109 Commits

• Defer persistence of rollout file (#11028)

  - Defer rollout persistence for fresh threads (`InitialHistory::New`):
  keep rollout events in memory and only materialize rollout file + state
  DB row on first `EventMsg::UserMessage`.
  - Keep precomputed rollout path available before materialization.
  - Change `thread/start` to build thread response from live config
  snapshot and optional precomputed path.
  - Improve pre-materialization behavior in app-server/TUI: clearer
  invalid-request errors for file-backed ops and a friendlier `/fork` “not
  ready yet” UX.
  - Update tests to match deferred semantics across
  start/read/archive/unarchive/fork/resume/review flows.
  - Improved resilience of user_shell test, which should be unrelated to
  this change but must be affected by timing changes
  
  For Reviewers:
  * The primary change is in recorder.rs
  * Most of the other changes were to fix up broken assumptions in
  existing tests
  
  Testing:
  * Manually tested CLI
  * Exercised app server paths by manually running IDE Extension with
  rebuilt CLI binary
  * Only user-visible change is that `/fork` in TUI generates visible
  error if used prior to first turn

  Eric Traut · 2026-02-07 23:05:03 -08:00
  b3de6c7f2b
• Add resume_agent collab tool (#10903)

  Summary
  - add the new resume_agent collab tool path through core, protocol, and
  the app server API, including the resume events
  - update the schema/TypeScript definitions plus docs so resume_agent
  appears in generated artifacts and README
  - note that resumed agents rehydrate rollout history without overwriting
  their base instructions
  
  Testing
  - Not run (not requested)

  jif-oai · 2026-02-07 17:31:45 +01:00
  62605fa471
• feat: wait for backfill to be ready (#10790)
  jif-oai · 2026-02-05 20:45:16 +00:00
  428a9f6035
• Leverage state DB metadata for thread summaries (#10621)

  Summary:
  - read conversation summaries and cwd info from the state DB when
  possible so we no longer rely on rollout files for metadata and avoid
  extra I/O
  - persist CLI version in thread metadata, surface it through summary
  builders, and add the necessary DB migration hooks
  - simplify thread listing by using enriched state DB data directly
  rather than reading rollout heads
  
  Testing:
  - Not run (not requested)

  jif-oai · 2026-02-05 16:39:11 +00:00
  9ee746afd6
• feat: repair DB in case of missing lines (#10751)
  jif-oai · 2026-02-05 16:21:49 +00:00
  901215e310
• feat: resumable backfill (#10745)

  ## Summary
  
  This PR makes SQLite rollout backfill resumable and repeatable instead
  of one-shot-on-db-create.
  
  ## What changed
  
  - Added a persisted backfill state table:
    - state/migrations/0008_backfill_state.sql
  - Tracks status (pending|running|complete), last_watermark, and
  last_success_at.
  - Added backfill state model/types in codex-state:
    - BackfillState, BackfillStatus (state/src/model/backfill_state.rs)
  - Added runtime APIs to manage backfill lifecycle/progress:
    - get_backfill_state
    - mark_backfill_running
    - checkpoint_backfill
    - mark_backfill_complete
  - Updated core startup behavior:
  - Backfill now runs whenever state is not Complete (not only when DB
  file is newly created).
  - Reworked backfill execution:
  - Collect rollout files, derive deterministic watermark per path, sort,
  resume from last_watermark.
  - Process in batches (BACKFILL_BATCH_SIZE = 200), checkpoint after each
  batch.
    - Mark complete with last_success_at at the end.
  
  ## Why
  
  Previous behavior could leave users permanently partially backfilled if
  the process exited during initial async backfill. This change allows
  safe continuation across restarts and avoids restarting from scratch.

  jif-oai · 2026-02-05 14:34:34 +00:00
  4033f905c6
• adding fork information (UI) when forking (#10246)

  - shows `/fork` command that ran in prev session
  - shows `session forked from name (uuid) || uuid (if name is not set)` as an event in new session

  pap-openai · 2026-02-05 13:24:55 +00:00
  b2424cb635
• nit: backfill stronger (#10738)
  jif-oai · 2026-02-05 12:30:16 +00:00
  aa46b5cf99
• fix: make sure file exist in find_thread_path_by_id_str_in_subdir (#10618)
  jif-oai · 2026-02-04 13:01:17 +00:00
  61aecdde66
• chore: simplify user message detection (#10611)

  We don't check anymore the response item with `user` role as they may be
  instructions etc

  jif-oai · 2026-02-04 11:14:53 +00:00
  38f6c6b114
• Prefer state DB thread listings before filesystem (#10544)

