OpenAI Codex CLI Files

New Features

• Browse older tasks in the agent command center with a keyboard-accessible “Show more” action. (#49106)
• Select transcript text and paste with middle-click in fullscreen mode on supported local Linux X11 terminals. (#49112)
• Start sessions outside a project with workspace defaults when policy permits, and restore saved permissions when resuming. (#49160)
• Added opt-in Guardian review capabilities to retrieve earlier user instructions and include context from agent handoffs. (#49036, [#49057])

Bug Fixes

• Unsent queued messages now resume after reconnection once uncertain submissions are resolved, avoiding duplicate sends. (#49105)
• The terminal UI now preserves server provider, reasoning-summary, and verbosity settings and shows the correct sessions in resume and fork history. (#49144, [#49161], [#49171])
• Fixed Windows sandbox PowerShell fallbacks and long-path permission repairs, and suppressed unwanted console windows from background helpers. (#49019, [#49058], [#49098], [#49164], [#49386])
• Subagents now retain environments that are still starting and receive their configuration or preparation failure. (#49075)
• Prevented SQLite stalls during connection setup and logging, and surfaced initialization errors instead of masking them as timeouts. (#49032, [#49102])
• Explicit provider model catalogs no longer include unsupported bundled models or reuse stale entries after refresh failures. (#49135)

Documentation

• Clarified how provider credentials use the configured storage backend and how env_key identifies the API-key environment variable. (#49118)

Chores

• Reduced repeated plugin-loading work by caching parsed manifests and reusing HTTP connections for remote plugin requests. (#49099, [#49100])
• Added background reclamation of unused log database space to reduce disk usage. (#49069)

Changelog

Full Changelog: https://github.com/openai/codex/compare/rust-v0.159.0...rust-v0.160.0

• [#48983] Avoid full metadata rewrites for thread timestamp updates @jif-oai
• [#49000] Isolate the memory startup metadata test from Git enrichment @jif-oai
• [#49019] Use a compatible PowerShell fallback for the Windows MXC sandbox @iceweasel-oai
• [#49028] Use the numeric ioctl value in the macOS sandbox policy @aionescu-oai
• [#49031] Clarify ChatGPT sign-in success copy @bc-openai
• [#49032] Avoid SQLite stalls from connection setup and stderr span logging @jif-oai
• [#49036] Add opt-in conversation history retrieval to Guardian reviews @felixxia-oai
• [#49037] Show the Plan mode cycling hint in the fullscreen status line @fcoury-oai
• [#49038] Preserve encrypted agent messages in Guardian reviews @felixxia-oai
• [#49041] Copy selections within inline code as plain text @fcoury-oai
• [#49043] Update Pro plan display names in the TUI @etraut-openai
• [#49057] Add handoff-aware root context for Guardian reviews @jif-oai
• [#49058] Fix Windows sandbox ACL repair for long runtime paths @darius-oai
• [#49060] Update Guardian messaging snapshots for native agent messages @dkovalenko-oai
• [#49065] Update Guardian handoff snapshot for separate agent messages @cassirer-openai
• [#49067] Keep configuration values out of Windows sandbox policy events @zm-oai
• [#49069] Reclaim unused SQLite log database pages in the background @dkovalenko-oai
• [#49073] Surface realtime voice catalog failures in the TUI @etraut-openai
• [#49074] Propagate Cargo package versions to Bazel Rust targets @tamird
• [#49075] Preserve pending environments when spawning subagents @sayan-oai
• [#49076] Avoid collecting unused Git metadata in skill analytics @tamird
• [#49079] Update and centralize TUI subscription labels @etraut-openai
• [#49082] Skip remote Git discovery for Guardian diff paths @jif-oai
• [#49084] Track app-server running turns incrementally @tamird
• [#49089] Render follow-up directive labels in the TUI and copied responses @etraut-openai
• [#49093] Simplify startup promotions to platform-specific desktop app tips @etraut-openai
• [#49096] Update h2 from 0.4.16 to 0.4.19 in Cargo and Bazel lockfiles @cassirer-openai
• [#49097] Notify lifecycle extensions of compaction usage limits @xli-oai
• [#49098] Resolve Windows sandbox PowerShell fallbacks on the exec server @zm-oai
• [#49099] Cache parsed plugin manifests across plugin workflows @dkovalenko-oai
• [#49100] Reuse the HTTP connection pool for remote plugin requests @dkovalenko-oai
• [#49102] Preserve SQLite vacuum modes and surface pool initialization errors @bc-openai
• [#49103] Balance Windows Bazel test shards using duration estimates @jgershen-oai
• [#49105] Resume unsent TUI input after reconnecting @etraut-openai
• [#49106] Add history pagination to the agent command center @bc-openai
• [#49112] Add X11 primary selection and middle-click paste support @fcoury-oai
• [#49114] Point remote compaction tests at the mock ChatGPT server @OLI-OAI
• [#49117] Attribute analytics requests to each thread's product SKU @papayo-oai
• [#49118] Correct provider authentication storage documentation @celia-oai
• [#49119] Add recovery guidance to content-filter retries @won-openai
• [#49127] Deduplicate cloud and executor skill listings before budgeting @TAFOYA-OAI
• [#49130] Move content-filter guidance into the shared Responses retry handler @won-openai
• [#49135] Treat explicit provider model catalogs as authoritative @andrewgu-oai
• [#49136] Remove the plus separator after Option symbols in TUI key hints @bc-openai
• [#49138] Expose original error details to turn lifecycle contributors @bryanashley
• [#49144] Preserve server reasoning summary and verbosity settings in the TUI @etraut-openai
• [#49145] Hide reasoning summary settings in /status for server connections @etraut-openai
• [#49147] Simplify cloud task base URL normalization @akira-oai
• [#49153] Omit blockquote markers when copying quoted selections in the TUI @bc-openai
• [#49160] Support projectless TUI sessions with workspace defaults @etraut-openai
• [#49161] Honor app-server provider defaults in the TUI @etraut-openai
• [#49164] Suppress Windows console windows for background subprocesses @etraut-openai
• [#49171] Fix model provider lookup for TUI history @etraut-openai
• [#49386] [0.160] Backport remaining Windows console fix to frozen alpha.6 @andrewgu-oai
• [#49763] [0.160] Backport maintenance-line catalog and security reminder updates @andrewgu-oai