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• feat(app-server): turn/steer API (#10821)

  This PR adds a dedicated `turn/steer` API for appending user input to an
  in-flight turn.
  
  ## Motivation
  Currently, steering in the app is implemented by just calling
  `turn/start` while a turn is running. This has some really weird quirks:
  - Client gets back a new `turn.id`, even though streamed
  events/approvals remained tied to the original active turn ID.
  - All the various turn-level override params on `turn/start` do not
  apply to the "steer", and would only apply to the next real turn.
  - There can also be a race condition where the client thinks the turn is
  active but the server has already completed it, so there might be bugs
  if the client has baked in some client-specific behavior thinking it's a
  steer when in fact the server kicked off a new turn. This is
  particularly possible when running a client against a remote app-server.
  
  Having a dedicated `turn/steer` API eliminates all those quirks.
  
  `turn/steer` behavior:
  - Requires an active turn on threadId. Returns a JSON-RPC error if there
  is no active turn.
  - If expectedTurnId is provided, it must match the active turn (more
  useful when connecting to a remote app-server).
  - Does not emit `turn/started`.
  - Does not accept turn overrides (`cwd`, `model`, `sandbox`, etc.) or
  `outputSchema` to accurately reflect that these are not applied when
  steering.

  Owen Lin · 2026-02-06 00:35:04 +00:00
  0d8b2b74c4
• Add stage field for experimental flags. (#10793)

  - [x] Add stage field for experimental flags.

  Matthew Zeng · 2026-02-05 23:31:04 +00:00
  729b016515
• Sync app-server requirements API with refreshed cloud loader (#10815)

  configRequirements/read now returns updated cloud requirements after
  login.

  xl-openai · 2026-02-05 14:43:31 -08:00
  43a7290f11
• Add app-server transport layer with websocket support (#10693)

  - Adds --listen <URL> to codex app-server with two listen modes:
        - stdio:// (default, existing behavior)
        - ws://IP:PORT (new websocket transport)
    - Refactors message routing to be connection-aware:
  - Tracks per-connection session state (initialize/experimental
  capability)
        - Routes responses/errors to the originating connection
  - Broadcasts server notifications/requests to initialized connections
  - Updates initialization semantics to be per connection (not
  process-global), and updates app-server docs accordingly.
  - Adds websocket accept/read/write handling (JSON-RPC per text frame,
  ping/pong handling, connection lifecycle events).
  
  Testing
  
  - Unit tests for transport URL parsing and targeted response/error
  routing.
    - New websocket integration test validating:
        - per-connection initialization requirements
        - no cross-connection response leakage
        - same request IDs on different connections route independently.

  Max Johnson · 2026-02-05 20:56:34 +00:00
  8473096efb
• [app-server] Add a method to list experimental features. (#10721)

  - [x] Add a method to list experimental features.

  Matthew Zeng · 2026-02-05 20:04:01 +00:00
  7e81f63698
• fix(auth): isolate chatgptAuthTokens concept to auth manager and app-server (#10423)

  So that the rest of the codebase (like TUI) don't need to be concerned
  whether ChatGPT auth was handled by Codex itself or passed in via
  app-server's external auth mode.

  Owen Lin · 2026-02-05 10:46:06 -08:00
  3582b74d01
• 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
• Reload cloud requirements after user login (#10725)

  Reload cloud requirements after user login so it could take effect
  immediately.

  xl-openai · 2026-02-05 00:27:16 -08:00
  1e1146cd29
• feat(app-server, core): allow text + image content items for dynamic tool outputs (#10567)

  Took over the work that @aaronl-openai started here:
  https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/10397
  
  Now that app-server clients are able to set up custom tools (called
  `dynamic_tools` in app-server), we should expose a way for clients to
  pass in not just text, but also image outputs. This is something the
  Responses API already supports for function call outputs, where you can
  pass in either a string or an array of content outputs (text, image,
  file):
  https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/responses/create#responses_create-input-input_item_list-item-function_tool_call_output-output-array-input_image
  
  So let's just plumb it through in Codex (with the caveat that we only
  support text and image for now). This is implemented end-to-end across
  app-server v2 protocol types and core tool handling.
  