  Summary
  - add Cursor/ThreadsPage conversions so state DB listings can be mapped
  back into the rollout list model
  - make recorder list helpers query the state DB first (archived flag
  included) and only fall back to file traversal if needed, along with
  populating head bytes lazily
  - add extensive tests to ensure the DB path is honored for active and
  archived threads and that the fallback works
  
  Testing
  - Not run (not requested)
  
  <img width="1196" height="693" alt="Screenshot 2026-02-03 at 20 42 33"
  src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/826b3c7a-ef11-4b27-802a-3c343695794a"
  />

  jif-oai · 2026-02-04 09:27:24 +00:00
  100eb6e6f0
• feat: add APIs to list and download public remote skills (#10448)

  Add API to list / download from remote public skills

  xl-openai · 2026-02-03 14:09:37 -08:00
  f38d181795
• feat: find_thread_path_by_id_str_in_subdir from DB (#10532)
  jif-oai · 2026-02-03 19:09:04 +00:00
  c38a5958d7
• chore: add phase to message responseitem (#10455)

  ### What
  
  add wiring for `phase` field on `ResponseItem::Message` to lay
  groundwork for differentiating model preambles and final messages.
  currently optional.
  
  follows pattern in #9698.
  
  updated schemas with `just write-app-server-schema` so we can see type
  changes.
  
  ### Tests
  Updated existing tests for SSE parsing and hydrating from history

  sayan-oai · 2026-02-03 02:52:26 +00:00
  fc05374344
• [feat] persist thread_dynamic_tools in db (#10252)

  Persist thread_dynamic_tools in sqlite and read first from it. Fall back
  to rollout files if it's not found. Persist dynamic tools to both sqlite
  and rollout files.
  
  Saw that new sessions get populated to db correctly & old sessions get
  backfilled correctly at startup:
  ```
  celia@com-92114 codex-rs % sqlite3 ~/.codex/state.sqlite \      "select thread_id, position,name,description,input_schema from thread_dynamic_tools;"
  019c0cad-ec0d-74b2-a787-e8b33a349117|0|geo_lookup|lookup a city|{"properties":{"city":{"type":"string"}},"required":["city"],"type":"object"}
  ....
  019c10ca-aa4b-7620-ae40-c0919fbd7ea7|0|geo_lookup|lookup a city|{"properties":{"city":{"type":"string"}},"required":["city"],"type":"object"}
  ```

  Celia Chen · 2026-02-03 00:06:44 +00:00
  fb2df99cf1
• chore: ignore synthetic messages (#10394)

  This will be fixed once this is settled:
  https://www.notion.so/openai/Artificial-context-management-2fb8e50b62b080db8b8ed93b3b19d1a2#2fb8e50b62b080d2bffce2dd1e60972b

  jif-oai · 2026-02-02 18:13:48 +00:00
  0b460eda32
• fix: Rfc3339 casting (#10386)
  jif-oai · 2026-02-02 13:33:28 +00:00
  4f1cfaf892
• fix: thread listing (#10383)
  jif-oai · 2026-02-02 12:52:49 +00:00
  e9a774e7ae
• Session picker shows thread_name if set (#10340)

  - shows names of threads in the ResumePicker used by `/resume` and
  `codex resume` if set, default to preview (previous behaviour) if none
  - adds a `find_thread_names_by_ids` that maps names to IDs in
  `codex-rs/core/src/rollout/session_index.rs`. It reads sequentially in
  normal (instead of reverse order in `codex resume <name>`) the index
  mapping file. This function is called from a list of session (default
  page is 25, pages loaded depends of height of terminal), for which most
  of them will always have at least one session unnamed and require the
  whole file to be read therefore. Could be better and sqlite integration
  will make this better
  - those reads won't be needed when leveraging sqlite
   
  
  Opened questions:
  - We could rename the TUI "Conversation" column to "Name" or "Thread"
  that would feel more accurate. Could be a fast-follow if we implement
  auto-naming as it'll always be a name instead?

  pap-openai · 2026-02-02 08:13:17 +00:00
  1644cbfc6d
• file-search: multi-root walk (#10240)

  Instead of a separate walker for each root in a multi-root walk, use a
  single walker.

  Jeremy Rose · 2026-01-30 22:20:23 +00:00
  d59685f6d4
• Plan mode: stream proposed plans, emit plan items, and render in TUI (#9786)

  ## Summary
  - Stream proposed plans in Plan Mode using `<proposed_plan>` tags parsed
  in core, emitting plan deltas plus a plan `ThreadItem`, while stripping
  tags from normal assistant output.
  - Persist plan items and rebuild them on resume so proposed plans show
  in thread history.
  - Wire plan items/deltas through app-server protocol v2 and render a
  dedicated proposed-plan view in the TUI, including the “Implement this
  plan?” prompt only when a plan item is present.
  
