Codex CLI

Tracking major feature releases, model weight updates, structural APIs, and developer roadmaps.

[ MAJOR ADVANCEMENT ]0.164.0

0.164.0

New Features Save reusable prompts and slash commands in ten numbered /presets slots, with a keyboard menu for quick access. ( #54380 , #54381 ) Set model, reasoning effort, speed, and permission profiles directly with inline /model and /permissions arguments. ( #54378 , #54383 ) Preview viewed and generated images in the fullscreen transcript on terminals supporting Kitty or Sixel graphics. ( #54216 ) Authenticate enterprise MCP connections using eligible Codex account grants or dedicated sign-in, including OAuth clients requiring secrets. ( #55334 , #55859 , #56001 ) Mask credentials during ...

0.163.0

0.163.0

New Features Open /config to search preferences across categories, change supported settings immediately, and see which changes require a restart. ( #52990 , #53429 ) Send a follow-up while Codex is responding to steer it immediately. Interrupting a turn also stops active Code Mode cells and their nested tool calls. ( #51812 , #51835 ) Configure a leader key in /keymap . The default is Ctrl+X , shortcut hints stay open until you choose or cancel, and voice mute moves to F9 . ( #52273 ) Restart a managed background server from /daemon . Codex warns about work the restart could interrupt, then r...

0.160.1

0.160.1

Bug Fixes Preserve SYSTEMROOT , TEMP , and TMP when launching remote stdio MCP servers with explicitly configured remote environment variables, allowing Unix hosts to retain the Windows executor's startup environment. Changelog #51121 : Backport Windows remote MCP environment preservation to 0.160.