  ## Breaking API change
  NOTE: This introduces a breaking change with dynamic tools, but I think
  it's ok since this concept was only recently introduced
  (https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/9539) and it's better to get the
  API contract correct. I don't think there are any real consumers of this
  yet (not even the Codex App).
  
  Old shape:
  `{ "output": "dynamic-ok", "success": true }`
  
  New shape:
  ```
  {
      "contentItems": [
        { "type": "inputText", "text": "dynamic-ok" },
        { "type": "inputImage", "imageUrl": "data:image/png;base64,AAA" }
      ]
    "success": true
  }
  ```

  Owen Lin · 2026-02-04 16:12:47 -08:00
  5ea107a088
• feat(linux-sandbox): add bwrap support (#9938)

  ## Summary
  This PR introduces a gated Bubblewrap (bwrap) Linux sandbox path. The
  curent Linux sandbox path relies on in-process restrictions (including
  Landlock). Bubblewrap gives us a more uniform filesystem isolation
  model, especially explicit writable roots with the option to make some
  directories read-only and granular network controls.
  
  This is behind a feature flag so we can validate behavior safely before
  making it the default.
  
  - Added temporary rollout flag:
    - `features.use_linux_sandbox_bwrap`
  - Preserved existing default path when the flag is off.
  - In Bubblewrap mode:
  - Added internal retry without /proc when /proc mount is not permitted
  by the host/container.

  viyatb-oai · 2026-02-04 11:13:17 -08:00
  ae4de43ccc
• Add thread/compact v2 (#10445)

  - add `thread/compact` as a trigger-only v2 RPC that submits
  `Op::Compact` and returns `{}` immediately.
  - add v2 compaction e2e coverage for success and invalid/unknown thread
  ids, and update protocol schemas/docs.

  Ahmed Ibrahim · 2026-02-03 18:15:55 -08:00
  38a47700b5
• Feat: add upgrade to app server modelList (#10556)

  ### Summary
  * Add model upgrade to listModel app server endpoint to support
  dynamically show model upgrade banner.

  Shijie Rao · 2026-02-03 14:53:36 -08:00
  750ebe154d
• 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
• Inject CODEX_THREAD_ID into the terminal environment (#10096)

  Inject CODEX_THREAD_ID (when applicable) into the terminal environment
  so that the agent (and skills) can refer to the current thread / session
  ID.
  
  Discussion:
  https://openai.slack.com/archives/C095U48JNL9/p1769542492067109

  Max Johnson · 2026-02-03 11:31:12 -08:00
  66b196a725
• [Codex][CLI] Gate image inputs by model modalities (#10271)

  ###### Summary
  
  - Add input_modalities to model metadata so clients can determine
  supported input types.
  - Gate image paste/attach in TUI when the selected model does not
  support images.
  - Block submits that include images for unsupported models and show a
  clear warning.
  - Propagate modality metadata through app-server protocol/model-list
  responses.
    - Update related tests/fixtures.
  
    ###### Rationale
  
    - Models support different input modalities.
  - Clients need an explicit capability signal to prevent unsupported
  requests.
  - Backward-compatible defaults preserve existing behavior when modality
  metadata is absent.
  
    ###### Scope
  
    - codex-rs/protocol, codex-rs/core, codex-rs/tui
    - codex-rs/app-server-protocol, codex-rs/app-server
    - Generated app-server types / schema fixtures
  
    ###### Trade-offs
  
  - Default behavior assumes text + image when field is absent for
  compatibility.
    - Server-side validation remains the source of truth.
  