  ## Changes
  
  ### Core (`codex-rs/core`)
  - Added a generic, line-based tag parser that buffers each line until it
  can disprove a tag prefix; implements auto-close on `finish()` for
  unterminated tags. `codex-rs/core/src/tagged_block_parser.rs`
  - Refactored proposed plan parsing to wrap the generic parser.
  `codex-rs/core/src/proposed_plan_parser.rs`
  - In plan mode, stream assistant deltas as:
    - **Normal text** → `AgentMessageContentDelta`
    - **Plan text** → `PlanDelta` + `TurnItem::Plan` start/completion  
    (`codex-rs/core/src/codex.rs`)
  - Final plan item content is derived from the completed assistant
  message (authoritative), not necessarily the concatenated deltas.
  - Strips `<proposed_plan>` blocks from assistant text in plan mode so
  tags don’t appear in normal messages.
  (`codex-rs/core/src/stream_events_utils.rs`)
  - Persist `ItemCompleted` events only for plan items for rollout replay.
  (`codex-rs/core/src/rollout/policy.rs`)
  - Guard `update_plan` tool in Plan Mode with a clear error message.
  (`codex-rs/core/src/tools/handlers/plan.rs`)
  - Updated Plan Mode prompt to:  
    - keep `<proposed_plan>` out of non-final reasoning/preambles  
    - require exact tag formatting  
    - allow only one `<proposed_plan>` block per turn  
    (`codex-rs/core/templates/collaboration_mode/plan.md`)
  
  ### Protocol / App-server protocol
  - Added `TurnItem::Plan` and `PlanDeltaEvent` to core protocol items.
  (`codex-rs/protocol/src/items.rs`, `codex-rs/protocol/src/protocol.rs`)
  - Added v2 `ThreadItem::Plan` and `PlanDeltaNotification` with
  EXPERIMENTAL markers and note that deltas may not match the final plan
  item. (`codex-rs/app-server-protocol/src/protocol/v2.rs`)
  - Added plan delta route in app-server protocol common mapping.
  (`codex-rs/app-server-protocol/src/protocol/common.rs`)
  - Rebuild plan items from persisted `ItemCompleted` events on resume.
  (`codex-rs/app-server-protocol/src/protocol/thread_history.rs`)
  
  ### App-server
  - Forward plan deltas to v2 clients and map core plan items to v2 plan
  items. (`codex-rs/app-server/src/bespoke_event_handling.rs`,
  `codex-rs/app-server/src/codex_message_processor.rs`)
  - Added v2 plan item tests.
  (`codex-rs/app-server/tests/suite/v2/plan_item.rs`)
  
  ### TUI
  - Added a dedicated proposed plan history cell with special background
  and padding, and moved “• Proposed Plan” outside the highlighted block.
  (`codex-rs/tui/src/history_cell.rs`, `codex-rs/tui/src/style.rs`)
  - Only show “Implement this plan?” when a plan item exists.
  (`codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget.rs`,
  `codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget/tests.rs`)
  
  <img width="831" height="847" alt="Screenshot 2026-01-29 at 7 06 24 PM"
  src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/69794c8c-f96b-4d36-92ef-c1f5c3a8f286"
  />
  
  ### Docs / Misc
  - Updated protocol docs to mention plan deltas.
  (`codex-rs/docs/protocol_v1.md`)
  - Minor plumbing updates in exec/debug clients to tolerate plan deltas.
  (`codex-rs/debug-client/src/reader.rs`, `codex-rs/exec/...`)
  
  ## Tests
  - Added core integration tests:
    - Plan mode strips plan from agent messages.
    - Missing `</proposed_plan>` closes at end-of-message.  
    (`codex-rs/core/tests/suite/items.rs`)
  - Added unit tests for generic tag parser (prefix buffering, non-tag
  lines, auto-close). (`codex-rs/core/src/tagged_block_parser.rs`)
  - Existing app-server plan item tests in v2.
  (`codex-rs/app-server/tests/suite/v2/plan_item.rs`)
  
  ## Notes / Behavior
  - Plan output no longer appears in standard assistant text in Plan Mode;
  it streams via `PlanDelta` and completes as a `TurnItem::Plan`.
  - The final plan item content is authoritative and may diverge from
  streamed deltas (documented as experimental).
  - Reasoning summaries are not filtered; prompt instructs the model not
  to include `<proposed_plan>` outside the final plan message.
  
