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The Codex Changelog

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The Codex Changelog is an unofficial podcast discussing the fast-moving world of OpenAI's Codex. As new features ship and workflows change almost overnight, this show keeps track of everything new being added to Codex and how to best take advantage of the new features.

Codex Changelog for builders, developers, product people, and anyone trying to stay current while AI keeps accelerating.

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Episodes60

  • June 23 · 7 min

    Codex 0.142.0: Delegation Controls, Budget Caps, and TUI Fixes

    We break down Codex 0.142.0’s new delegation modes, including disabled, explicit-request-only, and proactive, plus the rollout token budget system that tracks spend across entire agent threads. The episode also covers Linux TUI redraw fixes, resilient std

  • June 21 · 5 min

    Codex Alpha Regressions: Missing Tools and Windows SSH Timeouts

    We dig into a severe 0.142.0-alpha.1 regression that wipes out local thread-management tools, breaking multi-agent handoffs and leaving sessions with zero dynamic tools. The episode also covers Windows Remote SSH sandbox timeouts in 0.142.0-alpha.6, curre

  • June 20 · 7 min

    Codex Exec Gets Hook Trust Persistence and P-521 Proxy Support

    We break down the latest codex exec security hardening, including persistent hook trust across thread yields, strict PostToolUse rejection blocks, and configuration tips for local .codex setups. We also cover enterprise-ready TLS support for P-521 proxies

  • June 19 · 6 min

    Fixing the Codex CLI Windows Hang

    This episode breaks down a silent Codex CLI hang on Windows caused by malformed local JSONL session logs, often triggered by PowerShell encoding issues and unescaped tool output. It also covers how to diagnose corrupted transcripts, recover a stuck sessio

  • June 18 · 5 min

    Codex 0.141.0: Encrypted Relays, Safer State, Smarter TUI

    This episode breaks down the major reliability and workflow upgrades in Codex 0.141.0, including end-to-end encrypted Noise relay transport, structured remote path handling, and native shell detection on remote hosts. It also covers SQLite WAL corruption

  • June 17 · 7 min

    Codex CLI 0.141.0: Granular Permissions and Safer Configs

    We break down Codex CLI 0.141.0’s biggest updates, including parameter-aware tool permissions for tighter subagent and file access control. The episode also covers nested .codex config resolution, namespace-safe skills, partial stream recovery, WSL2 fixes

  • June 16 · 6 min

    Codex CLI 0.140.0: /import, Encryption, and Self-Healing State

    Codex CLI 0.140.0 adds a /import command for teams moving from Claude Code, plus stronger handling for permissions and hardcoded paths during migration. The update also brings encrypted local token storage, self-healing SQLite recovery, a new /usage break

  • June 15 · 5 min

    Fixing Codex Alpha Windows Sandbox Bugs

    This episode tackles a Windows sandbox regression in Codex alpha builds that breaks local Git and Node tasks with a CreateProcessAsUserW failed: 2 error, plus practical workarounds using Desktop or a local path override. It also covers app-server hang tro

  • June 14 · 5 min

    Codex 0.140: Encrypted Agent Payloads and IPC Fixes

    This episode breaks down Codex 0.140’s biggest runtime changes, including encrypted parent-to-subagent communication that shuts down plaintext prompt leakage. It also covers seccomp socketpair allowlisting, Unix socket path fallback handling, and the Wind

  • June 13 · 4 min

    Codex Ditches Voice in the Terminal

    We break down Codex’s removal of WebRTC voice and dictation from the TUI, why the team is pushing those workflows to the desktop app, and what terminal users can do instead. Plus: the latest alpha hotfixes, including a rollback for tilde-based URL parsing

  • June 12 · 5 min

    Codex Config Rename and Mac Crash Workarounds

    We break down a silent Codex config rename from :project_roots to :workspace_roots that can wreck sandbox paths, plus the quick fix in .codex/config.toml. The episode also covers a severe macOS Dock plugin crash in Desktop Build 3808 and a profile change

  • June 11 · 4 min

    AgentMemory Rewrites Claude Memory for Production Agents

    We break down the major v0.140.0 shift from claude-mem to a local SQLite-backed AgentMemory system, including the four-tier memory model and triple-stream retrieval with BM25, vectors, and knowledge graphs fused by RRF. The episode also covers the three-p

  • June 10 · 5 min

    Codex CLI 0.139.0: Direct Web Search and MCP Fixes

    We break down Codex CLI 0.139.0, where code mode can now trigger standalone web search from deep within nested tool calls to fetch up-to-date docs and keep workflows moving. The episode also covers MCP schema hardening, a fix for trailing-argument CLI par

  • June 9 · 5 min

    Codex CLI 0.138.0 Adds Desktop Handoff and Better Image Context

    We break down the June 8, 2026 release of Codex CLI 0.138.0, including the new /app command for seamless handoff to Codex Desktop on macOS and Windows. The episode also covers explicit local image path context, richer --json plugin output, fixes for multi

  • June 8 · 3 min

    interrupt_agent Changes Multi-Agent Workflow State

    We break down the shift from close_agent to interrupt_agent, including what it means for resident agent state, self-interruption rules, and cleanup when a thread ends. Then we cover a Python SDK version pin plus GitHub Actions secret hardening for safer,

  • June 7 · 6 min

    Codex CLI 0.137.0: Cloud Control Meets Local Overrides

    Ethan and Maya break down Codex CLI’s new cloud-managed config bundles, EDU workspace support, and real-time enterprise credit visibility for developers. They also dig into the current rough edges: ignored model settings, local SQLite state overriding clo

  • June 6 · 17 min

    Codex Fixes PATH Leaks and Enterprise Proxy Pain

    This episode breaks down a shell snapshot bug that could wipe Codex’s bundled tool paths, and how moving path-prepending into the Rust launch routine makes helper binaries reliably available again. It also covers new environment identity tracking for safe

  • June 5 · 6 min

    Codex CLI 0.137.0: Thread-Safe State and Parallel Tools

    This episode breaks down how Codex CLI 0.137.0 improves multi-agent workflows with persistent thread-bound runtime state, parallel hosted tools, and smarter draft recovery after cancellations. It also covers a serious regression in the codex exec hook sys

  • June 4 · 5 min

    Codex 0.137.0: JSON Plugin Audits, Remote Grants, Better TUI

    We dig into Codex CLI 0.137.0’s new structured plugin auditing, safer deduplication and skill parsing, plus programmatic remote controller grants through app-server v2 RPCs. The episode also covers TUI upgrades for power users, including F13–F24 keybindin

  • June 3 · 5 min

    Codex 0.136.0: Archived Sessions, Safer Diffs, Clickable Links

    We break down Codex 0.136.0’s new session archiving flow, which locks past runs into read-only history and requires an explicit step to unarchive them. The episode also covers diff-command hardening, elevated Windows sandbox setup, and OSC 8 terminal link