    ###### Follow-up
  
  - Non-TUI clients should consume input_modalities to disable unsupported
  attachments.
  - Model catalogs should explicitly set input_modalities for text-only
  models.
  
    ###### Testing
  
    - cargo fmt --all
    - cargo test -p codex-tui
    - env -u GITHUB_APP_KEY cargo test -p codex-core --lib
    - just write-app-server-schema
  - cargo run -p codex-cli --bin codex -- app-server generate-ts --out
  app-server-types
    - test against local backend
    
  <img width="695" height="199" alt="image"
  src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/d22dd04f-5eba-4db9-a7c5-a2506f60ec44"
  />
  
  ---------
  
  Co-authored-by: Josh McKinney <joshka@openai.com>

  Colin Young · 2026-02-02 18:56:39 -08:00
  7e07ec8f73
• feat: replace custom mcp-types crate with equivalents from rmcp (#10349)

  We started working with MCP in Codex before
  https://crates.io/crates/rmcp was mature, so we had our own crate for
  MCP types that was generated from the MCP schema:
  
  
  https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/8b95d3e082376f4cb23e92641705a22afb28a9da/codex-rs/mcp-types/README.md
  
  Now that `rmcp` is more mature, it makes more sense to use their MCP
  types in Rust, as they handle details (like the `_meta` field) that our
  custom version ignored. Though one advantage that our custom types had
  is that our generated types implemented `JsonSchema` and `ts_rs::TS`,
  whereas the types in `rmcp` do not. As such, part of the work of this PR
  is leveraging the adapters between `rmcp` types and the serializable
  types that are API for us (app server and MCP) introduced in #10356.
  
  Note this PR results in a number of changes to
  `codex-rs/app-server-protocol/schema`, which merit special attention
  during review. We must ensure that these changes are still
  backwards-compatible, which is possible because we have:
  
  ```diff
  - export type CallToolResult = { content: Array<ContentBlock>, isError?: boolean, structuredContent?: JsonValue, };
  + export type CallToolResult = { content: Array<JsonValue>, structuredContent?: JsonValue, isError?: boolean, _meta?: JsonValue, };
  ```
  
  so `ContentBlock` has been replaced with the more general `JsonValue`.
  Note that `ContentBlock` was defined as:
  
  ```typescript
  export type ContentBlock = TextContent | ImageContent | AudioContent | ResourceLink | EmbeddedResource;
  ```
  
  so the deletion of those individual variants should not be a cause of
  great concern.
  
  Similarly, we have the following change in
  `codex-rs/app-server-protocol/schema/typescript/Tool.ts`:
  
  ```
  - export type Tool = { annotations?: ToolAnnotations, description?: string, inputSchema: ToolInputSchema, name: string, outputSchema?: ToolOutputSchema, title?: string, };
  + export type Tool = { name: string, title?: string, description?: string, inputSchema: JsonValue, outputSchema?: JsonValue, annotations?: JsonValue, icons?: Array<JsonValue>, _meta?: JsonValue, };
  ```
  
  so:
  
  - `annotations?: ToolAnnotations` ➡️ `JsonValue`
  - `inputSchema: ToolInputSchema` ➡️ `JsonValue`
  - `outputSchema?: ToolOutputSchema` ➡️ `JsonValue`
  
  and two new fields: `icons?: Array<JsonValue>, _meta?: JsonValue`
  
  ---
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  * #10357
  * __->__ #10349
  * #10356

  Michael Bolin · 2026-02-02 17:41:55 -08:00
  66447d5d2c
• feat: experimental flags (#10231)

  ## Problem being solved
  - We need a single, reliable way to mark app-server API surface as
  experimental so that:
    1. the runtime can reject experimental usage unless the client opts in
  2. generated TS/JSON schemas can exclude experimental methods/fields for
  stable clients.
  
  Right now that’s easy to drift or miss when done ad-hoc.
  