  ## Codex Author
  `codex fork 019bec2d-b09d-7450-b292-d7bcdddcdbfb`

  Charley Cunningham · 2026-01-30 18:59:30 +00:00
  ec4a2d07e4
• nit: fix db with multiple metadata lines (#10237)
  jif-oai · 2026-01-30 17:32:10 +00:00
  0212f4010e
• chore: do not clean the DB anymore (#10232)
  jif-oai · 2026-01-30 18:23:00 +01:00
  887bec0dee
• Conversation naming (#8991)

  Session renaming:
  - `/rename my_session`
  - `/rename` without arg and passing an argument in `customViewPrompt`
  - AppExitInfo shows resume hint using the session name if set instead of
  uuid, defaults to uuid if not set
  - Names are stored in `CODEX_HOME/sessions.jsonl`
  
  Session resuming:
  - codex resume <name> lookup for `CODEX_HOME/sessions.jsonl` first entry
  matching the name and resumes the session
  
  ---------
  
  Co-authored-by: jif-oai <jif@openai.com>

  pap-openai · 2026-01-30 10:40:09 +00:00
  1ef5455eb6
• feat: backfill timing metric (#10218)

  1. Add a metric to measure the backfill time
  2. Add a unit to the timing histogram

  jif-oai · 2026-01-30 10:19:41 +01:00
  129787493f
• [feat] persist dynamic tools in session rollout file (#10130)

  Add dynamic tools to rollout file for persistence & read from rollout on
  resume. Ran a real example and spotted the following in the rollout
  file:
  ```
  {"timestamp":"2026-01-29T01:27:57.468Z","type":"session_meta","payload":{"id":"019c075d-3f0b-77e3-894e-c1c159b04b1e","timestamp":"2026-01-29T01:27:57.451Z","...."dynamic_tools":[{"name":"demo_tool","description":"Demo dynamic tool","inputSchema":{"additionalProperties":false,"properties":{"city":{"type":"string"}},"required":["city"],"type":"object"}}],"git":{"commit_hash":"ebc573f15c01b8af158e060cfedd401f043e9dfa","branch":"dev/cc/dynamic-tools","repository_url":"https://github.com/openai/codex.git"}}}
  ```

  Celia Chen · 2026-01-30 01:10:00 +00:00
  7151387474
• feat: async backfill (#10089)
  jif-oai · 2026-01-29 09:57:50 +00:00
  714dc8d8bd
• file-search: improve file query perf (#9939)

  switch nucleo-matcher for nucleo and use a "file search session" w/ live
  updating query instead of a single hermetic run per query.

  Jeremy Rose · 2026-01-28 10:54:43 -08:00
  b8156706e6
• feat: sort metadata by date (#10083)
  jif-oai · 2026-01-28 16:19:08 +01:00
  231406bd04
• feat: sqlite 1 (#10004)

  Add a `.sqlite` database to be used to store rollout metatdata (and
  later logs)
  This PR is phase 1:
  * Add the database and the required infrastructure
  * Add a backfill of the database
  * Persist the newly created rollout both in files and in the DB
  * When we need to get metadata or a rollout, consider the `JSONL` as the
  source of truth but compare the results with the DB and show any errors

  jif-oai · 2026-01-28 15:29:14 +01:00
  3878c3dc7c
• Add thread/unarchive to restore archived rollouts (#9843)

  ## Summary
  - Adds a new `thread/unarchive` RPC to move archived thread rollouts
  back into the active `sessions/` tree.
  
  ## What changed
  - **Protocol**
    - Adds `thread/unarchive` request/response types and wiring.
  - **Server**
    - Implements `thread_unarchive` in the app server.
    - Validates the archived rollout path and thread ID.
  - Restores the rollout to `sessions/YYYY/MM/DD/...` based on the rollout
  filename timestamp.
  - **Core**
  - Adds `find_archived_thread_path_by_id_str` helper for archived
  rollouts.
  - **Docs**
    - Documents the new RPC and usage example.
  - **Tests**
    - Adds an end-to-end server test that:
      1) starts a thread,
      2) archives it,
      3) unarchives it,
      4) asserts the file is restored to `sessions/`.
  
