Codex++ 0.1.7

Codex++ 0.1.7 is a compatibility and release-hardening update for current Codex Desktop builds. It restores Settings sidebar injection on the latest Windows Settings UI, makes the main-process hook patcher more resilient to Codex minification changes, improves failure output for future installer issues, and makes extension updates easier to see from Settings.

Highlights

• Fixed Settings sidebar detection for current Codex Desktop by scoring known Settings navigation labels instead of requiring the old Back to app label.
• Fixed the Codex window-services patch for builds whose service factory object properties are reordered, quoted, or emitted with extra whitespace.
• Added detailed window-services patch diagnostics: candidate files scanned, byte size, existing marker state, object factory counts, buildFlavor counts, matched service fingerprints, parser errors, and nearby source snippets.
• Broadened Vite main-bundle candidate discovery to include main.js, main-*.js, and main.*.js.
• Removed Codex startup/composer performance patching from the installer.
• Improved self-update command failures by including captured stdout and stderr tails for dependency install, build, and repair steps.
• Made local macOS signing identity export/import use a generated PKCS#12 password and redact that secret from command failure messages.
• Added codexplusplus install --local and codexplusplus repair --local as an opt-in stable local macOS signing path. Ad-hoc signing remains the default to avoid Keychain identity prompts.
• Added a solid blue Update pill in the Codex++ Settings sidebar that opens the GitHub Releases page.
• Added a Tweak Store sidebar badge showing how many installed tweaks have newer approved versions.
• Cleaned up Windows uninstall by removing Codex++ Explorer context-menu entries.
• Improved runtime cleanup after older sudo/elevated installs and made temporary asar cleanup retry before falling back to best-effort removal.

For Windows Users

This release targets the Codex Windows build family that reported:

:::text
Codex window services hook point not found
Platform: win32
Arch: x64
Node: v26.0.0

The installer now handles Codex bundles where minification changes the service factory shape without changing the underlying window-service fields. If a future Codex build still cannot be patched, the failure report now includes enough bundle diagnostics to update the patcher without guessing.

Settings Injection

The Settings injector now recognizes the Settings sidebar using a normalized label score. It accepts platform- and feature-dependent Settings lists such as General, Appearance, Configuration, Personalization, MCP servers, Git, Usage, Browser use, Computer use, Worktrees, Skills, Plugins, and Connections.

This avoids depending on labels that are no longer stable across current Codex Desktop builds.

Install And Update

Homebrew:

:::sh
brew install b-nnett/codex-plusplus/codexplusplus
codexplusplus install

Bun:

:::sh
bun install -g github:b-nnett/codex-plusplus#0.1.7
export PATH="$HOME/.bun/bin:$PATH"
codexplusplus install

Existing Codex++ installs can update with:

:::sh
codexplusplus update

Repair uses ad-hoc signing by default. To explicitly try the stable local signing identity on macOS:

:::sh
codexplusplus repair --local

Safe mode can be exited with:

:::sh
codexplusplus safe-mode --off

Verification

Before cutting 0.1.7, run:

:::sh
npm test
npm run build