  ## How to declare experimental methods and fields
  - **Experimental method**: add `#[experimental("method/name")]` to the
  `ClientRequest` variant in `client_request_definitions!`.
  - **Experimental field**: on the params struct, derive `ExperimentalApi`
  and annotate the field with `#[experimental("method/name.field")]` + set
  `inspect_params: true` for the method variant so
  `ClientRequest::experimental_reason()` inspects params for experimental
  fields.
  
  ## How the macro solves it
  - The new derive macro lives in
  `codex-rs/codex-experimental-api-macros/src/lib.rs` and is used via
  `#[derive(ExperimentalApi)]` plus `#[experimental("reason")]`
  attributes.
  - **Structs**:
  - Generates `ExperimentalApi::experimental_reason(&self)` that checks
  only annotated fields.
    - The “presence” check is type-aware:
      - `Option<T>`: `is_some_and(...)` recursively checks inner.
      - `Vec`/`HashMap`/`BTreeMap`: must be non-empty.
      - `bool`: must be `true`.
      - Other types: considered present (returns `true`).
  - Registers each experimental field in an `inventory` with `(type_name,
  serialized field name, reason)` and exposes `EXPERIMENTAL_FIELDS` for
  that type. Field names are converted from `snake_case` to `camelCase`
  for schema/TS filtering.
  - **Enums**:
  - Generates an exhaustive `match` returning `Some(reason)` for annotated
  variants and `None` otherwise (no wildcard arm).
  - **Wiring**:
  - Runtime gating uses `ExperimentalApi::experimental_reason()` in
  `codex-rs/app-server/src/message_processor.rs` to reject requests unless
  `InitializeParams.capabilities.experimental_api == true`.
  - Schema/TS export filters use the inventory list and
  `EXPERIMENTAL_CLIENT_METHODS` from `client_request_definitions!` to
  strip experimental methods/fields when `experimental_api` is false.

  jif-oai · 2026-02-02 11:06:50 +00:00
  3cc9122ee2
• Bump thread updated_at on unarchive to refresh sidebar ordering (#10280)

  ## Summary
  - Touch restored rollout files on `thread/unarchive` so `updatedAt`
  reflects the unarchive time.
  - Add a regression test to ensure unarchiving bumps `updated_at` from an
  old mtime.
  
  ## Notes
  This fixes the UX issue where unarchived old threads don’t reappear near
  the top of recent threads.

  Charley Cunningham · 2026-02-01 12:53:47 -08:00
  d3514bbdd2
• chore(config) Rename config setting to personality (#10314)

  ## Summary
  Let's make the setting name consistent with the SlashCommand!
  
  ## Testing
  - [x] Updated tests

  Dylan Hurd · 2026-01-31 19:38:06 -08:00
  a33fa4bfe5
• feat(core,tui,app-server) personality migration (#10307)

  ## Summary
  Keep existing users on Pragmatic, to preserve behavior while new users
  default to Friendly
  
  ## Testing
  - [x] Tested locally
  - [x] add integration tests

  Dylan Hurd · 2026-01-31 17:25:14 -07:00
  0f9858394b
• Add enforce_residency to requirements (#10263)

  Add `enforce_residency` to requirements.toml and thread it through to a
  header on `default_client`.

  gt-oai · 2026-01-31 00:26:25 +00:00
  149f3aa27a
• Wire up cloud reqs in exec, app-server (#10241)

  We're fetching cloud requirements in TUI in
  https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/10167.
  
  This adds the same fetching in exec and app-server binaries also.

  gt-oai · 2026-01-30 23:53:41 +00:00
  a046481ad9
• 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
• chore: rename ChatGpt -> Chatgpt in type names (#10244)

  When using ChatGPT in names of types, we should be consistent, so this
  renames some types with `ChatGpt` in the name to `Chatgpt`. From
  https://rust-lang.github.io/api-guidelines/naming.html:
  
  > In `UpperCamelCase`, acronyms and contractions of compound words count
  as one word: use `Uuid` rather than `UUID`, `Usize` rather than `USize`
  or `Stdin` rather than `StdIn`. In `snake_case`, acronyms and
  contractions are lower-cased: `is_xid_start`.
  