  ## How to use
  ```json
  { "method": "thread/unarchive", "id": 24, "params": { "threadId": "<thread-id>" } }
  ```
  
  ## Author Codex Session
  
  `codex resume 019bf158-54b6-7960-a696-9d85df7e1bc1` (soon I'll make this
  kind of session UUID forkable by anyone with the right
  `session_object_storage_url` line in their config, but for now just
  pasting it here for my reference)

  Charley Cunningham · 2026-01-26 11:24:36 -08:00
  62266b13f8
• feat: dynamic tools injection (#9539)

  ## Summary
  Add dynamic tool injection to thread startup in API v2, wire dynamic
  tool calls through the app server to clients, and plumb responses back
  into the model tool pipeline.
  
  ### Flow (high level)
  - Thread start injects `dynamic_tools` into the model tool list for that
  thread (validation is done here).
  - When the model emits a tool call for one of those names, core raises a
  `DynamicToolCallRequest` event.
  - The app server forwards it to the client as `item/tool/call`, waits
  for the client’s response, then submits a `DynamicToolResponse` back to
  core.
  - Core turns that into a `function_call_output` in the next model
  request so the model can continue.
  
  ### What changed
  - Added dynamic tool specs to v2 thread start params and protocol types;
  introduced `item/tool/call` (request/response) for dynamic tool
  execution.
  - Core now registers dynamic tool specs at request time and routes those
  calls via a new dynamic tool handler.
  - App server validates tool names/schemas, forwards dynamic tool call
  requests to clients, and publishes tool outputs back into the session.
  - Integration tests

  jif-oai · 2026-01-26 10:06:44 +00:00
  d594693d1a
• Fix resume picker when user event appears after head (#9512)

  Fixes #9501
  
  Contributing guide:
  https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/docs/contributing.md
  
  ## Summary
  The resume picker requires a session_meta line and at least one
  user_message event within the initial head scan. Some rollout files
  contain multiple session_meta entries before the first user_message, so
  the user event can fall outside the default head window and the session
  is omitted from the picker even though it is resumable by ID.
  
  This PR keeps the head summary bounded but extends scanning for a
  user_message once a session_meta has been observed. The summary still
  caps stored head entries, but we allow a small, bounded extra scan to
  find the first user event so valid sessions are not filtered out.
  
  ## Changes
  - Continue scanning past the head limit (bounded) when session_meta is
  present but no user_message has been seen yet.
  - Mark session_meta as seen even if the head summary buffer is already
  full.
  - Add a regression test with multiple session_meta lines before the
  first user_message.
  
  ## Why This Is Safe
  - The head summary remains bounded to avoid unbounded memory usage.
  - The extra scan is capped (USER_EVENT_SCAN_LIMIT) and only triggers
  after a session_meta is seen.
  - Behavior is unchanged for typical files where the user_message appears
  early.
  
  ## Testing
  - cargo test -p codex-core --lib
  test_list_threads_scans_past_head_for_user_event

  JUAN DAVID SALAS CAMARGO · 2026-01-23 12:21:27 -08:00
  e0ae219f36
• feat(app-server): support archived threads in thread/list (#9571)
  Owen Lin · 2026-01-22 12:22:36 -08:00
  733cb68496
• Support end_turn flag (#9698)

  Experimental flag that signals the end of the turn.

  pakrym-oai · 2026-01-22 17:27:48 +00:00
  b511c38ddb
• fix(core): don't update the file's mtime on resume (#9553)

  Remove `FileTimes::new().set_modified(SystemTime::now())` when resuming
  a thread.
  
  Context: It's awkward in UI built on top of app-server that resuming a
  thread bumps the `updated_at` timestamp, even if no message is sent. So
  if you open a thread (perhaps to just view its contents), it
  automatically reorders it to the top which is almost certainly not what
  you want.

  Owen Lin · 2026-01-20 21:39:31 +00:00
  b0049ab644
• Fixed config merging issue with profiles (#9509)

  This PR fixes a small issue with chained (layered) config.toml file
  merging. The old logic didn't properly handle profiles.
  
  In particular, if a lower-layer config overrides a profile defined in a
  higher-layer config, the override did not take effect. This prevents
  users from having project-specific profile overrides and contradicts the
  (soon-to-be) documented behavior of config merging.
  
  The change adds a unit test for this case. It also exposes a function
  from the config crate that is needed by the app server code paths to
  implement support for layered configs.

  Eric Traut · 2026-01-20 12:18:00 -08:00
  79c5bf9835
• fix(core) Preserve base_instructions in SessionMeta (#9427)

  ## Summary
  This PR consolidates base_instructions onto SessionMeta /
  SessionConfiguration, so we ensure `base_instructions` is set once per
  session and should be (mostly) immutable, unless:
  - overridden by config on resume / fork
  - sub-agent tasks, like review or collab
  
  
  In a future PR, we should convert all references to `base_instructions`
  to consistently used the typed struct, so it's less likely that we put
  other strings there. See #9423. However, this PR is already quite
  complex, so I'm deferring that to a follow-up.
  
