allow text + image content items for dynamic tool outputs @owenlin0 - #10667 chore(app-server): document experimental API opt-in @owenlin0 - #10664 Session-level model client @pakrym-oai - #10678 feat(core): add configurable log_dir @joshka-oai - #10631 Cloud Requirements: increase timeout and retries @gt-oai - #10650 chore(core) personality migration tests @dylan-hurd-oai - #10701 fix(tui): restore working shimmer after preamble output @joshka-oai - #10700 fix: ensure status indicator present earlier in exec path @sayan-oai
Codex CLI (Rust Implementation)
We provide Codex CLI as a standalone, native executable to ensure a zero-dependency install.
Installing Codex
Today, the easiest way to install Codex is via npm:
npm i -g @openai/codex
codex
You can also install via Homebrew (brew install --cask codex) or download a platform-specific release directly from our GitHub Releases.
Documentation quickstart
- First run with Codex? Start with
docs/getting-started.md(links to the walkthrough for prompts, keyboard shortcuts, and session management). - Want deeper control? See
docs/config.mdanddocs/install.md.
What's new in the Rust CLI
The Rust implementation is now the maintained Codex CLI and serves as the default experience. It includes a number of features that the legacy TypeScript CLI never supported.
Config
Codex supports a rich set of configuration options. Note that the Rust CLI uses config.toml instead of config.json. See docs/config.md for details.
Model Context Protocol Support
MCP client
Codex CLI functions as an MCP client that allows the Codex CLI and IDE extension to connect to MCP servers on startup. See the configuration documentation for details.
MCP server (experimental)
Codex can be launched as an MCP server by running codex mcp-server. This allows other MCP clients to use Codex as a tool for another agent.
Use the @modelcontextprotocol/inspector to try it out:
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector codex mcp-server
Use codex mcp to add/list/get/remove MCP server launchers defined in config.toml, and codex mcp-server to run the MCP server directly.
Notifications
You can enable notifications by configuring a script that is run whenever the agent finishes a turn. The notify documentation includes a detailed example that explains how to get desktop notifications via terminal-notifier on macOS. When Codex detects that it is running under WSL 2 inside Windows Terminal (WT_SESSION is set), the TUI automatically falls back to native Windows toast notifications so approval prompts and completed turns surface even though Windows Terminal does not implement OSC 9.
codex exec to run Codex programmatically/non-interactively
To run Codex non-interactively, run codex exec PROMPT (you can also pass the prompt via stdin) and Codex will work on your task until it decides that it is done and exits. Output is printed to the terminal directly. You can set the RUST_LOG environment variable to see more about what's going on.
Experimenting with the Codex Sandbox
To test to see what happens when a command is run under the sandbox provided by Codex, we provide the following subcommands in Codex CLI:
# macOS
codex sandbox macos [--full-auto] [--log-denials] [COMMAND]...
# Linux
codex sandbox linux [--full-auto] [COMMAND]...
# Windows
codex sandbox windows [--full-auto] [COMMAND]...
# Legacy aliases
codex debug seatbelt [--full-auto] [--log-denials] [COMMAND]...
codex debug landlock [--full-auto] [COMMAND]...
Selecting a sandbox policy via --sandbox
The Rust CLI exposes a dedicated --sandbox (-s) flag that lets you pick the sandbox policy without having to reach for the generic -c/--config option:
# Run Codex with the default, read-only sandbox
codex --sandbox read-only
# Allow the agent to write within the current workspace while still blocking network access
codex --sandbox workspace-write
# Danger! Disable sandboxing entirely (only do this if you are already running in a container or other isolated env)
codex --sandbox danger-full-access
The same setting can be persisted in ~/.codex/config.toml via the top-level sandbox_mode = "MODE" key, e.g. sandbox_mode = "workspace-write".
Code Organization
This folder is the root of a Cargo workspace. It contains quite a bit of experimental code, but here are the key crates:
core/contains the business logic for Codex. Ultimately, we hope this to be a library crate that is generally useful for building other Rust/native applications that use Codex.exec/"headless" CLI for use in automation.tui/CLI that launches a fullscreen TUI built with Ratatui.cli/CLI multitool that provides the aforementioned CLIs via subcommands.