  This PR updates existing uses of `ChatGpt` and changes them to
  `Chatgpt`. Though in all cases where it could affect the wire format, I
  visually inspected that we don't change anything there. That said, this
  _will_ change the codegen because it will affect the spelling of type
  names.
  
  For example, this renames `AuthMode::ChatGPT` to `AuthMode::Chatgpt` in
  `app-server-protocol`, but the wire format is still `"chatgpt"`.
  
  This PR also updates a number of types in `codex-rs/core/src/auth.rs`.

  Michael Bolin · 2026-01-30 11:18:39 -08:00
  e6d913af2d
• 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
• Load exec policy rules from requirements (#10190)

  `requirements.toml` should be able to specify rules which always run. 
  
  My intention here was that these rules could only ever be restrictive,
  which means the decision can be "prompt" or "forbidden" but never
  "allow". A requirement of "you must always allow this command" didn't
  make sense to me, but happy to be gaveled otherwise.
  
  Rules already applies the most restrictive decision, so we can safely
  merge these with rules found in other config folders.

  gt-oai · 2026-01-30 18:04:09 +00:00
  5662eb8b75
• feat: refactor CodexAuth so invalid state cannot be represented (#10208)

  Previously, `CodexAuth` was defined as follows:
  
  
  https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/d550fbf41afc09d7d7b5ac813aea38de07b2a73f/codex-rs/core/src/auth.rs#L39-L46
  
  But if you looked at its constructors, we had creation for
  `AuthMode::ApiKey` where `storage` was built using a nonsensical path
  (`PathBuf::new()`) and `auth_dot_json` was `None`:
  
  
  https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/d550fbf41afc09d7d7b5ac813aea38de07b2a73f/codex-rs/core/src/auth.rs#L212-L220
  
  By comparison, when `AuthMode::ChatGPT` was used, `api_key` was always
  `None`:
  
  
  https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/d550fbf41afc09d7d7b5ac813aea38de07b2a73f/codex-rs/core/src/auth.rs#L665-L671
  
  https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/10012 took things further because
  it introduced a new `ChatgptAuthTokens` variant to `AuthMode`, which is
  important in when invoking `account/login/start` via the app server, but
  most logic _internal_ to the app server should just reason about two
  `AuthMode` variants: `ApiKey` and `ChatGPT`.
  
  This PR tries to clean things up as follows:
  
  - `LoginAccountParams` and `AuthMode` in `codex-rs/app-server-protocol/`
  both continue to have the `ChatgptAuthTokens` variant, though it is used
  exclusively for the on-the-wire messaging.
  - `codex-rs/core/src/auth.rs` now has its own `AuthMode` enum, which
  only has two variants: `ApiKey` and `ChatGPT`.
  - `CodexAuth` has been changed from a struct to an enum. It is a
  disjoint union where each variant (`ApiKey`, `ChatGpt`, and
  `ChatGptAuthTokens`) have only the associated fields that make sense for
  that variant.
  
  ---
  [//]: # (BEGIN SAPLING FOOTER)
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  * #10224
  * __->__ #10208

  Michael Bolin · 2026-01-30 09:33:23 -08:00
  377ab0c77c
• 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(app-server): support external auth mode (#10012)

  This enables a new use case where `codex app-server` is embedded into a
  parent application that will directly own the user's ChatGPT auth
  lifecycle, which means it owns the user’s auth tokens and refreshes it
  when necessary. The parent application would just want a way to pass in
  the auth tokens for codex to use directly.
  
  The idea is that we are introducing a new "auth mode" currently only
  exposed via app server: **`chatgptAuthTokens`** which consist of the
  `id_token` (stores account metadata) and `access_token` (the bearer
  token used directly for backend API calls). These auth tokens are only
  stored in-memory. This new mode is in addition to the existing `apiKey`
  and `chatgpt` auth modes.
  