  ## Testing
  - [x] Added a resume test to assert that instructions are preserved. In
  particular, `resume_switches_models_preserves_base_instructions` fails
  against main.
  
  Existing test coverage thats assert base instructions are preserved
  across multiple requests in a session:
  - Manual compact keeps baseline instructions:
  core/tests/suite/compact.rs:199
  - Auto-compact keeps baseline instructions:
  core/tests/suite/compact.rs:1142
  - Prompt caching reuses the same instructions across two requests:
  core/tests/suite/prompt_caching.rs:150 and
  core/tests/suite/prompt_caching.rs:157
  - Prompt caching with explicit expected string across two requests:
  core/tests/suite/prompt_caching.rs:213 and
  core/tests/suite/prompt_caching.rs:222
  - Resume with model switch keeps original instructions:
  core/tests/suite/resume.rs:136
  - Compact/resume/fork uses request 0 instructions for later expected
  payloads: core/tests/suite/compact_resume_fork.rs:215

  Dylan Hurd · 2026-01-19 21:59:36 -08:00
  675f165c56
• Feat: request user input tool (#9472)

  ### Summary
  * Add `requestUserInput` tool that the model can use for gather
  feedback/asking question mid turn.
  
  
  ### Tool input schema
  ```
  {
    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
    "title": "requestUserInput input",
    "type": "object",
    "additionalProperties": false,
    "required": ["questions"],
    "properties": {
      "questions": {
        "type": "array",
        "description": "Questions to show the user (1-3). Prefer 1 unless multiple independent decisions block progress.",
        "minItems": 1,
        "maxItems": 3,
        "items": {
          "type": "object",
          "additionalProperties": false,
          "required": ["id", "header", "question"],
          "properties": {
            "id": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Stable identifier for mapping answers (snake_case)."
            },
            "header": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Short header label shown in the UI (12 or fewer chars)."
            },
            "question": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Single-sentence prompt shown to the user."
            },
            "options": {
              "type": "array",
              "description": "Optional 2-3 mutually exclusive choices. Put the recommended option first and suffix its label with \"(Recommended)\". Only include \"Other\" option if we want to include a free form option. If the question is free form in nature, do not include any option.",
              "minItems": 2,
              "maxItems": 3,
              "items": {
                "type": "object",
                "additionalProperties": false,
                "required": ["value", "label", "description"],
                "properties": {
                  "value": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "Machine-readable value (snake_case)."
                  },
                  "label": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "User-facing label (1-5 words)."
                  },
                  "description": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "One short sentence explaining impact/tradeoff if selected."
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
  ```
  
  ### Tool output schema
  ```
  {
    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
    "title": "requestUserInput output",
    "type": "object",
    "additionalProperties": false,
    "required": ["answers"],
    "properties": {
      "answers": {
        "type": "object",
        "description": "Map of question id to user answer.",
        "additionalProperties": {
          "type": "object",
          "additionalProperties": false,
          "required": ["selected"],
          "properties": {
            "selected": {
              "type": "array",
              "items": { "type": "string" }
            },
            "other": {
              "type": ["string", "null"]
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
  ```

  Shijie Rao · 2026-01-19 10:17:30 -08:00
  57ec3a8277
• Add collaboration developer instructions (#9424)

  - Add additional instructions when they are available
  - Make sure to update them on change either UserInput or UserTurn

  Ahmed Ibrahim · 2026-01-18 01:31:14 +00:00
  1478a88eb0
• chore(instructions) Remove unread SessionMeta.instructions field (#9423)

  ### Description
  - Remove the now-unused `instructions` field from the session metadata
  to simplify SessionMeta and stop propagating transient instruction text
  through the rollout recorder API. This was only saving
  user_instructions, and was never being read.
  - Stop passing user instructions into the rollout writer at session
  creation so the rollout header only contains canonical session metadata.
  