  This PR reuses the shape of our existing app-server account APIs as much
  as possible:
  - Update `account/login/start` with a new `chatgptAuthTokens` variant,
  which will allow the client to pass in the tokens and have codex
  app-server use them directly. Upon success, the server emits
  `account/login/completed` and `account/updated` notifications.
  - A new server->client request called
  `account/chatgptAuthTokens/refresh` which the server can use whenever
  the access token previously passed in has expired and it needs a new one
  from the parent application.
  
  I leveraged the core 401 retry loop which typically triggers auth token
  refreshes automatically, but made it pluggable:
  - **chatgpt** mode refreshes internally, as usual.
  - **chatgptAuthTokens** mode calls the client via
  `account/chatgptAuthTokens/refresh`, the client responds with updated
  tokens, codex updates its in-memory auth, then retries. This RPC has a
  10s timeout and handles JSON-RPC errors from the client.
  
  Also some additional things:
  - chatgpt logins are blocked while external auth is active (have to log
  out first. typically clients will pick one OR the other, not support
  both)
  - `account/logout` clears external auth in memory
  - Ensures that if `forced_chatgpt_workspace_id` is set via the user's
  config, we respect it in both:
  - `account/login/start` with `chatgptAuthTokens` (returns a JSON-RPC
  error back to the client)
  - `account/chatgptAuthTokens/refresh` (fails the turn, and on next
  request app-server will send another `account/chatgptAuthTokens/refresh`
  request to the client).

  Owen Lin · 2026-01-29 23:46:04 +00:00
  81a17bb2c1
• Better handling skill depdenencies on ENV VAR. (#9017)

  An experimental flow for env var skill dependencies. Skills can now
  declare required env vars in SKILL.md; if missing, the CLI prompts the
  user to get the value, and Core will store it in memory (eventually to a
  local persistent store)
  <img width="790" height="169" alt="image"
  src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/cd928918-9403-43cb-a7e7-b8d59bcccd9a"
  />

  xl-openai · 2026-01-29 14:13:30 -05:00
  bdd8a7d58b
• feat: async backfill (#10089)
  jif-oai · 2026-01-29 09:57:50 +00:00
  714dc8d8bd
• [connectors] Support connectors part 2 - slash command and tui (#9728)

  - [x] Support `/apps` slash command to browse the apps in tui.
  - [x] Support inserting apps to prompt using `$`.
  - [x] Lots of simplification/renaming from connectors to apps.

  Matthew Zeng · 2026-01-28 19:51:58 -08:00
  b9cd089d1f
• 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
• [skills] Auto install MCP dependencies when running skils with dependency specs. (#9982)

  Auto install MCP dependencies when running skils with dependency specs.

  Matthew Zeng · 2026-01-27 19:02:45 -08:00
  3bb8e69dd3
• remove sandbox globals. (#9797)

  Threads sandbox updates through OverrideTurnContext for active turn
  Passes computed sandbox type into safety/exec

  iceweasel-oai · 2026-01-27 11:04:23 -08:00
  c40ad65bd8
• Add MCP server scopes config and use it as fallback for OAuth login (#9647)

  ### Motivation
  - Allow MCP OAuth flows to request scopes defined in `config.toml`
  instead of requiring users to always pass `--scopes` on the CLI.
  CLI/remote parameters should still override config values.
  
  ### Description
  - Add optional `scopes: Option<Vec<String>>` to `McpServerConfig` and
  `RawMcpServerConfig`, and propagate it through deserialization and the
  built config types.
  - Serialize `scopes` into the MCP server TOML via
  `serialize_mcp_server_table` in `core/src/config/edit.rs` and include
  `scopes` in the generated config schema (`core/config.schema.json`).
  - CLI: update `codex-rs/cli/src/mcp_cmd.rs` `run_login` to fall back to
  `server.scopes` when the `--scopes` flag is empty, with explicit CLI
  scopes still taking precedence.
  - App server: update
  `codex-rs/app-server/src/codex_message_processor.rs`
  `mcp_server_oauth_login` to use `params.scopes.or_else(||
  server.scopes.clone())` so the RPC path also respects configured scopes.
  - Update many test fixtures to initialize the new `scopes` field (set to
  `None`) so test code builds with the new struct field.
  
  ### Testing
  - Ran config tooling and formatters: `just write-config-schema`
  (succeeded), `just fmt` (succeeded), and `just fix -p codex-core`, `just
  fix -p codex-cli`, `just fix -p codex-app-server` (succeeded where
  applicable).
  - Ran unit tests for the CLI: `cargo test -p codex-cli` (passed).
  - Ran unit tests for core: `cargo test -p codex-core` (ran; many tests
  passed but several failed, including model refresh/403-related tests,
  shell snapshot/timeouts, and several `unified_exec` expectations).
  - Ran app-server tests: `cargo test -p codex-app-server` (ran; many
  integration-suite tests failed due to mocked/remote HTTP 401/403
  responses and wiremock expectations).
  
  If you want, I can split the tests into smaller focused runs or help
  debug the failing integration tests (they appear to be unrelated to the
  config change and stem from external HTTP/mocking behaviors encountered
  during the test runs).
  
  ------
  [Codex
  Task](https://chatgpt.com/codex/tasks/task_i_69718f505914832ea1f334b3ba064553)

  blevy-oai · 2026-01-26 14:13:04 -08:00
  bdc4742bfc
• [app-server] feat: add filtering on thread list (#9897)
  jif-oai · 2026-01-26 21:54:19 +00:00
  247fb2de64
• 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: add isOther to question returned by request user input tool (#9890)

  ### Summary
  Add `isOther` to question object from request_user_input tool input and
  remove `other` option from the tool prompt to better handle tool input.

  Shijie Rao · 2026-01-26 09:52:38 -08:00
  3ba702c5b6
• Fix up config disabled err msg (#9916)

  **Before:**
  <img width="745" height="375" alt="image"
  src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/d6c23562-b87f-4af9-8642-329aab8e594d"
  />
  
  **After:**
  <img width="1042" height="354" alt="image"
  src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c9a2413c-c945-4c34-8b7e-c6c9b8fbf762"
  />
  
  Two changes:
  1. only display if there is a `config.toml` that is skipped (i.e. if
  there is just `.codex/skills` but no `.codex/config.toml` we do not
  display the error)
  2. clarify the implications and the fix in the error message.

  gt-oai · 2026-01-26 17:49:31 +00:00
  6316e57497
• 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
• feat(tui) /personality (#9718)

  ## Summary
  Adds /personality selector in the TUI, which leverages the new core
  interface in #9644
  
  Notes:
  - We are doing some of our own state management for model_info loading
  here, but not sure if that's ideal. open to opinions on simpler
  approach, but would like to avoid blocking on a larger refactor
  - Right now, the `/personality` selector just hides when the model
  doesn't support it. we can update this behavior down the line
  
  ## Testing
  - [x] Tested locally
  - [x] Added snapshot tests

  Dylan Hurd · 2026-01-25 21:59:42 -08:00
  031bafd1fb
• feat: ephemeral threads (#9765)

  Add ephemeral threads capabilities. Only exposed through the
  `app-server` v2
  
  The idea is to disable the rollout recorder for those threads.

  jif-oai · 2026-01-24 14:57:40 +00:00
  83775f4df1
• Another round of improvements for config error messages (#9746)

  In a [recent PR](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/9182), I made some
  improvements to config error messages so errors didn't leave app server
  clients in a dead state. This is a follow-on PR to make these error
  messages more readable and actionable for both TUI and GUI users. For
  example, see #9668 where the user was understandably confused about the
  source of the problem and how to fix it.
  