  ### Testing
  
  - Ran `just fmt` which completed successfully.
  - Ran `just fix -p codex-protocol`, `just fix -p codex-core`, `just fix
  -p codex-app-server`, `just fix -p codex-tui`, and `just fix -p
  codex-tui2` which completed (Clippy fixes applied) as part of
  verification.
  - Ran `cargo test -p codex-protocol` which passed (28 tests).
  - Ran `cargo test -p codex-core` which showed failures in a small set of
  tests (not caused by the protocol type change directly):
  `default_client::tests::test_create_client_sets_default_headers`,
  several `models_manager::manager::tests::refresh_available_models_*`,
  and `shell_snapshot::tests::linux_sh_snapshot_includes_sections` (these
  tests failed in this CI run).
  - Ran `cargo test -p codex-app-server` which reported several failing
  integration tests (including
  `suite::codex_message_processor_flow::test_codex_jsonrpc_conversation_flow`,
  `suite::output_schema::send_user_turn_*`, and
  `suite::user_agent::get_user_agent_returns_current_codex_user_agent`).
  - `cargo test -p codex-tui` and `cargo test -p codex-tui2` were
  attempted but aborted due to disk space exhaustion (`No space left on
  device`).
  
  ------
  [Codex
  Task](https://chatgpt.com/codex/tasks/task_i_696bd8ce632483228d298cf07c7eb41c)

  Dylan Hurd · 2026-01-17 16:02:28 -08:00
  80d7a5d7fe
• feat: show forked from session id in /status (#9330)

  Summary:
  - Add forked_from to SessionMeta/SessionConfiguredEvent and persist it
  for forked sessions.
  - Surface forked_from in /status for tui + tui2 and add snapshots.

  Anton Panasenko · 2026-01-16 13:41:46 -08:00
  c26fe64539
• feat(app-server, core): return threads by created_at or updated_at (#9247)

  Add support for returning threads by either `created_at` OR `updated_at`
  descending. Previously core always returned threads ordered by
  `created_at`.
  
  This PR:
  - updates core to be able to list threads by `updated_at` OR
  `created_at` descending based on what the caller wants
  - also update `thread/list` in app-server to expose this (default to
  `created_at` if not specified)
  
  All existing codepaths (app-server, TUI) still default to `created_at`,
  so no behavior change is expected with this PR.
  
  **Implementation**
  To sort by `updated_at` is a bit nontrivial (whereas `created_at` is
  easy due to the way we structure the folders and filenames on disk,
  which are all based on `created_at`).
  
  The most naive way to do this without introducing a cache file or sqlite
  DB (which we have to implement/maintain) is to scan files in reverse
  `created_at` order on disk, and look at the file's mtime (last modified
  timestamp according to the filesystem) until we reach `MAX_SCAN_FILES`
  (currently set to 10,000). Then, we can return the most recent N
  threads.
  
  Based on some quick and dirty benchmarking on my machine with ~1000
  rollout files, calling `thread/list` with limit 50, the `updated_at`
  path is slower as expected due to all the I/O:
  - updated-at: average 103.10 ms
  - created-at: average 41.10 ms
  
  Those absolute numbers aren't a big deal IMO, but we can certainly
  optimize this in a followup if needed by introducing more state stored
  on disk.
  
  **Caveat**
  There's also a limitation in that any files older than `MAX_SCAN_FILES`
  will be excluded, which means if a user continues a REALLY old thread,
  it's possible to not be included. In practice that should not be too big
  of an issue.
  
  If a user makes...
  - 1000 rollouts/day → threads older than 10 days won't show up
  - 100 rollouts/day → ~100 days
  
  If this becomes a problem for some reason, even more motivation to
  implement an updated_at cache.

  Owen Lin · 2026-01-16 20:58:55 +00:00
  f1653dd4d3
• Changed codex resume --last to honor the current cwd (#9245)

  This PR changes `codex resume --last` to work consistently with `codex
  resume`. Namely, it filters based on the cwd when selecting the last
  session. It also supports the `--all` modifier as an override.
  
  This addresses #8700

  Eric Traut · 2026-01-15 17:05:08 +00:00
  ae96a15312
• Add text element metadata to types (#9235)

  Initial type tweaking PR to make the diff of
  https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/9116 smaller
  
  This should not change any behavior, just adds some fields to types

  charley-oai · 2026-01-14 16:41:50 -08:00
  4a9c2bcc5a
• feat: emit events around collab tools (#9095)