  The improved error message:
  1. Clearly identifies the config file where the error was found (which
  is more important now that we support layered configs)
  2. Provides a line and column number of the error
  3. Displays the line where the error occurred and underlines it
  
  For example, if my `config.toml` includes the following:
  ```toml
  [features]
  collaboration_modes = "true"
  ```
  
  Here's the current CLI error message:
  ```
  Error loading config.toml: invalid type: string "true", expected a boolean in `features`
  ```
  
  And here's the improved message:
  ```
  Error loading config.toml:
  /Users/etraut/.codex/config.toml:43:23: invalid type: string "true", expected a boolean
     |
  43 | collaboration_modes = "true"
     |                       ^^^^^^
  ```
  
  The bulk of the new logic is contained within a new module
  `config_loader/diagnostics.rs` that is responsible for calculating the
  text range for a given toml path (which is more involved than I would
  have expected).
  
  In addition, this PR adds the file name and text range to the
  `ConfigWarningNotification` app server struct. This allows GUI clients
  to present the user with a better error message and an optional link to
  open the errant config file. This was a suggestion from @.bolinfest when
  he reviewed my previous PR.

  Eric Traut · 2026-01-23 20:11:09 -08:00
  713ae22c04
• Print warning if we skip config loading (#9611)

  https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/9533 silently ignored config if
  untrusted. Instead, we still load it but disable it. Maybe we shouldn't
  try to parse it either...
  
  <img width="939" height="515" alt="Screenshot 2026-01-21 at 14 56 38"
  src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e753cc22-dd99-4242-8ffe-7589e85bef66"
  />

  gt-oai · 2026-01-23 20:06:37 +00:00
  7938c170d9
• feat(app-server) Expose personality (#9674)

  ### Motivation
  Exposes a per-thread / per-turn `personality` override in the v2
  app-server API so clients can influence model communication style at
  thread/turn start. Ensures the override is passed into the session
  configuration resolution so it becomes effective for subsequent turns
  and headless runners.
  
  ### Testing
  - [x] Add an integration-style test
  `turn_start_accepts_personality_override_v2` in
  `codex-rs/app-server/tests/suite/v2/turn_start.rs` that verifies a
  `/personality` override results in a developer update message containing
  `<personality_spec>` in the outbound model request.
  
  ------
  [Codex
  Task](https://chatgpt.com/codex/tasks/task_i_6971d646b1c08322a689a54d2649f3fe)

  Dylan Hurd · 2026-01-22 18:00:20 -08:00
  2b1ee24e11
• [connectors] Support connectors part 1 - App server & MCP (#9667)

  In order to make Codex work with connectors, we add a built-in gateway
  MCP that acts as a transparent proxy between the client and the
  connectors. The gateway MCP collects actions that are accessible to the
  user and sends them down to the user, when a connector action is chosen
  to be called, the client invokes the action through the gateway MCP as
  well.
  
   - [x] Add the system built-in gateway MCP to list and run connectors.
   - [x] Add the app server methods and protocol

  Matthew Zeng · 2026-01-22 16:48:43 -08:00
  a2c829a808
• feat(app-server): support archived threads in thread/list (#9571)
  Owen Lin · 2026-01-22 12:22:36 -08:00
  733cb68496
• feat(app-server): thread/read API (#9569)
  Owen Lin · 2026-01-22 12:22:01 -08:00
  80240b3b67
• feat(core) update Personality on turn (#9644)

  ## Summary
  Support updating Personality mid-Thread via UserTurn/OverwriteTurn. This
  is explicitly unused by the clients so far, to simplify PRs - app-server
  and tui implementations will be follow-ups.
  
  ## Testing
  - [x] added integration tests

  Dylan Hurd · 2026-01-22 12:04:23 -08:00
  8b3521ee77