  Emit the following events around the collab tools. On the `app-server`
  this will be under `item/started` and `item/completed`
  ```
  #[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize, PartialEq, JsonSchema, TS)]
  pub struct CollabAgentSpawnBeginEvent {
      /// Identifier for the collab tool call.
      pub call_id: String,
      /// Thread ID of the sender.
      pub sender_thread_id: ThreadId,
      /// Initial prompt sent to the agent. Can be empty to prevent CoT leaking at the
      /// beginning.
      pub prompt: String,
  }
  
  #[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize, PartialEq, JsonSchema, TS)]
  pub struct CollabAgentSpawnEndEvent {
      /// Identifier for the collab tool call.
      pub call_id: String,
      /// Thread ID of the sender.
      pub sender_thread_id: ThreadId,
      /// Thread ID of the newly spawned agent, if it was created.
      pub new_thread_id: Option<ThreadId>,
      /// Initial prompt sent to the agent. Can be empty to prevent CoT leaking at the
      /// beginning.
      pub prompt: String,
      /// Last known status of the new agent reported to the sender agent.
      pub status: AgentStatus,
  }
  
  #[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize, PartialEq, JsonSchema, TS)]
  pub struct CollabAgentInteractionBeginEvent {
      /// Identifier for the collab tool call.
      pub call_id: String,
      /// Thread ID of the sender.
      pub sender_thread_id: ThreadId,
      /// Thread ID of the receiver.
      pub receiver_thread_id: ThreadId,
      /// Prompt sent from the sender to the receiver. Can be empty to prevent CoT
      /// leaking at the beginning.
      pub prompt: String,
  }
  
  #[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize, PartialEq, JsonSchema, TS)]
  pub struct CollabAgentInteractionEndEvent {
      /// Identifier for the collab tool call.
      pub call_id: String,
      /// Thread ID of the sender.
      pub sender_thread_id: ThreadId,
      /// Thread ID of the receiver.
      pub receiver_thread_id: ThreadId,
      /// Prompt sent from the sender to the receiver. Can be empty to prevent CoT
      /// leaking at the beginning.
      pub prompt: String,
      /// Last known status of the receiver agent reported to the sender agent.
      pub status: AgentStatus,
  }
  
  #[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize, PartialEq, JsonSchema, TS)]
  pub struct CollabWaitingBeginEvent {
      /// Thread ID of the sender.
      pub sender_thread_id: ThreadId,
      /// Thread ID of the receiver.
      pub receiver_thread_id: ThreadId,
      /// ID of the waiting call.
      pub call_id: String,
  }
  
  #[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize, PartialEq, JsonSchema, TS)]
  pub struct CollabWaitingEndEvent {
      /// Thread ID of the sender.
      pub sender_thread_id: ThreadId,
      /// Thread ID of the receiver.
      pub receiver_thread_id: ThreadId,
      /// ID of the waiting call.
      pub call_id: String,
      /// Last known status of the receiver agent reported to the sender agent.
      pub status: AgentStatus,
  }
  
  #[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize, PartialEq, JsonSchema, TS)]
  pub struct CollabCloseBeginEvent {
      /// Identifier for the collab tool call.
      pub call_id: String,
      /// Thread ID of the sender.
      pub sender_thread_id: ThreadId,
      /// Thread ID of the receiver.
      pub receiver_thread_id: ThreadId,
  }
  
  #[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize, PartialEq, JsonSchema, TS)]
  pub struct CollabCloseEndEvent {
      /// Identifier for the collab tool call.
      pub call_id: String,
      /// Thread ID of the sender.
      pub sender_thread_id: ThreadId,
      /// Thread ID of the receiver.
      pub receiver_thread_id: ThreadId,
      /// Last known status of the receiver agent reported to the sender agent before
      /// the close.
      pub status: AgentStatus,
  }
  ```

  jif-oai · 2026-01-14 17:55:57 +00:00
  6a939ed7a4
• fix: shell snapshot clean-up (#9155)

  Clean all shell snapshot files corresponding to sessions that have not
  been updated in 7 days
  Those files should never leak. The only known cases were it can leak are
  during non graceful interrupt of the process (`kill -9, `panic`, OS
  crash, ...)

  jif-oai · 2026-01-14 09:05:46 +00:00
  6fbb89e858
• Assemble sandbox/approval/network prompts dynamically (#8961)

  - Add a single builder for developer permissions messaging that accepts
  SandboxPolicy and approval policy. This builder now drives the developer
  “permissions” message that’s injected at session start and any time
  sandbox/approval settings change.
  - Trim EnvironmentContext to only include cwd, writable roots, and
  shell; removed sandbox/approval/network duplication and adjusted XML
  serialization and tests accordingly.
  
  Follow-up: adding a config value to replace the developer permissions
  message for custom sandboxes.

  Ahmed Ibrahim · 2026-01-12 23:12:59 +00:00
  87f7226cca
• fix(app-server): set originator header from initialize (re-revert) (#8988)

  Reapplies https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/8873 which was reverted
  due to merge conflicts

  Owen Lin · 2026-01-09 12:09:30 -08:00
  fbe883318d
• renaming: task to turn (#8963)
  jif-oai · 2026-01-09 17:31:17 +00:00
  1aed01e99f